BUNS

For the last two weeks I into the mood of baking breads, tarts, muffins and pies. Some of you may know that I'm a baker at home baking cakes only from taking order through friends, relatives and from my cake blog. Although my ovens (3units) are in used everyday baking cakes, in between I do have some space to bake others 'stuffs' but the mood is not there.

The past two weeks I've baked some buns, tarts, muffin and a few cakes that is not included in my cakes menu for order.

The recipe for this buns is very simple, taste good, soft even the next day. I got the recipe from YUM YUM edition 62, 2009. Here I made four flavours for the buns (36 buns) with 3 recipes for the dough. The buns disappear fast after giving away some to my neighbours. My younger son's love bread. Here the recipe.......must try. Make your own bread is much healthy, save money and no preservative or artificial flavouring in it.

RECIPE FOR BASIC SWEET DOUGH

300 gm high protein flour

3 gm salt

60 gm caster sugar

15 gm milk powder

6 gm instant dry yeast

210 ml water

30 gm butter

Dough Method:

1. Mix all ingredients (except butter) into a dough, I use Kenwood cake mixer with dough hook.

2. Add in butter and knead into a pliable and elastic dough.

3. Cover with a piece of damp cloth and rest for 1 hour.

4. After resting stage proceed to the BAKING METHOD as below;

Filling 1: Cream cheese

150 gm cream cheese + 80 gm icing sugar = beat together smoothly. Set a side.

Filling 2: Potatoes Chicken Curry

3 potatoes- boiled, skinned and diced

1 big onion - diced

1 small chicken breast - cut it into small strips

2-3 tbsp. curry powder

salt and chicken granules

Cooking Method:

1.Sauteed onion until soft, add in chicken cook until tender.

2.Add in curry powder and stir for a few seconds.

3. Add cooked potatoes and mix well

4. Season with salt and chicken granules

Baking  Method  for Filling 1 & 2 ( bake at 200 C for 15min.)

1.  Divide sweet dough into 50gm each, form into rounds and rest for 10 minutes.

2.  Flatten the rounds dough, wrap with filling,

3.  Sealed the edges and roll into round shape, place into paper casings.

4.  Cover with damp cloth and rest for 1 hour or until double in size.

5.  Glaze with beaten egg, bake at 200 C for 15min.

Filling 3: Pizza

1 big onion - sliced finely

1 green capsicum- sliced

4 slices cheddar cheese- sliced

4 sausages - sliced

Pasta Sauce (any brand)

Tomato sauce

Season with salt and black pepper

Cooking Method:

1. Sauteed sliced onion for a while, add in sausages, stir fry until cooked through.

2. Add in pasta sauce, tomato sauce and capsicum stir for a few seconds.

3. Add salt and pepper for seasoning. Remove from heat and cooled.

4.  Add the cheddar cheese and mix thoroughly.

Baking Method:

 1.  Divide sweet dough into 50gm each, form into rounds and rest for 10 minutes.

 2. Roll to flatten rouds dough and put into paper casings.

 3. Spread the pizza filling on top, leave in a warm place to rise for 1 hour or double in size

 4. Glaze the dough with beaten egg, bake 15min at 200 C.

Filling 4: Cheesy Ham

6 pcs. ham-  cut each into half

6 pcs. cheddar cheese- cut into half

Baking Method:

 1.  Divide sweet dough into 50gm each, form into rounds and rest for 10 minutes.

 2.  Roll out into oblong shape, arrange ham and cheese on top, roll up neatly.

 3.  Leave in a warm place to rise for 1 hour or double in bulk.

 4.  Brush with beaten egg, bake.

                                     HAPPY BAKING !