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Monday, April 11, 2011

Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Rolls
April 11, 2011

Ingredients:
Dough:
4 1/2 cups bread flour
1 cup milk, warm
1 1/2 tsp.  active dry yeast
1 tsp. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 large egg
Filling:
1 tbsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened



Icing Sugar Glaze:
1/2 cup icing sugar (confectioners sugar)
1 tbsp milk

1.  Put yeast and granulated sugar into the warm milk.  Set aside for 5-10 minutes.

2.  You need to make sure that the yeast is alive, well and working so your dough can rise better.  The sign that your yeast is active is the formation of bubbles at the top of your yeast mixture.  It should look like the picture below, if bubbles doesn't form within 5-10 minutes, you need to start over again or get a new pack of yeast and repeat the procedure for a better result .

3.  Mix flour and salt into a large bowl.

3.  Add the yeast mixture.

4.  Add the melted butter.  The butter must be cooled already when you add it in the mixture or the yeast will die and your dough will not rise.

5.  Add eggs.

6. Mix well, you may need slightly more or less than the exact 4 1/2 cups listed. The dough shouldn't be sticky to the hands.

7.  Knead the dough on a floured surface for 10-20 minutes of until the dough is soft.  Put dough in a lightly greased bowl.  Cover and place on a warm place and let rise for 2 hours or until it doubles in size.

8.  It should look like the picture below.  I think i should have used a bigger bowl, i made it rise for about 1 1/2 hours depends maybe on the humidity of the air.

9.  Punch down to release air and flatten on a floured surface using a rolling pin.  (the little hand that always helps me ^_^)

10.  Make the filling:  Mix together brown sugar, softened butter and cinnamon and spread on top of the flattened dough.  Roll to make a log.

11.  Cut dough to what ever size you want.  i cut mine at about an inch.  Place the cut rolls into baking pans making sure they are placed an inch apart giving them room to rise more.  Rise again for another 20 minutes.   At this time, preheat oven at 190C.

12.  Bake for 15-20 minutes.  Glaze by mixing the confectioners sugar and milk together in a small bowl.  I put whipped cream on some of the rolls.

Siomai

Siomai
April 11, 2010

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo ground pork
1/2 cup turnips (singkamas), minced
2 tbsp. spring onions, minced
1 medium onion, minced

1 head of galic, minced
1/4 cup flour
1 egg
siomai/dumpling wrapper
salt and pepper to taste
soysauce
toasted garlic and some kalamansi




1.  Mix well first eight ingredients together.

2.  Get one piece of siomai/dumpling wrapper.

3.  To wrap meat mixture with siomai wrapper, place a tablesppon of the meat mixture in the middle of the wrapper, lift the sides of the wrapper up to form a round shape.

 4.  Put the wrapped siomai into a steamer and steam for 45 minutes.  You can put vegetable oil in the steamer so the wrapper will not stick.

  5.  Serve with soy sauce and kalamansi with toasted garlic.
Since i have made about 50 pieces.  i put half of the cooked siomai in the freezer and can be kept for a week.  It can be steamed again directly from the freezer for a few minutes.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Buko Pandan

Buko Pandan
April 10, 2011 


Ingredients:

2 cups young coconut meat, cut into small squares
1 cup all-purpose cream
1/4 - 1/2 cup condense milk
1 cup gelatin, color green
1 tsp. pandan extract
buko juice





1.  Cook gelatin according to package direction but instead of using water, use the buko juice (coconut juice).  Buko juice depends on the amount the procedure calls for of the gelatin you bought.  Put pandan extract.  Set aside. 
 

2.  Put the coconut meat into a bowl, Add all purpose cream.

 3.  I don't want to over mix it so i add in condense milk before mixing it well.  I only put 1/4 cup of condense milk, but you can add more depending on how sweet you want it.  

4.  Add the green gelatin, i have cut it into small cubes the same size as the coconut meat.  Mix slowly so you will not break down the jelly into small pieces.


5.  You can have it in the bowl and chill in the fridge for few hours before serving.  What i did is i put it into small ramekins so my husband and children can have only one serving at a time.  


Saturday, April 09, 2011

Brownies with Chocolate Icing




Today, i baked some brownies.  My son have been requesting for it... i put white chocolate and chocolate chips on top.

Brownies with Chocolate Icing
April 9, 2011 
Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking powder
pinch of salt
Icing:
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 - 2 tbsp hot water



1.  Preheat oven at 350F (180C).  Line cake tin with wax paper and grease the tin.  Melt butter.

2.  Beat eggs with granulated sugar.



3.  Add vanilla, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and melted butter.  Mix well.


4.  Put into baking tin and bake for 20-30 minutes or until a wooden stick inserted in the center comes out clean.  (depends on the baking tin you used, the thinner the brownie mixture the faster to cook)



5.  Make the icing:  Mix the icing sugar and cocoa powder in a small bowl and add hot water.  Make a consistency that will spread smoothly on top of the brownie.  You can put the icing while the brownie is hot and still on the baking tin.

6.  Put into the fridge for a few minutes to set.  I put melted white chocolate on top and slice it to small serving pieces.















7.  To make it more presentable i put the brownie pieces into a cupcake cups and put some chocolate chips on top.
 
Brownies with  Chocolate Icing