Join me on my quest of making homemade treats with less sugar!
Here’s the amended version of my HK Style Pineapple Buns. I have made slight adjustments mainly to make the crust look and taste better and adhere better to the bread so that the crust won’t come off after a few bits. 這是最新版本的中種菠蘿包做法，EC改動了酥皮的配方，改善了酥皮的上色情況，而且酥皮比以前更緊貼麵包，酥皮不會這麼容易在咬幾口後就掉出來。 HK Style Pineapple Buns (Sponge Method) v. 2 港式菠蘿包(中種法) v.2 Makes 10 10個份量... Continue Reading →
I was looking up some shaping ideas for my sausage buns on the internet to make with my daughter and I came across a bunny shaped one that was really cute. On our first attempt we didn’t make the ears long enough so the buns didn’t really look like bunnies to me. The shaping got... Continue Reading →
These steamed buns are made with poolish and the recipe is an adaptation from my Chinese Steamed Buns (Mantou). What I did was to make a poolish with 20% of the total flour amount, let it ferment in the fridge overnight, and then mix it with the rest of the ingredients to form a dough.... Continue Reading →
Here’s another HK style bun I made recently. The recipe was taken from Dinner Rolls (Sponge Method) with slight modification. I added some sprouted Kamut flour for more nutrition and reduced the sugar amount a bit as the coffee topping was already sweet enough. Feel free to substitute the Kamut flour with other whole grain... Continue Reading →
I was making soy milk at home and was left with some okara (soy bean pulp) after passing the soy milk through a nut milk bag. I didn’t wanna throw the residual out so I added some to my bread dough. The okara used was about 20% of the total flour weight. Amount more than... Continue Reading →
After posting the recipe of Purple Sweet Potato Spiral bread (Sponge Method), a reader asked if it could be turned into chocolate flavor. I replied that the method would be the same but the purple sweet potato powder could not be directly replaced with cocoa powder without adjustment but I didn’t know exactly how much.... Continue Reading →
Today I’m showing you a quick way to shape a bread loaf with a fancy spiral pattern. I’ve perfected it four times just to get the color and effect right. Believe it or not, the shaping process is no different than a regular shaping process that requires two rollings as found in my older blog... Continue Reading →
I’ve been thinking of writing a detailed post about Pullman loaf and dough mixing for a long time: however, I keep delaying as there are just too many things to say and I hesitate if it’s worth the time writing a lengthy post while no one might be even interested in reading. Since the pandemic,... Continue Reading →
I’ve been baking more and more since the pandemic and this is one of the things that I bake more than usual. I have made pizza dough with all purpose and bread flour before and the pizza dough that I was most pleased with was with Italian tipo 00 flour. Unlike flour that is commonly... Continue Reading →
A friend of mine has made some really cute bow tie shaped buns recently and told me that the shaping process was super easy. I was convinced after watching the video she shared with me and decided to make some with my daughter right away. 之前朋友介紹EC做可愛的蝴蝶結造型麵包，並說製作超簡單的。看過她分享的影片後EC也認為製作十分容易，於是便立刻跟女兒動手試試。 You could use any kind of sweet bread dough... Continue Reading →
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