Butter rice recipe

Here goes:
Rice (wash & strain)
3tbsp salted butter
1 tin evaporated milk
a knot of pandan leaves
ginger, bombay onion, garlic
cinnamon, cardamon, start anise

fried shallots, mint/coriander, cashew nuts to garnish 

For my own family, I don't use much butter. For guests, I will be more generous for better taste and colour. I usually start by melting the butter and frying the aromatics & spices. Then I add rice and give it a quick fry. Finally, add the knotted pandan, milk and water.

For garnishing, fresh fried shallots is a must. The rest are optional. I have tried adding finely chopped serai (only the white part), dates and raisins. 


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Butter Pecan Cookies Recipe

Ingredients
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/3 cup sugar, plus more for coating
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup all-purpose flour

Method
1 Preheat oven to 350°F. On a baking sheet, toast pecans until fragrant, about 6 minutes. Let cool completely; finely chop.

2 With an electric mixer, cream butter for about a minute. Add 1/3 cup sugar and cream until light, about 1 minute more. Beat in vanilla, salt, and flour, scraping down sides of bowl, just until dough comes together. Fold in pecans.

3 Separate dough into 12 pieces; squeeze dough to shape into balls. Roll in sugar. Place, 3 inches apart, on a baking sheet.

4 Gently flatten with the bottom of a glass (reshape sides if necessary). Sprinkle with sugar.

5 Bake until golden brown, rotating sheet halfway through, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle with more sugar. Cool cookies on a wire rack.

Butter Cookies

225g Self Raising Flour 
100g Butter 
75g Sugar 
1 egg 
Few drops of vanilla essence 

1) Mix flour & butter well w/fingers 
2) Add egg,sugar,vanilla essence. 
Mix till form stiff dough 
3) Knead & roll out.Cut out desired shapes w/cookie cutters 
4) May wish to sprinkle deco before baking(choc rice,100s10000s,mini m&m's etc) 
5) Bake 180C-200C till slightly browned

by angelbliss