These are absolutely the most amazing dark chocolate chip cookies ever! They are crisp on the outside and inside or yet soft and chewy in the middle and delicious chocolate as you can adjust by yourself, see recipe section 3. That's all I've got for you - The best dark chocolate chip cookies with my easy recipe, that will impress family and friends. It's also perfect for everyday baking and occasions. Find more cake recipes at Josephine's Recipes website. Make these this weekend — you won’t regret it! Makes 20 (S), 12-15 (M), 7-8 (L)
• 18g, 1 tbsp salted butter, melted • 18g, 1 tbsp brown sugar • 1 egg yolk or 1/2 whisked egg • 25g, 2 tbsp plain flour • 1/4 tsp, baking soda • a pinch of salt, 1/4 tsp • 20g, 2 tbsp cocoa powder • 50g-65g dark chocolate chips/chunks/chopped nuts (optional)
Method:
1) Put melted butter, brown sugar, egg yolk, plain flour, bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt into a bowl and mix it in with a wide spoon.
2) Add dark chocolate chips, chunks and mix well.
No need to chill the dough, but it's okay to chill in the fridge until ready to use.
3) Use a spoon to make small scoops of the mixture and press into discs and spacing them well apart on the baking tray and has been lined with baking parchment. This mixture should make about 20 (S), 12-15 (M), 7-8 (L) cookies, optional.
4) No preheated oven 130-150C, switch on up and down fan, middle rack. Bake for 8 minutes (S) and (M), (L) for 10-12 minutes until they are double in sized. Switch off the oven 0C and bake for another 5 minutes for extra crisp and crunchy. Skip it if you like soft and chewy in the middle and crisp in the edges,.
5) Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet before moving to a cooling rack. Let cookies cool completely before storing them and transfer your cookies into an airtight container and keep the cookie container at room temperature.
The softest, fluffiest bread you will ever eat, free from artificial ingredients and preservatives. Bread machine is a life saver for everyday bread, honestly! Just threw everything in the bread machine, and then press ferment until the beep noise. Take it out and shaped into as many as you want the bread rolls. this would save a lot of time and of course save life too. There's nothing better than freshly baked bread. The Coconut cream buns are such a heavenly, filled with real buttercream. It can be used on cupcakes too. I spend months developing this unique recipes and the best way, that will make my husband and myself swoon with first bite and it's hard to stop at one. Yay, all-time favourite! The best local bakeries and bread bakers and serve each morning, afternoon tea in our own bake house? Yiels: 16 (S) 501g whole dough 31g each dough
Ingredients (A)
• 280g, 11/4 cup water
• 56g, 4 tbsp bread flour
Method: 1) In a saucepan, heat water, until the water is warm to hot 65°C , then add bread flour. quickly whisk and cook until thickened and smooth paste forms. (using a whisker, will be much easier than a wooden spoon or spatula to avoid lumps. The roux can also be cooled to room temperature first, and stored in the fridge up to a 3-5 days. 2) To make a real buttercream frosting take little time to make. it will hold for 3 days in the refrigerator. Alternatively, put it in an airtight container and freeze it up to 3 months. Mix the sugar and milk together and set aside until ready to use. Beat the butter in a large bowl until soft for about 5 minutes. add a little milk and powdered sugar mixture at a time and beat until creamy and smooth, about 10 minutes.
3) Place the water roux, cold milk, sugar, bread flour and yeast into the bread pan. Press the MENU button until desired program ''raw dough'' is selected. so that the machine does all the mixing and kneading. Once the process has been completed. add mild, olive or vegetable oil to the bread pan, and continue ''stir 2'' until beeps will signal. close the lid gently.
4) Press the MENU button again until you reach ''ferment''. The bread maker will allow your dough to rise for 30 minutes or until beep to signal and then you take it out of the machine.
5) Turn the dough out onto a grease surface, punch down the dough, and divide into 16 pieces or as many as you desire. shape into balls. cover and allow to rest for 10 minutes, then roll out each ball into a oval shaped. roll up the dough lengthwise and pinch the ends closed.
6) Rise in the warm oven for 30 minutes. Bake in no preheated oven 150°C, until the buns are golden brown, about 18 minutes. (Baking time depends on the size and shape of the bread being baked).
7) Once breads have cooked, remove from the oven. Make a sugar or honey syrup by mixing 1 tbsp brown sugar or honey with 1/2 tbsp water, and stir until the sugar dissolves. Brush the syrup generously up the sides and over the top of the bread.
8) Dip into sweetened desiccated coconut. To make buttercream, beat butter for about 5 minutes and add a tablespoon at a time of milk and powdered sugar mixture. beat until smooth and creamy. Spoon the cream into a piping bag, fitted with a flower rose tip. Piped a layer of buttercream across each bun. Eaten fresh is definitely best.
Helpful Tips: 1) The thickness of buttercream frosting make it difficult to spread evenly, a few tricks make it easier to spread buttercream frosting smoothly. To fix buttercream that is too thick, if it is beaten too much and if making it in a cold climate, especially in the winter, using a hair dryer set low to middle to do this and making buttercream look professionally smooth or to thin buttercream frosting, beat in extra milk at 1 teaspoon at a time until the icing is the right consistency. 2) Yeast is best stored in the refrigerator, as the fungud in it will be killed at high temperatures. Before using yeast check the production date and storage life of your yeast. Refrigerate it as soon as possible after each use. The main cause of bread falling to rise is bad yeast. 3) Store a bread in an airtight, re-sealed bag or airtight container and keep fresh for 2 days. 4) The best way to store bread for freshness is in the freezer for about 1 month. after defrost the bread, reheating and serve, tastes like fresh-baked. 5) If it's a winter day, the common problem is that dough won't rise. Ideal rise temperatures are between 35°C-37°C. Using a warm oven by turn your oven on and off or with boiled water on the underneath to help your dough rise perfectly. 6) If you don't own a bread maker, it can be made by hand, knead until the dough smooth and rise in the warm oven for 1 hour and continue the steps. 7) It's recommended to use an oven thermometer.
The softest, fluffiest bread you will ever eat, free from artificial ingredients and preservatives. Bread machine is a life saver for everyday bread, honestly! Just threw everything in the bread machine, and then press ferment until the beep noise. Take it out and shaped into as many as you want the bread rolls. this would save a lot of time and of course save life too. There's nothing better than freshly baked bread.
Makes 16
Ingredients (A) To make the roux: • 140g water, warm to hot about 65C • 25g, 2 tbsp bread flour (B)
• 140g water roux
• 70g cold milk
• 20g granulated sugar
• 280g bread flour
• 1 tsp, 5g allinson yeast
(C)
1 tbsp, mild olive oil / vegetable oil
(D)
Sugar or honey glaze:
1 tbsp brown sugar / honey
1/2 tbsp hot or warm water
Method: 1) In a saucepan, heat water, until the water is warm to hot 65°C , then add bread flour. quickly whisk and cook until thickened and smooth paste forms. (using a whisker, will be much easier than a wooden spoon or spatula to avoid lumps. The roux can also be cooled to room temperature first, and stored in the fridge up to a 3-5 days. 2) Place the water roux, cold milk, sugar, bread flour and yeast into the bread pan. Press the MENU button until desired program ''raw dough'' is selected. so that the machine does all the mixing and kneading. Once the process has been completed, add mild oil and continue ''stir 2'' until beeps will signal. close the lid gently.
3) Press the MENU button again until you reach ''ferment''. The bread maker will allow your dough to rise for 30 minutes or until beep to signal and then you take it out of the machine.
4) Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, punch down the dough, and divide into 16 pieces or as many as you desire. shape into balls, then roll out each ball into a oval shaped. roll up the dough and cut in half like a rose in shaped.
5) Rise in the warm oven for 30 minutes. Bake in no preheated oven 150°C, until the buns are golden brown, about 18 minutes. (Baking time depends on the size and shape of the bread being baked).
6) Once breads have cooked, remove from the oven. Make a honey syrup by mixing honey with warm water, and stir. Brush the syrup generously up the sides and over the top of the bread. Eaten fresh is definitely best.
Helpful Tips: 1) Yeast is best stored in the refrigerator, as the fungud in it will be killed at high temperatures. Before using yeast check the production date and storage life of your yeast. Refrigerate it as soon as possible after each use. The main cause of bread falling to rise is bad yeast. 2) Store a bread in an airtight, re-sealed bag or airtight container and keep fresh for 2 days. 3) The best way to store bread for freshness is in the freezer for about 1 month. after defrost the bread, reheating and serve, tastes like fresh-baked. 4) If it's a winter day, the common problem is that dough won't rise. Ideal rise temperatures are between 35°C-37°C. Using a warm oven by turn your oven on and off or with boiled water on the underneath to help your dough rise perfectly. 5) If you don't own a bread maker, it can be made by hand, knead until the dough smooth and rise in the warm oven for 1 hour and continue the steps. 6) It's recommended to use an oven thermometer.
This Perfect Buttercream Frosting is less sweet, creamy, fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth soft and is packed with milk flavor without being overly sweet! It tastes just like delicious whipped cream. Easy to add other flavors to it without losing its fluffy texture. I love using this as a frosting or a filling to decorate breads, cupcakes and birthday cakes.
• 250g butter, softened • 5 tbsp, powdered sugar • 5 tbsp warm milk Method: 1) To make buttercream, Stir together powdered sugar and milk, set aside until ready to use. 2) Beat butter for about 5 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl down, add the mixture a little at a time. Continue beat until smooth and creamy, about 10-15 minutes. Spoon the cream into a piping bag, fitted with a tip as you desire. Helpful Tips: 1) The thickness of buttercream frosting make it difficult to spread evenly, a few tricks make it easier to spread buttercream frosting smoothly. To fix buttercream that is too thick, if it is beaten too much and if making it in a cold climate, especially in the winter, using a hair dryer set low to middle to do this and making buttercream look professionally smooth or to thin buttercream frosting, beat in extra milk at 1 teaspoon at a time until the icing is the right consistency. 2) Leftover buttercream can be transferred to an airtight bag or container and stored in the refrigerator for up to 7 days or freezer until you are ready to use it. It can be kept in the frozen several months.
Water roux also known as tang zhong is a method used in bread-making to keeps bread soft, fluffy and tender with a longer periods of time. It's not use artificial preservatives and additives. There's nothing better than freshly baked bread.
Ingredients
• 280g, 11/4 cup water / milk
• 56g, 4 tbsp bread flour
Method:
1) In a saucepan, heat water, until the water is warm to hot 65°C , then add bread flour. quickly whisk and cook until thickened and smooth paste forms. (using a whisker, will be much easier than a wooden spoon or spatula to avoid lumps. 2) You'll make two batches of 2lb loaves of bread. The roux can also be cooled to room temperature first, and stored in the fridge up to a few days.
