Healthy Carrot Stick

Healthy Carrot Stick

My 'picky eater' son also love this snack. He doesn't even know there's carrot in it (*bonus point there) Recipe worth trying.

For a change, I cut the dough in fun shaped to put in my son's lunchbox

Source:
http://weelicious.com/2010/06/03/carrot-snack-sticks/

I have slightly altered the original recipe using ingredients that i have on hand.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup of all purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons of cheddar cheese, grated
• 1/2 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 of tsp salt
• 1/2 cup of carrot, shredded finely
• 2 Tbsp of olive oil
• 2 tsp of brown sugar

METHODS: 

1. Combine the flour, cheese, baking powder, salt and sugar and stir to combine.
2. Add the carrots to the flour mixture, using your hand to coat the carrot pieces with flour.
3. Add the oil and knead to bring the dough together.
4. (until the flour absorbs the oil. add extra tsp of oil if the mixture seems too dry and not coming together).
5. Roll the dough into about 1/2 inch thick (I prefer to roll it a bit thinner to get the crisp texture). 
6. Cut the dough into sticks. You can even use a cookie cutter to cut it in a fun shape (as shown in my son's lunchbox above).
7. Bake on a preheated oven of 190 degrees Celsius until done.

Cheese Crackers

Cheese crackers for my kids' snack.

Recipe adapted from ig @nurpian04 or can refer to her blog http://cake-2-u.blogspot.my/
I have added about 1/4 tsp of salt and 1 tbsp brown sugar from the original recipe.

120 g all purpose flour
70 g grated cheddar cheese
60 g butter
2 tbsp ice water
1) Mix all ingredients in food processor except water. Pulse few times until it resembles breadcrumbs.
2) Add water and pulse until become dough.
3) Wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins.
4) Take out dough and roll thin. Cut in any shapes you want. I used pizza cutter to cut into small squares and make the hole in the middle using chopstick end.
5) Bake in 170 degree Celsius oven until done.

Homemade Pocky

Homemade pocky stick. My boys favourite snack!

I am so trilled when I came across this recipe. My boys really love to eat pocky, so it would be great to be able to make a homemade pocky for them ;)

Recipe source: ig @nurpian04 (http://cake-2-u.blogspot.my/)

INGREDIENTS:
140 g all purpose flour
2 tbsp corn flour
1 1/2 tbsp sugar 
45 g butter
4 tbsp fresh milk

METHODS:
1) Mix flour and corn flour. Then put sugar and butter and press with hand until resembles bread crumbs.
2) Add milk and mix well until become dough.
3) Wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins.
4) Take out dough and roll it thin then cut into sticks using long knife or pizza cutter or any method you prefer.
5) Bake at 170 degree celcius for 12 - 15 mins or until done.
6) Once done, let cool. Then melt chocolate in a glass and dip stick biscuits one by one. You can also sprinkle with nuts or chocolate rice, or any sprinkles of your choice.
7) Let cool until the chocolate set.