This year, i suddenly has this urge to bake my own pineapple tarts i/o buying them. I jioed my sister to guide me since i sure CMI if i do it alone.
The last few weekends saw us busy with spring-cleaning. Now that CNY is less than a week away, it's the right time to get down with the baking!
Today's plan was to do a run then return home to join my sis in this tart project. However, the weather turned wet hence we started to bake at 2pm. I'm not exactly into cooking hence Sis commented that i appeared to just want to get it over and done with. Hahah..she's quite rite. I started to ask her how much will our project cost? Afterall, i needed to know the dollars saved for an entire day's effort.
The 1st attempt was a flop. We followed the cookie recipe..the tarts smelt nice but they din have that pineapple tart taste, you know. Got Sis to call Charlene for advice and realised we shld exclude the sugar. While waiting for the 2nd batch to be ready, Sis took a nap and i went into the room to logon...and dozed off minutes after. That was 3pm.
I woke up 3 hours later...tot Sis wld have finished baking or still in the middle of it. Alamak! She was still asleep. The preparation table was in a mess. I tasted the 2nd batch..tasteless & still hard. Called Charlene again and this time round, i know the egg white shouldn't be in there. So there i was (boh bian), started the cycle all over again...measured the butter, egg yolk and flour, etc etc. The noise woke my sister up. She tested the 3rd batch. Yippee..it was finally ok!
My official baking time ended at 930pm. As i typed, my sis just finished washing up. She was telling me she wld experiment other brands of butter to get the best result. I told her i never tot of that..was just glad to finish that 1 pkt of pineapple paste.
Wld there be another attempt? hmmmm....
The last few weekends saw us busy with spring-cleaning. Now that CNY is less than a week away, it's the right time to get down with the baking!
Today's plan was to do a run then return home to join my sis in this tart project. However, the weather turned wet hence we started to bake at 2pm. I'm not exactly into cooking hence Sis commented that i appeared to just want to get it over and done with. Hahah..she's quite rite. I started to ask her how much will our project cost? Afterall, i needed to know the dollars saved for an entire day's effort.
The 1st attempt was a flop. We followed the cookie recipe..the tarts smelt nice but they din have that pineapple tart taste, you know. Got Sis to call Charlene for advice and realised we shld exclude the sugar. While waiting for the 2nd batch to be ready, Sis took a nap and i went into the room to logon...and dozed off minutes after. That was 3pm.
I woke up 3 hours later...tot Sis wld have finished baking or still in the middle of it. Alamak! She was still asleep. The preparation table was in a mess. I tasted the 2nd batch..tasteless & still hard. Called Charlene again and this time round, i know the egg white shouldn't be in there. So there i was (boh bian), started the cycle all over again...measured the butter, egg yolk and flour, etc etc. The noise woke my sister up. She tested the 3rd batch. Yippee..it was finally ok!
My official baking time ended at 930pm. As i typed, my sis just finished washing up. She was telling me she wld experiment other brands of butter to get the best result. I told her i never tot of that..was just glad to finish that 1 pkt of pineapple paste.
Wld there be another attempt? hmmmm....
