Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 large egg
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• if desired, 1 cup chopped pecans

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix sugar, brown sugar, butter and egg in a large bowl by hand. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. The dough will be very stiff. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. The centers will be soft. Let cool for one minute then remove from cookie sheet and place on wire rack to finish cooling

(extracted from http://www.popularcookierecipes.com)

Hong Kong Egg Tarts

INGREDIENTS
1 cup confectioners' sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup butter
1 egg, beaten
1 dash vanilla extract

2/3 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups water
9 eggs, beaten
1 dash vanilla extract
1 cup canned evaporated milk

DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl, mix together the confectioners' sugar and flour. Mix in butter with a fork until it is in small crumbs. Stir in the egg and vanilla until the mixture forms a dough. The texture should be slightly moist. Add more butter if it is too dry, or more flour, if the dough seems greasy. Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, and press the balls into tart molds so that it covers the bottom, and goes up higher than the sides. Use 2 fingers to shape the edge into an A shape.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Combine the white sugar and water in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil. Cook until the sugar is dissolved, remove from heat and cool to room temperature. Strain the eggs through a sieve, and whisk into the sugar mixture. Stir in the evaporated milk and vanilla. Strain the filling through a sieve, and fill the tart shells.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown, and the filling is puffed up a little bit.

(Extracted from http://allrecipes.com/ )

Basic Vanilla Ice Cream

Ingredient:

1 litre full cream milk

2 1/2 tsp. cornflour1 tsp. gelatine

3/4 cup sugar

1 cup fresh cream

1 tsp. vanilla essence

1/2cup cold milk

Method:

Bring milk to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes on low, stirring occasionally.

Mix cornflour in 1/2 cup cold milk, keep aside. Add sugar to milk, stir. Add cornflour paste, stirring continuouslytill boil resumes.

Boil for a further 4-5 minutes, take off fire.

Sprinkle gelatine over 3 tbsp. water in a small pan.

Allow to soak for 5 minutes. Warm over gentle heat, till dissolved.

Do not bring it to a boil.

When boiled milk cools a little, add gelatine solution and mix well.

Cool to room temperature, freeze in covered tray, till set but not hard.

Break into pieces, beat with an egg beater till soft.

Add cream and essence, mix well.

The texture should be light and creamy.

Reset in the freezer till frozen.

(recipe from http://www.dessert-recipes.co.uk/ )