Doughnuts

Doughnuts

Ingredients:

240g Blue Jacket bread flour

60g Blue Jacket plain flour

20g sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp instant yeast

1 egg

140g water

25g unsalted butter

 

Method:

*Direct method

Chestnut Tart

Chestnut Tart

(Adapted from a Japanese baking book)

[Recipe]

Ingredients

Tart dough

75g plain flour

25g bread flour

10g fine sugar

1/4 tsp salt

50g butter

25g milk

Crème d'amande

40g butter

1/2 egg

40g almond powder

20g icing sugar

20g chopped chestnuts

Marron cream

100g chestnuts

100g milk

30g sugar

Method:

1. Dough: mix flours, sugar & salt together in a medium bowl. Rub in butter till they resembles sand consistency. Add in milk till combine into a dough. Cling wrap & put in fridge for 1hr

2. Crème d'amande: Mix butter & sugar till combine with a spatula. Slowly add in egg mixture & mix till combined. Add in almond powder & mix till smooth. Stir in chopped chestnuts. Cling wrap & put in fridge for 1hr

3. Marron cream: Blend into a paste & chill in fridge

4. Take tart dough (1) from fridge. Roll out into a diameter about 22cm. Spread (2) on top. Fold in the dough slightly. Put in fridge for 30mins

5. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 30mins. Once cooled, spread (3) onto tart

Almond Butter Muffins

 Almond Butter Cake

Ingredients:

250g unsalted butter

50g icing sugar

1 tsp rum

4 egg yolks

120g Blue Jacket plain flour

130g almond meal

1.5 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

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4 egg whites

70g fine sugar

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10g cocoa powder + 2 Tbsp hot water

Almond flakes

.

Method:

1. Whisk butter & sugar till light & creamy

2. Add eggs one at a time till combined. Add in rum

3. Add in sifted flour, baking powder, almond meal & salt

4. Whisk egg whites till foamy & add in sugar slowly . Whisk till stiff peak

5. Combine butter mixture with egg white mixture. Divide into 2 portions

6. Mix cocoa powder & hot water. Add into one portion of batter

7. Scoop batters into cupcake liners & sprinkle almond flakes

8. Bake @ 180C for 20mins

Red Yeast Cat Toast

Red Yeast Cat Toast

Ingredients:

300g Blue Jacket bread flour

15g fine sugar

1/2 tsp SAF instant yeast

1/2 tsp salt

200g water

20g butter

10g Red yeast powder

 

*Direct method