I feel like Santa Claus

Note: Blogger has been pmsing upon us... now they should really have a cookie!

Ahh it's great to bring joy to people by giving them cookies. Today I was at my church and at the request of Mr. Jack, I managed to make 7 people happy (I hope so!) hehehe...

#18: JackSquare, 19, student/ambassor for Xfresh

#19: Cherie Boey, 22, student/my cell group leader

#20: Paul Tan, (I'm not sure of his age), survivor of internal head bleeding, he was surviving for a very bad head injury.
Note: I was really happy that I could give him cookies too and he was really a miracle =)

#21: Sharon, 18, student

#22:Rachel, (not so sure of the age too hehe), graphic designer/fashion guru!

#23: Samuel Wong, 19, student/photographer

#24: Carmen, 18, student/uses Rejoice shampoo for super straight hair hehe.. no lahh...

Current cookie count: 24

It was really fun giving out cookies again : ) Eventhough it makes someone happy for 5 mins, I feel it was worth it. Especially Paul. On the record, Paul was diagnosed with brain tumor a few months back, he went through a really tough time but he's a big believer and he survived (=

Tomorrow, I shall strike back at my college. For now, let the force be with you!

Cheers!

Making people happy - that's our err.. motto?

Hey there, good holiday? I hope so.. mine's tad bit boring...

Anyhoo...

A few people asked me what's the whole purpose of this 'aimless' project or what so ever it is?

Well to answer you, here's a piece of what Ms.June said on her blog (thanks for the post!):

"Today, I’ve been hit by Project: Have A Cookie! This project, I believe is about a group of people just wanting to brighten up other people’s day. No matter if you are sad, depressed, super emo or you just broke up with your boyfriend, chocolate chip cookies are one of the best way to cure our sadness. When we were kids, we always had cookies until our moms told us that we’ve had enough. Now everyone’s so worked up and busy, there is barely time spent on relaxing and enjoying life. So, Project: Have A Cookie! wants you to relive your childhood memories and bring you joy even if it will only last for 5 minutes."

Basically, that's it :). As childish as it sounds, I used to have ideas in my head that if there was one thing I could do for the world, it would be making people happy. Perhaps my child like faith is gonna be true from this project. I don't know. What say you?

Someone also suggested that I should start selling ths cookies and contribute the cash to some charity home... (yeah, at one point I thought giving out free cookies was quite weird...)

I need your feedback... email me or leave a comment here... :)

Thanks a lot for ur support :)

p/s: banner coming soon... APEK quick!

Season's greeting

To whoever you are reading this right now,

HAPPY DEEPAVALI and SELAMAT HARI RAYA!

Since, our project leader have gone missing and I was told to update by her, hope you'll have a safe journey to where ever you all are going. I was heading to penang yesterday and boy, the traffic was bad on the HIGHWAY! So, you folks take care and have a good diwali/eid season again!

The partner in crime,
Dylan.

Happy people with cookies!

Cookie count is being continued!

Lucky number 13 is:
June, 19, student/very interesting blogger :)

Philee, 19, student/amazing pianist!

Next...
Sha, 18, student

Presenting to you the ultimate cookie monster...
Melvin, 19, student/he eats all my cookies all the time :(
(Melvin Keith Tang.. meet your match :P)

Last but not least
Amira, 18, student...

Current cookie count: 17

They all got themselves oatmeal and white chocolate chip cookies :)

More to give out this week... coming soon...

Stay tuned!

Everyone's favourite cookie!

OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE!

I was really in the mood to bake somemore, so I made oatmeal cookies. It's something healthy as well. Here's the low down:
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 tbsp milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups oats (rolled or "quick," but not "instant")
2 cups chocolate chips (about 12-oz.)

Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the sugars until mixture is light in color. Beat in the eggs one at a time, followed by the milk and the vanilla extract.In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda,baking powder and salt. Either by hand or with the mixer on low speed, gradually beat the flour in to the sugar mixture until just incorporated.Stir in the oats and chocolate chips by hand.Drop 1-inch balls of dough onto the cookie sheet, placing about 1 1/2 inches apart so they have room to spread. Bake at 350F for 10-13 minutes, until golden brown at the edges and light golden at the center.Cool on baking sheet for at least 1-2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

I didn't want the cookies to be too sweet, I replaced the sugar to brown sugar.

Tomorrow, more ppl are gonna get my cookies! This time, they'll get one chocolate chip cookie and one oatmeal cookie... Will post more tomorrow.

Cheers!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Like I said yesterday, I really wanted to bake chocolate chip cookies and yes sir, I did!

Here's the recipe:
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup corn oil
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp salt
4 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugars. Beat in egg + oil+ milk. Fold in dry ingredients with a wooden spoon. Chocolate chips last. Spoon teaspoons full of batter onto a baking sheet and bake in 190 degree oven for 15-20 minutes, or until the tops brown.
Leave to cool for 10 to 20 mins. Best served with cold milk of course!

And the results?
You should try it out too! And share with your friends, take pics and send it to us to get featured here!

Cheers!

Cookies here and there...

I still had a few more cookies to give out.. so today, I decided to make the world a better place by making ths people happy :)

Evelyn, 18, student (no, she's not that dramaaaaaaa)

Suraya, (I'm not so sure how she was... yes, my bad), student...
Don't worry, she didn't eat it! She's fasting lahhh...

Shalini, 18, student (yes, I know too many Shalini's... bleh)

Current cookie count: 12

And hopefully, over the weekend I'll have the time to experiment 'white chocolate chip-chocolate cookies' (yeah, a whole mouthful of it). I'm in the mood to exercise my right arm muscles as well. Lame. Ahhh.. how I wish I had the wonders of technology.. but I guess nothing compares to good ol' way of doing somethings. Honestly, I find baking a therapy. Somehow, there's an aftermath satisfaction I get. Oh yesh, the joy of spreading the cheer to others too.

I managed to persuade a few 'kind' souls into the project to be my agent (Brandon - my rocker friend and Syaf) , designer for this blog (check out the most bitchiest and smartass 16 year old I've ever known, APhEaK Seng aka Jonathan) and my main sponsor/partner-in-crime, Dylan. Currently, I've been passing out cookies to my friends/collegemates and such. I love to meet up all you bloggers out there, too!

In the mean time, link us up, email us if u want a cookie or two or even if you want to become an agent. Oh btw, leave your name on the comment if you want the SPECIAL cookie (watch out for spoiler coming up soon!).

Thanks people. Love to y'all!

Lex out.

The other 2

Here's the other 2 people who got cookies yesterday!

picture credit: David Yoong
Vicky, err.. 20 something, executive

Grace, 18, student

Current cookie count: 9

NOTE:
Whoever have linked us already... Please leave a comment and let me know, so that I can link you back here :)
Thanks

Cheers!

More cookie cheer!

Yup, more cookies!

Well, the 'supposedly' people to receive cookies were MIA. So some others got the cookies.

#3. Amira, 18, student (eh, she didn't eat it then tho... she puasa lahhh)

#4. Shalini, 18, student

#5. Terence, 18, student

#6. Kalai, 18 (rite?), student and one of those happy Starbucks crew (err.. the Pudu branch btw...)

#7.Naseem, 18, student and My Chemical Romance fan

Current cookie count: 7

There's still two more people I haven't blog about. Soon as I get the pics lah... (hint hint, DAVID!)

Out.

Oopss... the secret's out!

No biggie really.. I wanted to publish the recipe to make the chocolate cookies. Actually I kinda stole the recipe for Su Yin anyway :P Oh, btw, check out her site... she's an amazing cook... she bakes, cooks, and does wonders but the sad part is, she's in Australia :(

Anyhoo, here's the lowdown:

Ingredients:
130g dark chocolate melted
1 cup plain flour sifted
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp bicarb of soda
1 pinch salt
1 egg
90g butter
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence

Directions:
Beat sugar and butter till creamed and well combined. Drop in the egg and vanilla essence. Continue to beat on high till fluffy and pale. Sift in dry ingredients and melted chocolate. Mix the dough with a wooden spoon till ingredients are incorporated - you'll need a fairly strong arm for this.Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough onto baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and bake in preheated 190 degree oven for 15-20 minutes or until the corner of the cookie are cracked.(this will depend on the size of you cookie as well). The centers will still be moist. Remove them from the oven and leave to cool for 10-15 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.

The only thing I've changed is I use self raising flour... and subsitute the melted chocolate for chocolate chips and also almond nuts!

The results:


Best served with cold milk :)

I'm more than happy to get your recipes as well... just email me at projecthaveacookie@gmail.com

I hope you guys try it out and share with your buddies. Oh, let me know about it too.

Till then, cheers :)

1st

Meet Sharon Wong, turned 18 yesterday. She's the first to receive a cookie from Project: Have a cookie!

David Yoong, 25, researcher/photographer/writer/etc. The second one to receive chocolate cookies :D

Current cookie count: 2

I couldn't make a lot of cookies yesterday because I didn't have enough butter :(
Nvr mind... more days to come :D

Here's a peek at the cookies given to them:

Thanks so much to those have linked up... I hope that more would come over to the dark side.

Till then, munch on those cookies ppl!

Cheers.

Project: Have a cookie!

Hey there... I'm Lex and project: have a cookie came up while me and my friend were munching off cookies that I made a while ago. It brought back childhood memories when chocolate cookies were the bomb! Getting cookies from our moms was like Christmas because it was quite rare for us to have cookies... Yes, too much chocolate is not that good *wink wink* or at least that's what our mommies told us!

Basically, we just wanted to relive those special times when we were kids by spreading the happiness around us. This is something random I read somewhere: An average adults laughs less than 10 times in a day than a kid who laughs more than 50 times a day. So, what happened to the "laughter is the best medicine"?

Don't kill the child in us cause all of us deserve to be happy even just for 5 minutes of munching cookies. Well, when I was a kid, we loved our cookies so much so that we nibbled on it sooooooooooooo slow and enjoyed every bite of it. A joy that couldn't be explained.

So, what's the plan again?
What happens is one day in a week, 12 lucky/not-so-happy/bday/(whatever else you think you can put in here) people will get a cookie from me and some of my 'chosen' ones :) And, yesh, the rumours true that we are gonna take your picture!!! Bwahahaha... and we'll post it on this blog site. Basically, we just want to make your day lah... Don't worry we won't come after you like maniacs. hehehe...

Do drop us a mail at projecthaveacookie@gmail.com if you are interested to help, or join the clan spreading love... Even if you just want to have a cookie :) We'd be more than happy to spread the love baby!

I'm looking forward for the days to come and make someone happy (woot! I feel like a happy fairy or something lol).

Till then, Lex out and spread the good old love and happiness.

Cheers!