12. Hiatus period

Sorry for not updating. It's been a long time since I last updated.

So, it's the 2nd last day of Ramadhan and I've been baking kuihs for Raya! All excited for Raya and these kuih are really delicious! Our tradition to bake the same thing over and over again!

Best selling is the Chocolate Cookies with Walnut!

Our new recipe for the year is the Milo and Chocolate Chip cookies and Milo with Chocolate Bowl! It is a must try recipe!

Stay tune for the recipe!

Another update on my artsy fartsy life would be 2 new painting! Awesome ideas and I can't wait for the outcome of the painting!

11. Nutella Cupcakes with Chocolate Topping

Of course, being crazy and obsessed with baking, I did a special request from the bride to be.

Baked her my special Nutella Cupcakes with Chocolate Topping!

Testing my own creativity in decorating and presenting the cupcakes! :)

TEN. The wedding bells.

A cousin of mine just got engaged to a wonderful man. :)

So, as a cousin, we are pretty close to each other, my sister and I baked some goodies for her as a gift!

First and foremost, we baked Milo Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Here are the ingredients:

• 400 grams of Self Raising Flour
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
• 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
• 1/2 vanilla powder
• 250 grams of butter
• 5 ounce of sugar powder
• 2 cups of Milo
• 1 packet of Hershey's chocolate chip

Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla powder in a big bowl. Next, add the egg and beat the mixture again.

Add in the bicarbonate soda and cream of tartar to the mixture. Mix well and next, add the milo and flour.

Once you get the mixture, as shown above, add in the chocolate chip and mix evenly.

You can bake it like any other normal cookies but for the special occasion, we made the cookies like this! And you will see why later. :)

Bake the cookies in the oven for 15 minutes or so. Oven temperature should be 150 degree!

We even added the chocolate topping.

You just need:

• Semi sweet chocolate bar
  
• Shortening

In saucepan, heat the shortening in low heat. Once the shortening melted, add in the chocolate bar and stir the mixture until smooth.

Using a tablespoon, scoop up the chocolate mixture and pour it on the cookies, enough to cover the top of the cookies.

As for the finishing touch, sprinkle some decorations! Or, eat it just like that!

NINE. 5 awesome minute of baking!

Was just browsing through the internet like any other people would do when they are bored. I found this recipe by chance!

As I mentioned that I was feeling bored and not to forget hungry for some snacks, I decided to try this recipe.

As mentioned in the recipe, the cake is to be bake in a cup but in my case, I have the phobia to put a glass in the microwave, so I used a Tupperware instead. So I whipped up all the ingredients mentioned, patiently waited for 2.5 minutes, TADA!

It is absolutely delicious! My siblings loved it and even asked for more.

I must say that this recipe is convenient and fast to make when you're feeling hungry AND lazy.

Do try it with vanilla ice-cream and hell lots of whipped cream! It will definitely be more delicious!

#recipe (http://somekitchenstories.com/2011/06/20/chocolate-mug-of-sadness/)

EIGHT. Baked Potato with Butter and Mozzarella and Cheddar Cheese!

Another simple sinful snack to much on!

All you need is just..

1. A potato

2. Butter (depends on your preference!)

3. Mozzarella

4. Cheddar

Firstly, boil the potato for 15 minutes. Once that is done, cut the potato in half and put in the butter, either 1 tablespoon or more or less, which will melt later eventually. Sprinkle the cheeses!

More cheese means more delicious!

Put it in the microwave for 30 seconds.

TADA!

I do hope you like it. Originally inspired by Wendy's baked potato!

Seven. French Toast with Cheese and Strawberry finish!

A simple breakfast!

What you need:

1. 2 eggs

2. 3 slices of bread. Cut in halves

3. Butter - as oil

4. Mozzarella Cheese

5. Cheddar Cheese

6. Cut strawberries

Whisk the 2 eggs in a small bowl. Put in some pepper and salt for taste.

Heat frying pan and put in butter. Dip the slices of bread in the egg and fry it until golden brown. Once all bread are done, sprinkle the cheeses on top and put it in the microwave for 25 secs!

As for the strawberries, arrange it at the side for a nice finish!

Wonderful breakfast, I must say!

SIX. Halal Ben&Jerry's!

I am as happy as you are! (Maybe. Hehe!)

Apparently, I was reading an article from a friend's blog and I saw a link which sent me directly to heaven! Not literally, of course!

Upon reading the article, I was ecstatic to know that B&J have finally produced Halal products! As you can see in the picture, the Halal logo is from IFANCA. I bet some of us do not know who IFANCA is ...

IFANCA the leading Halal-food certification organization in North America. Halal certification gives companies access to Muslim consumers. IFANCA's Halal Symbol (the Crescent 'M') helps Muslims in choosing their goods, assured that what they are buying is Halal without doubt.

IFANCA has been recognized and endorsed by the following religious and governmental organizations:

• Malaysian Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM)
• Central Islamic Committee office of Thailand
• Majelis Ulama Indonesia (M.U.I.)
• Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (M.U.I.S.)
• Muslim World League, Saudi Arabia
• USDA/FSIS International Programs
• United Aram Emirates (GSM)
• IFANCA is a founding and sustaining member of the World Halal Council

Want to find out more? http://www.ifanca.org/about/

As stated in the blog, this person did her research and received an email...

Yes, there are some Ben & Jerry's Halal products out there currently. The packages you saw recently are some of the 10 Halal certified flavors (please see attached list for the full flavors). We have been working towards a Halal certificate for our factory in Vermont, USA and we received it some time ago.

Not all of our packages have the stamp on them for the following reasons:
Our flavor gurus will be changing the formulas for some of our moovelicious flavors so that it can be fully Halal and hence this will take a while for these flavors to be perfected.

Our packaging is pre manufactured and hence it takes a while for the new packaging with the Halal stamp to take effect for consumers.

Consumers can expect about 4 to 5 new Halal flavors in the market a year. We can't wait for all the flavors to be fully certified Halal either! If you have any more questions, please feel free to send them my way. ..."

Ok so the 10 HALAL flavours are:
1)A Cookie Affair
2)Chocolate Fudge Brownie
3)Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
4)Chunky Monkey
5)Half - Baked
6)New York Super Fudge Chunk
7)Phish Food
8)Strawberry Cheesecake
9)Triple Caramel Chunk
10)Vanilla

Important note: These HALAL flavours can be bought at Ben and Jerry's ice-cream scoop shops but do buy them in PINTS (already packed by the Vermont Factory with HALAL logo) or u can buy them in the supermarkets.And do note that these ICE-CREAM scoops shops are NOT-HALAL certified so the cones, and all the wafery additions are not advisable to be consumed cos there is no Halal-certification for that.And some flavours in the branches are not yet HALAL-certified (read the above email properly),so the scoops and others are kinda questionable.If confused,just purchase them from the supermarkets (ensure HALAL logo is present).

If you are on quest to find Halal food all around the world, do read the blog! http://www.worldhalalquest.com/

My mission for the day is, find B&J Chocolate Fudge Brownie! :)