cinnamon bread
While you were sleeping...
I went out with mum today to Chan Tung and picked up a few baking needs. She wanted to buy butter and a pre-packed orange & poppy seed muffin mix. Chan Tung stocks heaps of the Red Man ready mixes, from chocolate sponge cake to crumbly chocolate cookies. I suddenly remembered that I too had bought a Red Man Cinnamon Bread Mix from them a couple of weeks ago. It contained pre-measured wheat flour, sugar, vegetable shortening, skimmed milk powder, bread improver, salt and cinnamon powder, so for the lazy bums like me, this is a quick way of making your own bread instead of having to measure ingredients from scratch.
INGREDIENTS:
1 500g pack of Red Man Cinnamon Bread Mix
1 3/4 teaspoon dry yeast (included in the pack)
8oz (238ml) UHT milk
1 egg
100g raisins or sultanas
60g mixed peel
INSTRUCTIONS:
Mix 1 3/4 teaspoon of dry yeast to the Cinnamon Bread Mix. Let mixture rest for 1 minute.
Add the milk and egg. Mix for 10 to 15 minutes.
Add in the raisins / sultanas and mixed peel.
Let the dough rest for 5 minutes.
Cut to desired shape and put in baking tin. Let it rest for 45 to 60 minutes.
Bake for 25 minutes at a preheated 180 C oven.
RESULTS:
Ok, I tried making a funky twist shape like how you'd find those nice ones in the bakeries, but I failed miserably, and it came out looking like a huge worm with black bugs:
And because I didn't use all the dough to make that fatty, I shaped the remainder to a little 'O':
Ha-ha!
I didn't mix the raisins and peel into the dough enough, so they were mostly on the surface instead of inside the bread. Oh well. The texture and taste was still there, goody goody! Lovely soft bread, none of that chewiness you'd find in bagels. Fluffy enough to sink your teeth into. The taste of cinnamon's not too strong though. If you're a cinnamon fan, maybe you might want to try adding a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon to this ready mix. The raisins and mixed peel add a hint of sweetness to the bread.
Ahhhh...
Nothing like the fresh smell of bread from the oven!
Want some?
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I went out with mum today to Chan Tung and picked up a few baking needs. She wanted to buy butter and a pre-packed orange & poppy seed muffin mix. Chan Tung stocks heaps of the Red Man ready mixes, from chocolate sponge cake to crumbly chocolate cookies. I suddenly remembered that I too had bought a Red Man Cinnamon Bread Mix from them a couple of weeks ago. It contained pre-measured wheat flour, sugar, vegetable shortening, skimmed milk powder, bread improver, salt and cinnamon powder, so for the lazy bums like me, this is a quick way of making your own bread instead of having to measure ingredients from scratch.
INGREDIENTS:
1 500g pack of Red Man Cinnamon Bread Mix
1 3/4 teaspoon dry yeast (included in the pack)
8oz (238ml) UHT milk
1 egg
100g raisins or sultanas
60g mixed peel
INSTRUCTIONS:
Mix 1 3/4 teaspoon of dry yeast to the Cinnamon Bread Mix. Let mixture rest for 1 minute.
Add the milk and egg. Mix for 10 to 15 minutes.
Add in the raisins / sultanas and mixed peel.
Let the dough rest for 5 minutes.
Cut to desired shape and put in baking tin. Let it rest for 45 to 60 minutes.
Bake for 25 minutes at a preheated 180 C oven.
RESULTS:
Ok, I tried making a funky twist shape like how you'd find those nice ones in the bakeries, but I failed miserably, and it came out looking like a huge worm with black bugs:
And because I didn't use all the dough to make that fatty, I shaped the remainder to a little 'O':
Ha-ha!
I didn't mix the raisins and peel into the dough enough, so they were mostly on the surface instead of inside the bread. Oh well. The texture and taste was still there, goody goody! Lovely soft bread, none of that chewiness you'd find in bagels. Fluffy enough to sink your teeth into. The taste of cinnamon's not too strong though. If you're a cinnamon fan, maybe you might want to try adding a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon to this ready mix. The raisins and mixed peel add a hint of sweetness to the bread.
Ahhhh...
Nothing like the fresh smell of bread from the oven!
Want some?
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posted by may at 5:37 pm
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