Multi-Seed Brown Bread (Richard Bertinet)

Lovely healthy bread, quick and easy to make. Toasting the bread will give a beautiful crusty texture all over.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Buckwheat Biscotti (healthy version)

As said, cut them 1/2 inch thick for second bake. Too thin can fall apart as the texture is slightly crumbly. I find when I dip it in coffee and it shows out the chocolate flavour.

Cucumber Dumplings

Cucumber for making dumplings here, great combination with dried shrimps. Flavour is good.

Black- and- Blue Berry Pie

This is not really sweet at all, go with cream or ice cream would be perfect.  My kids had it with Bailey ice-cream and it tasted really good!

Gingery Sugar Buns ( Tangzhong)

Rich aromatic ginger combining with dark brown sugar. Soft and fluffy bread texture.                        

Kuih Talam 2

This is my improved Kuih Talam. My last Kuih Talam 1 was ruined with quite a bit of condensation during steaming. With the same recipe, Coconut milk is used instead of coconut cream, tasted much lighter and smooth.

Cornmeal Biscotti (2)

I am always craving for cornmeal and biscotti. This is a good one too.
Cornmeal biscotti (1).

Radish Meat Dumplings

After some practice, I finally can make thinner skins which my family likes, though the original dumplings should be thicker. I actually used another half batch of filling for this thin texture.

Dan Lepard's Bay Custart Tart ( Dan Lepard)

Very delicious tart, infused with bay leaves. The recipe uses a deep muffin tray which delivers eight tarts. Please refer to original link for instructions.
For mine, I made it into four tarts on four pie dish of  3.5cm deep, 7.5cm round (base) pie tins. With a litte extra crust I made two mini jam tarts.

Lo Mai Gai In a Bowl ( steamed sticky rice)

Glutinous rice are steamed only once in this recipe, texture of the grain is perfect, not soggy nor dry.
Sauces were well-balanced with the rice, all absorbed fully into the rice during the frying process.

Make lots if you like since they can be frozen so well, just steam it up again to eat. Steaming helps to fluff up the hardened rice again, forget about using a microwave, trust me :)

Duo Colour Dumplings

I have been practicing how to make dumplings for the past two weeks,  This experiment has proved to me that dumplings can also be made with a good texture even if you don't use potato starch.

Dan Lepard's Aussie Apple Scrolls (Dan Lepard)

This is what we always get to see at the local bakery here, very soft and fluffy tasty buns.

Tasty Tuna Buns

Creamy Chicken and Leek Pie

Chicken paired with Leeks is always the best,  loved the gravy and simply delicious!

Muscovado Biscotti (Dan Lepard)

Twice baked Biscotti can be baked without oil, butter and good to keep for quite a number of weeks. Great to dip in coffee or tea.

Walnut Cornmeal Biscotti (1)

Twice baked biscuit, with butter this time.  Good flavour from the butter and roasted walnuts. I enjoy dipping it in my afternoon coffee.

Cottage Pie

                                     
A very satisfying, yummy homemade pie, enough to serve for a family of six.  Just make a bowl of salad to go with it.

Chicken, Mushroom and Gnocchi Pie

Perfect for a family of four, one of our weekend easy dinners.

White Sandwich Bread ( corn starch)

There are a few white sandwich breads that we like, such as  Dan Lepard's Sour Cream Bread , Champion Toast and this one.  I have been making this bread  many times for the past few weeks, its really a lovely bread.

Dan Lepard's Seeded Rye and Wheat loaf

Slice it thinly, serve it in a Scandinavian style with smoked fish, cold butter and pickles as suggested by Dan.  Another tip from him is, only let it rise by a quarter as rye flour dough can collapse if it rises too much.

Here, I use Pyrex ware.

Country Chicken and Vegetable Pie

See, my son couldn't wait to start his meal, he was reluctant for me to snap a photo :) Yes, we had a delicious, satisfying light dinner.  All in one meal, this is what I like, especially for my lazy weekends..

No- knead Dutch Crunch Bread ( Tiger Bread)

Dutch Crunch Bread or Tiger Bread, originated in Netherlands.
A paste made up of rice flour, sugar, yeast and sesame oil then, painted on the top surface. During baking, the paste dries and cracks. It gives the bread a distinctive flavour.

Dan Lepard's Soft White Baps ( Dan Lepard)

Cornflour is mixed in the dough here, a bit sticky to manage at times. I just made sure I had oiled hands and working surface to complete the task.
Good texture, light crumb and soft bread.

Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Cookie

     As said, using quality chocolates will deliver best chocolate chip cookies.  I agree!

Pine Nut Cheesy Buns (Savoury)

                                                  Nutty, tasty savoury buns.

Chocolate Banana Muffins ( healthy)

They are delicious, healthy,very moist and light muffins.  It gives you lots of banana flavour and overall not too sweet, add more sugar if you like it sweeter.
I would use wholemeal flour the next time, it should work perfectly fine too.

Grass Jelly Soy agar agar (healthy)

Grass jelly can be cut into cubes or other forms, then mixes with syrup to produce a good dessert or drink thought to have cooling properties, which makes it typically consumed during hot weather. If you like soy milk, then this is for you.

Blueberry Oreo Chiffon Cake (oil free)

I used yogurt to substitute the oil here. As for the Oreo cookies, the cream filling is added into it too. Borrowing the sweetness from the blueberries, yogurt and the oreo cream fillings, I decided to reduce the sugar used here.  If you like it sweeter, add more sugar then.
Overall this is a super light, moist cake. We all enjoyed it.

Avocado Prawn Savoury Pie

This is my second homemade pie after the Curry Chicken Pie.  Another wonderful experience, I found myself completing the pie much faster than before.  Here, I needed to blind bake the crust twice to 80% cooked before filling the ingredients.
It is such a delicious pie, glad that I bought this book, I can learn even more pie recipes here.

Custard Mooncake

It is very delicious,  I especially love the texture and flavour of the custard. The soft, thin pastry skin, flavoured with a hint of syrup is the best. It is interesting to do egg wash 3 times and  a syrup wash. I was tired in the end :)
Overall, it is something worth going through and I  would like to do it again next year.

Gongzai (Doll) Mooncake

These are the soft textured version of the Gongzai Mooncake. They are plain but full of syrup flavour, and it gets more intense the longer you keep it.  They are good to keep for quite a number of weeks.

Kluang Mooncake

Another tasty mooncake here.  Just be sure to slice after it is completely cooled as the crust is soft, which may be separated easily when it is still hot.
Thanks to My Little Space !

Traditional Mooncake ( Cantonese style)

I know I can't go wrong with Christines's recipes,  it turned out very good on the third day. This is what we want, a very thin and shinny layer of pastry.

Taiwanese Style Mooncake

                                      They are crispy, can be eaten straight after baked.

Shanghai Cheesy Mooncake

This is quite a quick and easy mooncake to bake, very tasty too.
Once it is baked, it can be eaten right away.

No Churn Coffee Ice Cream

Seriously, this is rediculously easy to make.  We were very surprised for the first time,to have found out that no churn ice cream actually can be so delicious.  I always have the impression that no churn ice cream would be slightly icy, not as smooth or creamy, a heavier kind of result. This proves me wrong.

Baked Oreo Cheescake

This is quite a small cheesecake, 6 inches.  It looks beautiful with three layers where each layer ensures you won't miss a bite of the oreo. I always liked baked cheesecake more if I had to choose , it is just my own opinion. The texture and flavour is slightly different somehow. My children loved it so much, you just can't go wrong baking with Oreo.

Homemade Cheong Fun

I have a great fun making these cheong fun, which is simple and easy, with a bit of patience you are able to enjoy it.  It is so delicious, and is not as oily as the Yum Cha place definitely.  The sauce is something never to be missed!

Curry Chicken Pie

What a wonderful experience for me, I finally made my very first homemade pie! I shall move on to more pastries with a sense of confidence from now :)

Blueberry Avocado Ice Cream ( no churn)

Quick and easy, no heavy cream, egg or sugar used here. No churning needed.
My children think it is more like a sorbet but they loved it anyway.

Fan Tuan / Chi Fan ( Sticky Rice )

This is my son's favourite, he can actually have it as his proper meal too. I often make lots so he can bring for school lunch.  Good to eat it warm or at room temperature too. Youtiao has to be pre-toasted so you get some crispy texture from the bite, I was very generous with the fillings this time, I added fried black sesame on the rice for aroma and nutrients.

For my Fan Tuan, I just wrapped it with free hand. I find it very easy to handle this way. You can to use sushi mat or a clean towel wrapped inside a plastic bag to support and wrap it up. The rice has to be warm when doing the wrapping. It does harden when it cools down.

Blueberry Pikelets

                                                     Serve hot with honey or maple syrup...

Kuih Lapis ( 9 layered kuih)

Winter Squash and Molasses Muffins (healthy)

Just as said, it is actually not as sweet.  Add more sugar or molasses if you like them to be sweeter.
Overall, it has a good moist texture.

Giant, Rich Choc Walnut Cookies

    Chocolate temptations! needless to say, freshly made is the best!
 

Oatmeal Potato Bread

            Large amount of oats used here, both potato and oats contribute good tasty bread.

Black Sesame Buns

                                           

Almond Crisps

Homemade freshly made cookies are the best, preventing unnecessary preservatives and additives. Most importantly, you know what you put in.  They are easy to make and taste delicious too.