Good Evening~
Just back from shopping.. Baked cookies and bread this morning for outing snacks for my 18mo lo. Baked also pineapple roll tarts last night for CNY too.
杏仁瓦片 Almond Crips Cookies
( bake again as lo finished all the previous one)
Almond Crisps Recipe:
Ingredient:
1 egg
10g cake flour
1 tsp muscovado sugar
10g unsalted butter
60g almond flakes
Steps:
1) whisk by mixer or blend by blender all above ingredients together except almond flakes till smooth
2) add in almond flakes and mix well
3) pour the batter on a non stick baking sheet on a baking tray
4) use spoon or hand to spread the batter till thin layer. It is better not to over lap the almond flakes
5) bake at preheat oven at 180'C for 10mins, then 130'C for 15mins.
6) if oven temperature not so even, you may remove the tray half way and turn over side and continue baking
40 mins milky bun
Ingredients
1 teaspoon instant yeast
2 tablespoon muscovado sugar (or molasses/brown sugar)
1/3 cup (80ml) warm strawberry milk (milk+strawberry puree) (i put 2 tbsp puree and balance is milk, can add more puree and reduce milk too)
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup bread flour + 1 tablespoon cake flour
1/8 teaspoon salt (i use pinch of salt only)
1 tablespoon beaten egg
remaining egg add in some milk for egg wash
Steps
1. Add instant yeast, brown sugar, caster sugar, olive oil, milk into a mixing bowl, stirred it and rest aside for 15 mins till you will see floating foam.
2. Mix in flour, salt and 1 tablespoon of beaten egg then use a spatula to fold and mix well the mixture into a dough form.
3.if use bread maker : put in breadmaker, function “dough” for 20mins
3.if use stand mixer : use electric kneading hook to knead for about 10-15 mins or till well combined. Then take out the dough and hand kneading for another 1-2 mins.
4. Roll, cut and shape into 3 big+ 3 small+6 super mini doughs, roll the big dough become a long stick, and the small dough become a short stick. place the long stick in swirl position and the end cover by the short stick. place 2 mini dough as the tentacles.
5. Grease little oil on the baking pan and line the dough in, cover with wet cloth and let it proof for about 10 - 15 mins. (or put in oven with a bowl of hot water and close the oven door for proofing)
6. Brush egg wash onto the bread and place 2 black sesame as "eyes"
7. Bake at pre heat oven at 200 degrees C for 10mins (baking time vary for different oven)
Pineapple Tarts
Recipe for the pineapple jam:
Ingredients
900g pineapple, chopped
150g brown sugar*
1 lemon (grated skin only)
pinch of cinnamon powder
*You may adjust the amount of sugar used in making your jam. The lesser the amount of sugar used, the shorter the lifespan of your jam.
Place all ingredients (in the order listed above) in the bread pan.
Select mode no. 9 for jam (tesco bread maker,the screen will display a pre-set timing of 1hr 20min. Press start .
Run the function JAM for 2-3 times.
At the end of the jam cycle, check the consistency of the jam. If your jam turns out too runny, you may repeat the jam cycle a second time. Stop the cycle when you have achieved the right consistency.
Pineapple Tarts
Ingredients
1kg
Pineapple Jam
500g
plain flour
350g
salted butter (soften at room temperature)
50g
icing sugar
4
egg yolks
4
tbsp icy cold water
Pinch
of salt
2
egg yolks (for egg washing)(2 egg yolks+2 tbsp water+2 drops oil)
Steps:
Preparation:
Take
some jam of about 10g and shape it oval long shape. Place them in a container
to be stored in the freezer later. Deep freeze for 1-2 hour.
1)
Cream butter and sugar till fluffy. Add egg yolk one by one and beat until well
combined
2)
Sift in the flour in 3 phases and alternate with icy cold water until well
mixed.
3) Preheat oven to 180’C
4)
Put the dough into a pineapple roll pastry press or mould, and then press out into a strip of 5cm length. Place pineapple filing at one end and roll up the pastry, as in a Swiss roll, enough to enclose the jam. Do not overlap the pastry. Cut off the excess pastry.
5)
Egg wash the pineapple tarts before baking in the pre-heated oven at 180’C for
15mins.
Take
out the tray and egg wash 2nd time and continue baking for 5-10 mins
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