Oven Thermometer

This is my acclaimed oven thermometer. Yes, its sitting on my mahjong table (but that's another topic altogether). Look, it has both the Celcius and Fahrenheit scale, there's no need for conversion anymore!

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French Breakfast Puffs

Another receipe adapted from The Pioneer Woman Cooks! Is it her receipes or my new oven thermometer that's making my bakes so delightful? I had flat muffins when I previously tried another receipe and had the wrong baking temperature (silly oven!), but these rose and erupted beautifully.

These are not completely covered with cinnamon sugar because I ran out of melted butter, which gives me the perfect excuse to cut down on the sugar and calories. Sigh, who am I kidding?!

Recipe (makes 12 regular sized muffins)

(A) Stir together:
210g plain flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder

In a mixer, combine:
75g butter (my note: try 100g next time?)
100g sugar

Then mix in
1 Egg

Then mix in
Mixture (A)

Then mix in
120ml milk

Bake in 350degF for about 20-25mins till golden in greased&floured muffin cups. Coat each muffin with melted butter and cinnamon sugar (mix caster sugar with a teaspoon of cinnamon powder).

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Cinnamon Rolls

The is the first receipe that I attempted since I bought my oven thermometer. I knew there was something wrong with my oven when my cakes and muffin attempts were not turning out right. Since it can't be my fault, so it's got to the the oven's fault rite? And am I glad that I got the diagnosis right and my bakes are turning out wonderful ever since I became the proud owner of an oven thermometer.

This cinnamon roll recipe is adapted from The Pioneer Woman Cooks!, my current favourite blog.

Recipe

Dough
475g milk
115ml vegetable oil
100g sugar
Heat the mixture till just before boiling point and leave to cool for 45mins-1hr.

1 package dry yeast - add to the above mixture when the mixture is lukewarm and let it sit for a minute.

560g plain flour - stir into the mixture and cover and let it sit for an hour to rise.

Then, stir in the following:
70g flour (my note: adjusted to 100g)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Filling
100g melted butter
100g brown sugar
Cinnamon powder

Divide dough into 4 portions. Roll each portion into a rectangle about 1cm thick. Drizzle melted butter over the dough. Sprinkle brown sugar over the butter. Sprinkle cinnamon powder generously over the brown sugar. Roll the dough towards you. Cut the roll about 3/4 inch thick and lay on buttered baking trays. Let the rolls sit for about 30mins to rise. Bake at 400deg F until light golden brown, about 15-18 mins. Drizzle frosting and serve.

Frosting
50g powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
15ml milk
2 tablespoon expresso coffee
1 1/2 teaspoon melted butter
1/2 teaspoon cocoa powder
Stir all ingredients together
(Yup, I can't decide if I want vanilla, coffee or cocoa flavoured frosting, so I put everything in!)

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Merry Christmas!!

Cookie-Cake from Mrs Fields.

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Tumeric Rice with Raisins

I don't fancy ginger, but since I've got a new bottle of tumeric (yellow ginger) powder, why not try this?

Recipe -Serves 2

Rice (2 Portions)
Water
1/2 teaspoon Tumeric Powder
Some Raisins (okay, this is definitely optional but I like to add raisins to my food!)

Put all ingredients in rice cooker to cook.

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Curry Fish

Recipe (serves 2)

2 Batang Steak
1 Tomato, quartered
1 Onion, sliced
1 Red Chilli, remove core and slice thinly
1 Tablespoon Curry Powder
1 Lemon, extract juice
1 Teaspoon Sugar
A Pinch of Salt
Some Water, approx 1/4 cup
1 Teaspoon Olive oil

Heat olive oil in wok. Fry onion and red chilli till fragrant.
Add tomato, water, lemon juice, curry powder, sugar into wok and bring to boil.
Cook fish in gravy.
Serve.

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Chicken Drumstick Porridge

Recipe - serves 2

Rice (2 portions)

2 Large Chicken Drumsticks

1 Can Straw Mushrooms

1 Carrot, diced

1 heaped teaspoon Chicken Stock Seasoning Powder

Pinch of Salt

Put all ingredients in a pot. Fill pot with 3/4 full of water. Bring to boil over low heat for about 45 mins. Stir occasionally.

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Cinnamon Raisin Cookies

Recipe - makes about 100 mini bite-size cookies

250g self raising flour
160g butter
100g brown sugar
1 Egg
Approx 1/2 cup raisin (soak in warm water for a while)

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
A pinch of salt

Preheat oven at 200 degrees Celcius.

Cream butter and brown sugar in electric mixer.

Add egg until it incorporates fully into the mixture.

Add flour (sifted), baking soda, cinnamon powder, salt and mix well.

Add raisins.

Drop dough (about 1 tspn for each bite-size cookie) on greased baking tray

Bake until brown (approx 15-20 mins)

Remove cookies from baking tray and cool on cooling rack.

Store in airtight container.

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Fish Spaghetti

Recipe (serves 2)

Spaghetti (2 portions)
150g White snapper fillet
1 small canned mushrooms
1 can Prego Traditional Pasta Sauce
1 Fresh Tomato, diced
1 Egg, beaten
Some plain flour
2 tspn sesame oil
Olive oil for frying
Parsley flakes
Salt
Orange Juice (e.g. Peelfresh, optional but recommended)

Cook spaghetti in a pot of boiling water added with a pinch of salt. When cooked, remove from pot and rinse with tap water to prevent spaghetti from sticking together. Add sesame oil for taste.
Lightly salt fish and slice into thin slices. Dip in egg and coat with plain flour. Fry till golden brown.
In a wok, add diced tomatoes, sliced mushrooms and let it cook for a while. Add fried fish and pasta sauce and mix all ingredients well. Let the sauce boil.
Add some water (or orange juice) to achieve desired consistency.
When the sauce boils again, it is ready to be served with spaghetti.
Add parsley flakes to garnish.

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Kueh Lapis (9 Layers Kueh)

Recipe - Makes 7 slices in a 7"x3" baking loaf

(Original recipe here)

55g rice flour (not glutinuous rice flour)

10g corn flour

200ml coconut milk

Syrup

65g caster sugar

55ml water

pinch of salt

1/4 tsp pandan essence (if using fresh pandan leaves, use 2-3 leaves & boil together with sugar)

few drops of red, yellow and green food colouring

Method

Mix rice flour, corn flour and coconut milk in a large bowl. Leave aside.

Combine sugar, water, salt, pandan essence in saucepan and bring to boil. Strain.

Stir into flour & coconut milk mixture.Strain batter to remove lumps.

Divide batter into 7 portions (each about 45ml or 2.5 chinese soup spoonfuls) and add colouring - 2 portions yellow, 2 portions green, 2 portions pink, 1 portion red [adjust measurement to suit your own baking tray].

Grease loaf tin and heat in steamer for 4-5mins.

Pour 1 portion of green batter into the loaf tin and steam until set (about 5 mins). Repeat with next layer of colour, ending with the final red layer.

After the final layer is set, steam for a further 12-15mins. Halfway through, open the lid to release the steam, then cover again and continue steaming.

Cool the kueh before cutting into slices.

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Fried Rice with Sunny Egg

Anybody can cook fried rice, but I'd admit that I just wanted to show off my new toy - the egg mould. See the perfectly round egg? See?

Recipe (Serves 2)

Cooked rice (2 Portion)
100g Minced Chicken marinated with teriyaki sauce
A small bunch of green vegetables (any type), cut into small pieces
1 Tomato, diced
3 Tablespoon Chicken Stock
2 Eggs
1 Tablespoon Chopped Garlic
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
Some Pepper
Tomato Sauce

Fry eggs using round egg mould and set aside.
In a wok, heat olive oil and fry garlic till fragrant.
Add minced chicken, vegs and tomatoes and stir fry.
Add cooked rice, chicken stock and pepper.
Fry, mixing all ingredients evenly.
Serve with egg and tomato sauce.

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Oneh Oneh

Recipe - makes about 50

350g glutinous rice flour

250g orange sweet potato

3 tablespoon pandan juice

200g gula malaka (cut into small pieces)

1 packet dried coconut flakes (or freshly grated coconut)

Some water

Method

Steam sweet potato and mash them.

Sieve flour and mix with mashed sweet potato and pandan juice.

Add water tablespoon by tablespoon until mixture kneads into into a soft dough.

Make small balls with the dough and wrap some gula malaka into each ball.

Cook balls in boiling water until they float to the water surface. Continue cooking for another 2-3minutes for the gula malaka to completely melt.

Remove from water and coat with coconut flakes.

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Japanese Mashed Potato Salad

Recipe - serves a party of 8-10
8 medium sized potatos
1 carrot
3 eggs
2 slices of ham
Approx 200g Japanese mayo (it MUST be Japanese!)
A pinch of salt

Boil potatoes, carrot and eggs in a big pot. Remove potato/carrot skin and egg shell when cooked.
Mash the potatoes.
Dice carrot and eggs into small cubes.
Cut ham into small square slices.
Add mayo and salt to the mashed potato and mix well.
Mix in carrot, eggs, and ham.
Refrigerate and serve cold.

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