Natural yeast bread

I follow My Mind Patch: GrowingNatural Yeast (using grapes) to bake this lovely loaf of bread.

Yeast Ingredients

• Natural Yeast
• Ingredients
• 15g natural yeast
• 60g water
• 60g unbleached bread flour 

Directions

1. Pour all the 3 ingredients and mix well in a sterilized and dry glass container.
2. Stand overnight, or till the content double in volume (About 3 to 8 hours depending on the yeast strength)
3. The next morning, in order to "wake up" the yeast, added a small amount of water and flour to activate it.
4. Added 10g water + 10g flour, and waited 1 hour for the volume to double.

Collect 110g natural yeast for later use.

Bread dough Ingredients 

• 250g bread flour
• 50g fine wholemeal flour
• 24g full cream milk powder
• 28g raw sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp instant dry yeast
• 30g unsalted butter, softened
• 28g beaten egg
• 110g natural yeast
• 182g water 

*Can add 1 tsp matcha powder to change flavor and also add colour to the bread. I tried adding red bean paste also.

Directions

1. Pour all the ingredients into bread maker (except butter)
2. Use dough/pasta function to mix the ingredients
3. Once all mix, add butter
4. Use the bread dough function to continue the mixing and proofing (this will take about 1hr 45mins.
5. After the bread maker has finish the proofing part, I will shape the dough and place into the baking tin and wait for final proofing till it fill 80-90% of the tin
6. Spray some water over the dough and bake it in the oven for 45mins (180 degree c)

Bak Kwa Cookies

I still have Bak Kwa leftover from CNY!! So this is a great way to use all of them up. Recipe from Victoria Bakes. Many of my friends thought that the Bak Kwa was raisin lol 

Ingredients

• 125g Butter, soften
• 35g Icing sugar
• 40g small Egg
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 200g Plain flour
• 65g Bak Kwa, diced into small pieces

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy
2. Add the egg and beat till well incorporated
3. Add Vanilla and mix
4. Add the flour and bak kwa, and mix thoroughly
5. Put the dough in a plastic bag, roll it out evenly
6. Refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes until firm
7. Use a dessert spoon to scrape dough into small sizes, and shape it accordingly
8. Place it on a baking tray, spacing out evenly
9. Bake at 180C for 16-18 minutes, or until it turned slightly brown