Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in Japan

During my stay in Japan, I have been visited to many places. And now, let me first start sharing with all of you about the famous Krispy Kreme doughnut in Japan.
The time we reached Krispy Kreme shop, not surprisingly, the queue is just like what I expected, very long. Well, no matter how, we just want to try the doughnut. So, let’s queue up! After waiting for about 10 minutes, a freshly fried doughnut was given to everyone of us. Yeh! I got a free doughnut. Hehee…

Free plain icing doughnut

After my first bite, yummy!

While we were waiting there, I took the photos of how the doughnuts were made. To me, that was the most attractive part. Hehe…

First stage, Mixing & Extruding,

Next, Proofing,

Cooking,

Flipping,

Glazing,

Finally, Cooling & Boxing,

Doughnuts with different filling and topping after went through all the processes.

We bought 4 different types of doughnut, they are so delicious. I will try it again when there is a chance.

Cheesy flavour...so delicious!

Bangkali Cheese Bread and Bangkali Garlic Bread

After attended the 2nd flogger gathering, I decided to make my own bangkali cheese bread because the bangkali cheese bread served at Edelweiss Restaurant was delicious. Well, I do not know exactly the ingredients they used, but from the outlook of the bread, it looks like simple dish which ingredients are bangkali bread and cheese. Ops, almost forgot, there is another ingredient, called onion!

I made my own bangkali cheese bread without onion, hmm, the taste was not bad, especially when the minutes it came out from my smart oven, the fragrance and the taste were fantastic.

Other than that, I did tried bangkali garlic bread too. Weeeew, one word to describe everything, SHUI!

Please try out your recipe and share it with me, ok?

Wolfberries Wholemeal Bread

I made a healthy bread which used of wholemeal flour, flaxseed and wolfberries. I made the bread by using my smart breadmaker and it was so soft and delicious. Hence what you need are only the ingredients as well as a breadmaker. If you do not have a breadmaker, you can mix all the ingredients and knead until the dough is soft and elastic, shape into big ball shape (or whatever shape that you prefer) and let it prove until double it's size. Bake at 180°C for about 30 minutes or until it is cooked (baking time is dependent on the size of bread).

Ingredients:
200ml egg(1whole egg)+water (the meaning here is to put 1egg into a measuring cup and add water until they reach 200ml)
40g butter
3tbsp milk powder
1/2tsp bread improver
1 1/2tsp salt
60g sugar
1tsp poppyseeds
1tsp flaxseeds
2tbsp wolfberries
3cups wholemeal flour
1 1/2tsp yeast

Method: (for breadmaker)
1. Put all the ingredients in breadmaker machine according to sequence as listed above (wet ingredient follow by dry ingredient, lastly add in yeast).
2. Set according to your breadmaker machine's setting.
3. Remove the bread from the breadmaker machine when it is ready.

Garlic Bread

After I baked the first garlic bread and the taste was not bad, I have decided to bake for the second time. This round, I used a different bread, which is Italian bread. The ingredients used were the same as before, just that I added some herbs this round, and the taste was really fantastic.

Before bakedAfter baked

Ingredients:

Italian bread (I bought from tesco)
Garlic (chop)
Butter (soften)
Herbs

Method:
1. Slice bread.
2. Mix the butter and garlic well.
3. Spread the bread with mixed butter garlic.
4. Sprinkle with heabs.
5. Bake at 150°C until it is golden color and crunchy.
6. Serve with mushroom soup or a cup of coffee.
7. Clean up your kitchen after meal. Hahaha...

Please give it a try, it is really tasty and easy to make. I and my family like it soooo much.

Thanks to Criz and Buzzingbee for leaving me a comment in my first garlic bread post, from there I changed my "normal garlic bread" to Italian bread and of course, I added with herbs this round to make my garlic bread taste much more better.

Potato Bread

Potato Bread

Lovely Potato for my dear

During my study in KL, I always went to buy potato bread from Carrefour Hypermarket. I like their potato bread because of the soft texture and the freshly baked fragrance that can smell from the bread. Although I always baked my own bread at home, but to get a soft texture like the one I ate before is not easy.

Last weekend, I had tried to bake my own Potato Bread. When I put it into my smart oven, I can smell the fragrance after 3 minutes. The fragrance of my potato bread baking was intoxicating. The taste was delicious as well.

Being a bread baker is hard work, but it is tremendously satisfying. I will continue to “study” and learn the bread baking concept until I managed to get the result that I want, just like the soft potato bread that I baked this round.

Miku (Festive Pau)

Before steam

After steam

Yesterday, I had written a new chapter in my "Baking History Book". I had tried out something different which I never do before. Let me introduce to all of you my first "pau" in my life, teochew festive pau, we called it "miku" in hokkien. I do not follow the traditional miku which is red in colour, I just want my miku remained in plain colour. Another reason is because I do not have red colouring at my home, so....hehehehe..

Again, I used my smart bread maker to knead the flour. After everything was done, I just steamed it for about 20 minutes. My heart filled with joy and satisfactory when I saw my miku successfully came out from wok, the joyful and happiness that hard to describe. That's also the reason why I like baking so muchhhh ...hehehe, was extremely happy leh...yeh pah!!!!

Next time, I wish to try with other types of pau, erm...kaya pau? char seow pau? chai pau (vegetable pau)? siew long pau? jagung pau? hahahahaha...don't know yet, but I am sure that this is a good start for me to make another better pau in future. 加油吧 Ah Shui !

Below is the miku recipe from Agnes Chang.

Ingredients:
A:
500g pau flour, sifted
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tbsp instant yeast
100g castor sugar
240ml water
3 tbsp shortening

B:
1 tbsp double-action baking powder

Method:
1. Mix all ingredients A together. Knead into a smooth and elastic dough.
2. Cover with wet cloth and leave to prove until it has doubled its bulk.
3. Sift B on top of the dough and knead well to distribute the baking powder until the dough is smooth again.
4. Cover and allow dough to rest for 15 minutes before shaping.
5. Divide dough to small portions, shape into ball and roll to oval shape, press lightly.
6. Put aside to prove for 20 minutes and steam with high heat for 20 minutes until cooked.

You may add some red coloring to make the miku look nicer.

Waffle

My sister in law bought a waffle maker. I was so happy, because I can try with new thing again. Yeh!
I found some recipes from Internet and started my waffle making. After all the mixed, poured, cooked process, finally it was done. But it was not crunchy leh, not sure why. Anyone has any waffle recipe? Mind to share it with me? Hmm, must try it again...I am looking for crunchy type waffle..hehe...

Garlic Butter Bread

Yes, the ingredients used were exactly the name as mentioned in the title. Garlic, Butter and Bread. Haha…we bought the bread, spread with butter and sprinkle with garlic, bring it to oven and bake! As simple as ABC..hahaha…

Cinnamon Roll

This is the first time I baked cinnamon roll at home. Again, let my smart bread maker perform its job and my job is to "throw" all the ingredients into the bread maker, smart ler (I mean myself)... hehehe...

After one and a half hour, the dough was ready for next step.Roll out dough into rectangular shape, brush with egg wash and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
Sprinkle with raisins.
Roll dough into log, cut it into small portion.
Transfer to greased baking pan. Let it proof until double its size.
Bake in oven for 10 minutes.Done!!!
Enjoy la...

Egg Mayonnaise Sandwich

You just need 3 main ingredients with 3 easy steps to make an egg mayonnaise sandwich. It is good to be served as breakfast or tea break.

3 main ingredients:
1. Boiled egg
2. Mayonnaise
3. Bread

3 easy steps:
1. Mix the mayonnaise and egg in a bowl.
2. Crush the egg mixture with a fork.
3. Spread the mixture on the bread.
Easy right? You can actually add in some pepper and salt into the mixture to make the taste better, if desired. Normally I prepare this at night and keep in fridge, so the next morning I can eat before I go to work or sometimes I bring it to work.