Recipe: Sesame Seeds Sweet Buns

Preparation Time: 90 minutes
Baking Time: 20 minutes

Finally, I make it... ;) All together 15 breads.

Though is a bit dark, hehe... (9 here)

Need to fit into other 2 small baking trays... (3 here)

Ops! Change shapes, may be it is too packed (3 more here)

Soft inside. [ding dong ding dong, successful v(==)v ].

Let me slice it...


Into 6 pieces...

Really soft (better consume within 2 days)

Ingredients:

1. 600g High Protein Bread Flour
   
2. 1 1/2 tsp of Instant Yeast
   
3. 1 tsp of Bread Improver
4. 1 1/4 tsp of Salt
5. 100g Brown Sugar
   
6. 3 Tbsp of Milk Powder
   
7. 1 Egg
8. 300 - 350ml Water
   
9. 50g Butter (room temparture)
10. Some White Sesame Seeds
11. Melted Butter (for brushing)
    

Steps:

1. Mix ingredients 1-8 and knead till it can stretch into thin sheet (about 10 minutes).
   
2. Add in butter and knead till smooth. Cover dough and leave it to prove till double in bulk.
   
3. Knead again till smooth (about 10 minutes). Cover and rest for 15 minutes.
4. Divide dough into 15 portions and shape each into a ball.
5. Arrange onto a baking tray. Leave to prove till double in bulk.
6. Spray little water onto the dough and sprinkle some sesame seeds on top of it.
   
7. Bake in a preheat oven at 200ºc for 20 minutes.
8. brush with melted butter.
   

Tips:

1. In step 1, mixual of ingredients will turns separated doughs to a sticky dough. The longer time you knead it, the less stickiness of the dough. (somehow, there is few that sticks on your fingers)
   
2. In step 2, adding butter into the dough will first cause the dough to separate apart. Don't worry, as you knead it longer, a whole dough will be formed slowly.
3. In step 5, as the dough will raise into a double size, so leave some space between them.
   
4. You can cover the dough with cling wrap or clean cloth.

Recipe: Banana Cake

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 40-50 minutes

In the baking process...

Start rising...

In 175ºc, hot...

Turning color...

Few cuts to test whether the internal is cooked. (Initially, I bake for 40 minutes - follow the original recipe - but, it is not fully cooked)

Emm, it doesn't looks nice externally (maybe the color of banana slices is too dark).

However, it really tastes good. Must try.

Ingredients:

1. 250g All-purpose Flour
   
2. 1 tsp of Baking Powder
3. 1/4 tsp of Bicarbonate Soda
4. 250g Butter (room temparture)
5. 200g Brown Sugar
6. 1/4 tsp of Salt
7. 5 Eggs
8. 1 tsp of Vanilla Essence (optional)
   
9. 250g Mashed Bananas
   

Steps:

1. Shift all-purpose flour, baking powder and bicarbonate soda.
   
2. In another medium bowl, beat butter, brown sugar and salt until well-blended. Add in eggs one by one and vanilla essence and beat well.
   
3. Fold in the flour mixture into (2) until well-combined.
   
4. Fold in mashed bananas into the batter.
   
5. Place a piece of baking paper on the cake tray and pour the batter on it.
   
6. Cut and place banana slices on top of the cake batter.
   
7. Bake in a preheat oven at 175ºc for 40-50 minutes (until golden brown).

Tips:

1. You can use white sugar to substitute brown sugar (but brown sugar is more healthier). If the bananas that you bought is not sweet enough, you can add more sugar.
   
2. You can use a fork to mash bananas.
3. You can choose not to place banana slices on top of the cake batter (if you think it doesn't looks good).