Baklava Bars

Prep Time: 25 min
Total Time: 2 hours 50 min
Makes: 24 bars













Cookie Base
1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 egg
Filling
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
8 frozen mini fillo shells (from 2.1-oz package)
Glaze
1/3 cup honey
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
Garnish
5 tablespoons honey


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1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
2. In large bowl, stir cookie base ingredients until soft dough forms. Press dough in bottom of pan. Bake 15 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, stir walnuts, granulated sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and the salt with fork until mixture is well mixed and crumbly.
4. Sprinkle nut mixture evenly over partially baked base. With hands, crumble frozen fillo shells evenly over nut mixture. Bake 18 to 20 minutes longer or until golden brown.
5. Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, microwave 1/3 cup honey, 2 tablespoons butter, the brown sugar, lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon uncovered on High 1 minute or until bubbly. Stir in vanilla.
6. Drizzle honey mixture evenly over fillo. Cool completely, about 2 hours.
7. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Before serving, drizzle 1/2 teaspoon honey over each bar. Store covered at room temperature.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): In step 2, bake crust 17 minutes.

Mee Goreng Mamak Pedas ( Fried Spicy Malaysian Noodle)

let's try mee goreng mamak, it's Delicious.. Try first and feel it...



Recently I was craving for Malaysian style fried spicy noodle or mee goreng mamak. Of course, I have to cook this fried noodle myself at home.It's out of question for me to drive to Malaysian restaurant in NYC for 45 minutes just to get a plate of fried spicy mamak mee.Luckily I still have a pack of one pound yellow soft noodle.I also store some fried tofu and sambal belacan in freezer.Just in less than 30 minutes I can fried my own Fried Spicy Mamak Mee to satisfied my craving..Here...I would love to share my simple and quick recipe with you:)
Ingredients:

1 pound soft yellow noodle (blanch with warm water if noodle store in fridge)
1 piece boneless chicken breast,about 500 gm(sliced)
5 cloves fresh garlic,peel and chopped
10 pieces large shrimp,clean and deviened
1 pack fried tofu (cut halves)
100 g Chinese chives
3 large eggs
2 tbsp fried-sambal-belacan or sambal oelek
2 tbsp kicap manis (sweet soy sauce)
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp chicken bouillon powder
1 stalk scallion,wash and cut 2 inch
some fried shallot for garnishing
2 tbsp oil

ngredients:

1 pound soft yellow noodle (blanch with warm water if noodle store in fridge)
1 piece boneless chicken breast,about 500 gm(sliced)
5 cloves fresh garlic,peel and chopped
10 pieces large shrimp,clean and deviened
1 pack fried tofu (cut halves)
Method:

1:Heat wok or large skillet or wok at medium high heat with oil .When skillet or wok hot enough ,add in eggs,fry as scramble eggs for 2 minutes ,then dish out set aside.Add in garlic,fry garlic until fragrant,then add in sliced chicken and shrimp for 1 minutes.

2:Increase heat to high ,then add in sambal-belacan ,soft yellow noodle,kicap manis,chicken bouillon powder and soy sauce.Mix all ingredients well .Add in scramble eggs ,fried tofu and Chinese chives,keep stirring at high heat for 5 minutes,do not burnt !! Check seasoning to your taste.
3:Add in cut scallion and dish out.Garnish with fried shallot and serve warm.

SUCCESSFUL OF CAKE..

Steps to successful cake
1) Read the recipe thoroughly before. Assemble ingredients and equipment before proceeding.
2) Preheat oven to correct temperature, prepared baking trays.
3) No temperature ingredients such as butter and eggs warm.
4) The measure ingredients accurately, do not judge sets of eyes, but you use a standard measuring cup and spoons metric.
5) Presift dry ingredients.
6) Pay attention to good creaming butter and sugar mixture, add eggs and egg yolks slowly.
7) Do not overbeat proteins.
8) Beware of the folding procedure.
9) Or a spoon pours the cake mix into the prepared cake pan, spread evenly into corners and smooth surface.
10) Check the temperature of the oven; avoid opening the oven door until at least two-thirds of the way through cooking.
11) All times are approximate for cakes; cooking time may vary depending on the accuracy of the temperature of the oven and when the cake is put vary.
12) Stand cake in pan for the prescribed time before cooling on wire rack.