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 

Honeydew Sweet Cherry Raisin Overnight Oat

Prep Time : Overnight
Cook Time : -
Yield : 2 mini servings
Freezer-friendly : No



Ingredients:
6oz Nestle plain Greek yogurt
2tbsp fresh milk
1/3cup rolled oats
1tsp chia seeds
1cup of honeydew
10 sweet cherries
3tbsp raisins

Steps:
1) Mix yogurt, milk, oats and chia seeds in a bowl.
2) Layer 1/4 yogurt mixture to drop into each mini container with lid.
3) Add 1/4 portion of honeydew and sweet cheeries into each container.
4) Add 1/4  yogurt mixture into each container.
5) Add 1/4 portion of honeydew and sweet cherries into each container.
6) Close lid, refrigerate overnight.
7) Top with raisins and serve cool.

Original Recipe:
http://iowagirleats.com/2013/01/15/make-ahead-fruit-yogurt-breakfast-parfaits/

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/

Raisin Wholemeal Bread

Prep Time : 15 minutes

Cook Time : 3 hours 20 minutes

Yield : 1 loaf of bread

Freezer Friendly : Yes

Ingredients:

2 tbsp grapeseed oil

1 egg

150ml full cream milk

2tbsp brown sugar

Pinch of salt

300g bread flour'

50g wholewheat flour

2tsp instant active dry yeast

4tbsp raisins

Steps:

1) Add all ingredients into the breadpan in the order above except raisins.

2) Insert and fix the breadpan into the breadmaker.

3) Select Mode 1:basic bread, Weight:900g, Crust Intensity:Light, and press Start.

4) After 2 minutes, when a dough is formed, slowly add raisins.

5) After done (3 hours 20 minutes), cool down for 30 minutes before slice the bread. Serve or freeze in freezer bags.

Original Recipe:

Donlim Breadmaker Recipe 3

Raisin Bun with Red Bean Filling

Preparation Time : 15 min (bun) + 8 hours 15 min (filling)

Cooking Time: 2 hours (bun) + 3 hours (filling)

Yield : 7 mini buns (Diameter about 3 inches)

Freezer Friendly : Yes

[Tips : Prepare the filling in big batch on weekends and freeze it or simply replace the filling with cream cheese, peanut butter and so on]

       

Bun Ingredients:

2tbsp grapeseed oil
1 egg
150ml fresh milk
3tbsp brown sugar
1/4tsp salt
350g bread flour
2tsp instant dry yeast
5tbsp raisins

Bun Steps:
1) Knead using breadmaker for 10 minutes (Function 6 for Donlin Breadmaker).
2) Set the dough aside for 50 minutes
3) Flatten the dough and divide the dough into 7 portions.
4) Roll in round, flatten it (looks like mini pizza dough), put about 1 tbsp filling in centre, wrap it up by pulling edges to join from upper, lower, left and right side of the flat dough, Use finger to slightly twist the meeting point of the 4 sides to close the gap/hole.
5) Bake it under 170 degree for 20 minutes.

Filling Ingredients:-
200g red bean
Water as needed
100g brown sugar (Original calls for 200g)
Pinch of salt

Filling Steps:

1) Soak the red bean overnight or at least 8 hours.
2) Rinse and drain the red bean.
3) Put red bean and water and bring to boil in a pot. Water should be 1-2 inches above the red bean.
4) Turn off the heat after boiling, cover with lid for 5 minutes.
5) Drain the red bean.
6) Put red bean and water and bring to boil in a pot. Water should be just enough to cover the beans. (I read on the internet that the water level is important to ensure that the bean does not split)
7) Turn heat to medium low after boiling, simmer for 1 hour plus (I did it in 1 1/2 hour) until the bean can be mashed easily with your finger. Keep adding water to cover the beans as water will evaporate.
8) Turn heat to high and add sugar in 3 portions. Stir continuously until you can draw a line on the bottom of the pot using the ladle and you can see the surface of the pot for more than 2 seconds.
9) Add salt and turn off heat.
10) Put the red beans on a flat wide tray, mash with fork/potato masher and let it cool.
11) If you plan to use it soon, cover with cling wrap and fridge. You can also divide into small portion (150g-200g for this bun recipe) and freeze it for future use.

Original recipes:

http://17chipmunks.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/spiral-cream-cheese-peanut-butter-bun/
http://www.justonecookbook.com/how-to/how-to-make-anko-red-bean-paste/
Donlim breadmaker manual Recipe3

Sunmaid Raisins

The only single ingredients in Sunmaid raisins is California seedless raisins. No preservatives, artificial flavoring or colouring or sugar.

This makes a healthy snacks compared to the previous normal raisins my mom bought from the wet market which I think they at least contains sugar as those tastes obviously sweeter than Sunmaid raisins.

I have given the wet market raisins to my girl as snacks for quite sometimes so today, the first time she tasted Sunmaid raisins, she does not seemed to enjoy eating as much as the wet market raisins. She does not like the little sourish taste of it like me. I do hope she will accept this later. 

Update @ 08/11/2014

Sunmaid raisin is fully accepted since 2 weeks ago. She knows when I say raisins, she will says "Oi" in Cantonese which means "want". I am a happy mom!

Cranberries Cherries Raisin Bread with Cream Cheese Filling

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Cooking Time : 2 hours 15 minutes

Yield : 8 buns

Freezer Friendly : No

       

Ingredients:

3 tbsp grapeseed oil

1 egg

150ml low fat milk

2 tbsp brown sugar

1/4 tsp Himalaya rock salt

100g wholemeal flour

150g bread flour

2 tsp instant yeast

6 tbsp mix of dried cranberries, raisins and sweet cherries

125g cream cheese

Steps:

1) Put all ingredients in accordance to order above except the dried fruit and cream cheese into breadpan. Yeast should be placed on top of the flour, avoiding sugar, salt and the liquid.

2) Select knead function for 20 minutes.

3) Add in dried fruits at approximately 3rd minute of kneading.

4) Proof for 1 hour.

5) Pre-heat oven to 170 degree celcius.

6) Take out the dough, punch out excess air, hand knead for 1 minute.

7) Divide dough into 8 portions. Flatten each dough, put cream cheese filling and seal the dough by folding the dough from 4 corners at top, bottom, left and right.

8) Proof the dough for another 30 minutes.

9) Bake in oven for 20 minutes.