simple flavor cheesecake 101



ingredients:
- 250 ml cream cheese, room temperature
- 250 ml water
- 1 pack of flavor jelly (I chose raspberry favour)
- 6 mini jars

1. Add water to jelly powder and wait for 5 to 10 minutes.

2. Heat up the jelly powder water for 2 minutes in Microwave. Or until the jelly powder dissolve in the water.

3. Whisk the cream cheese until soft and smooth.

4. When the jelly powder water reach the room temperature, add to the cream cheese and whisk until all mixed.

5. Separate the mixed cream cheese in 6 mini jars.

6. Store them in the refrigerator for 2 to 6 hours or until it set.

7. Ready to eat.


Notes:
Or make it in whole cheesecake:
- 110 g digestive crumbles
- 70 g butter, melted

1. Combine the digestive crumbles with butter.

2. Place them at the bottom of the baking pan (which has removable bottom), and press firmly.

3. Pour the jelly cream cheese in the pan.

4. Store it in the refrigerator for 6 to 8 hours or until it set.

5. Remove the baking pan carefully, and ready to eat.

Belgian waffles



ingredients:
Egg yolks batter:
- 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup corn starch (or custard powder)
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 tbsp matcha powder (optional)
- 2 eggs yolks
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 2/3 cups milk
- 1/2 cup sourdough starter
- 1 tsp vanilla

Meringue:
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 egg whites

optional:
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips

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- 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup corn starch (or custard powder)
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 tbsp matcha powder (optional)

1. Mix the egg yorks batter's dry ingredients together in a large bowl.

Egg yolks batter:
- 2 eggs yolks
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 2/3 cups milk
- 1/2 cup sourdough starter
- 1 tsp vanilla

2. Add egg yolks, vegetable oil, milk, sourdough and vanilla. Mix well.

Meringue:
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 egg whites

3. Whisk the egg white until foamy.
4. Add sugar and continue whisk until stiff peak.
5. Fold 1/3 egg white meringue to egg yolks batter carefully.
6. Continue to add 1/3 egg white each time and fold the batter until mix well.
7. Oil the waffle maker.

optional:
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips

8. Pour the batter to the waffle maker, add 3 - 5 chocolate chips in each quarter of waffle (optional).  Cook on medium-high heat for around 4 - 5 minutes.

note:
For regular waffles:
1. Except chocolate chips, mix well everything.

optional:
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips

2. Pour the batter to the waffle maker, add 3 - 5 chocolate chips in each quarter of waffle (optional).  Cook in waffle iron on medium-high heat for around 3 - 4 minutes.

mini pineapple buns



ingredients: (1 recipe hokkaido milk bread can make 20 mini buns)

- 1 recipe hokkaido milk bread that has proofed the first time until doubled in size

20 X mini pineapple buns cookie topping:
- 4 tbsp salted butter, room temperature, 57g
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 cup sugar, 100g
- 3/4 cup flour, 94g
- 2 1/2 tbsp custard powder
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 egg white
- 1 tbsp water

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1. Divide the hokkaido milk bread to 20 pieces.

2. Shape them into small buns.

3. Preheat the oven to 375F.

- 4 tbsp salted butter, room temperature, 57g
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 cup sugar, 100g
- 3/4 cup flour, 94g
- 2 1/2 tbsp custard powder
- 1/4 tsp baking powder

1. Mix the ingredients together and gather dough and press all into a log.

2. Separate it to 20 ball shape pieces and roll it flat about 1/8" thick.

3. Chill for 30 to 1 hr.

4. Wait until the mini buns were double size again, transfer the pineapple cookie top on the top.

- 1 egg white (for final brushing on the top)
- 1 tbsp water

5. Whisk egg white with water together and brush over the crust and dough.

Reheat the buns from freezer:

1. Preheat the oven in 350F. Microwave it briefly 20-30 sec. then bake it for 5-7 mins.


ref: https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/?cat=&s=mexican+coffee+buns
and http://www.thehongkongcookery.com/2017/12/pineapple-bun.html

mini Mexican coffee buns


ingredients: (1 recipe hokkaido milk bread can make 20 mini buns)

- 1 recipe hokkaido milk bread that has proofed the first time until doubled in size

20 X mini Mexican coffee buns coffee cookie topping:
- 1/2 tsp hot water
- 1 tsp instant coffee (if you don’t want to do coffee flavour, feel free to use only vanilla or other flavouring extracts as you wish) 
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 
- 60 g all-purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 50 g unsalted butter, softened
- 45 g confectioners’ sugar
- 1 large eggs 

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1. Divide the hokkaido milk bread to 20 pieces.

2. Shape them into small buns.

3. Preheat the oven to 375F.

- 50 g unsalted butter, softened
- 45 g confectioners’ sugar 

4. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar with an electric mixer on low speed, then once the sugar is mixed in increase the speed to medium-high and beat until light an d fluffy, scraping the bowl once or twice in between.

- 1 large eggs 

5. Add egg, (one at a time if double doze), beating until well-combined after each addition.

- 1/2 tsp hot water
- 1 tsp instant coffee (if you don’t want to do coffee flavour, feel free to use only vanilla or other flavouring extracts as you wish) 
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 

6. Combine instant coffee with hot water and stir to dissolve, then add vanilla and stir.

7. Add the coffee mixture and beat to combine.

- 60 g all-purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt 

8. In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together.

9. Add the flour mixture and beat just until combined, stopping to scrape the bowl once in between as needed.

10. Once combined, give it a mix with a rubber spatula one more time, scraping the bottom to make sure everything is well mixed.

11. Transfer the dough into a piping bag.  Set aside. (if the weather is too warm, the cookie topping can rest in the fridge until the buns to finish rising. But do not refrigerate longer than 15 minutes, or it will too hard to pipe.)

12. Once the buns are risen until doubled size, pipe a spiral onto the buns, covering them as close to the outside edge as possible.

13. Bake 15-18 minutes until the bottoms are browned and the top has darkened slightly.


Reheat the buns from freezer:

1. Preheat the oven in 350F. Microwave it briefly 20-30 sec. then bake it for 5-7 mins.


ref: https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/?cat=&s=mexican+coffee+buns

mini mozzarella cheese buns


ingredients: (1 recipe hokkaido milk bread can make 20 mini buns)

- 1 recipe hokkaido milk bread that has proofed the first time until doubled in size
- 20 X 0.5"cubes of mozzarella cheese
- 5 X slices kraft cheese, each cut into 4
- ketchup and mayonnaise for mini cheese bun topping

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- 20 X 0.5"cubes of mozzarella cheese
- 5 X slices kraft cheese, each cut into 4

1. Divide the hokkaido milk bread to 20 pieces.

2. Wrap the cheese and roll bun to seal it.

3. Add ketchup and mayonnaise on top.

4. Wait until the buns double size again, about an hour.

5. Preheat the oven to 375F.

6. Bake it for 15 to 20 minutes.


Reheat the buns from freezer:

1. Preheat the oven in 350F. Microwave it briefly 20-30 sec. then bake it for 5-7 mins.


ref: https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/?cat=&s=mexican+coffee+buns