Sour Cream Pound Cake

Prep Time : 20min

Cook Time : 1 hour

Yield : 1 loaf pan

Freezer-friendly : No

Ingredients:

1cup butter (or 227g) room temp

3/4cup cane sugar

1/2cup sour cream

1 1/2cup all purpose flour

1/4tsp baking soda

3 eggs (i substitute 1 egg with 1/4 fresh milk)

1/2tsp vanilla essence

Steps:

1) Pre-heat oven at 176 degrees.

2) In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. I did it by cutting butter into small pieces, then mash with whisk.

3) Add sour cream, mix with whisk.

4) In a seperate bowl, sift flour and baking soda. 

5) Add 1/3 flour into butter mixture, follow by egg. Repeat until all are used. Add vanilla essence.

6) Bake for 1 hour or test with chopstick until comes out clean.

Original Recipe:

http://www.pauladeen.com/sour-cream-pound-cake

Butter Pecan Cookies

The aroma of the cookies filled my house as if I have moved the Famous Amos cookies stall into my kitchen! Many likes for this :)

Ingredients:

3/4 cup pecans

1/2 cup butter or 113g

1/6 cup molasses sugar

1tsp vanila essence

1/8 tsp salt

1 cup all purpose flour

Steps:

1) Pre-heat oven to 175 degrees celcius.

2) Roast pecans for 6min or until fragrant. Let cool and chop the pecans.

3) Using an electrical mixer, on low speed, cream butter and sugar for 1 min. Add vanila essence, salt and all purpose flour until mixture combined.

4) Fold in chopped pecans into the dough.

5) Divide dough into 3 equal parts, then divide each part into 10 equal portions. 

6) Shape each portion into round shape, then flatten using the bottom of a glass or just use your palms to do it.

7) Place it on baking tray lined with parchment paper, bake for 25 min or until golden brown.

8) Cool on wire rack and store in air tight container.

Original Recipe:

http://www.marthastewart.com/342482/butter-pecan-cookies

Soft Raisin Butter White Bread

Prep Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 3 hours 19 minutes
Yield : 1 loaf of bread
Freezer Friendly : Yes

Ingredients:
1 cup fulll cream milk
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
350g bread flour
2tsp instant active dry yeast
3tbsp cold unsalted butter, chopped
4tbsp raisins

Steps:
1) Add all ingredients into breadpan in the order above except butter & raisins.
2) Insert and lock breadpan into breadmaker. Select Mode 1: basic bread, Weight:900g, Crust Intensity:Light, press Start.
3) After 2 minutes, add butter then raisins.
4) Cool on wire rack for 20 minutes before slicing the bread.
5) Serve warm or freeze in freezer bag for on-the-go breakfast.


Original Recipe:
Donlim Breadmaker Recipe 1 

Brown Sugar Butter Bread

Prep Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Cook Time : 15 minutes
Yield : 6 servings
Freezer Friendly : No

Ingredients:
30g grapeseed oil
80g fresh milk
1 egg
30g brown sugar
pinch of salt
200g bread flour
50g cake flour
1tsp instant active dry yeast

Topping Ingredients:
Egg wash
Butter
Brown sugar

Steps:
1) Put all ingredients into breadpan in the order listed above.
2) Insert and lock breadpan. Press Mode 7:Dough (1 hour 30 minutes), press Start.
3) Pre-heat oven at 170 degrees.
4) Divide the dough into 50g each and shape in round. Put on baking tray lined with parchment paper, let it rest for 10 minutes.
4) Roll the dough flat and oval, place onto baking tray lined with parchment paper, proof for 30 minutes.
5) Egg wash the surface, use chopstick to make small holes on the dough, put butter & brown sugar into the holes.
6) Bake for 15 minutes.

Original Recipe:
http://nasilemaklover.blogspot.com/2012/02/brown-sugar-butter-bread.html?m=1

Raisin Butter Cake

Prep Time : 5 minutes
Cook Time : 45 minutes
Yield : 8 servings
Freezer Friendly: No 

Finally have the time to make this again today, 11th Feb 2016 (4th day of CNY) after ignoring hubby request for a month. This time, added 1/2 more raisins, turns out perfect!

Tips: Add baking soda the last min and stir the dry ingredients until even before adding to the wet ingredients. As time is needed for the wet mixture to cool, mixing baking soda the last min prevents it to lose its power. 

Ingredients:
1cup raisins
2cups water
1/2cup butter
1tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt
1/2cup brown sugar
1/2tsp ground cinnamon
1/2tsp nutmeg
1 3/4cup all purpose flour

Steps:
1) Pre-heat oven at 175 degrees.
2) Line 10 inch x10 inch baking pan with parchment paper.
3) Boil raisin with water for 10 minutes. Stir in butter until melted, off fire and let cool.
4) Add flour, salt, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and flour, stir to mix well.
5) Pour into baking pan and bake for 35 minutes.

Original Recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-raisin-cake/

Soft Butter White Bread

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Cooking Time : 3 hours 19 min

Yield : 10-12 slices of bread

Freezer Friendly : Yes

Ingredients:

1 cup low fat milk

1/2 tbsp honey

1 tsp brown sugar

1/2 tsp Himalaya salt

1 egg

300g bread flour

50g cake flour

3/4 tsp instant dry yeast

3 tbsp chopped butter

Steps:

1) Remove breadpan from breadmaker.

2) Put in all the above ingredients except butter (in sequence listed above).

3) Insert and lock breadpan into breadmaker.

4) Select Mode No.1 (basic bread), select weight 900g, select crust intensity light, press start. (I use Donlim Breadmaker)

5) When all ingredients are combined, around 2 minutes, add in chopped butter bit by bit. 

Tips : Remove bread from breadmaker immediately when the bread is ready to avoid the bread shrinking.

Original Recipe:

Donlim Breadmaker Recipe Book