Another 1st time...

Looks good? They sure do.... but it was not a success for my first bread attempt. The bread was underbaked. When I tried it immediately after it was baked, I only found it heavy and thought it was simply a problem with the rising process. Moreover, this was 'Honey Wheat Bread', made with wheat flour. But on the next day, I could smell yeast. My dear colleague showed her support by bringing half a slice home to toast and she said it tastes good afterall.

The whole bread making process was time-consuming but very interesting. I waited anxiously to see if the bread will rise on 2 occasions.

I'll definitely try making bread again when I have a full day to spare for baking! :)

When can I start selling tarts for CNY?

They look decent enough but they are still not my ideal melt-in-the-mouth type of pineapple tarts. Baked these with Ivory after a tiring work day. We used ready-made paste as we wanted to try perfecting the crust first. But... our first bite into the baked tarts left us disappointed for the night. It was crunchy and the paste was too sweet. In my opinion, it was a failed product.

But surprisingly, quite a number of people GENUINELY felt the tarts were nice. I guess they like the crunchy type of pineapple tarts. Sadly, I did not have time to try out making the tarts again after this attempt. Feel like giving up on my quest for the melt-in-the-mouth type of pineapple tarts... haha.... Let's see what happens next year!

A Tea Break which was late :P

I intended to make Chicken Pies and Mushroom Soup for a Sunday afternoon Tea break. But somehow, by the time I finished everything, it was already dinner time. Haha... The Chicken Pie was made following the recipe which I learnt in class recently. The crust I made was definitely better than the ones I made before I attended class. But I guess my rolling was uneven. Hence, it came out with uneven crusts and in all sorts of patterns as you can see here...

I love the yummy fillings with generous amount of chicken, potato & mushroom!

The soup was made with a recipe from the Straits Time. Not too bad but I think I shall try mincing some of the mushroom finer in my next attempt. This is to try and get the soup spoon kind of mushroom soup and also, cutting the mushroom in fine bits is very tiring! I guess using a blender will be much easier. Heh heh...

For the benefit of those who are interested to try the mushroom soup, here is the recipe from the Straits Times...

My rolling assistant :D

Yeah... I finally got a proper Rolling Mat. Spotted it in the baking shop near my office and not knowing if it was really good and without doing any research, I got it! An impulse buy which I never regret! Expensive but definitely worth it! :)