Baked Donuts

Decided to try this recipe that I have bookmarked for school snacks. And since youngest love donuts, baked ones seems less sinful and healthier to me. And of cos it doesnt need me to work out a oily kitchen, having to deepfry anything ❤️

After baking, they are so soft. Using satay sticks to help, I dip them in the melted chocolate and top with crushed oreos or pistcahio.  Each kids’ favourite toppings for school! 

The inside is soft n moist, taste like small little cakes. The chocolate coating enhance the flavour and it is not too sweet too. Try it! 

Next day for school, best way to brighten up a Monday ❤️

Baked Donuts

(recipe from Cookidoo, modified slightly)

2.5oz brown sugar

2oz olive oil

4oz plain flour

2tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

2pinch of nutmeg

4oz milk

1 egg

Toppings:

Dark choc convecture

Oreo

Pistachio

1) Put sugar un mixing bowl - 10sec speed 9

2) Add rest of ingredients - 20sec speed 4

3) Scrap batter down and - 5sec speed 4

4) Rest 10 and pour into nonstick or grease donut pan

5) Bake 180deg x 12mins

6) Once they are cooled, dip in melted choc and top with preferred toppings or you can eat as it is! 

Fast & Easy Fried Noodles

Its the weekend! End of the week already and a new week is starting. Time really flies and its so scary, hahahha. 

Today decided to change my menu as it was raining the whole day since late morning. The weather is so cold and comfy that I even took a short nap before cooking dinner.

I have bookmarked this recipe for a while and since the cold weather has made me kinda lazy, what better day to cook this then. So here we go, and I was also craving some noodles (from watching too much Jinny Kitchen) 

I am using this noodles, as such I tweak the recipe a bit. If you are using those thicker kind of dry noodles then can consider to follow the cookidoo exactly. 

I love the seasoning of this noodles, it is jus nicely flavoured and not overly salty. With the non-fried noodles, I am quite comfortable to cook them once a while for the family as an indulgence ❤️

Fast & Easy Fried Noodles

(Recipe from Cookidoo, slight modifications)

30g Light soy sauce

30g Oyster sauce

10g Dark soy sauce

Pepper

1 whole Garlic

30g Olive oil (I used 20g olive and 10g sesame oil)

1 pkt Baby Kailan

300g Shrimps

150g Minced pork

5 portion Koka non-fried noodles

1) Set kettle to cook with 1L of water - Kettle mode

2) Put noodles in and cook for 3mins, stirring halfway. Drain and set aside - 3mins 100deg reverse spoon

3) Add garlic to mixing bowl - 5 sec, speed 5

4) Add cooking oil - 3mins 120deg spoon speed 

5) Add vegetables, minced pork & shrimps - 4mins, varoma, spoon speed

6) Add in cooked noodles and toss slightly - 2mins, varoma, spoon speed

Double Chocolate Chip Muffins

Was in a super Friday mood. Last min browse through and decided to bake these for the kids. Am sure the chocolate and oreos will bring a big smile to their face. Important is I love all recipes that is fast without much fuss and suits my busy schedule daily! 

Added extra crushed oreos for the kids cos ITS FRIDAY! Woohooooo! Who can resist chocolate n oreo! Smell so good when they are baking in the oven! 

Its really soft n smell so good! Fast to mix it up! ❤️

 

Double Chocolate Chip Recipe

Recipe from TeamAKK

75g Butter

80g Sugar

155g Self-raisinf flour

20g Cocoa powder

190g Milk

1 Egg

1/4tsp Baking sida

100g Chocolate chips (i added crushed oreo on top)

1) Melt butter - 3mins 60deg speed3

2) Add all balance ingredients except chocolate chips - 5sec speed5

3) Add chocolate chips - 5sec speed4

4) Fill batter 2/3 full and top with additional crushed oreo

5) Bake at 200deg x 18mins

Apple Cinnamon Muffin

Today decided to make these muffins, have bookmarked them for so long and finally got to it! Steps are very fast and straightforward. I use 1 apple instead of the 250g that recipe calls for as I dun wan to be left with 1/2 apples. When the batter is ready, it smells so good with the honey and cinnamon! oh my!

I bake them slightly longer than the recipes mentioned. And it comes out nicely browned and really smell super super good! I left them tilted to cool in the muffin tray.

Finally cooled down and i tore 1 to see the inside and check the texture. It is soft soft n slightly moist. I pinch a bit for taste test and I, myself love it! I believe the kids will love it as well! 

See how soft it is and it bounces back! I halve the recipe this round as no one to share the muffins with. Gonna be a work from home day the next day so I made the least I could with the recipe! Yummy! 

Apple Cinnamon Muffin

(recipe from Cookidoo, cut halve)

1 apple, approx 180g (recipe calls for 250g)

75g unsalted butter 

85 brown sugar (can reduce another 10-15g)

2 eggs

40g honey (can reduce to 30g)

150g bread flour

3/4tsp cinnamon powder

1/2tsp baking powder

1) Cut apples into quarter and set aside - 5sec speed 5

2) Add butter, sugar & eggs - 3mins 37deg speed 3

3) Add apples, honey, flour, cinnamon powder & baking powder - 20sec speed 3

4) Bake180deg for 25mins

Foccacia

Today decided to make foccacia for the youngest for recess, add on some fruits and nuggets will be an enjoyable meal for him. 

This is my first time baking these after so long. With some advise from my dear advisor fren, she taught me to cold retard them before baking, best overnight but I dont have enough time to cool them in the morning so i left it til evening to bake them. 

Didnt know how to poke the holes and just randomly deco with some onions and cherry tomatoes. Sprinkle some rosemary herbs and I FORGOT TO SPRINKLE SALT! 

The end result seems ok, acceptable to me. Exterior is crusty, inside is chewy. Just that probably it would be nicer with the sprinkling of salt as it is slightly. Probably when we serve it with the mains and dips, it would balance out the taste. 

Go try it! Youngest accepted the taste means APPROVED!

 

Foccacia

Recipe from Cookidoo

20g Olive Oil

400g Lukewarm water, i use room temp

1.5tsp Yeast

500g Bread Flour

2tsp salt

Toppings:

Tomatoes, Onion, herbs & drizzle of Olive oil

1) Mix oil, yeast, water - 5sec speed 3

2) Add flour and salt - 20sec speed 6 then knead 2mins

3) Place dough onto greased baking tin and let it proof 1hour

4) Lightly oil fingers n spread dough out to fit the baking tin and let it proof another 30mins (I let it proof in fridge til I am ready to bake n bring to rm temp for 30-45mins)

5) Deco with the toppings and drizzle the olive oil

6) Bake 35mins at 200deg

Chicken Floss

Today decided to make some floss with chicken breast that I have. Would be a good snack for school when make into a sandwich. 

I love homemade floss as you can control the ingredients and you know whats in it. But of cos the flaw is that it doesnt keep as long as store bought as no chemicals or preservatives are used when you make it at home. 

The kids enjoyed having it as an extra topping for their meals! ❤️

Chicken Floss 

Recipe by Cookidoo

2 Chicken Breast (i replaced with chicken)

10g Sesame oil

40g low sodium light soy sauce

40g sugar

20g Shaoxing wine

150g water

1) Add chicken, cut into strips, sesame oil and light soy sauce - 5mins 100deg rv spoon

2) Add remaining ingredients - 30mins varoma rv spoon

3) Shred 5sec speed4

4) Continue cook 40mins varoma speed 1

5) Lightly bake 150deg x 10mins, halfway stirring them to further dry them up

Pandan Chiffon

Baked Pandan chiffon early this morning as wanted to multi-task since I be going for facial during lunch time later. Wanted to eat lunch after back from work while working. 

Nicely browned, and love the smell when you bake with natural pandan extract. It smells so much fragrant when its baked with pandan leaves.

I think I didnt do a good job of folding them in this morning but thankfully it turns out well still. Not super fliffy but still moist and fragrant. Only thing is I think I would cut back a bit of sugar nxt round. 

Blending and using my strainer to get the juice out. And i mix it with coconut cream and fresh milk for a healthier version of it. Homebaked is always the best as you can adjust and modify the recipe to your own tastebuds and preference. 

All packed in boxes to bring to office to share with collits tomorrow. And leaving 1 at home for my family to snack, as well as packing them for lunchboxes tomorrow too. Took 1 container less and was saying that I didnt expect to have so much. Hub says ask me to leave the balance for him as he could finish them for me 😂 Must have smell so good. Go try it!

Pandan Chiffon Cake

Recipe from Cookidoo

Pandan Juice

100g Pandan leaves

250g Coconut water (i mixed 65ml coconut cream and top up balance with fresh milk)

Cake

220g Sugar

7 Eggs, seperate yolk & white

200g Grapeseed oil

1tsp Vanilla paste

280g Self-raising flour

20g Cornflour

Pinch salt

1) Blend pandan leaves - 5sec speed 9

2) Add coconut water - 1min speed 8

3) Pour out and strain out the juice, set aside

4) Clean bowl & insert butterfly whisk, add yolks and 150g sugar - 5min speed 3.5

5) Add oil, vanilla, pandan juice - 5sec speed 3

6) Add 150g flour and cornflour - 6sec rv speed 2

7) Add remaining flour - 10sec speed 2

8) In a clean bowl, insert butterfly whisk. Weigh 70g sugar

9) Add egg whites - 4min 37deg speed 3

10) Continue while adding sugar bit by bit - 3min 37deg speed 3

11) Slowly work in batches and add whipped whites to batter

12) Bake 40-45mins at 180deg

Banana Muffins

Today decided to bake this Banana Muffins for school snackbox. Have bookmarked a while as am curious how it would taste baking with wheat flour. Sounds healthier to me in a way. 😂

The aroma of the cinnamon and nutmeg, even before sending to the oven smells so good. Already very excited to see the end products.

Waited patiently for it to cool down and Hub happen to have 1 for his tea break, just in time. I love such soft n fluffy bakes when all it took is less than 5mins to prep and send to oven. Can you see how soft it is? 

This is the flour I used. It says Super fine wheat flour. Shall explore more recipe using this flour and see what difference it makes. 

My firstborn came home and had 1 too. She is surprised how can muffins be so soft. Try it. 

Banana Muffins

Recipe from Cookidoo

1.5oz Butter

4.5oz Wheat flour

1.5oz Sugar

1.5tsp Baking powder

Pinch of salt

1 Egg

2oz Milk

5oz Banana (approx 2 banana)

1/4tsp Cinnamon powder

1/4tsp Nutmeg powder

Rolled oats & almonds bits for toppings

1) Add all dry ingredients and butter - Turbo 1sec x 4 times

2) Add in balance ingredients - Mix 6sec speed 5

3) Fill liners 2/3 full, sprinkle with toppings

4) Bake at 180deg for 25mins

Baked Egg Cups

Baked some egg cups for breakfast and lunchboxes to school. Decided to share a simple prep-ahead and yummy lunchbox recipe that I always play around with. 

I am using this ingredients for this batch. I always change the toppings around to make it feel like a different thing each round I made them. I tried brocolli, spinach, ham, chicken, sausages as well. It all depends what your family likes. This batch is the first time I am topping them with feta cheese ❤️

This is how their final lunchboxes looks like! Left is for my sec 3 firstborn and right is for ny pri 2 youngest child. Both have different preference and so I always try to pack them to the best I can. 

Sitting down to take 1 before my run after dropping the youngest to school. He also tried a mouth and pass it. Says he gonna come home and have more for lunch too. So happy and blessed when your family love the food you made. Even my second child also had it for breakfast this morning as he was asking what was it when I was packing. Another thumbs up customer! 

Baked Egg Cups

6 Eggs

Some milk, ard 20g

Ingredients of your choice :

I used capsicum, cherry tomatoes, corn, shrimps

Feta cheese, toppings 

1) Mixed egg n milk n beat well

2) Add shrimps and cling wrap

3) Prep all other toppings and set aside

4) Pour egg mixture into cupcake cases

5) Add in remaining toppings, feta cheese on top

6) Bake 180deg x 20mins

Traditional Sponge Cake

Today was impromptu bake as was planning for a trip to JB. End up plan was postpone, as such decided to bake and prep something for youngest classroom snack.

Saw this recipe a while back and bookmarked it. Instead of baking full recipe for a 6inch cake, I made them into small cupcake sizes and topped with his favourite oreo bits. 

The inside was soft and fluffy. But had a small small amount of flour bits as I was lazy to sift the flour. The sweetness was just nice and good to maintain as it is. Probably the next round I will be hardworking and sift my flour 😂 Definitely a keeper!

Traditional Sponge Cake
Recipe from Cookidoo, halve recipe
2 Eggs
55g Sugar
55g Cake flour
15g Milk
15g Oil
1tsp Vanilla paste
1) Add eggs and sugar - Insert butterfly whisk, 10mins, 50deg, Speed 3.5
2) Add in sifted flour - 20sec speed 2, reverse blade once the flour is added in
3) Add in milk + oil mixture - 15sec speed 2
4) Fill cupcake cases 3/4 full and add toppings (optional)
5) Bake 170deg x 15mins