After a few savory dishes, I thought it’s time I share a Chinese New Year baking recipe with you.
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Chinese New Year calls for major baking and kuih (local sweet cakes) making sessions in Malaysia. The popular items are pineapple tarts or pineapple rolls, kuih kapit (check out the step-by-step in pictures!), kuih bangkit, kuih bahulu, peanut cookies, kuih loyang/kuih rose, and other traditional kuih and cakes.
Western-style cookies are also very popular, for example: butter cookies and cornflake cookies.
Cornflake cookies are absolutely delightful, crunchy, and addictive—imagine butter-rich cookies rolled with crunchy cornflakes and every bite is a perfect crunch, and then the cookie just melts in your mouth. Heavenly!
This cornflake cookies recipe is contributed by Siew Loon, my very talented “intern” who is based in Malaysia. She has mad baking and kuih-making skills and I have pretty much “outsourced” that department to her while I focus on what I do best, cooking. You can check out her other baking and kuih recipes on Nyonya Food.
I made a big batch of cornflake cookies using the following recipe and they were gone in practically no time. Do try this easy cornflake cookies recipe.
To convert the measurement, please go here.
Cornflake Cookies Recipe
Easy cornflake cookies recipe that yields buttery, crunchy, and tasty cornflake cookies. Cornflake cookies are great for festive seasons or just about anytime.
Ingredients
- 200 g unsalted butter
- 150 g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 300 g all-purpose flour
- 60 g bran or any cereal, coarsely crushed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essense
- 30 g corn flour/ cornstarch
Directions
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1Beat butter and sugar till pale and creamy. Add vanilla essence. Stir in the lightly beaten eggs. Fold in the flour mixture including corn flour. (Mixture must not stick to our hands when touched.) Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out about 1 teaspoon of the cookie dough and roll it into the crushed cornflakes. Transfer them to a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degree F or till golden brown.
rosa plevano
Hi Rasa, many compliments for your site! In my country Italy it is very difficult to eat Malaysian food and your recipes are easy and great! In my region, Veneto, we make Zaeti cookies with cornmeal the same flour we use to make polenta. When making your recipe can I use cornmeal or it is important that it be cornstarch? I also add raisins and pinenuts. Thank you!
Rasa Malaysia
You need to use cornstarch. Corn meal is completely different. Thanks for trying this Cornflake cookies recipe.
Baker mum
Can i mix d corbflakes inside the batter by using the same recipr
E. Wld the hidden cornflakes in the cookie crispy also? Pls adv
Rasa Malaysia
I don’t actually understand your questions.
Baker Nate
What Baker Mum probably meant was: Will the cornflakes stay crisp if I mix them into the cookie dough? I actually have the same question too as we have more cornflakes than we can handle right now. Haha! This recipe caught my eye while I was looking for Chinese almond cookie recipes.
Sonja
I recently discovered cornflake cookies in a bakery in Belize, Central America. I”m addicted! Grateful to have found your recipe because the bakery very often sells out completely before i get there. I want to try putting a small depression in the middle and filling it with toasted coconut custard when they cool. I’ll let you know how it works out.
Rasa Malaysia
Awesome, sounds so delish with the toasted coconut. Let me know.
vivien
why the cookies is not crunchy but tough? I have followed the full recipe.
thks.
Katy
I did two batch. On the second batch I melt the butter and the cookies came out less tough to bite. Both were good. It was a hit. Recipe is a keeper.
ian
Using salted or unsalted butter?
Rasa Malaysia
Unsalted.
Winter
So my mother just came home to the US from her annual trip to Singapore, and she brought back me a jar of Almond Corn flake Cookies from Devine.sg. Upon tasting these, I knew I couldn’t wait a year to have them again and started looking for recipes. :) I found your recipe and immediately whipped up a batch. The texture and taste of this recipe comes pretty close to the Devines, though, theirs are a slight bit sweeter.
A couple of things I’m noting to improve next time to close the gap:
–Cream the butter/sugar for a full 4 minutes (I was lazy and just used the handmixer until they combined, not until the mixture was light, fluffy and full of air pockets)
–Add a bit more sugar, or possibly use the frosties idea to subtly sweeten the cookies
–Smaller cookies had a nice drier crunchier texture throughout than larger ones that I made
Conversions I used for any having trouble with Metric:
7/8 cup butter (Two tablespoons less than 2 sticks if you go by the packaging measurements)
2/3 cup sugar
2.5 cups flour (I substituted the half cup for almond flour)
2 TBS Corn starch
Thanks for the Recipe (and for your Satay recipe as well… yum!)
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks for your revised recipe. I will have to try!
Clee
Like the other reviewer, I find that the cookies were rather bland and tasteless. I used white sugar. I had to sprinkle the tops of the cookies with extra sugar for it to taste mildly sweet. Also, I had to flatten the cookies because the first tray I made, the cookies were round small balls. The cornflakes were on the verge of burning (even after 30 mins) and the insides of the cookies were still abit moist. The second tray I flatten the cookies and the insides were cooked perfectly. Not the greatest recipe but a good recipe to do with kids. My four year old enjoyed making this simple recipe. The cookies do look exactly like the picture but they are not light and crisp. They are heavier cookies. Maybe need to increase the butter ratio if you want lighter cookies.
izzati
Hi. these cookies look tempting and i am going to give it a try. but i am thinking to add choc chips. Yummy! Do you think i should reduce the amount of sugar? If so, how much? Thanks!
Camay
Tried this recipe following everything but the result did notturn out good. The cookies is dry and heavy. I like the corn flakes cookies light and crunchy. Its this recipe suppose to be light or heavy?L
Rasa Malaysia
Hmmm I am not sure what happened, the cookies are exactly like the pictures.
Camay
The look is ok just the texture. Hard and dry. If reduce the cooking time its also still dry and not crunchy.
Madeline
Hi, If I increase the corn flour & reduce the plain flour. will it still be ok?
thanks.
maddie
Rasa Malaysia
Please follow exactly for the best results.
Joey
What type of sugar are you referring to?
Julia
Thank you so much for sharing the recipe! I love you site so much! I tried this cookies and it’s wonderful!
I posted the pictures of the cookies that I made using this recipe, I’d be glad if you can drop by.. :D
http://raf-selinda.blogspot.com/2014/01/cornflakes-cookies.html
Raina
May I know if I should use a mixer or I can use a whisker/spatula to beat & mix the ingredient?
Emma Richards
These cornflake cookies look delicious!! They looked so good that I have just whipped up a batch and are now in the oven as I speak. I have just stared my own baking blog and was wondering if I could possibly use this recipe. I will of course reference your website.
Emma-www.foreverbaking.co.uk
Anna Vessey
This is an amazing and easy recipe! I used my hands to roll the dough into balls and it was fine.
sweetscuderia
Hi, I tried baking these last week. In the recipe you mentioned that the dough should not stick to my hands right? I followed your ingredients 100%. But twice I made them, and both times I actually needed to add in more flour because the dough was too soft. End result, cookies were crunchy just as how it should be but it tasted semi-sweet. I was wondering, are the cookies supposed to taste that way or did the extra flour made the cookies less sweet?
Esperanza
I’m hoping someone can/will convert the butter, sugar, flour, and corn starch into tsp, tblsp, and cups for me for the ingredients for the cornflake cookies. I will be most grateful. Thank you in advance….
Esperanza
I am having a terrible time converting this recipe to teaspoons, tablespoons, cups etc. Can someone PLEASE help me with this? I tried the “conversion” thing with absolutely no luck. Someone, please help!!!I want so badly to try this recipe. Thank you …
Aaliyah
So yummy,
At home we’ve got three packets of corn flakes and no one( especially me)
Eats them.
And I came across this and it was delisious!
Thank you
Love Unitedpandas xoxo
sunlye
hi there. i tired a batch yesterday but it turned out not cook in the middle. what did i do wrong?
Rasa Malaysia
Bake longer.
Annabelle
Hi,
May I know if it is possible to replace a bit of the flour with milk powder?
Rasa Malaysia
You can skip but don’t add more flour
Annabelle
thanks for replying =)
But I don’t really understand…so it means I can add in milk powder but I need to reduce the flour, right ?
For example, instead of 300g flour…I can do it with 270g flour & 30g milk powder? Is this correct ?
sp
hi,
i just baked some cornflake cookies using your recipe. I halved all ingredients, do without the vanilla essence and the cookies still turn out good. By the way, i used salted butter. Thanks for sharing this simple and yummy recipe. My kids and I enjoyed the whole baking session :)
dingxiang
hello, may i know the must i use salted or unsalted butter for this recipe? thank you ^^
Cherrie
well,salted butter comes with the salt and unsalted butter is without the salt.if you opt to use salted butter,you can do away without the salt and vice versa. Unsalted butter is moree fragrance than the salted one.
Amber
is salted butter or unsalted butter better for baking? will it affect the cookies much between the two types?
fungliu
Its grateful to have this recipe. I tried it today but my mixture is very sticky. I would like to know how to fix this problem. Thanks for your reply.
Rasa Malaysia
It’s supposed to be sticky please use a spoon to shape the dough.
sc
thanks for sharing, i tried baking it over the weekend for CNY and came out good. i tweaked it a lil though, i used brown sugar and added 2 tbsp of ground almond for some extra nutty aroma ;)
Pauline Cheong
it’s an easy and healthy delicious cookies. children like it very much.
Amelia Chee
So glad to come across this recipe. Reminds me of my childhood days of helping my mum to bake and sell them during Christmas and CNY. Tried it this past weekend with my 15 year old daughter, love it! Thanks!
Ntasha Suyin Azemi
I have wanted to try baking these for a while now and am putting them to the test today.
A couple of things, though: Don’t we use the metric system? Or perhaps, have the measurement or temperature in different conversion factors, for instance: 175oC / 347F.
The other thing is that the steps are a little in disarray. For amateurs, they would need to know to first preheat the oven and possibly state to have a plate or something flat laid out for the crushed cornflake to make rolling easier.
But anyway, this recipe looks as easy as pie so, hopefully mine will turn out well. I already have my faithful tasters waiting *fingers crossed*
Ntasha Suyin Azemi
I have wanted to try baking these for a while now and am putting this to the test today.
A couple of things, though: Don’t we use the metric system? Or perhaps it is best to have the measurement and temperature in different conversion factors. For example 175oC / 347F.
The other thing is the sequence of the steps are a little in disarray. For amateurs, they need to know to preheat the oven first and possibly, have the crushed cornflakes laid out on a plate or something flat to make rolling easier.
But anyway, I’m very excited to bake these *fingers crossed*
cherryblossom
this is a grat recipe! i love cornflake cookies a lot. thanks for putting this up and sharing it to the world. that is if you have internet connection…:)
Lena
Thanks but unfortunately that is where I went to find my conversions (13.94 T butter and 12.52 T sugar, etc) and my results prevents me from accurately following your recipe so wanted to know if you or any of your readers could help me to get a more accurate measurements in cups and table/teaspoons for this recipe which I am dying to make.
Rasa Malaysia
Lena – it will be best if you use a kitchen scale with both metrics and lbs/ounces. I don’t have the conversion in tablespoons.
Lena
Is there any way you can convert this recipe to teaspoon, Tablespoons, and cups? I really want to try it but am having a hard time converting it, thanks so much! (Is it 13.94 T butter, as I couldn’t figure out the amount of cups, 12.52 Tablespoons of sugar, 3.02 C flour, 2.82 C of cereal, and 3.17 T cornstarch??? That was the closest I got.)
Rasa Malaysia
You can convert it at http://www.onlineconversion.com/
Jennifer
These sound simple and look wonderful! I can imagine these cornflake cookies tasting like KFC chickens! Although, i do not have All-purpose flour at the moment, can i use cake flour to substitute??
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, you can.
Jill
You really can make cookies out of just about anything. Thanks for the great new recipe.
Rasa Malaysia
Jill, thanks, but I think my best cookie recipe is this plain old butter cookies recipe. It’s really really very good:
https://rasamalaysia.com/butter-cookies-recipe/
betty
these look fabulous! :O)
happy CNY!
vonn
i made these moments ago and they came out tasteless ):
i subbed sugar with brown sugar. i don’t think it makes that big of a difference right? T_T it was almost tasteless. i had to dip it in melted chocolate (but now it tastes like cheap biscuits </3)
Rasa Malaysia
Vonn – I don’t know what happened but I made this cornflake cookies following the exact recipe and they turn out great. My colleagues are all asking for the recipe after they tasted the goods.
Eva
Hey Vonn,
Brown sugar is less sweet compared to normal white refined sugar, so if you do use brown sugar you’ll have to use more than the amount stipulated for normal white sugar.
WJ
I made TWO batches of this today, but thats coz the first batch came out horrible. They were really bitter, and I wondered why it tasted that way. I asked my husband of two years how old is his cornflour (we got married and I moved to his house), and he said, ohh, I think about SEVEN years!!!! Ewwww.
I was determined to make another batch, and thats just what I did 2 hours ago. With NEW cornflour too. I used Kelloggs Frosties and they came out really nice coz the sugar dusting on the cornflakes caramelized a bit and it was yummy! And oh, I definitely needed more than 60g of cornflakes. What I did was pour out the cornflakes bit my bit, using as much as I needed as I went along.
Will be sharing these cookies with my non-Malaysian friends tomorrow, hope they will be impressed! ;)
Swiss KLite
Thanks for sharing this recipe! Will the cookies work without cornflour? I have everything except cornflour.
Rasa Malaysia
Without the corn flour (corn starch), they will not be as crispy.
Swiss KLite
Hmmm, really? No choice but to give it a go and see what happens. :(
sangiyer
I made these last night (using egg replacers as we don’t eat eggs). I used ingredients I already had at home. It turned out amazing. So buttery, crispy and just great! Thanks for an amazing but simple recipe:)
Pei-Lin
Cornflake cookies are one of those CNY treats that I couldn’t stop munching on! Yours look so golden! Perfect for this festive season!
Ruth
Hi, is the cornflour used in this recipe the same as cornstarch?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, they are the same.
J2Kfm
What’s universal is that, this cookies is even emulated by the Malays and Indians, as you can see them in jars during Deepavali and Raya.
Pineapple tarts or rolls on the other hand, may have YET to attain that same level of popularity, though personally, I like the latter MUCH MUCH more.
suzanne
these cookies look so delicious! can i have one?
Rasa Malaysia
Of course, just dig in. ;)
Nelly Ahmad-Chang
I am a big fan of cornflake cookies. My mom always made it for Raya but since residing in State, I’ve been making it all the time. Your recipe is very good and almost to the basic. I always like to jazz up my cookies by adding crushed almond (lately I’ve been using pecan instead), raisins, diced cherries (green and/or red) and dried cranberries. It is so good that I eat it in replace of my breakfast, lunch and dinner! Thanks for sharing your recipe, I’ll certainly try it :).
Bethany
I have been LOVING this chinese new year series — I am super inspired to celebrate in style this year with all these beautiful recipes! I thought the crab noodles were my favorite — until these cookies turned up :-)
Rasa Malaysia
Bethany – thank you, I am glad you like the series. Yes, what’s not to love about cornflake cookies!!!
Lisa
I was so surprised to see these on your blog! These little cornflake cookies are really popular here in New Zealand, they are in bakeries everywhere. They look fairly similar, although I think the new Zealand version has raisins in them. I’ve never seen them elsewhere.
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Lisa – wow, I never know this about New Zealand. I almost never see this type of cookies in the US either but it’s quite popular in Malaysia. Now NZ and Malaysia has one more thing in common.
Rasa Malaysia
By the way, adding raisins to this cornflake cookie is such a great idea. YUM.
DailyChef
Mm, I can smell these now! They’re a nice change from the pineapple cakes that I can’t stay away from :-P Red bean buns too…I love Asian desserts!
Rasa Malaysia
LOL, yeah, now there are cornflake cookies to let you off pineapple cakes. ;)
The Sudden Cook
Imagine I was just surfing the net over the weekend looking for the perfect cornflakes cookies recipe. Could this be it? Will try over the CNY hols.
Rasa Malaysia
I think this is it. I love this cornflake cookies recipe.
joey
I’ve never had these before! They sounds so yummy! :)
Rasa Malaysia
Joey – they are yummy, butter, sugar, and cornflakes, what’s not to like?
Nasi lemak Lover
I made cornflake cookie too but non baking type, this look good too.
Rasa Malaysia
Non-baking version of cornflake cookies. Interesting. Do share the recipe.
Marc @ NoRecipes
These sound so simple to make but they look great! I need to get a baking intern as it’s not my strong suit either:-) Know where I could find one?
Rasa Malaysia
Good luck finding your baking intern.
Wendy L.
Looks great! Approximately how many cookies does this yield?
Rasa Malaysia
I think it made about 30+ cookies. I didn’t count exactly but two trays of them.
Eleanor Hoh (Wokstar)
These look so good. I so agree that baking is different from cooking, baking is more scientific and cooking is more creative.
Rasa Malaysia
I guess I am not scientific then. ;)
Tuty
I agree, Bee. Cornflakes cookies are delicious with nice crunch.
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, and that’s why I love it and the cornflakes smell so good after baking. Hehe.
Del
hi,just want to ask roughly how many cookies does this recipe yield?
Kate
Oh my, these cornflake cookies do look great and I can totally imagine it with a cup of coffee or tea for tea. Well, I guess I can have these anytime not just CNY.