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My contributor Siew Loon is baking up a storm for Chinese New Year and today she is sharing a traditional Chinese New Year cookie recipe: kuih bangkit. I remember many childhood days when I helped my family making this goodies. For other Chinese New Year recipes, don’t forget to check out my posts at Rasa Malaysia: soy sauce chicken, ginger and scallion fish, crab noodles, and more.
Contributor: Ho Siew Loon
I am back again with my new year goodies. I have always enjoyed making the new year goodies as this is the time all family members will get together and help. This time around it is the traditional nyonya Kuih Bangkit. This little figurine goodies has lost its popularity among the younger generation and has been taken over by western cookies such as chocolate chips cookies, butter cookies, etc. I remember that Kuih Bangkit is a must for Chinese New Year and every house that you visit, you will sure to find it…(get kuih bangkit rcipe after the jump)
Kuih Bangkit is a traditional Chinese New Year cookies and it is made mainly from tapioca flour, eggs and coconut milk. It is a cookie that is hard on the outside but melts in your mouth. This is one cookie that has quite a long shelf life compared to other cookies like Pineapple Tarts. It can be kept for about 2 months if stored in airtight container.
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Looks so yummylicious…thanks for the resepi!
Where can I get the mold??
You can get it from the shops that sell cookware or baking ingredients.
So nice! It’s very hard to get good ones these days
Going to try it!!!!!
Thanks, Siew Loon : )
heya !!!! OMG !!!! this is my all time fav n gets impatient waiting for CNY so that i can stuff my face non stop with it….mmmmnnnn !!!
havent have it for past 10 yrs since living in U.K. =C
thank u so much for sharing and posting the recipe…. !!!
=D)
The recipe looks interesting. What do you mean to fry the tapioca flour in a wok till light? Will it not burn in 30-45 minutes?
Can you use a cookie press/cutter instead of a mold?
Use very low fire and keep on stirring it. It will burn if you leave the wok.
You can use cookie cutter.
Thanks Siewloon. I’ll give this recipe a try. Is tapioca flour the same as tampioca starch? Also, what size are the molds to make 300 pieces? I’m in Canada so will need to buy a cookie cutter.
yes it is the same. Happy New Year!
About getting the wooden molds from cookware shops , do you mean like Sur la Tabla , William Sonoma, or chinese shops in Singapore or Asia. I live in South Carolina, have never came across these wooden molds. Also do you have a recipe for Chwee Kuih. The steamed ones in little ceramic molds with fried dried radish and garlic? If you do , pls. let me know. Thks. for your contribution.
Aileen from Singapore.
I just bought the kuih bangkit mold from http://grocerythai.com/index.php?osCsid=f8291a1d99481e1fdd3bfbba87097c6a
Hello, I just clicked on the link you sent to look for the kuih bangkit mold from http://grocerythai.com/index.phposCsid=f8291a1d99481e1fdd3bfbba87097c6a
However, I could not find the mold. Could you please let me know under which section of the website I could find the mold? How much was it?
Many thanks.
Try under kitchenware -> dessert mould :
http://grocerythai.com/dessert-mold-p-905.html?osCsid=f8291a1d99481e1fdd3bfbba87097c6a
Many thanks Tsu Lin. Happy New Year!
Does anyone know roughly how many cookies does this make?
About 300 cookies depends on the size of your mould. I get about 300 with the mould i used.
Wow! That is a lot of egg yolks! A lot more than what I tried last year! But that may be the very reason why mine failed…
Have you tried baking this with canned coconut milk. I have trouble getting fresh coconut milk here in Australia.
I believe you can use it.
I tried making it but it turned out quite tough, not like the light kuih bangkit that I’m used to. Please advise what I might have done wrongly.
Here is the link for the mold, http://grocerythai.com/dessert-mold-p-905.html
A good CNY cookies recipe is hard to come by. I am very glad you have shared them with us. Definitely going to try it after I managed to source the mold!
Thanks for recipe. My cookies turn out quite hard. Do you know why or what I could have done wrongly?
I think you have not knead enough. To get nice kuih bangkit, you need to knead the the dough thoroughly till smooth and white in color.
Hi, is the coconut milk you used thin coconut milk or thick coconut milk?
Thick coconut milk.
where do i buy a deep fryer for yam ring
Hi, Glenda.
U don’t need a deep fryer. I just use a Chinese wok. or a deep cooking pot will do the work.But don’t fill up too full with oil. usually I fill up only half way.Have a try!
i love this kuih bangkit since my childhood.
hey! this is regarding your Kuih Bangkit recipe.. what is the difference if i use more egg yolks ( in this case your recipe) compared to a recipe with lesser egg yolk? pls advice! thank you! :)
Using more egg yolks will make it more crumbly.
What did you use to make the red dot on your cookies? It adds good character. Thanks!
hi! where can i find thick coconut milk?
Hi, I’m so glad I found your website, I’m from Medan, Indonesia, I live in the UK now. I found alot of your dishes similar to the ones that I used to had back home. I will try to make kuih bangkit tomorrow, haven’t had for ages, I remember I used to help my grand mum making it.
May I ask if you can quarter or half this recipe and still get the same results if you want a smaller batch?
Thanks.
Is it possible to quarter or half this recipe and still get the same results if I want a smaller batch?
Thanks
What’s the thickness of the dough if I would to use a cookie cutter? What thickness would be the height?
Would it be coconut milk or coconut cream, I dont think i can find thick coconut milk..as in Australia, I can only find them in cans.
Do I fry the flour in a dry pan? must it be a wok?
Thanks! btw, you really make me miss home with all those pics!
The Chicken brand coconut milk is thick.
Hello Miss Ho and Low,
As a nyonya enthusiasts, my mother and I would really like to know any specific shops to buy such wooden molds (as you have already commented to a previous viewer, but we have been searching a lot of shops do not sell such nice ones/ not at all.)
Very happy to find this website.
Looking forward to a reply,
Lee
do you have the receipe for gula melaka kueh bangkit? or is it just subsitutiing part of the white sugar with gula melaka? many thanks
hi i have tried baking this a few times, but its not “powdery” and “light and dry” inside. pls give me some pointers. thanks!
Mae @ Passionatemae – you can find coconut milk in asian store.
Dear Miss Low,
My name is Edwin and I am based in Paris and I would like to make the Kuih Bangkit cookies but most of the store run out of Tapioca flour due to the Chinese New Year Festive. May I know is there any substitute flour I can use to make this cookies? Please advice and looking forward hearing from you.
Thank you very much for your time.
PS: I tried using you recipe of the Pineapple Tart. They came out beautifully and it melt in our mouth.
Thanks again for the great work you posted online.
Cheers
Edwin Ho
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