Thursday, January 27, 2011

Bak Gua Crisps? 肉干饼?

The first thing that came to my family mind was "eh you making bak gua ah?" My reply was ................
Well I have to admit it does look like bak gua (肉干) at first sight.... ohh but the taste, the taste is incomparable...


Crackles in your mouth... strong taste of cocoa, crunchiness of almonds all combined into that one piece.
If you haven fall in love with it, bake it and you will!





Chocolate Lace Crisps
(adapted from 孟老师的100道手工饼干)

Makes 12 pieces

30g butter
30g sugar
1 tbsp milk
5g cocoa powder
5g plain flour
25g almond nibs

Method
  1. Melt butter and sugar in a saucepan until butter and sugar dissolves completely, turn of heat and stir in milk until combined. Set aside to cool.
  2. Once cooled, add in cocoa powder, plain flour and almond nibs, stir to combine.
  3. Drop by 1/2 teaspoons onto a baking tray line with parchment paper, spacing at least 5cm apart as the batter will spread during baking.
  4. Bake in preheated oven of 170C for 15mins.
  5. Cool on the baking tray until it hardens before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. It will be very crispy once cooled completely.
Enjoy!


37 comments:

WendyinKK said...

Hahaha,
yawoh, they look like bak kwa.
I've seen just regular coloured ones, not chocolate ones. New to me

j3ss kitch3n said...

lol! you also think so right lol but then these are really delicious!

Unknown said...

i though how come this bak gua got
"lubang lubang"....haha..

ariescovis said...

hahahah~~~bak gua look de chocalate lace crips.

Bakericious said...

Jess, really looks like bak kwa crisp, looks nice!

Little Inbox said...

Looks so crispy. It must be a nice snack.

鲸鱼蓝蓝蓝 said...

我有看到这个食谱,一直很想做,不过没时间:$

Yummy Bakes said...

It does look like bah kwa? Looks good - can sample a bit or not? haha

j3ss kitch3n said...

Joelyn, hehe ya lor

ariescovis haha cute right

Jess lol thanks

Little Inbox yeah its very delicious

鲸鱼,你一定要做哦,很好吃!

Chris sure! haha

hanushi said...

Haha... I also thought how come you are making bah kwa...

Your cookies must be v crispy... Yumyum,..

lena said...

hi jess, are these florentines? looks like florentines that i see in books

j3ss kitch3n said...

hanushi haha is very crispy!

Lena i think these are considered florentines now that you mentioned it =D

DG said...

Agree with you & the rest ... hahahaha these exactly looks like bak kwa .... :D
The cookies look shiny & crispy!

Janine said...

at first sight, really really looks like bakgua!

jess - how did you manage to spread the batter so thinly? I tried the same recipe but my batter didn't spread much so the 'crisps' are not crispy at all =S

MaryMoh said...

Haha....they do look like bak kwa. You are just brilliant! These must be very addictive.

bernice's kitchen said...

哈哈~是有像肉干咯!
看起来好好吃,被你形容到真想咬一口^0^

Jean said...

they remind me of the golden lace crisps which lay beside atas desserts in restaurants! the chocolate version :D

茄子 said...

颜色很漂亮,看起来很脆,不小心就会破了。。

Anonymous said...

wow.. these look so out of this world. Almonds and Chocolate are like a match made in heaven!

j3ss kitch3n said...

DG haha they look real shiny! must be the butter!

Janine haha bak gua crisp! i never spread them out i drop by tsp during baking they spread out on their own.

Mary haha its really addictive!

Alan thanks =D!
茄子姐 呵呵对阿,拿的时候要小心翼翼!


Bernice 请自便哦!

Jean thanks =p

Alice said...

hi jess,

if i dun read ur posting and only see the pic, i would hv thought its bak gua :)

yum yum!!! chocolate and almond....*saliva drop* :P

Anonymous said...

Hi,
What is almond nibs? Is it whole almond crushed into coarse bits? Do i need to roast the whole almonds first?
thks alot, after your reply, i will make these :) Lisa

The Sweetylicious said...

true true! it does resemble bak gua! choc and almond nibs = yummy and crunchy! really got to spread it and look after it before it gets burnt! great job jess! (:

My Little Space said...

Jess, these look awesome! Yes, I might also think these are 'bak kua'. haha... I like this recipe too. Thanks for sharing & hope you're having a terrific day.
Blessings, Kristy

j3ss kitch3n said...

Alice haha *faints*

Lisa, its whole almond chopped into tiny cubes =)

Jasmine i never spread i just drop by tsp then the oven do the spreading =p

Kristy hahah you are most welcome have a great day too!

Anonymous said...

LOL, they do look like bak gua allright! Nevertheless they look so delicious, i am so tempted to try!

Min said...

Haha, really looks like bak gua! I saw this recipe in this book also, very crispy :)

ICook4Fun said...

ha ha it does look like bak kua except a bit darker. I like the lacey look to it. Real pretty.

j3ss kitch3n said...

crustabakes lol please do try

Min even you think so? lol

Gert lol thanks!

Honey Bee Sweets said...

Oh wow, you don't say! These do look like ba kwa to me, lol! I bet these chocolate lace cookies taste really crisp and chocolaty, yum yum!

Edith said...

The sheen is really misleading. For a moment... I believe you., haha

Victor said...

I didn't know that Chinese uses chocolate or even cocoa powder. I probably should read more about Chinese food cuulture then. Looks yummy!

dailydelicious said...

I imagine that the flavor will be a bit like caramel chocolate, right?
Look delicious!

Swee San said...

I thought they were bak kwa at first lol.
Happy Chinese New Year Jess

Janice Hcc said...

yummy lor, Happy Chinese New Year to you and your family, wish all the best in this rabbit year^^

Angie's Recipes said...

They look so crispy!

pigpigscorner said...

hahaha they do look like bah kwa

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