Monkey-design pineapple tarts tutorial 猴子造型凤梨酥教程

An inspiration came today and I played with some pastry dough and came up with this monkey-design pineapple tarts which is appropriate as we approach the year of the Monkey in about 3 weeks time. 
今天灵感一来，做了猴子造型凤梨酥来迎接猴年，希望大家会喜欢。

Cheesy Pineapple Tarts - Goat shaped 芝士凤梨酥－ 山羊造型 (中英食谱教程)

Just one more week to the Lunar New Year and we will be welcoming the Goat Year. I have seen many bakers baking the lovable sheep cookies but I wanted to do something different. So, I put on my thinking cap and ponder on how to transform my round pineapple tarts into a goat shape. Finally, I work out something this afternoon and here's sharing with you my new creation of a goat pineapple tart. Hope you like it! 

我们即将迎接羊年的来临，心想做些羊造型的年饼。在网上看到很多网友都做了可爱绵羊造型的酥饼，但我想与众不同。想了好几天，今天下午终于让我想出怎么做出山羊的造型了，就迫不急特地烘焙了这些山羊入口即化的凤梨酥。在这跟你分享我的独家创作， 希望你会喜欢。也祝大家在羊年洋洋得意，新春飞扬，喜气洋洋，扬眉吐气，青春洋溢，羊年行大运。

Pineapple Prosperity Bak Kwa 凤梨(旺来)肉干 (中英食谱教程)

Three weeks ago, my good friend Lois whatsapp me and told me that I am on news...what? on news? She asked me to quickly get a copy of WanBao newspaper that Saturday night as Baking Taitai was mentioned about her homemade bak kwa in a Chinese New Year Bak Kwa article. What a pleasant surprise! 

三个星期前的周六晚，好友Lois写短讯给我，告诉我，我上新闻了！叫我赶快去买份晚报看一看。原来‘Baking Taitai' 的自制肉干在一篇农历新年肉干的报道上有被提到，真的是一个意外惊喜！

Taiwanese Pineapple Tarts 台湾凤梨酥 (中英食谱）

 

I recently returned from a great vacation in Taiwan, a country with warm and friendly people and great food too! Barely a week from returning, my kids are already missing it and so do I. This morning, I decided to bake something that would bring back the nice memories we had during our holidays.