Review: Beksul tapioca sesame bread premix: Whip them up in an instant!

It's 11am and I have less than an hour to pick my daughter from school. She is looking toward to her daily bento and I ran out of bread! What should I do?!
I conveniently took out the Beksul Tapioca sesame bread premix and whipped them within 40minutes from preparation to baking to be presented in her bento box!
It's so aromatic and crusty on the outside and soft and chewy in the inside!
It's hassle free and easy and perfect for anyone to do, especially for busy mums or working adults or even young children!

The end result? My darling Trinity was so happy with her bento and she finished the bun and told me it's so yummy!

Side note:
I bought it from Vivo City Seoul Market. I suppose Korean supermarkets should carry them.

There's 2 packets of premix in the box, 250g each. Makes 9 buns. So you get 18 buns at $8.90. That's a steal!

Ingredients:
1 egg (60g)
90ml full cream milk
1 packet of premix (250g)
Optional: 1-2 tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder/ bakeable matcha powder or black sesame powder

1. Preheat oven to 180 deg Celsius.
2. Whisk egg and milk.
3. Add premix.
4. Knead with a spatula for a little while till a dough is form.
5. Make little balls of 40g each and place on baking tray or silicon baking mat.
6. Bake for 30 minutes and you are done!!!
Enjoy!

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PoshPearl

PoshPearl's favorite Yummy Bread recipe!!!

Bread making is addictive. The smell of home baked bread that fills the kitchen brings warmth to any household. The taste of it makes one feels loved. And most importantly it is preservatives free and allows the maker to be creative with fillings!

Lately my family fell in love with the Panda loaf recipe. The panda loaf is a loaf that has the face of a panda when you slice it. You can search YouTube "yoyomax12 panda bread" for more details. It is a very good white bread recipe and I modified the proportion of bread and cake flour to make it even softer. Really love the texture!

I have tried a variety of fillings with this bread recipe. As a loaf or as a bun, it's equally good! But as a bun, it baked at half the timing and is softer and more tender than the loaf version. The fillings I have tried includes
red bean (Azuki bean),
mashed potato with nacho cheese,
bah kwa (Chinese roasted dried meat), multigrain,
chocolate chips,
paprika and cayenne pepper ham,
hot dog,
Taiwanese sausage
Stir fried bacon with onions
and my latest favorite: dried cranberries and blueberries with sliced almonds!!!!

Do give these flavors a try or let me know what other flavors are good! I would love to try making them!

Ingredients for 1 loaf or 6 buns:

Ingredients A:
180g bread flour
120g cake flour
30g caster sugar
4g salt (I use sea salt)
4g instant yeast

Ingredients B:
210g of 1 beaten egg yolk + fresh milk

Ingredients C:
20g unsalted butter (I use French butter. I love it and it melts so quickly!)

1. Mix ingredients A.
2. Microwave ingredients B on 30 seconds at 700w
3. Combine ingredients A+B and knead till well combined.
4. Add ingredient C and knead at high speed for 20 minutes.
5. Transfer and Cover with cling wrap and proof for 30-40 minutes or until size doubled.
6. Punch out the air and transfer to a working mat.
7.roll it flat from middle outwards in one direction, avoid rolling back and forth.
8. Place the ingredients of your choice. Do it lavishly. Eg 120g of dried cranberries and blueberries.
9. Roll up and place in bread pan.
*if you wan it to be open faced buns, just slice up the roll! :)
10. Proof for a second time until double in size, 30-40 minutes.
11. At the same time, preheat your oven at 180 deg C.
12. Apply left over egg white as egg wash and sprinkle any toppings like sliced almonds if desired.
13. Bake for 20-30 minutes for loaves and 10-12 minutes for buns until the satay stick can piece through and emerge clean.
14. Cool, slice and enjoy!

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PoshPearl

Homemade non toxic edible paints for infants and toddlers

Infants and toddlers learn through their 5 senses through interaction with their environment. One must bear in mind that they are never too young to learn and never underestimate their ability and wisdom. Body painting is a very good way to learn about Science: colors, texture, temperature, strokes, fine motor control and being comfortable with mess.

To begin art, always allow experimentation with edible paints then move on to inedible ones.

Fruit paints:
red dragon fruit for purple,
Mango for yellow
Papaya for orange

Allow child to squeeze and explore each fruit and smear onto himself.
Let the child be seated on a mahjong paper with a disposable picnic mat under for easy cleaning.


Corn starch paints
Ingredients:
The following juices blended and strained:
Spinach/ pandan for green
Rosella/ red dragonfruit for red
Turmeric/ mango for yellow
Cornstarch and water mixture to your desired consistency

Mix each juice with the cornstarch mixture and allow child to explore as he would for the fruit paint experience.

Chocolate pudding/ yoghurt/ honey body paint

Ingredients:
Jello chocolate pudding powder
Plain yoghurt
Honey

Choose either of the above and allow exploration as child would for the fruit paints.

Cleaning up:
Since child is on mat, remember to lay down the ground rules before hand. Be with child and tell child to signal once he or she is ready to clean up. Hold the 4 corners of the mat and wrap the child to prevent spillage. Then carry child to the bathroom. Throw away the mat with mahjong paper and bathe child. It's a breeze :)

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PoshPearl