Christmas Butter Man

I don't quite like traditional gingerbread. Taste aside, they are usually too big, too dense, too soft for my liking. But what's Christmas without at least a cute man-shaped cookies?

To bake my miniature 'man' this year, I used sable cookie dough topped with cute little mini m&ms and demerara sugar - these colourful ones melt in your mouth, not in your hand...

WISHING ALL A MERRY WOMANLY AND MANLY XMAS!

Banana Loaf

I love sharing the moist banana loaf with my mum for our early breakfast. We bite on crispy almond flakes and licked the melted chocolate chips off the corners of our lips at the same time. It is my life's simplest pleasures.

Happy Children's Day!

The excitement of 'Children's Day' has lost it's meaning for me a long time ago...

A colleague of mine recently told me she was taking a full day leave to celebrate this special day with her boy and I started reviving my memories - Those were the innocent days when just about anything could easily bring laughter, or tears, to our then smooth and chubby faces. We looked forward to early school release and being delighted by pretty little gifts, which almost usually turned out to be something for us to munch on.

I hope the 50 kids will be equally delighted when they receive the shortbread cookies wrapped in 'flowers', 'robots' and 'airplanes'. Happy Children's Day!

Hazelnut Robust

My cousin and I have a thing for hazelnuts. Be it flavored coffee, cakes or cookies.

And so these are for those who loves HAZELNUTS! Just like we do.

Crunchy Chocolate Chips Cookies

I like the crunchiness. I like the seemingly 'big' melted chocolate chips on the mini cookies...

I like that these could be mixed with any nuts and still retained the crunch and crisp. Like what my brother said, it goes well with a cup of chamomile tea. And like what we did, fill these into a plain white bowl and it becomes one of the 'TV snacks'.

Petite Chinese new year goodies

Guilt-free petite size pineapple tarts and cashew nut cookies for us, the calories-conscious ladies who couldn't resist the temptation of grabbing some junk food off the goodies table with our itchy hands while we are being bombarded with the same questions every year.

Guys on diet are welcome to 'scoop' some too.

Cheery Valentine Day!

I used to feel exceptionally lonely whenever Valentine Day is nearing until an ex-colleague of mine gave me a box of beautifully-wrapped candies on this very special day and, with a huge warm smile, she told me...

"Girl, it's Friendship Day for us!"

This year, with lunar New Year day coincidently falling on the same date, a friend wants to spread a little 'love' to her colleagues as well. No flowers. No bears. Only shortbread cookies, chocolate chips and yellow/pink ribbons.