Showing posts with label Baking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baking. Show all posts

Saturday, 4 May 2013

How to Make Moist banana and pecan muffins At Home

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  1. Preparation time: 15-20 minutes.
  2. Cooking time: 22-25 minutes.

 
How to Make Moist banana and pecan muffins At Home

Ingredients For Moist banana and pecan muffins


  • 150g plain flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 55g butter or margarine, at room temperature
  • 80g caster sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 medium bananas, mashed
  • 50g pecan nuts, roughly chopped
  • 10 whole pecan, to garnish (optional)
  • 5 tbsp fresh milk

Method For making Moist banana and pecan muffins

  • Preheat oven to 190°C. Line the muffin tin with 10 paper liners.
  • Sift the flour and baking powder into a small bowl and set aside.
  • With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together. Then, add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until fluffy. Mix in the banana.
  • Add the pecans. On low speed, beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk. Do it in 3-4 batches.
  • Spoon the mixture into the prepared liners, filling them two-thirds full. Bake in preheated oven for 22-25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the muffin comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, before removing and placing on a wire rack to cool completely. Top each muffin with a whole pecan nut, if desired.

Saturday, 9 March 2013

Baking Bacon: A How-To Guide to Making Perfect Bacon Every Time

Baking Bacon: A How-To Guide to Making Perfect Bacon Every Time


Why should you bake your bacon?

  • Baked bacon does not curl – you get nice straight bacon pieces every time.
  • Cooks evenly – no white fatty pieces on one end and burnt bacon on the other.
  • No splattering of bacon grease all over the place.
  • No need to babysit the bacon. You don’t even have to turn it over!
  • Tastes delicious.

Ingredients:

  • - Shallow baking sheet
  • - Foil (heavy-duty preferable)
  • - Metal Cooling Rack (optional)
  • - Non-stick cooking spray (optional)
  • - Paper towels

Directions:

1. Line the baking sheet with foil. (You will want to use a baking sheet that has enough of a rim that it contains the bacon drippings.)

2. If using a metal cooling rack, spray the rack with non-stick cooking spray, and place the rack inside the baking sheet.

3. Place the bacon slices in a single layer either directly on the foil or on a rack Make sure not to overlap slices.
4. Turn the oven on and set to 400 degrees. Do not wait for the oven to preheat. Go ahead and place the pan in the oven.
5. Cook the bacon for 12-17 minutes. Cooking time depends on the thickness of your bacon, and how long it takes for you oven to come to temperature. Start checking your bacon around 10 minutes to ensure your bacon doesn’t burn. (Nothing worse than burnt bacon!)
7. When the bacon is golden brown, the bacon is done.
8. Once the bacon has reached your desired level of crispiness, remove immediately and place on paper towels to soak up the bacon grease.
9. Eat and enjoy!


Here are some tips:

  • The oven should be cold when you put the bacon in – do not preheat.
  • Make sure you are watching the bacon closely during the last few minutes of baking to ensure that the bacon doesn’t burn.
  • Remove the bacon from the rack or baking sheet right after removing from oven. The bacon will continue cooking as long as it is left in the pan or bacon fat.
  • It is easy to flavor up the bacon. Try black pepper or brown sugar sprinkled on the top before baking – it will give your bacon a whole new flavor.
  • Want to freeze your bacon? Under-cook your bacon by a couple of minutes , let it cool and then place it in Ziploc bag. To reheat, pull out a couple of slices and cook in the microwave on medium power for 30 seconds.


Baking Bacon: A How-To Guide to Making Perfect Bacon Every Time

  1. Recipe Type: Tips
  2. Cuisine: American
  3. Author: Trish – Mom On Timeout
  4. Prep time: 5 mins
  5. Cook time: 15 mins
  6. Total time: 20 mins
  7. Serves: 6
Making bacon is easier than you might think. I used to forgo making bacon because the gigantic mess it made just wasn’t worth the amazing taste. A few years ago I learned about baking bacon and it has changed my life forever.
Ingredients

  • Bacon
  • Shallow baking sheet
  • Foil (heavy-duty preferable)
  • Metal Cooling Rack (optional)
  • Non-stick cooking spray (optional)
  • Paper towels

Directions


  • Line the baking sheet with foil. (You will want to use a baking sheet that has enough of a rim that it contains the bacon drippings.)
  • If using a metal cooling rack, spray the rack with non-stick cooking spray, and place the rack inside the baking sheet.
  • Place the bacon slices in a single layer either directly on the foil or on a rack Make sure not to overlap slices.
  • Turn the oven on and set to 400 degrees. Do not wait for the oven to preheat. Go ahead and place the pan in the oven.
  • Cook the bacon for 12-17 minutes. Cooking time depends on the thickness of your bacon, and how long it takes for you oven to come to temperature. Start checking your bacon around 10 minutes to ensure your bacon doesn’t burn. (Nothing worse than burnt bacon!)
  • When the bacon is golden brown, the bacon is done.
  • Once the bacon has reached your desired level of crispiness, remove immediately and place on paper towels to soak up the bacon grease.
  • Eat and enjoy!

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Recipe: Gingerbread Man + Hello Kitty Biscuits

 Gingerbread Man + Hello Kitty Biscuits

Making these gingerbread biscuits with the kids was very fun.The dough was easy to handle, but because of the hot climate, it got a little sticky towards the end. The kids enjoyed drawing faces and decorating their gingerbread men. We also bought a Hello Kitty cutter, which we used for the first time. It's slightly more tricky using the Hello Kitty cutter as a little more precision is required (ie how thick to roll out the dough as it affects the "legs" of the Hello Kitty and helps it stand). We were very happy with how the biscuits turned out. A beautiful assortment of different shapes!










Above Figures description shown below :-

Hello Kitty Gingerbread Biscuit

I like my Santa plate! :)
  
Concentrating - Baby C did a very good job!

Happy bakers! 



Gingerbread Biscuits

  1. Preparation time: 30 minutes
  2. Cooking time: 10 - 12 minutes
  3. Makes about 20

Ingredients
  1. 1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
  2. 1/4 tsp salt
  3. 2 tsp baking soda
  4. 1 heaped tsp ground ginger
  5. 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  6. 4 tbsp unsalted butter
  7. 1/2 cup brown sugar
  8. 1/3 cup golden syrup (or dark corn syrup)
  9. 1 tbsp evaporated milk (I omitted this)

1. In a saucepan over medium low heat, heat the butter, sugar and syrup together until dissolved and allow to cool.

2. Sift the flour, salt, baking soda and spices together into a bowl. Once the syrup mixture has cooled, mix into the dry ingredients with the evaporated milk (if using) to make a dough. Chill in fridge for 30 minutes.

3. Preheat oven to 375F/190C and grease two baking sheets. Roll out the cookie dough to about 1/4 inch (5mm) thick and cut into desired shapes (gingerbread man / Hello Kitty / heart).

4. Place on the baking sheets, allowing a little space to spread, and bake for 10-15 minutes until golden. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly for 10 minutes on the baking tray. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.