First post of the year! I’ve actually made these cookies last year during Christmas but I didn’t have the time to post it. It’s really easy to make cookies because all you need is a good simple cookie dough recipe and then you can add whatever ingredients you want into it. Since I was feeling rather fancy over christmas, I’ve decided to make some pistachio and cranberry cookies. Nutrition per cookie (one batch makes 60) Ingredients 140g unsalted butter (room temperature) 100g caster sugar 2 egg yolks 1 tsp vanilla essence 240g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 50g pistachio nuts 50g cranberries Directions Preparation time: 10min Baking time: 15-20min or when the cookie turns golden brown Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy Add in the two egg yolks and 1 tsp of vanilla essence and continue to cream Sieve the flour and baking powder into the creamed mixture. Fold it in until a dough forms Fold in the pistachio and cranberries Cling wrap it and leave it in the fridge overnight …

One thing I love about baking at home is that my mom has lots of beautiful plates that I can use for my food photography. She has all sorts of different size plates and tea cups that she accumulated over the years from around that world that make the perfect prop for food styling. I’m still on a christmas baking quest and today’s menu is orange cinnamon cookies. I did not have any snowflake shaped cookie cutter so I used a star cookie cutter instead and decorated it using melted white chocolate. You can use icing gel if you prefer. One thing about making cookie dough – they are best made a day ahead and then stored in the refrigerator for the flavour to settle in. It can be quite tricky working with melted white chocolate because they tend to harden quickly which could clog up your pipping nozzle. What I normally do is to place the nozzle in boiling hot water so that it would remain hot/warm while I’m pipping the white chocolate. Alternatively …