Went festive shopping last weekend and realise how expensive CNY cookies are nowadays.

No one can resist chocolate chips cookies, some like it soft and chewy, some like it crunchy.

My family like them crispy, crunchy, with loads of nuts and chocolate chips. We enjoyed these cookies so much that I always prepare a big batch and freeze the extra dough, this way I get to enjoy freshly baked cookies anytime.

Homemade is the best because you can control the ingredients that go into them.

These seaweed snack is an alternative to chips, maybe healthier too.

An easy Chinese New Year snack everyone can whip up. It is one of those goodies that you can try your hand at making to impress your guests.

They are crispy, moreish, addictive treats that you won’t be able to stop eating.

This snack is definitely a crowd pleaser, they will be gone in no time.

These cookies are made from finely ground roasted green pea. They are delicious, fragrant, crispy and have a salty taste.

Green pea cookie was a big hit few years ago and has since become a popular Chinese New Year treats.

Another Chinese New Year bake.

Kids friendly cornflakes cookies that are crunchy on the outside and with juicy raisins in the middle are a delightful snack.

These are simple drop cookies, loaded with cornflakes and raisins. I love the bit of sweetness the raisins lend to the cookies

Two more weeks to Chinese New Year, time to bake and cook all those traditional goodies that we used to eat during this festive celebration. This is also one way to preserve the Chinese tradition.

These crispy biscuits are called Kueh Kapit, Egg Rolls, Love Letters or Coconut Waffles. I like to call them Love Letters as I used to hide little messages in these waffles, wishing family and friends good fortune in the year ahead.

When I was young, I used to watch my family members making these over charcoal fire. In the olden days, Chinese New Year baking is all about team work. While the adults sweat over the charcoal stove, the young ones wait eagerly to gobble up the imperfect ones.

During those days, these delicate little coconut wafers are always offered as a snack during Chinese New Year visiting.

Fragrant, sweet and crispy, Love Letters may have evolved to include many types of flavours but I still like this traditional version.

Kueh Bangkit is a type of traditional coconut cream flavoured cookies. Fluffy and fragrant, Kueh Bangkit is a Chinese New Year favourite. It is also one of my favourite Chinese New Year Treats.

Good Kueh Bangkit are suppose to be light, crumbly and melt-in-the-mouth. And has a strong coconut and pandan fragrance.

This delicate cookie is challenging to make. Getting it right, with a crispy shelf and soft centre is an art.

This year, I decided to shape my Kueh Bangkit into butterflies, it is hard work and really time consuming, but they look great. These cookies are fragrant, light, airy and fragile. It crumbles and melt-in-the-mouth the moment it is eaten. During baking, the irresistible aroma make the whole house smells amazing.

Salted Egg Yolk has taken Singapore by storm. We have salted egg yolk fish skin, salted egg yolk croissants, salted egg yolk chips etc.

So here we are, the popular pineapple tart given a local twist – Golden Salted Egg Yolk Pineapple Tarts. If you are slightly adventurous, try this melt-in-the-mouth enclosed tart that has a subtle salted egg yolk taste.

The salted egg yolk add a tinge of saltiness to the pastry and blends with the sweetness of the luscious pineapple fillings, complimenting it.

The savoury taste sets it apart from the traditional pineapple tarts.

Butter cookies or Kuih Semperit.

These cookies are melt-in-the-mouth and buttery rich. They crumble in your mouth, with a deliciously intense buttery taste.

Guests will be impressed with these rich and buttery cookies that are almost too pretty to eat.

Lunar New Year is just round the corner, it is time to catch up with family and friends and indulge in all the festive goodies. Especially in treats that symbolize all things abundant and prosperous.

Pineapple (黄梨 – 旺来) sounds like arrival of prosperity, thus pineapple tart is a must-have in most households.

Pineapple tarts are small, bite-sized pastry either open or close-faced, top with or filled with pineapple jam.

These pineapple tarts are 100% homemade. First, pineapple jam is laboriously made by slowly reducing and caramelizing grated pineapple pulps. The paste is then rolled into balls.

Next, shortcrust pastry, to be used as the base is made. With the use of french butter, the pastry is fragrant, buttery and crumbly.

Handcrafted, from kneading to rolling to cutting to molding, each of these open-faced tart is top with homemade pineapple jam.

The pineapple jam which is moist, tangy and sweet provides a good balance to the richness of the pastry.

These visually appealing little flowers are baked from the heart. They crumble in your mouth and are aromatic with every bite.