Wholemeal Parsley Bread

*Bread recipe using direct method

Ingredients
200g bread flour
100g wholemeal flour

1 tsp instant yeast

1/2 tsp salt

190g milk 

2 Tbsp dried Parsley

20g shortening

Surprise!

Cranberries & Raisins Butter Cake 

Chinese Zodiac Signs Cuppies

Have you found your Zodiac sign cuppie? *^_^*

献给你，我的好友

一眨眼，半年过去了。对你的思念仍然没有减褪。做了这个翻糖蛋糕献给你。虽然不是很完美，但是我相信你知道我的苦心，我门的约定。。。

Chocolate Sablés

   

Chocolate sablés

(recipe adapted & modify from Anncoo Journal) 

Ingredients: 

280g plain flour

35g cocoa powder

280g salted butter

120g icing sugar

4 Tbsp Egg whites

Peanut butter & Cinnamon chips (topping the cookies) 

Method:

1. Sieve flour & cocoa powder together, set aside.

2. Beat the butter & icing sugar at medium speed until light & fluffy.

3. Add egg whites & beat until well incorporated. 

4. Turn mixer on low & slowly add in the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined 
& transfer the dough to a pastry bag.

5. Pipe dough onto prepared baking sheet and top with a piece of Peanut butter/Cinnamon chip in the middle of each dough and bake for 10mins @ 180 degrees.

Sweet Potato Red Bean Buns

I was shopping at Orchard Ion with my hubby yesterday & came across a unique bun in 'Bread Society'. The bun was topped with red bean paste & some chunks of  yellow sweet potato. I was curious to try it but guess what? OMG, a bun which you can finished in 3 bites costs $1.60! I am not very willing to pay for such a small piece of dough (call me stingy but I had not bought any bread/cakes from bakery ever since I started baking my own). After much persuasion from my hubby, we bought it in the end :P

The combination of red bean paste & chunks of sweet potato is really nice. I told my hubby I will replicate it today since there is a pack of sweet potato in fridge. I added some mashed sweet potato into my dough as well. Simply love the purplish bun ;)

My buns may not look pretty. This is because the colour of purple sweet potato & red bean paste look almost similar! Hahaha, now I know why the bakery uses yellow sweet potato instead! Apart from the looks, this bun is soft & fluffy. Great combination of red bean paste with sweet potato! =)  

*Bread recipe using direct method

Ingredients
300g bread flour
150g mashed sweet potato
20g sugar
1 egg
1 tsp instant yeast
50g water (I boiled my sweet potato & used the remaining 'purplish' water)
30g salted butter

*Placed red bean paste & extra chunks of sweet potato on top of dough

Bow ties swiss roll

(recipe here)