Strawberry Power Shake-No sugar added

Here comes a healthy and filling breakfast shake. Measurements are approximate.
Ingredients:
Strawberries-2 cups
Milk-1.5 cups
Dates-10
Almonds-a handful
Saffron-for garnish(optional)

Method:
Blend everything to a smooth and creamy shake. Chill and serve.
If the shake is very thick, you may add some more milk.

This is my entry to the following events:
FIC: Pink/Rose - March 31st event started by Sunshinemom and hosted by priya.
JZ's Lets Go Nuts: Almonds - March 31st event started by Aquadaze of Served with Love

Some of you already congratulated me for winning the first place in Magnificent Click event hosted by Gayathri. Thank you friends! Congratulations to other winners too! I am excited to receive this beautiful award from Gayathri. Thank you so much!This is very encouraging. I hope to learn more about food photography from my husband.

Coffee Bun

Some say "roti boy" some say "mexican bun", whatever it is, I must say it's delicious! I think everyone will hardly resist the coffee smell when it's about to come out from the oven. For me, it is.

The buns are super soft and I didn't feel I've eaten two of it in a short time. I hardly tell the difference of the commercial one with these buns. Yes, we can get this kind of bun easily everywhere but I just feel good to make it myself and it's as good as the commercial one! Try it out!

(Recipe for 10 little buns)

For the dough:

250g bread flour

38g caster sugar

3g salt

4g yeast

1/2 beaten egg

135g fresh milk

30g butter

For the filling:

100g butter (softened)

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

35g brown sugar

For the topping:

50g butter

40g icing sugar

38g beaten eggs

1 teaspoon granulated coffee dissolve with 1 teaspoon water

pinch of cinnamon powder (optional)

50 plain flour

How I made it:

1. For the filling, using an electric mixer beat the butter and brown sugar until light and pale until the sugar totally dissolved. Add in the vanilla extract for the final beating. Place the mixture into the fridge until it harden. Divide the harden mixture into 10 portions and sit in the fridge until ready to use.
2. For the toppings, beat the softened butter with icing sugar until everything well combine. Gradually add in beaten eggs then the coffee mixture. Add in pinch of cinnamon powder with the flour and beat until everything well incorporate. Place the mixture into a piping bag and keep in the fridge until ready to use.
3. For the dough, knead all the ingredients together except butter. When the dough become a smooth dough add in butter and continue the the kneading process until the dough become smooth and elastic but not sticky. I used a standing kneading mixer to knead for approximately 30 minutes at speed 2.
4. Divide the dough into 10 little doughs and shape it into round ball shape. Let it rest for 15 minutes before add in the filling.
5. Roll out each doughs to a flat disc and add the butter filling. Seal it tightly. (make sure you seal it tightly otherwise it will split out during baking)
6. Place each doughs on a baking tray, make sure they sit a part from each other because they might stick to each other during the baking. Cover the doughs with cling film and proof for 50 - 60 minutes.
7. Before the doughs place into the oven, pipe out the filling in a spiral start from the top center of each buns. Bake for 12 minutes at 200'C preheated oven.

Enjoy!

blog love

It's always great receiving comments here on the blog.  Recently, some nice things have come from additional sources, so we figured we'd give a shout'back - mostly because we appreciate them, but a little because narcissism is a completely natural way to feel.  For me. 

Yesterday the people at Modwalls' design blog featured Project Rowhouse and said some really nice things.  You can check it out here.  

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Charles & Hudson liked our trim work;

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