Kampar Crispy Chicken Biscuits/Cookies (Kai Zai Paeng/鸡仔饼)
Course: Chinese New Year
Cuisine: Malaysian
Prep Time: 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 20 minutesminutes
Resting the dough:: 30 minutesminutes
Total Time: 1 hourhour20 minutesminutes
Servings: 35biscuits (depending on the size)
Calories: 92kcal
Author: Marvellina
Thin and crispy chicken biscuits are distinctively aromatic, sweet, and savory. Despite the name, chicken biscuits, these cookies have no chicken in them. It's hard to stop munching these cookies.
Put ingredients for group B in a food processor or blender and blend into a puree
Mix all ingredients for group C in a mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Add ingredients you just puree earlier (group B). Sift in the dry ingredients (group A) and use a spatula to mix into a sticky dough. Cover and let it rest for 30 minutes. The dough will be easier to work with
Shape the dough:
Preheat oven to 320 F (160 C) for a conventional oven. Lower the temperature by 20 degrees if using a convection oven. Position the oven racks, 3rd from the top and 3rd from the bottom. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. After resting the dough won't be as sticky anymore. Pinch off about 10 grams of dough and roll into a ball and place on a baking sheet, about 1 1/2 inch apart. Cover the dough ball with a cling wrap and then use the flat bottom of a cup or measuring cup (like I did) and press on the dough to flatten until almost paper-thin. The cling wrap prevent the dough from sticking to the tool you use to flatten
Baking:
Place the baking trays on the oven racks you have positioned earlier. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Rotate the trays, front to back, top to bottom, halfway through baking so they bake evenly
Cooling:
Let them cool down on the rack for 2-3 minutes and then transfer to cooling rack to cool down completely. They should harden and really crispy once they cool down completely. If your kai zai peng are not crispy after they have cooled down completely, it means you may not roll the dough thin enough and they need longer baking time to make them crispy
Storing:
They can be stored in an air-tight container after they have cooled down completely for weeks and will stay crispy