my secret to a crack-proof cookies =)

ingat tak dulu, i have this problem: cracked cookies! disebabkan ini lah cookies yg cik ayu deliver slalu short in numbers.. kurang sekeping, kurang 2 keping, paling bnyk in cik ayu's record - kurang 4 keping =( . tp alhamdulillah my customer ni semua sabar2 org nya.. slalu diorang ckp, "takpe la kak... lgpon dulang saya kecik je.."

and recently i discovered something, dgn bantuan encik 'google' la.. =) artikel tu ckp every oven is different from one to another. which means, even sometimes a recipe states that u have to bake the cookies at certain temperature, that temperature might not be the 'right' temperature for your oven. so kalau kite tak dpt cookies that is not as crispy as it should be (kalau bahasa cik ayu, cik ayu ckp - peroi, tak rangup), try increase your baking temperature!

so i went and increased my baking temperature, slightly higher.. and guess what, it works! cookies cik ayu is more crispy. and the best part is less cracked cookies!

p/s: resipi cik ayu suh set temperature at 180 degC. cik ayu set nak dekat2 190 degC.

icing consistency: do you know this?

lamanya cik ayu dah tak buat tutorial.. windu nak mengajor.. hehe.. (takde la terer manapon cik ayu ni kan.. huhu).

cik ayu rasa everybody will face this problem, especially kalau baru2 nak blaja deco cookies guna royal icing nih.. hehe.. cik ayu salah sorang la tu..

how do you know you have the right icing consistency?

dgn hasil 'google2' saya dan percubaan puluhan kali, akhirnya saya dpt ilmu ni!

ok, camni caranya.. bile kite dah siapkan royal icing tu (guna resepi senang giler cik ayu di sini), sudukan royal icing tersebut dan tuangkan semula dlm bekas nya, buat bentuk 'zig-zag'. mcm dlm gambar ni.

kemudian kira dlm hati (kire kuat2 pon bole.. huhu), "seribu satu, seribu dua, seribu tiga, seribu empat". by the time kite abes kire, kesan 'zig-zag' tu sepatutya dah hilang, which means all the icing have settled in, jd mcm dlm gambar kat bawah ni (abaikan dulu tanda seruan ngan tanda soal tu ya.. huhu). ini maksudnya, anda dah dpt the right icing consistency utk buat outline atas cookies - i.e. outline consistency.

tp kalau dah abes kire the icing still not settled in, this means that your icing is too thick. tambah sikiiiiiit lg air, and start all over again. =).

gunakan kiraan "seribu satu, seribu dua" dan anda akan dptkan icing consistency yg sesuai utk flood your cookies - i.e. flooding consistency.

ok.. ape kes la plak ada tanda soal ngan tanda seruan tu ya.. hehe.. nampak tak ada bubbles kat tanda seruan ngan tanda soal tu? bubbles - is no-no ok! so how we avoid this?

this is how - dgn menggunakan sehelai tuala bersih yg lembap, tutup mangkuk icing anda, and let the icing rest for some time (say 10 minutes).

tik tok tik tok... dah 10 minutes..

alihkan tuala lembap td dan anda akan nampak banyak bubbles timbul, dgn menggunakan sudu kacau icing anda, musnahkan bubble2 itu! hehe..

so skang anda ada icing yg bubble-free!

p/s: cik ayu harap tutorial ni dpt membantu anda =)