4/3/2015 (Wed) Apple yogurt rings

Good morning ^.^

My 19mo lo is teething again... she was letting her tongue out very frequently yesterday and she rejected some of the foods that she usually likes.

Today I bake some soft and hard cookies to let her has more choices and cook her some cooling barley drinks as weather is hot recently.

Breakfast : sweet potato doughnut bread and carrot apple juice

sweet potato donuts bread (freeze it on 10/2/2015)

Just thaw and reheat it by steaming

Ingredients:

100g Sweet potato puree

60g fresh milk/ full cream milk

20g sugar

260g high protein flour

40g cake flour

Pinch of salt

1 tsp instant yeast

15g olive oil

1 egg

Steps:

1) slice the sweet potato and steam till tender, mash it while still hot

2) put all ingredients in the bread maker, use "dough" function to knead 20 mins

3) off the power and let the dough proof in the bread maker till double the size

4) take out the dough, roll flat and fold 3 times, then cover with wet cloth and rest for 15mins

5) roll the dough flat to 1cm thick, use different size of round shape mould / doughnut mould to cut

6) place the doughnuts on a non stick baking sheet and put the tray inside the oven, put a bowl of hot water inside the oven, close door, proof for 30-40mins

7) take out the tray 10mins before and heat the oven at 180'C

8) bake for 15mins or light golden brown

Apple & Carrot Apple Juice

1/3 organic apple (diced)

2" of carrot (diced)

2-3 tbsp water

Blend till smooth then sieve through a strainer.

Lunch: Baby Spinach seaweed rice

Baby Spinach seaweed Rice

2.5 tbsp mix grains (presoaked overnight)

steam for 15-20mins

Other Ingredients

1 bowl baby spinach (chopped)

some carrot (tiny sliced)

some Chayote (tiny cubed)

1 chunk of tenderloin pork/chicken (tiny cut)

10cm x 10cm size seaweed (cut in small pieces)

Steps:

1) Marinate the tenderloin with 1/2 tsp liquid amino and 1 tsp of corn flour

2) once the rice is cooked, add in all the other ingredients and mix well.

3) add 1/3 cup water and mix well too

4) steam again for 15 mins and ready to serve warm.

Teatime or snacks: Apple yogurt Rings and apple crackers and barley drinks

Apple yogurt rings

Ingredients:

15g diced apple

1 egg yolk 

5g sugar (i did not put today)

10g plain yogurt

20g all purpose flour

Steps:

1) Blend everything and pour into a plastic bag. Cut a hole at the edge and squeeze out rings.

2) Bake at preheated oven of 150'C for 10-15 mins or light golden brown.

Apple Crackers

Actually this is an experiment by using only egg white after making the apple yogurt rings. Because i was trying to measure the quantity by spoon instead of digital scale.

myself personally ate 2 pcs and found that the taste is not bad... smell nice... 

Ingredients

2 tbsp blended apple+yogurt

2 tbsp egg white

2 tbsp cake flour

1 tsp muscovado sugar

2 tsp full cream milk

Steps:

1) mix everthing and the texture shall be able to flow drip smoothly.

2) scoop by 1/2 tsp of the mixture onto a non stick baking sheet, can yield 12-14 pcs

3) sprinkle some black sesame on each batter (optional).

4) Bake at preheated oven of 160'C for 15mins or or till golden brown