Me time...

 

quilting time mean me time !, while wife taking over a dinning table mean no dinner tonite. LOL - should I send hubby and kid going to McD for dinner  ? No doubt, my daughter will have 'dora dancing' , *she wish ..  I send her for McD meal .. :O*

Anyway, this is a big quilt blanket I ever make, made me move my sewing machine from basement to dinning table.. jeezz.. and than I did boring job ever, sewing vertical and horizontal line for at least twin bed size blanket. And I can say ... I won't do this no more :p

Meringue is..

 

I might not pay attention, when my husband talked to me. I was busy baking, and he said : 'why don't you bake cookies that the taste so airy and melted on mouth?'

No idea, what he's talked about. I just ignore him, until yesterday, I saw that I had tons of left over white eggs from baking layer cake on fridge. And remember what my hubby said, 'aah.. may be he want this cookies, meringue..but can't tell what the name is'

I made several batch of cookies, and serve for him for afternoon snack. With hand full of meringue, he said : "No, not this one, the one that you made and everybody like it.. that you put filling in the centre" OOOOOOH...!! I know what he mean, he want 'Macaroon'

Jeez, who didn't pay attention than ? Him ? who always like to eat my cookies but don't care with the name of cookies or me ? with many things on mind .. LOL ..

Ok, never mind, after all, he like it, my daughter like it.. next time I bake again.

Indeed, meringue is so light, so airy, can't stop eating this.. so somebody must to blamed !
Meringue Kiss Cookies
Ingredients:

4 eggs whites
1 cup sugar
pinch of tartar, (can substitute with lemon juice)
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Food coloring/dye of your choice

Directions:
Line to bake sheets with parchment and heat oven to 225 F

Place sugar, egg whites and tartar in a bowl over (not on) simmering water. Constantly whisk the egg whites until the sugar has dissolved.

Pour the egg mixture into a clean bowl. Using a whisk attachment on a stand mixer or a hand held mixture, slowly beat egg mixture. Add in vanilla extract and any food coloring if you are using it. Gradually increase speed and continue to beat mixture until stiff peaks have almost formed. Mixture is ready when whisk attachment dipped into mixture leaves a curled but stiff peak when removed.

Transfer mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a close or open star tip or what ever design you prefer, making sure to set them one inch apart from one another. Bake at 225 degrees F for 45 minutes, then turn off oven and leave the door slightly ajar for meringues to cool down with the oven. Store meringue cookies in an airtight container away from any heat or moisture. Alternatively, store them in the freezer where they can be enjoyed straight from the freezer without any defrosting

Lapis Legit Prunes

Aaah.. finally, I can tell you, 2 hours baking ? worth it !! Well, this is the MUST cake at ours home for Eid Fitri Festive. My hubby favorite's Indonesian cake ever. I introduce him for the first time when he met me, long time ago. Since than he fallen in love with this cake. But I bake this for special occasion only, too much work..

Lapis Legit Prunes

Source : Yasaboga

Ingredients :
300g butter
200g margarine
3 Tbs sweetened condensed milk
1 Tbs spekkoek spice  (make your own : ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, and clove)
100g plain flour
350g caster sugar
30 egg yolks
½ tsp vanilla

prunes, thin slice if you use
 

Directions :
Beat the butter and margarine until fluffy and pale. Add in the sweetened condensed milk.

Beat until well mixed. Beat the egg yolks, sugar and vanilla until thick and pale. Whisk in the butter mixture one spoon at a time, mix well. Fold in the sifted flour and spices, mix well. Prepare a square cake tin 22x22cm, line with baking paper. Spoon the batter into the tin, 3 Tbs at a time, level the surface. Bake first layer with oven temperature reach 350 F until golden brown. Change the setting to grill / broil low heat. 

Spoon in 3 Tbs batter on to the first layer, level. Bake for about 3 minutes or until the surface is golden brown. After 3 layers add slices of prunes, remove and repeat the process until all batter is used. Remove from the oven and let cool on the wire rack.

Note to my friends, visitor, fellow blogger :
Maybe this is my last posting before Eid Fitri Festive, I would like to say :

A very Happy Eid Mubarak to you and your families. 
"Taqaballa Allahu mina wa minkum Al-‘Amal Al-Saliha”

May Allah accept from you and us the good deeds