Merry Christmas

 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday for my dear blogger friends, hopefully it's not too late! I supposed to post it yesterday, but the internet at my house was very slow and I don't know what happened with it.

Yesterday we celebrate our Christmas in Indonesian's ambassador house, they always have open house during Christmas every year. There were plenty of Indonesian food there and our tummy were pleased. :D

I managed to make Christmas cupcakes this year, cute aren't they? I got the idea from the internet and tried to make it by my own. The cupcake itself is Oreo Vanilla Cupcakes with Cookies and Cream Buttercream Frosting.

Kawaii Butter Cookies

I made this melted in the mouth butter cookies for my daughter’s classmates and teachers. I tried to figure out what things is easy to made, will be loved by the kids and of course..Cute!  The idea to make butter cookies just popped out in my mind and I browse the recipe on internet.

I used Christine's butter cookies recipe for it and the result is just like what she described in her blog : Buttery and melt in the mouth. To make the cute stamp characters on the cookies, I used my bento vegetables cutter, circle and flower cookie cutter.

Butter Cookies

By Christine's Recipes

Ingredients:

150 grams all purpose flour

30 grams corn flour/corn starch

20 grams custard powder

160 grams butter, softened at room temperature

50 grams icing sugar

¼ tsp pure vanilla extract

1 tsp baking powder

Method:

1. Combine the plain flour, corn flour, custard powder  and baking powder and sift through a sieve.  Set aside.  
2. In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the butter and icing sugar until fluffy and pale. Mix in the vanilla extract. 
3. Sift in the flour mixture. Beat at low speed with an electric mixer. Remember to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Lightly knead into a dough. Wrap with a plastic film and roll into a tube in 3½cm thickness. Wrap it up and refrigerate for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until it’s workable.
4.Preheat oven to 180C / 356F. Line two baking trays with baking paper. 
5.Remove the dough from refrigerator. Slice into 1½cm-thick portions. Place each portion in single layer on the lined trays, each at least 3cm apart. Use a lightly greased fork to gently press the small dough. Bake in preheated oven, for about 15 minutes, or until lightly brown. Remove from oven and let them sit for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack until completely cool down.

Pinky Hat Santa

 

It’s already December now and Christmas is just around the corner. I can’t wait to see other Christmas theme bento from my bento-ers fellow. Well, today I make my first Christmas theme bento for this year, Pinky Hat Santa. Mrs. Claus accidentally put some bleach while washing Santa’s hat last year and she forgot to tell him about it. Will it be a new trend? Let’s see. :D

 

Snowman

 

This is my first Christmas theme bento so far. I made Snowman, because Elaine ask for it after she saw my cupcake topper. 

I made Christmas cupcakes for Elaine's classmates and teachers few days ago, they were chocolate chips cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream frosting. I was so happy when i heard from the teachers that the kids really love it, they even couldn't wait to eat it. Hopefully they enjoyed their cupcakes!  

Today, i made 30 cupcakes for my husband's co-workers which is will be distributed tomorrow at the Christmas party. This time i made Cookies and Cream cupcakes with vanilla butter cream frosting and put the cute Angel as the topper.  Hopefully they will like it. ^^