Apple Almond Tart

Apple Almond Tart

(recipe adapted & modify slightly from Anncoojournal)

Ingredients: 
20g salted butter, melted 
2 Tbsp icing sugar
95g ground almond
2 large eggs 
40g kuromitsu
1 Tbsp lemon juice 
lemon zest from 1 lemon 
1 apple (cut in thick strips, toss in 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder)

Method: 
1. In a large mixing bowl, combine ground almond, lemon zest & icing sugar together. Add in melted butter, kuromitsu, lemon juice & eggs into it. Mix till well combined & pour into tart pan.

2. Arrange apple slices on top of the batter. Bake in a preheated oven @ 170C for 25mins.

3. Dust with some icing sugar before served. 
 

这个杏仁塔很容易做。无论趁热或冷吃都一样美味。明显的杏仁味配上爽脆的肉桂苹果，要是在加一球冰淇淋就更锦上添花了。

Black Sesame Brownie

Black Sesame Brownie
(recipe adapted & modify slightly from Peng's Kitchen)

Ingredients: 
150g salted butter
130g Black sesame paste
60g fine sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
60g Blue Jacket Plain Flour
20g black sesame powder
1/2 tsp baking powder 

Method:
1. Melt butter, sugar & black sesame paste over stove with medium heat. Cool slightly.
2. Whisk in egg & mix till well combined.
3. Sift flour, baking powder & black sesame powder & mix till combined.
4. Pour batter into a lined 8" x 8" pan.
5. Bake in preheated oven @ 160C for 22mins.

Verdict: Very soft & moist. Love the intense sesame taste as you bite into it. 

Flaxseed Pork Floss Buns

Flaxseed Pork Floss Buns

Ingredients
300g Blue Jacket Baguette Flour
1/2 tsp instant yeast
1 Tbsp fine sugar
1 Tbsp golden flaxseed meal
1 Tbsp flaxseeds
1/4 tsp salt
200g water
20g Cowhead salted butter

Mayonnaise
Pork floss

Method:
1. Put all ingredients (except butter) in a mixer with a dough hook & knead till combined.
2. Add in butter & knead till window pane stage. Proof for 1 hr.
3. De-gas & divide into equal portions. Shaped the doughs & placed on silpat mat to proof for 1 hr.
4. Bake in a preheated oven @180C for 15mins.
5. When the buns are cool, spread some mayonnaise on top of bun & sprinkle with Pork floss.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes
(recipe adpated from Joyofbaking )

Ingredients:
50g cocoa powder
240ml boiling water
175g Blue Jacket Cake Flour
2 tsp baking powder
113g Cowhead salted butter, soften
100g fine sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
reese's peanut butter chips

ganache
Reese's peanut butter mini bars
chopped peanuts

Method:
1. Mix cocoa powder with boiling water & stir till combined. Set aside to cool down.
2. Whisk butter & sugar in a mixing bowl till light & fluffy. Add in eggs & vanilla extract slowly & whisk till combined. 
3. Add sifted flour & whisk till combined. Then, pour in cooled cocoa mixture & whisk till smooth.
4. Stir in reese's peanut butter chips & divide batter into cupcake liners.
5. Bake in a preheated oven @ 160C for 18mins.
6. Decorate as desired when cupcakes are cooled.

Orange Madeleines 香橙瑪德蓮

Orange Madeleines 香橙瑪德蓮
(recipe adapted from Carol)

Ingredients:
60g Blue Jacket Cake Flour
60g Cowhead salted butter, melted
60g egg
60g fine sugar
orange zest from 1 orange
2 tsp orange juice

Method:
1. In a mixing bowl, whisk egg & sugar together till ribbon stage.
2. Add in orange juice & zest & stir till combined.
3. Sift in flour, chia seeds & butter till combined.
4. Fill each mould in madeleine pan with 1.5 Tbsp of batter.
5. Bake in a preheated oven @ 170C for 15mins.

瑪德蓮很鬆软，带有很香的橙味，越吃越开胃 

Chia seed Dinner Rolls

Chia seeds Dinner Rolls 奇亚籽面包 （水合折叠法）
(recipe adapted from Carol)  

Ingredients:
180g Blue Jacket Bread Flour
20g Blue Jacket Wholemeal Flour
2 Tbsp chia seeds
1/2 tsp instant yeast
10g fine sugar
140g water

Method: 

1. Put all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix till combined. Cover with a cloth & proof for 30mins.

2. After 30mins, wet hands slightly & fold the dough corners towards the center of the dough. Proof for another 30mins. Repeat this process for another 2 times (there will be a total of 3 times folding in 2 hrs).
3. Remove the dough onto a slightly floured table top. Divide the dough into 4 portions.

4. Shaped the dough & proof for 1hr.

5. Sieve some bread flour onto the dough & score the dough.
6. Bake in a preheated oven @ 190C for 15mins.

White Chocolate Matcha Donuts

White Chocolate Matcha Donuts  
(Yields 9 donuts)

Ingredients: 
100g Blue Jacket Plain Flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp matcha powder
1 egg, lightly beaten
100g white chocolate 
100g Cowhead UHT milk
40g Cowhead salted, melted butter

Method:
1. Microwave/heat up milk till warm, then pour over the white chocolates in a bowl. Stir till combined & set aside for later use.

2. In a mixing bowl, sift in flour, baking & matcha powder. 

 3. Add in egg, matcha chocolate milk & butter. Then gently whisk till combined thouroughly. 
 

 

4. Slowly scoop batter into donut pan.

5. Baked in preheated oven @ 180C for 10mins. 

 Enjoy!
The sweetness of donuts are just nice, so I prefer not to have any glaze on them. However, you can always 'dress' them up if you like *^_^*

Cheese Puffs 起士小泡芙

Cheese Puffs 起士小泡芙
(recipe adapted from Carol)

Ingredients:
50g Cowhead salted butter
100g water
1/2 tsp fine sugar
50g Blue Jacket Plain Flour
20g Blue Jacket Bread Flour
2 eggs, lightly beaten
25g Parmesan cheese powder

Method:

1. Put butter, water & sugar in a saucepan & bring to boil over medium heat.

2. Remove from heat & add all of the sifted flours. Use a spatula to stir until combined. Return saucepan to the heat & stir constantly until the dough comes away from the sides of the pan.

3. Transfer the dough to electric mixer, beat on low speed. Add parmesan cheese powder & eggs slowly, mixed till combined & batter becomes a thick paste.

4. Pipe batter onto silpat mat & spray water onto them. 

5. Bake in a preheated oven @190C for 10mins, then 170C for 20mins.