Mexico Bread - No Kneading-Method

Another no-knead bread recipe...

Upon seeing this recipe, I was very tempted to try, as you should had realised that I can't bake a bread well with my kneading skills. :-p

As this recipe did not required any kneading, the proofing period took quite awhile like 14 hours; 2 hours in the normal room temperature and 12 hours in the refrigerator. But I did not manage to wait up till 14 hours, and only a mere 11 hours as I had to rush out during that day. So this is the 11 hours-proofing dough..which was still rather wet and sticky. I am not too sure how the dough would be like if it was proven for exactly 14 hours.

I had managed to get them in small little round shaped and piped the cream on the top. Looks perfectly pretty weren't they?

Though the outlook of the Mexico bread wasn't that perfect, it was REALLY soft.
I was very amazed with it.. Too bad I hadn't proved them longer enough, otherwise, I should have gotten a more solid dough to put in some butter in the centre of the dough. I will definitely attempt this recipe again and hopefully the next time it would be a better looking and tastier Mexico Bread.

Meantime, enjoy mine:)

Recipe as adapted from DoDoCook, Innana

As the recipe is in Mandarin, please CLICK HERE for the detailed recipe.

Have fun!!!

Fool-Proof Cup Bread

Fool-Proof Bread...

How fantastic I thought when I saw this recipe... Simply an excellent recipe for a bread-idiot like me... kekekeke... Not being able to bake a proper bread usually, this recipe suits me VERY WELL!!!! lol...

I had came across this recipe from DoDoCook website and this recipe is from Innana.

After work last night, I decided to give this recipe a shot, as mentioned by Innana, she said that these bread were soft and also, the methods were sooooo easy... Not much proofing was needed, just a mere 20 minutes here and there, PLUS, NO KNEADING of the dough... How amazing...!!!

As the bread was baking in the oven, we could smell the lovely fragrant of the bread aroma, lingering around our home.. We can't wait to try them, especially Nic. She told me it smelt sooo yummy...

Yes, indeed they were...

I had baked 2 portion and I had placed them in eight 5-cm cupcake cases. Recipe had stated to put about 70% full but I would think that 50% full is just nice as the batter will proof and would rise quite well while baking in the oven.

My girls loved these cup bread very much, they were really very soft... And having them while they were freshly baked... What more can we ask for. The girls had also packed their share for school tomorrow... :)

These bread maintained their softness the next day too. :))

So if you are a bread-idotic like me, whom do not know how to knead a bread dough well, this recipe might suit you well too.

Ingredients:

(yields about 5 cup bread)

100g bread flour

6.5g milk powder

65ml warm water

1 tbsp sugar

20g melted butter

1 beaten egg

1 tsp instant yeast

Method:

1. Mix the warm water, sugar and instant yeast in a bowl and let it proof for 10 minutes.

2. In a small mixing bowl, add in the egg and the melted butter. Mix well and set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, add the bread flour & milk powder together, add in the proven yeast and mix well.

4. Add in the beaten egg mixture into the flour mixture and blend well till there are no clumps in the batter.

5. Pour the batter in the cupcake case and allow it to prove for 10 minutes.

6. Bake in a preheated oven of 180C for about 20~25 minutes.

"Oink Oink" Cookies

Another adorable cookie is here...

"Oink Oink" is here... Eat me!!!

I think my little Oinky has a squarish face instead of a round one...kekeke..
Nevertheless, they still looked good and tested GREAT!!!

Once you get the hang of "playing" with these doughs, you will not stop.

It is pretty fun actually:)

超可愛！小本廚房的手繪幸福餅乾(附贈30分

By 小本

Here is the cookie recipe:

(yeilds about 25 pieces)

(As the recipe is self-translated by me, do bear with me:-p)

70g unsalted butter

(very softened at room temperature)

50g icing sugar

1/2 beaten egg, room temperature

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 tsp baking powder

130g plain flour

10g milk powder

Method:

1. Cream the butter and icing sugar in a mixing bowl until pale yellow.

2. Add in the beaten egg in 2~3 addition, make sure it blends well.

3. Add in the vanilla essence and mix well.

4. Add in the sieved flour, baking powder and milk powder into the batter, using a spatula to mix to form a dough. Do not over mix the batter.

5. Freeze the dough for 1 hour before using.

I did not managed to snap shot the step by step tutorial of my own, as it was simply impossible as I am a one-man show. So I had attached the instructions and method as from the book.

Runny Rabbit Cookie is here!

Are you as excited as my girls to have these cookies???

These new cookies were a new treat to them. They were so excited about these cute little cookies, and having a fantastic taste, crunchy as well. It was really a hit for them when I attempted these cookies for them last weekend.

I had gotten this recipe from this book I had bought a couple of months ago.

I was really impressed with these cute little cookies but thought they were a hassle as there seemed too many steps to be done...

Finally plucked up my courage and started to attempt this challenging tasks.. Well, come to think of it, it wasn't that difficult. It was just like playing with "plasticine"or "clay". Probably needs alittle more patient than usual as well too.

So adorable ain't them...???
We all loved these cookies very much and the girls were also busy packing up some for the best friends and teachers in school. These cookies I baked over the past 3 days were easily gone in a nip nap.

Try baking some for your kids, and I am sure they will love them as much as we do... :-D

Do you too???

This is the book I had gotten my recipe from:

超可愛！小本廚房的手繪幸福餅乾(附贈30分

By 小本

Here is the cookie recipe:

(yeilds about 25 pieces)

(As the recipe is self-translated by me, do bear with me:-p)

70g unsalted butter

(very softened at room temperature)

50g icing sugar

1/2 beaten egg, room temperature

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 tsp baking powder

130g plain flour

10g milk powder

Method:

1. Cream the butter and icing sugar in a mixing bowl until pale yellow.

2. Add in the beaten egg in 2~3 addition, make sure it blends well.

3. Add in the vanilla essence and mix well.

4. Add in the sieved flour, baking powder and milk powder into the batter, using a spatula to mix to form a dough. Do not over mix the batter.

5. Freeze the dough for 1 hour before using.

I did not managed to snap shot the step by step tutorial of my own, as it was simply impossible as I am a one-man show. So I had attached the instructions and method as from the book.

So have fun with these cookies...:-D

For other cookies:

Bear, Dog and Watermelon Cookies

曹可爱的饼干。♡Bear Cookie, Doggie Cookie & Watermelon Cookie♡

It is a Cookie Weekend for us this week.

I was looking through some of my cookies book I bought a couple of months.

Finally pluck up the courage to do "such" cookies as I thought, these cookies were very challenging and tedious. Plus the last time I had tried another cookie recipe from another book but it didn't turned out what they supposed to be:-p

Took up this challenge and had a very fruitful result!!!

Ain't these cookies awfully adorable too???

My girls loved these cookies too. They were all waiting by the side to grab a cookie once I'm done with the photo takings...

The Bear Cookie

The Dog Cookie

And the Watermelon Cookie

(Does it looked like one anyway???)

As much as the girls were thrilled over the cookies, so was I.

After all, it wasn't that much of a challenge. All I ever need was time and patience.

Here are the cookies before baking.

 So, how would you like these pretty cookies too??

Not only they looked fabulous, they tasted delicious too!!!

So in ♡♡ with these cookies.

I will post up the step by step pictures in my next attempt.

As the recipe was in Mandarin and some of the the steps were stated wrongly and it took me quite a while to follow up.

Meantime, enjoy!

For other cookies:

Rabbit Cookies