Just realised that Chinese New Year is arriving in less than a week!
And I have shared just ONE Chinese New Year cookies recipe at here this year!!! Alamak!!!
Have I slacken? Hmmm... Maybe a little...
Unlike the previous years, I had an extended holiday at Singapore last Christmas. Besides, CNY arrives extremely early this January, leaving me just 2 week to bake and share CNY recipes. Where to find time?
I guess we are all busy people. So for this post, I'll be sharing two really quick and easy CNY cookie recipes for busy people like you and me...
Plus, there is no cane sugar added in one of these busy-people-friendly recipes... Just a sensible amount of honey and dried cranberries can bake these Honey Cranberry cookies sweet enough to be nice and yummy.
And I have shared just ONE Chinese New Year cookies recipe at here this year!!! Alamak!!!
Have I slacken? Hmmm... Maybe a little...
Unlike the previous years, I had an extended holiday at Singapore last Christmas. Besides, CNY arrives extremely early this January, leaving me just 2 week to bake and share CNY recipes. Where to find time?
I guess we are all busy people. So for this post, I'll be sharing two really quick and easy CNY cookie recipes for busy people like you and me...
Plus, there is no cane sugar added in one of these busy-people-friendly recipes... Just a sensible amount of honey and dried cranberries can bake these Honey Cranberry cookies sweet enough to be nice and yummy.
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| Love love love these Bite-size Honey Cranberry Cookies There is NO added Cane Sugar! So yummy and so less guilty to enjoy ^-^ |
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| These mini chewy milky cookies can taste so deliciously big... |
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| ... because every bit of these tiny milky buttery cookies has lots of cranberries. |
Watch this video and you'll see that it is really quick and easy to bake these yummy no-cane-sugar-added cookies.
In this video, please note that I'm using the dark and bold honey to bake my honey cranberry cookies, causing my cookies to be darker golden brown than usual.
Update on 26 April 2020:
Just realised that I can bake these honey cranberries cookies with MORE cranberries! YUM!!!
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| See! I can bake these honey cranberries with double the amount of cranberries! |
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| Due to the addition of extra cranberries, I have to bake the cookies a little bigger ... and adjusted the baking to 170°C, 15 mins. |
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| EXTRA cranberries! EXTRA YUMMY!!! |
Update on 30 May 2020:
Then, I discovered that I can bake these honey cranberries cookies with NO egg yolk. And they are crispier and taste less like rock cakes. Interestingly, YUMMY too!!!
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| I love these cookies so much that I can't stop keeping them!!! This time, I discovered that I can bake them without adding any egg yolk! |
Want to bake these cookies with more cranberries with or without egg yolks? No worries as I will include these updates into the recipes below.
Now back to my original text on 20 Jan 2020...
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If you have been following my blog closely, you might notice that this recipe is actually modified from one of my favourite rock cakes recipes at here. Hence, these cookies taste kind of like rock cakes but less cakey and more chewy with a nice milky finishing taste.
If you prefer your honey cookies to be crisper and crunchier, I have another modified recipe to share... but you will have to bake the cookies with a small amount of cane sugar, cornflakes and without the cranberries.
These cookies are crispy at the golden brown edges and crunchy due to the cornflakes. Due to the presence of honey, these cookies are also slightly cakey but they are not soft at all.
Fragrance-wise, they are like the Honey Joys but way nicer and fragrant than the non-bake Honey Joys. So good that you will want to munch more than one.
Watch this video and to see how I baked these quick and easy Honey Cornflakes Cookies.
If you are after Cornflakes Cookies recipe that are more buttery and crispier, you will have omit the addition of honey and try my another highly recommended recipe at here?
Why wait? Bake these cookies! These less guilty cookies are quick and easy to bake and very yummy to munch!
Want more CNY recipes? I'm sorry that I can share very limited number of CNY recipes this year... Otherwise, please try my other HIGHLY RECOMMENDED CNY recipes that I have shared previously...
Best Sturdy Melt-in-the-mouth Enclosed Pineapple Tarts at here
Best Sturdy Melt-in-your-mouth Open Faced Pineapple Tarts at here
Best Ultimate Melt-in-your-mouth Nastar Pineapple Tarts at here
Ultimate Melt-in-the-mouth Malay Style Condensed Milk Enclosed or Nastar Pineapple Tarts at here
Melt-in-the-mouth Gula Melaka Pineapple Tarts at here
Ultimate Melt-in-the-mouth Salted Egg Yolk Pineapple Tarts 咸蛋黄凤梨酥 that are baked with Salted Egg Yolk Butter Pastry at here
Melt-in-the-mouth Parmesan Cheese Nastar Pineapple Tarts at here
Melt-in-the-mouth Maple Syrup Pineapple Tarts at here
Vegan Coconut Oil Pineapple Tarts at here
Easy Fail Proof Strawberry Jam Butter Cookies at here
Parmesan Cheese Butter Cookies at here
Best Nyonya Butter Cookies / Biscuit Samprit at here
4 Different Chinese Almond Cookies recipes at here
Ultimate Melt in the Mouth Chinese Cashew Cookies 腰果酥 at here
Melt in the Mouth Crispy Chinese Butter Cashew Cookies 香脆牛油腰果酥 at here
Melt-in-your-mouth Pork Floss Chinese Cookies at here
Melt-in-your-mouth Salted Egg Yolk Cookies at here
My favourite Kek Lapis recipe at here
Crispy Nestum Cereal Cookies at here
Extra Crispy Nestum loaded Cookies at here - extra crispy with twice amount of Nestum!
Buttery Crispy Nestum cookies (with NO egg and a subtle melty texture) at here
Ultra Soft Pineapple Chiffon Cake at here
Low Sugar Egg-less Melt-in-the-mouth Black Sesame Butter Cookies at here
I hope that you'll like my recipes. If you do, please LIKE, SHARE and FOLLOW me my Facebook at here or here or my Instagram @zoebakeforhappykids because every LIKE, SHARE and FOLLOW from you will motivate a hardworking working mum like me to share more! Thank you for your support!!!
Here are the recipes (including my update on 26 Apr 2020).
For both cookies:
Bake for about 10-12 mins (or at 170°C for 15 mins if you are baking the medium bite-size honey cranberry cookies with twice amount of cranberries) or until the cookies are nice golden brown. WARNING: The addition of honey can cause the cookies to brown quickly and so the baking duration can vary depending on the size of the cookies and the type of honey used. If you are baking two trays at one go, swap and rotate the position of the tray halfway through the baking so that that the cookies are baked evenly.
Allow cookies to cool slightly on the tray for about 10-15 mins, then transfer to racks to cool completely. The cranberry cookies are mostly chewy and milky at all times but the cornflakes cookies will become crispy when they are completely cooled.
Serve and enjoy. Store any uneaten cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up 2 weeks
Happy CNY Baking
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| Another quick and easy cookie recipe... Proudly presenting my golden crunchy milky Honey Cornflakes Cookies... |
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| Freshly baked honey cornflakes cookies - They smell so good! |
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| Very fragrant with the perfect combination of butter, milk, honey and cornflakes. |
These cookies are crispy at the golden brown edges and crunchy due to the cornflakes. Due to the presence of honey, these cookies are also slightly cakey but they are not soft at all.
Fragrance-wise, they are like the Honey Joys but way nicer and fragrant than the non-bake Honey Joys. So good that you will want to munch more than one.
Watch this video and to see how I baked these quick and easy Honey Cornflakes Cookies.
If you are after Cornflakes Cookies recipe that are more buttery and crispier, you will have omit the addition of honey and try my another highly recommended recipe at here?
Why wait? Bake these cookies! These less guilty cookies are quick and easy to bake and very yummy to munch!
Want more CNY recipes? I'm sorry that I can share very limited number of CNY recipes this year... Otherwise, please try my other HIGHLY RECOMMENDED CNY recipes that I have shared previously...
Best Sturdy Melt-in-the-mouth Enclosed Pineapple Tarts at here
Best Sturdy Melt-in-your-mouth Open Faced Pineapple Tarts at here
Best Ultimate Melt-in-your-mouth Nastar Pineapple Tarts at here
Ultimate Melt-in-the-mouth Malay Style Condensed Milk Enclosed or Nastar Pineapple Tarts at here
Melt-in-the-mouth Gula Melaka Pineapple Tarts at here
Ultimate Melt-in-the-mouth Salted Egg Yolk Pineapple Tarts 咸蛋黄凤梨酥 that are baked with Salted Egg Yolk Butter Pastry at here
Melt-in-the-mouth Parmesan Cheese Nastar Pineapple Tarts at here
Melt-in-the-mouth Maple Syrup Pineapple Tarts at here
Vegan Coconut Oil Pineapple Tarts at here
Easy Fail Proof Strawberry Jam Butter Cookies at here
Parmesan Cheese Butter Cookies at here
Best Nyonya Butter Cookies / Biscuit Samprit at here
4 Different Chinese Almond Cookies recipes at here
Ultimate Melt in the Mouth Chinese Cashew Cookies 腰果酥 at here
Melt in the Mouth Crispy Chinese Butter Cashew Cookies 香脆牛油腰果酥 at here
Melt-in-your-mouth Pork Floss Chinese Cookies at here
Melt-in-your-mouth Salted Egg Yolk Cookies at here
My favourite Kek Lapis recipe at here
Crispy Nestum Cereal Cookies at here
Extra Crispy Nestum loaded Cookies at here - extra crispy with twice amount of Nestum!
Buttery Crispy Nestum cookies (with NO egg and a subtle melty texture) at here
Ultra Soft Pineapple Chiffon Cake at here
Low Sugar Egg-less Melt-in-the-mouth Black Sesame Butter Cookies at here
I hope that you'll like my recipes. If you do, please LIKE, SHARE and FOLLOW me my Facebook at here or here or my Instagram @zoebakeforhappykids because every LIKE, SHARE and FOLLOW from you will motivate a hardworking working mum like me to share more! Thank you for your support!!!
Here are the recipes (including my update on 26 Apr 2020).
Note: You can use double of this amount (with 120g butter and 2 egg yolks) to bake about 60-65 mini cookies or about 50 medium bite-size cookies if you want to incorporate more cranberries
To make about 30-32 small bite-size honey cranberry cookies:
50g dried cranberries, preferably the reduced sugar one.
15ml (1 tbsp) rum or water
60g unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
1 large yolk (17g), at room temperature - optional*
45g honey, at tepid room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla paste or extract
110g (3/4 cup) self-raising flour
1/4 tsp salt
15g milk powder
1 large yolk (17g), at room temperature - optional*
45g honey, at tepid room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla paste or extract
110g (3/4 cup) self-raising flour
1/4 tsp salt
15g milk powder
Note: As shown in my video I'm using dark and bold honey resulting my honey cranberry cookies to be darker golden brown than usual.
To make about 25 medium bite-size honey cranberry cookies with twice amount of cranberries:
100g dried cranberries, preferably the reduced sugar one.
30ml (2 tbsp) rum or water
60g unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
1 large yolk (17g), at room temperature - optional*
45g honey, at tepid room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla paste or extract
110g (3/4 cup) self-raising flour
1/4 tsp salt
15g milk powder
To make about 25 medium bite-size honey cranberry cookies with twice amount of cranberries:
100g dried cranberries, preferably the reduced sugar one.
30ml (2 tbsp) rum or water
60g unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
1 large yolk (17g), at room temperature - optional*
45g honey, at tepid room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla paste or extract
110g (3/4 cup) self-raising flour
1/4 tsp salt
15g milk powder
To makes about 25 small bite-sized honey cornflakes cookies:
60g unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
20g caster sugar
1 large yolk (17g), at room temperature - optional*
30g honey, at tepid room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla paste or extract
110g (3/4 cup) self-raising flour
1/4 tsp salt
15g milk powder
50g cornflakes
*Update on 30 May 2020: I have discovered that addition of egg yolk can be optional. The cookies with the egg yolk are crisper with less cakey rock-cake-like texture.
Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F (or 170°C / 340°F if you are baking the medium bite-size honey cranberry cookies with twice amount of cranberries). Line baking trays with baking papers.
20g caster sugar
1 large yolk (17g), at room temperature - optional*
30g honey, at tepid room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla paste or extract
110g (3/4 cup) self-raising flour
1/4 tsp salt
15g milk powder
50g cornflakes
*Update on 30 May 2020: I have discovered that addition of egg yolk can be optional. The cookies with the egg yolk are crisper with less cakey rock-cake-like texture.
Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F (or 170°C / 340°F if you are baking the medium bite-size honey cranberry cookies with twice amount of cranberries). Line baking trays with baking papers.
For the cranberry cookies only:
Combine cranberries and rum in a small saucepan or heat-proof bowl. Heat and stir with low heat or microwave with low power until the liquid is fully absorbed into the cranberries. The cranberries should look plump and juicy. Set aside to cool completely.
For both cookies:
Using a wooden spoon or an electric mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter (and sugar - for the cornflakes cookies only) until fluffy.
Add egg yolk (optional - see above *), honey and vanilla and beat until combined. Sift flour and salt into the butter mixture. Add milk powder and use a spoon or spatula to mix until combined. Add cranberries or cornflakes and mix well to incorporate. For the cornflakes cookies, it is ok if you crush the cornflakes a little but not too much.
Pinch and arrange about 1 tsp of dough onto the prepared baking trays, about 5 cm / 2 inches apart.
Add egg yolk (optional - see above *), honey and vanilla and beat until combined. Sift flour and salt into the butter mixture. Add milk powder and use a spoon or spatula to mix until combined. Add cranberries or cornflakes and mix well to incorporate. For the cornflakes cookies, it is ok if you crush the cornflakes a little but not too much.
Pinch and arrange about 1 tsp of dough onto the prepared baking trays, about 5 cm / 2 inches apart.
Bake for about 10-12 mins (or at 170°C for 15 mins if you are baking the medium bite-size honey cranberry cookies with twice amount of cranberries) or until the cookies are nice golden brown. WARNING: The addition of honey can cause the cookies to brown quickly and so the baking duration can vary depending on the size of the cookies and the type of honey used. If you are baking two trays at one go, swap and rotate the position of the tray halfway through the baking so that that the cookies are baked evenly.
Allow cookies to cool slightly on the tray for about 10-15 mins, then transfer to racks to cool completely. The cranberry cookies are mostly chewy and milky at all times but the cornflakes cookies will become crispy when they are completely cooled.
Serve and enjoy. Store any uneaten cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up 2 weeks
Happy CNY Baking
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