cookies are made of flour, butter, and love
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| matcha shortbread cookies |
I never liked baking.
Because baking is a complicated thing.
For a successful product, you have to get the measurements, temperature, timing, sequence, ingredients, and everything else right.
There are too many ways to fail.
Even if the recipe was followed 100%, there would still be chance for failure.
Engineers hate risks.
I guess the root of it is, I can't stand rigidity. Hahaha.
I like to be able to bend rules as I wish, add flavours as I go, and still end up with a yummy dish.
The only things I've baked for the last 10 years were:
- Shepherd's pie
- Banana bread (pre-mixed from the shelf)
The reasons I baked this time around were:
- Because Miss petite said the recipe is easy to follow (means less room for failure)
- For the sake of friends who love food and matcha, and can't be back home for CNY
- Because my sis baked and failed twice, and blamed me for giving her the recipe. Lol. I'm the best candidate to prove that the recipe is noob-proof.
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| in the making |
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| the burnt batch. still yummy. |
Though the outcome was successful, I need a break from baking!
Lol.
So much standing, washing, cleaning...and worrying from start to end.
And oily hands the whole time!
Went to bed with backache.
Woke up with backache.
Told the admin I have backache, and she said, 'Ok, I'll buy you a back support.'
Few mins later, she told me she has placed the order online.
Sometimes, she's just like a mum (when she's not mad or grumpy). Hehe.
I found the happiest and most satisfying thing about baking is not the outcome, it is knowing that it'll make people's day in one way or another.
#behappy
Recipe here: Matcha Shortbread Cookies
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