Kuih Makmur (Ghee Balls)

Date: 11/09/09 (Friday)

These cookies are my favourite ones that I look out each year during Raya but over the past years it is hard to get the ones that taste like the ones my tok makes… How much I miss them!!! Some of the ones I tried were either too hard, no taste of ghee or just plain horrible… So this year I made the decision to make them myself though I never made them alone it is always under the guidance of my aunt…

So, I went in search of the recipe… And found this one but never heard of using eggs to it… As far as I know kuih makmur does not use eggs… After much discussion with a colleague of mine on what is the usage of eggs in the recipe and how does it change the taste… I decided to give it a try… Who know it will turn out alright.

Recipe taken from Jo's Deli Bakery blog:

INGREDIENTS:
(Makes 150)

• 500g cake/superfine flour, sifted
  
• 350g peanuts
  
• 250g ghee, melted and cooled
  
• 1-1 half tsp of salt
  
• 2 eggs
  
• Icing sugar (sifted) for coating

METHOD:

• Fry sifted flour over slow fire until it is dry, light and leaves the sides of the pan/wok
  
• Fry peanuts over slow fire until fragrant. De-skinned them and grind while they are still warm.
• Combine the fried flour, ground peanuts and salt in a mixing bowl. Mix well.
  
• Add the eggs and the melted ghee to the dry ingredients. Mix them together until dough is formed.
  
• Form dough into small balls (size that desired by you). Place them on a tray.
  
• Bake in a preheated oven at 180 deg C for 10-15 minutes.
  
• Cool the cookies. Once cooled coat them with the icing sugar and store in an airtight container.
  

Note:

• The cookies may look ugly but it is yummy… trust me.
  
• It should have the melt in your mouth texture.
  
• Though you can add the grinded peanuts together but I stuffed the balls with them… much harder to do.
  
• Not sure what the eggs did to the cookies but I tend to keep it in mine but for a more traditional one no need to add in the eggs.

Well, my 1^st attempt wasn't that bad really :) ...look at the picture... looks yummy right???... and it taste almost similar to the ones my tok makes… Now, I just need to perfect it.

Frankly, the ones my tok makes does not use peanuts but uses cow's milk… It is heavenly… Need to get aunt to show me how…