Original recipe:
http://www.amuse-your-bouche.com/blueberry-shortbread-bars/
I followed this recipe strictly.
Ingredients:
Flour 125g
Sugar 50g
Butter 100g
Fresh blueberries 150g
1. Preheat oven to 180 degree C.
2. Mix flour and sugar in a bowl. Cut in butter.
3. Rub them with fingers till become coarse crumbs.
4. Press 2/3 crumbs into baking pan. Sprinkle blueberries over crumbs.
5. Spread the rest crumbs on the top also with a little extra white sugar.
6. Bake for 30 mins.
Last time when my husband and I went back to my hometown in Shandong, China. I mentioned that I needed some chestnuts to bring back to Singapore for cooking. My auntie kept that in mind and bought me a big box of organic chestnut. I was really surprised. So I brought many packs back to Singapore.
Recently, this chestnut bread just came to my mind. So I tried with those chestnuts full of my family’s love.
Ingredients:
Bread flour 150g
Whole grain flour 100g ( I used rough whole grain flour)
Yeast 6g
Sugar 12 g
Warm water 170ml
Salt 3g
Chestnut ( cooked already. I used many around 200g. They were chopped in blender, not very finely, but roughly)
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water.
2. Mix bread flour, whole grain flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl.
3. Add yeast water in dry ingredients.
4. Knead all ingredients into dough. Keep kneading for 20 mins. That takes a lot energy.
5. Fold in chestnut.
6. Place dough in a big bowl. Cover with plastic wrap. Let it rise till 2 times as big as before.
7. Knead the dough and press air out. Let it rest for 5 mins.
8. Make the dough into shape you like. I divided it into two smaller ones. Sprinkle some flour. Cover them with plastic wrap and let it rise again till 1.5 times as big as before.
9. Preheat oven to 190 degree C. Bake for 20 mins.
They smell so good. And my husband loves them.
Very crunchy outside but soft inside.
And I believe they are healthy too.
It’s super easy and delicious.
Original recipe:
https://www.google.com.sg/amp/www.food.com/amp/recipe/dried-cranberry-shortbread-340103
Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter softened
3/4 cup icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup dried cranberries finely chopped
1. Preheat oven to 160 degree C.
2. Mix butter , sugar, vanilla, flour and salt by hand in a bowl till just combined.
3. Fold in dried cranberries.
4. Press dough into baking pan.
5. Bake for 30 mins till pale golden.
6. Cool and cut.
I really wanted to try cinnamon rolls before. And I found this amazing recipe:
I halved the batch and also did a bit change.
Ingredients:
For the roll:
4g yeast
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
40 g margarine
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
2 cup flour ( I used bread flour)
Filling :
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/4 tsp cinnamon
40 g margarine
1. Dissolve the yeast in warm milk in a large bowl.
2. When the foam starts to show up, add in sugar, margarine, salt, egg and flour. Mix them well.
3. Knead the dough into a big ball. Place the dough in a big bowl, cover it with plastic wrap and put in in warm place till it rises 2 times as big as before.
4. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon together to make filling.
5. Roll the dough with rolling pin into a big and thin piece.
6. Sprinkle softened margarine on the surface. Then sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon mixture evenly on it.
7. Roll the dough from one eng to the other.
8. Cut the roll into smaller pieces.
9. Place small rolls in warm place. Cover them with plastic wrap and wait till their size doubles.
10. Preheat oven to 180 degree C. And bake for 20 mins.
Yummy. You can also top with icing you like.
Because I used bread flour, so they are really soft inside.
My husband loves spreading salted butter on bread. Yet, today we only had unsalted butter in the fridge. So I made this spread by myself. It’s very easy to make.
Soften butter you need in a small bowl. Sprinkle some salt, a little mixed herbs and garlic powder. Then stir and blend them well.
It tastes great. My husband loves it more than salted butter. I saw his eyes light up when he had a bite of bread with this spread. 🙂
I got the recipe from my English teacher. I changed the recipe a little bit.
Ingredients:
Water 45 ml
Milk 45 ml
Olive oil 45 ml
Tapioca flour 125 g
Salt 1 pinch
Half beaten egg
Grated Parmesan cheese 30 g
1. Boil water, milk, olive oil together with low heat. Once boiled, remove from the stove.
2. In a large bowl mix tapioca flour with water, milk & oil mixture. Mix them well.
3. Add in Parmesan cheese and knead again.
4. Last add in half egg.
5. Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Make batter into small balls. And place them on the baking pan.
6. Bake for 20 mins.
Actually, the orinigal recipe is for hotdog:
http://m.xiachufang.com/recipe/100550638/
Ingredients:
Bread flour 300g
Warm water 100g (original recipe said 37 – 40 degree C.)
Yeast 2 tsp (original recipe said yeast powder)
Sugar 10 g
Egg 1
Melted butter 25g
Salt 1/2 tsp
1. Add yeast into warm water till foam shows up. ( I followed it, but I didn’t see any foam. Maybe the temperature of my warm water was not high enough. But I still moved on).
2. Add melted butter and egg mixture into yeast water and stir well.
3. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar and salt.
4. Add yeast water into flour. Fold flour into a big dough. (Original recipe said kneading for 10-15 mins) I kneaded it for around 15 mins.
5. Put dough in a large bowl, cover it with lid or plastic wrap till it becomes 2 times big.
6. Divide it into several small pieces and make it into shapes you like. (Original recipe said let them relax for 10 mins. But I forgot, so I skipped it).
7. Put them in the oven with a large bowl of hot water under the baking pan till they become 2 times big.
8. Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Bake for 20-25 mins.
They are perfect match for soup.
It’s very easy to make these small pizzas. And it tastes really good.
Heat some butter in the pan. Put in chopped garlic granules. Stir fry a bit. Then add in mushroom slices. Stir fry till they are done. Spread some salt, black pepper and mixed herbs.
Put stir fried mushrooms on bread slices. And sprinkle cheese on it. Heat in microwave oven till cheese melts.
It’s a very easy soup.
Ingredients:
A little garlic and ginger granules.
3 medium tomatoes ( peeled and chopped into small pieces)
5 small potatoes ( peeled and chopped into small pieces)
Salt, 1 tsp sugar, black pepper powder, 1 tsp cream (optional), water.
1. Heat a little oil in the pan, and put garlic and ginger in. Stir fry a bit.
2. Put all the tomato pieces and potato pieces in. Stir fry a little.
3. Add in water cover all ingredients. Then turn to low heat, and cover the pan with lid.
4. Simmer till potato softened and soup condensed.
5. Add in cream and sugar. Stir evenly. Last put in salt and black pepper powder.
It goes well with homemade bread.
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