3 Hari Raya Kuih Recipes Made Easy with A Stand Mixer

Nothing says Hari Raya Haji like biting into homemade Hari Raya cookies and kuih around the dining table while catching up with your closest family and friends. Lucky for us, making cookies and kuih at home can be a lot easier than one may think given the right recipes. All else you need are some easily obtainable ingredients and the best baking appliances and tools you can get your hands on.

In this regard, the most important baking appliance you’ll require is a top-quality stand mixer. There’s a reason why even professional bakeries have them—with a good stand mixer, you’ll save countless hours having to mix and stir with your hands while ensuring the best results for your cookies or kuih through consistently thorough mixing of ingredients. 

With an electric stand mixer for baking, you can tackle numerous Hari Raya kuih recipes with ease and assurance. Here are three Hari Raya kuih recipes made easy with our Kenwood stand mixers: 

1. Kuih Lapis

One great Hari Raya kuih recipe you can try is the Kuih Lapis. Though the preparation work required is a little more intricate as you have to bake each layer individually, the results are very much worth it and sure to leave all at the table asking for more. Besides, if you have a good baking mixer, you’ll save plenty of time and effort by not having to manually mix your ingredients, turning this originally-tedious Hari Raya kuih recipe relatively easy!

Ingredients:

  • Butter
  • Condensed milk
  • Flour
  • Egg yolks
  • Powdered sugar

Instructions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line and grease a six-inch cake pan.
  2. Using your Kenwood stand mixer, beat and mix butter and condensed milk until smooth. 
  3. Replace bowl in baking mixer, then beat egg yolks and powdered sugar until thick.
  4. Combine both mixtures using your Kenwood Stand Mixer. Add sifted flour.
  5. Heat empty cake tray for 1 minute.
  6. Pour the mixture into the tray. Spread evenly and bake for 5 minutes.
  7. Remove from the oven and spread the second layer. Bake for 5 minutes.
  8. Repeat until the batter is finished.
  9. Cover the cake pan with aluminium foil. Bake for another 5-10 minutes.
  10. Cool and serve sliced.

2. Kuih Bahulu

If you don’t want to trouble yourself with a 20-layer cake, maybe the classic Kuih Bahulu will be an easier alternative recipe for your Hari Raya celebrations. All you need are a few ingredients, a special mould, a good oven, and your Kenwood stand mixer and you’ll be able to whip up this sweet and flurry delight that goes perfectly with coffee or tea.

Ingredients:

  • Cooking oil or butter
  • Vanilla extract
  • Flour
  • Whole eggs
  • Powdered sugar

Instructions:

  1. Start by preheating the oven to 190°C.
  2. Oil the moulds and preheat in the oven.
  3. Mix eggs in your Kenwood Stand Mixer.
  4. Introduce sugar into the mixture until sticky. Add vanilla extract and flour gradually.
  5. Finish with cooking oil or butter. Mix until well-blended.
  6. Fill mould and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
  7. Remove cake from mould and serve after cooling.

London Almond Cookies

Despite its European name, you’ve probably seen these little beauties selling at the pasar in plastic jars. If you want something a little more cookie-like for Hari Raya, this recipe for London Almond Cookie is probably your best bet.

Ingredients:

  • Full cream
  • Butter
  • Almond essence
  • Grounded almonds
  • Dark chocolate
  • Flour
  • Egg yolks
  • Powdered sugar

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 170°C.
  2. Mix cream, butter, and sugar in your Kenwood Stand Mixer until light and fluffy.
  3. Add egg yolk and almond essence to the mixture.
  4. Add sifted flour until a dough is formed. If too wet, add more flour.
  5. Pinch dough and roll into marble-sized balls.
  6. Line dough balls onto a baking sheet on the baking tray.
  7. Bake at 170°C for 20-25 minutes.
  8. While cookies are cooling, melt dark chocolate in the microwave or skillet.
  9. Drizzle chocolate onto the base of the paper casing.
  10. Place cookies on the paper casing.
  11. Cover cookies with more chocolate. Garnish with grounded almonds.
  12. Chill in the refrigerator for five minutes or until chocolate hardens.

Mix Things Up this Raya with Kenwood’s Chefette 3L Stand Mixer

When you’re baking for the entire extended family, a good electric stand mixer pays for itself. Imagine spending all that time manually mixing and stirring only to end up with the clumpy dough. If you want Hari Raya kuih and cookies that amaze and delight, you’ll need consistent dough that’s chewy or cakey, which you can easily get with Kenwood stand mixers without lifting a finger.

And even though we have plenty of high-grade professional baking mixers for your home kitchen, we also have more accessible options such as the Kenwood Chefette 3L Stand Mixer that can still get the job done and deliver astounding results. To top it off, you won’t just be paying for one of the best stand mixers in the market, but also the complete 360 Baking Support that comes with it, to help kickstart your baking journey. 

We’re talking everything from personalised 1-on-1 sessions with our live baking advisors—where all your baking questions are answered—to complimentary online baking workshops and more! So hurry, supercharge your baking career with Kenwood before Hari Raya Haji arrives, and impress your family with some scrumptious homemade kuih and cookies. You’ll be amazed how easy baking can be with the right recipes and a commercial-grade Kenwood stand mixer.