Great Companion....Butter / Choc Cookies

What's the meaning of today's title???...Well, its really great and fun!! That was the most FUN baking and deco section i ever had..hee hee! Okay, okay.....let me tell you ...;)
My daughter wanted to join me whenever i was baking or cooking most of the time. So i promised her that we'll bake some cookies and decorate it. She has been looking forward to her very 1st baking class...haha! Then we've made it today!


Never thought of it was such a fun baking with her. She can handle the tools carefully and properly. And i was so surprised that she had such a patient spending the whole 3 hours in the kitchen with me! Guess we cannot under estimate those kids nowadays..;p
Here are those cookies she decorated.....really great!!

I'ver prepared the dough for her this morning....chilled then let her cut with her favourite cutter. Yeap...she used all her cutter from her play-doh..haha! The ingredients for the cookies?....okay here is it.....

Ingredients (Butter sugar cookies)

230g All purpose flour

1/8tsp Salt

1/2tsp Baking powder

113g Unsalted butter

120g Caster sugar

1 large egg

1 tsp Vanilla essence

* sugar already been reduced

Method:

~ Mix together flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.

~ In an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 3-4 mins)

~Add in egg and vanilla, beat until combined.

~ Add in flour mixture, and beat until become a smooth dough.
~ Divide the dough into 2 portions, wrap with a plastic wrap. Refrigerate for about 1 hour or until fir enough to roll.

~ Preheat oven to 180'C. Remove 1 half of the chilled dough, placed on a lightly flour dust surface and roll out the dough (1cm thickness)

~ Lightly flour the cookies cutter and cut into desire shapes.

~ Placed the cookies on the tray (lined with parchment paper) and chilled for another 10-15 mins.

(this is to prevent the cookies from spreading and losing their shapes while baking)

~ Then bake cookies for 10 mins (depending on the size) or until they turn brown around the edges.

~ Remove from the oven and let cool on baking tray for a few minutes before transfering to a wire rack to cool completely.

(cool completely before frosting or deco)

Ingredients (Chocolate cookies):

190g All purpose flour

65g Unsweetened cocoa powder

4g Baking powder

1/8 tsp Salt

170g Butter

225g Caster sugar

1 large egg

**Method is the same as the butter cookies

We made half portion of each ingredients today and decorated with some fondant icing.....

We had a great time together..baking until decorating...and yes...trying out the cookies...haha!

"Its so yummy" ....that's her comment, eating her own baking, and she's really proud to show to her friends tomorrow in school. Firts of all, she can't wait to show my husband tonight...:)

There's the bears she drew with those edible colour markers (left side), said that's "US" ..;)

We are looking forward to the next baking moment....that will be cupcakes i think....:)

Stay tune!!