Soft Plain Buns

Good day everyone! Yes, I slept late again. This time, I was aware of the time but I was so into 'digging' that I just let time pass by. I managed to retrieve another page of the the COOKIES THREAD. Alhamdulillah...

Well, to continue with yesterday's story, these are the other two things that I had made for my sister and her hubby. I used the recipe from the Roti Paun Lembut but added more sugar to it.

SOFT PLAIN BUNS
Posted by MamaFaMi
Adapted from : HERE

Ingredients :

500g high protein flour
50g milk powder
250ml chilled water
11g instant dried yeast (I used Mauripan)
140g castor sugar
a few drops of yellow food coloring
100g margarine (I used Planta margarine)

Method :

1. Gease all the baking tins thoroughly. I used vegetable shortening. Keep aside.

2. Place all ingredients except margarine in a mixing bowl.

3. Fasten the dough hook onto the mixer and start kneading.

4. Once the ingrediets have just combined, add in the margarine. Knead till a soft, elastic and shiny dough is formed.

5. Remove from the bowl and rest the dough for about 10 minutes.

6. Divide the dough into a 27g balls. Shape it nicely and arrange in the prepared tins.

7. Cover the tins and leave the dough to rise till almost double the size.

8. Mix a bit of milk powder with a bit of water and brush lightly on top of the dough.

9. Bake in a preheated oven at 170 C for 15 to 20 minutes. Oven temperature and baking time may vary, depending on your oven.

10. Once baked, remove from the oven and onto a wire rack to cool.

Made these too for Mak Chu and Pak Chu. For the pastry, I bought the readymade Kawan Puff Pastry and used the fan setting in the oven when baking.

Have a nice day!

Thank you Aswani

Jumaa Mubarak to all my lovely visitors...

No recipe for this entry, just a word of thanks to Aswani for her orders yesterday, after a while not taking any orders... I hope she is happy. And thank you to her dear hubby for receiving the goods on her behalf. Mama jual dan mama minta halal ye Aswani.

Brownies

Fruit Tartlets

Blueberry Cheese Tarts

Apple with Cream Cheese Tart

T.H.E R.A.M.B.L.I.N.G.S

I take this opportunity to wish all Muslims a very happy Ramadan Mubarak. May this Ramadan be month of blessings, a month full of forgivenesses and guidences for all of us. Amin.

T.H.E R.E.C.I.P.E

I had a few red apples and granny smith apples screaming at me to end their misery! I surfed the internet to see what is the best way for me to finish the apples so that both parties will be happy! Hahaha... Thank you to Joy of Baking for the solution. I gave half the tart to my neighbour and it seems she loved it.

APPLE WITH CREAM CHEESE TART
Posted by MamaFaMi
Source : Joy of Baking

Ingredients :

CRUST :

1 cup (130 grams) all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup (35 grams) confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) (113 grams) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

FILLING :

One 8-ounce (227 grams) cream cheese, at room temperature
1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

TOPPING :

1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 cups (1 liter) Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut into 1/4 inch (6 mm) slices (about 3-4 large apples)
1/2 cup (50 grams) sliced almonds

Method :

Apple Tart : Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Butter, or spray with a non stick spray, a 9 inch (23 cm) spring form pan.

Crust : In the bowl of your food processor, place the flour, salt, and sugar and pulse to blend together. Add the butter and pulse until dough just begins to come together. Pat the dough onto the bottom and about one inch (2.5 cm) up the sides of the pan. Cover with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator while you make the filling.

Filling : In a food processor process the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sugar and mix well. Blend in the egg and vanilla extract and process until smooth. Remove the crust from the fridge and pour in the filling. Return to refrigerator while you prepare the topping.

Topping : Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl. Toss the sliced apples in the sugar mixture. Spoon the apples evenly over the cream cheese layer and sprinkle with almonds. Place the spring form pan on a larger baking sheet to catch any drips.

Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) and bake for another 25 to 30 minutes or until the crust is brown, the apples are tender when pierced with a sharp knife, and the filling is almost set. Remove from oven and place on wire rack to cool. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and serve at room temperature. Leftovers can be covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated.

Serves about 8-10 people.

Have a nice day!

Fruit Custard Puffs

T.H.E R.A.M.B.L.I.N.G.S

Had not been doing much experiments in the kitchen. The mood is still on the loose! Oh do come back soon... I miss you.... ahaks....

But yesterday, in the mood or not, I have to do something. My friends when we were in Malawi, two families, said they are coming to our house. So with whatever mood that's hanging on to me that time, I made something simple to serve them. And guess what.. then only I realised, it's all more to western. Even the tea, Tuan Haji Anuar said, tasted like English tea. I just used the GENERAL brand teabags. The menu for yesterday was Fried Macaroni, Garlic Bread, Mushroom Soup and Fruit Custard Puffs.

Thank you everyone for dropping by. Should do this more often huh? Just like the good ol' times! Huhuhu.....

T.H.E R.E.C.I.P.E

Thank you Mat for always providing us with all sorts of recipes. Be it easy or hard! Don't stop updating ya.... I follow......

Allow me to post the recipe here, according to how I had prepared my puffs yesterday. Thank you.

FRUIT CUSTARD PUFFS
Posted by MamaFaMi
Source : Che Mat Gebu

Ingredients :

10 pieces readymade puff pastry (I used KAWAN brand, sized 4" x 4")
Egg yolk - for glazing
Enough Mango - sliced
Enough Kiwi fruit - sliced
Cherries
* or any fruits of your choice

Ingredients : For the custard

1 1/3 cups fresh milk
2 tablespoons custard powder
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar (I added extra sugar because the fruits are slightly sourish)
1 teaspoon butter (I used SCS butter)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method :

1. To prepare the casing of the puff pastry, please refer to photo. Bake in a preheated oven at 190 C for 25 minutes. Preferably, using fan oven for a more flaky puffs.



Courtesy of cooksillustrated dot com



2. To prepare the custard :

Place fresh milk, custard powder and sugar in a pot. Mix using a whisk over medium heat. Keep stirring till the mixture thickens. Remove from heat and add in butter and vanilla essence. Stir well and cover the pot. Ready to use.

3. To assemble :

Place enough custard in the middle of the baked puff. Arrange the fruits according to your creativity. Ready to serve.

Have a nice day everyone!

Cream Puffs (Nasi Lemak Lover)

When you are running out of time, that's when things decided to go haywire! I hate it when that happens. But it happened to me last Sunday. Hubby made an adhoc plan to visit our friend at Sg Ramal. I told him, give me about an hour or so, to prepare something to bring along. In this short period, I have to think what to bake and bake it straight away. After some fast thinking, I decided to bake some cream puffs instead of muffins or cupcakes though that's the easiest to prepare in such short notice. But since I've always brought those stuff when visiting them, so I thought, something new would be nice.

Preparing the choux pastry is not a problem as I've done it before. By the time the chouxs are out of the oven, hubby was ready and looking restless. Oh oh... I don't really like it when someone's waiting for me! I didn't wait for the choux to cool. Just made a slit in the middle and piped some fresh cream. Piped 2 pieces and placed them on a plate, dusted with some icing sugar and started clicking here and there for my record....sempat lagi tu.... Logically, the puff is still warm, the fresh cream is cold, when warm meets cold, surely the cold one will melt right? So yes, that was exactly what had happened. Gosh... hate it! But luckily the mind can still work! Actually, forced to work! Hahaha... I just packed the ingredients to make some orange custard filling for the puffs and we were on our way. It was at my friend's house that I made the filling. Alhamdulillah, well enjoyed.

So to Sonia, thank you so much for sharing with us, this lovely recipe. Allow me to re-post here for my future reference ya. Thank you.... mmmm by the way Sonia, the name of your blog, makes me wish for Nasi Lemak now! Hahaha....

CREAM PUFF

Posted by MamaFaMi

Adapted from : Sonia's Durian Cream Puff

Ingredients :

100g butter

250ml water

a pinch of salt

150g flour (all purpose)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1 tablespoon sugar

2-3 eggs (I followed the original recipe which use 4eggs, but the batter became too watery, no choice I added more flour, so you need to adjust the eggs accordingly) - I used 3 eggs

For the filling, I just used the ready-to-use whip cream in the can.

Method :

1. Mix flour, baking powder,salt and sugar, set aside.

2. Heat butter in a pot (medium heat), once butter melted, add in water, mix well.

3. Add in flour mixture (no.1), vanilla, qucikly mix well ( about few seconds), turn off the heat.

4. Continue stirring flour until the dough mix well ( once you see shinning surface).

5. Transfer the dough to a mixer, set aside to let it cool down.

6. Once it cool down (dont need completely cool) , mix in the egg, and beat (using your mixer) the dough and eggs till mix well, less than 5mins.(the dough texture must not too soft or too hard, something like biscuit dough which you can easily shape it)

7. Place the dough in a pastry bag fitted with a tip. Pipe quarter-sized puffs about 1 inch apart on a baking pan.

8. Bake at pre-heat oven at 180C (original recipe 200c, too hot) for 25mins or until golden brown.

9. Cut the puff and pipe the filling (store in fridge when not use), and enjoy it.

Have a nice day!