You know that feeling of having something in your pantry/fridge for too long, and you feel obligated to use it up? Well, that was me last week, looking at that bag of wholemeal flour in my fridge. I still have tons of bread in the freezer, waiting to be consumed, so no point in me … Continue reading
What do you do when it rains? You make bagels! Perfect weather to do some dough kneading in the kitchen. I absolute hate kneading bread dough in our hot, humid and sunny tropical weather, and I avoid it at all cost. So I’ve tried making plain bagels. This time, I sprinkled some of them with … Continue reading
After my previous success at making the Hokkaido milk loaf, I kept wondering if I could make a whole meal version. Don’t get me wrong, I love the original version. It’s just the engineer in me that wants to come out and experiment. All I did was substitute half of the bread flour with wholemeal … Continue reading
I have to admit, I’m kind of in the minority group here. I don’t like my cookies chewy or soft. To me, the best cookies are crunchy or crispy. Not hard-as-stone crunch, but a nice crunch that doesn’t leave your mouth aching after the second cookie. My favorite cookie would have to be oatmeal raisin … Continue reading
Recently, my grandmother-in-law gave us a jar of yummy homemade coconut custard/jam. Locally, they are called kaya. It’s basically coconut milk, eggs and sugar cooked till it turn into a custard-ish texture. It’s real yummy, and homemade ones always trump those commercially made ones (of course). It was a pretty big jar, and I was worried … Continue reading
Blushing Sugar 