Simpler Days

As Sarawakians, we would have the annual harvest festival that is celebrated nationwide. So, I attempted to make flavored bread with brown sugar filling. Here's how... Liquid Infusion Process For the infused liquid, I used earl grey tea bags from Ahmad Tea. The process of infusion takes overnight so before you bake, you need to prepare this the night before. All you need is cold milk or cold water.  I used 200ml of cold full cream milk and put a bag of earl grey in it. Cover the top of the container with cling film and leave them overnight in the fridge. You may use it the next morning or next baking day.  If you are baking with water, then replace milk with cold water. It is simple. No sweat! Ingredients --- Part A: Dough Infused milk           180ml Yeast           6gm Salt           6gm Sugar           20gm Olive Oil          15gm ...

Credit of this recipe is to APRON . Please check out her Youtube channel for more simple recipes you can try at home.  Ingredients --- Part A: Dough Lukewarm water         200ml Sugar           10gm Salt           5gm Instant yeast           2.5gm Olive oil          20ml Bread/ All purpose flour         250gm --- Part B: Flavoring/ Filling Garlic slices Olive oil Oregano leaves Himalayan salt  --- Instructions Mix all ingredients in PART A in a mixing bowl until all are well combined. You may find your mix to be a little wet, which is normal.  Another option is you can active your yeast first but mixing the yeast in lukewarm water 30 minutes before you mix in all the other PART A ingredients.  After your mix is well combined, place a cling film over your mixing bowl. 1st Proof = 20 minutes After...

When I first found this recipe on Youtube, my first thought was it was doable, as long as I have free time. So after weeks, we finally having a long weekend from Raya holiday. So, here I am trying to my hands on this simple but time consuming recipe.    A big thank you to MOMMY OVEN who shared this really wonderful recipe with clear instructions on how to make them successfully.    This recipe calls for 4 parts of dough proof. In total, you will need 2 1/2 hours of dough proof to complete this recipe. So plan your time ahead if you wish to try making this. Here goes nothing...     INGREDIENTS Warm water             180g Instant yeast               1 teaspoon Salt                               1 teaspoon Olive oil                  ...

These are quick and easy to make cinnamon rolls. I searched Youtube for days to finally find an easy (but probably unorthodox) but sure win recipes and try them. Thankfully the rolls turned out wonderful with fluffy textures and savory taste.  A credit to Bincy Chris, whom I found on Youtube. Your cinnamon rolls recipe was amazing. I shared them with my colleagues and friends. They all tried it and they had success making them too.  Here goes nothing... INGREDIENTS For BREAD DOUGH All purpose flour      390g or 3 cups  Full cream milk or Water (Room Temperature)     180g Unsalted butter (Softened)     57g or 1/4 cup Egg (Room Temperature)     1  White sugar      2 1/2 tablespoon Salt      1 1/4 teaspoon Yeast      1 teaspoon     For CINNAMON FILLINGS Soft brown sugar      90g or 1/2 cup Unsalted butter (Room temper...

This year, our country Malaysia is facing yet another COVID-19 crisis. Last year when everything started, our country acted fast and their speedy decision aided us in managing and controlling the numbers. However, we had a change in government and no matter how hard they tried, things just didn't improve. And here we are, MCO 3.0. Although my state Sarawak is under CMCO as opposed to total MCO in other states, we are trying hard to find things to make our daily lives at home as interesting as possible so we don't get tempted to go out.  Alright. That's enough of my ranting about how my country's government had lost sight of things. Time to share my Home Baking Project or so I called HBP.  I've never thought of baking. Before, I tried making pies but those experiences made me fearful instead of confident. I failed many times and there didn't seem to any remedial in sight. So, I stopped. I also realized the reason of my failures were because I lacked equipment, mo...

memory of my first love i would like to thank you for letting me go. because i knew it was not meant to be, but i let it happened anyway.       back in high school, i had always been curious how people actually survive relationships. as awkward as any teenage, i couldn't even hold a proper conversation with a close friend. this may come as a surprised because i had always been the chatty one. but honestly, i was never the center of any conversation. i was merely an avid and attentive participant, to keep the conversation going. not really the type of person who start any meaningful or memorable conversation.  that same curiosity got the better of me. almost everyone around me was either with someone or had someone. most of them go around parading their break-up or still-together badges. to be honest, i wondered how and what a relationship meant. i saw couple huddled together, talking for hours. the only person i could talk to for hours was myself. and i had to work r...