Apple Pie Bread Pudding 蘋果批(派) 麵包布甸

It's rainy and dark fall season in Vancouver. It is always good to have something warm as dessert. I prepared this Apple Pie Bread Pudding for our Hotpot dinner gathering at my home. It is always good to serve with a big scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream that melt on the heart warming bread pudding dessert.

Recipe from Tasty Tasty.co Apple Pie Bread Pudding

Ingredients

for 4 servings

• 6 slices bread
• 3 eggs
• ½ cup milk(120 mL)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 3 granny smith apples, peeled and chopped
• 1 cup brown sugar(220 g)
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• vanilla ice cream
• 1 cup caramel sauce(225 g)

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. Slice the bread into ½ inch (1 cm) cubes.
3. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, milk, vanilla, and cinnamon, stirring until smooth.
4. Add the bread and stir until the bread cubes have evenly absorbed the milk mixture.
5. Spread the bread evenly in a 9-inch (23-cm) round baking pan.
6. In a large bowl, combine the apples, brown sugar, and cornstarch, mixing until evenly combined.
7. Spread the apples evenly on top of the bread.
8. Bake for 40 minutes, until edges are brown.
9. Cool, slice, then serve with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce!
10. Enjoy!

Salted Egg Yolk Cheese Sticks 鹹蛋黃芝士條

I was invited to have luncheon with my ex-coworkers recently and I decided to make this treat for them to share at work. I just use frozen butter pastry sheet and store bought jar of salted egg yolk sauce in this recipe. Ingredients are pretty simple and it only took me less than an hour to make and to bake it.

Ingredients: 

(20-30 sticks depending on your size preference when cutting the sheet):

• 1 frozen butter pastry sheet
• 3 Tbsp salted egg yolk sauce
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese (Cheddar/Gruyère)
• 1 Tbsp parmesan cheese powder 
• 1 Tbsp chives
• some salt and black pepper

Instructions:

1. Defrost butter pastry sheet in refrigerator
2. Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C)
3. Lay it flat and spread salted egg yolk sauce throughout the sheet 
   
   
   
4. Sprinkle shredded cheese evenly to cover the whole sheet 
   
   
   
5. Add chives, salt and black pepper 
   
   
   
6. Cut the pastry sheet with pizza cutter (I found it easier to cut than using a knife) into long pieces according to your length preference 
   
7. Twist the pastry and place on a baking sheet
   
8. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top of the twist sticks 
9. Roll each stick sideways to let it coated with the excess parmesan cheese powder on the baking sheet
10. Put in oven and bake for 20 minutes or until brown
11. Let it cool down and serve 
    
    
    
12. Keep in air tight container and finish within 3 days.

Enjoy!

Easy to make instructions: Salted Egg Yolk Cheese Sticks 鹹蛋黃芝士條

Hojicha and Matcha Mochi Mini Muffin 焙茶&抹茶麻糬迷你鬆餅

Recently one of my Hong Kong high school friends moved back to Vancouver from Hong Kong with her husband. We took watercolor class together and I invited her to my place for dinner few weeks ago. She is really talented with soap and candle making, and she also did lots of handmade cards when she was in Hong Kong. She brought her handmade candle and also a pack of Matcha powder when she came to my place. She told me that this Matcha Powder is good for baking. It's matcha flavor and color are still strong after baking. I can't wait to try this on my next baking project.

I decided to make some mochi mini muffin by using her Matcha Powder and some of my own leftover Hojicha powder. The flavor of Matcha bursts out and the color still stays bright green. I am happy with that. I packed some of them and gave them to her as a return gift. Hope she likes it 💖

Recipe adapted from One Happy Bite:

Ingredients (make 36 mini muffins)

• ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 (13.5 oz) can coconut milk
• ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 2 cups Mochiko sweet rice flour (If you want less chewy with more cake texture, you can substitute 1/8 cups Mochiko flour with cake flour)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp matcha powder (I use 1 tbsp matcha powder and 1 tbsp Hojicha powder to make two flavors)
• ¼ cup hot water (Divided 1/8 & 1/8 for 2 flavors)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Generously grease the muffin tin with butter or cooking spray.
2. Melt butter in a small pot over medium heat. Once butter is melted, turn the heat off. Add coconut milk and condensed milk, whisk until combined. Then add eggs, and whisk until well combined. Set the wet ingredients aside.
3. In a small bowl, mix matcha powder with hot water. (mix Hojicha powder with hot water). Set aside.
4. In a large bowl, prepare dry ingredients by combining sweet rice flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt together.
5. Slowly add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, whisking constantly until well combined. (Divide batter in half if making 2 flavors). Then add matcha mixture and mix until no lumps. (Add matcha mixture to half the batter and add Hojicha mixture to another half batter)
6. Fill muffin tins with batter up to just below the rim. Bang the muffin tin onto the counter a few times to get rid of air bubbles. 
7. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown.
8. Allow the muffins to cool completely before serving. The muffins get chewier as they get cooler.

Notes

Mochi muffins can be stored in an air tight container for up to 3 days.