Vegan Banana Cookies 純素香蕉曲奇

INGREDIENTS:

3 Ripe Bananas

1/2 Natural Peanut Butter

1/2 Cocoa Powder

DIRECTION:

Zucchini Chocolate Bread | 義大利青瓜巧克力麵包

In Summer, we always try to include zucchini in the menu since it is abundant and inexpensive.  Most of the the time we put zucchini in salad, eating it raw like cucumber with balsamic vinaigrette.  But we also enjoy sautéing it with lots of garlic as a warm salad.

This week, I tried something new, using zucchini to make this quick bread for our breakfast.  It turned out very moist and filled with cocoa aroma.  Although you will not taste any zucchini in the bread, you will still see strings of zucchini in the bread that makes you feel good about including vegetable in your breakfast.

  

INGREDIENTS:

1 Zucchini, shredded (about 2 cups)

4 Eggs, beaten

1/2 cup Milk, 2%

2 tablespoons Vanilla Extract

2 cups Whole Wheat Flour

1 cup Bread Flour

1 cup Brown Sugar

2 tablespoons Baking Powder

1 handful of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

2 tablespoons Poppy Seeds (optional)

pinch of Salt

材料：

1 條  義大利青瓜，刨絲 (約兩杯)

4 隻  雞蛋，打勻

1/2 杯  牛奶，2%

2 湯匙  雲呢拿香油

2 杯  全麵麵粉

1 杯  高筋麵粉

1 杯  棕糖

2 湯匙  泡打粉

少量  牛奶巧克力粒

2 湯匙  罌粟籽 (可省略)

少撮  鹽

DIRECTION 做法:

1. Pre-heat oven to 360C.

2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and milk.  Add shredded zucchini; mix again.

3. Sift in whole wheat flour, bread flour, baking powder, and salt.  Add poppy seeds.  Mix until the mixture becomes batter and it is well incorporated.

4. Lay parchment paper in a baking container.  Pour in the batter and slightly drop the container on the counter a few times to get rid of the air bubbles.  Sprinkle the chocolate chips.  Bake it in the oven for about 30 minutes.

To check the doneness, insert a toothpick in the middle of the bread.  If it comes out clean, the bread is ready.  Allow the bread to cool before slicing it.

1. 預熱焗爐至360F。

2. 在一只碗內，加入雞蛋、棕糖、雲呢拿香油、和牛奶；攪打至均勻。下義大利青瓜絲；拌勻。

3. 全麵粉、高筋粉、泡打粉、和鹽。下罌粟籽；拌勻至變成麵糊。

4. 焗模內舖上焗紙，把麵糊倒入。把焗模在臺面上敲打數下以去取麵糊內的氣泡。灑上巧克力粒。放入焗爐，焗若30分鐘。

要測試麵包焗好與否，可把一支牙簽插入麵包中間再取出，如沒麵漿黏著便是焗好。

Blackberry Crumble | 黑草莓奶酥

Blackberry Crumble

黑草莓奶酥  

Ingredients:

1 cup Blackberries, fresh

4 tablespoons Brown Sugar

Topping:

1/3 cup All Purpose Flour

1/3 cup Brown Sugar

20 gram Melted Butter, unsalted

材料：

1 杯   黑草梅

4 湯匙   黑糖

奶酥層：

1/3 杯   麵粉

1/3 杯   黑糖

20 克   溶牛油, 無鹽

DIRECTION:

Crispy Ginger Snaps | 香脆薑餅

Christmas can't be without ginger snaps!  Can you imagine sitting around the table, nibbling on a plate of these gingery cookies with a cup of hot tea.  It is awesome!

You may find the dough is a bit soft after mixing.  Some people prefer refrigerating it for a while until it is firm enough to cut out a perfect shape with a cookie cutter.  If you are like me and prefer the rustic look, you can work on the dough directly.

Crispy Ginger Snaps | 香脆薑餅

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup Butter, room temperature

1 cup Brown Sugar

1 Egg, large

1/2 cup Dark Molasses

2 cups All Purpose Flour

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

1.5 tablespoons Ground Ginger (adjust the amount according to your preference)

1/8 teaspoon Nutmeg, freshly ground 

Pinch of Black Pepper, freshly ground

Pinch of Sea Salt

DIRECTION:

1. In a mixing bowl, combine butter and brown sugar.  Whisk it with a folk until it is fluffy and the colour turns pale.

2. Add egg and molasses.  Whisk until it is well incorporated.

3. Add flour, baking powder, nutmeg, ground ginger, black pepper, salt.  Gently mix it together and form it into dough with a hand. 

4. The dough should be very soft at this point.

5. Spoon out a portion of dough and roll it into a ball.  Press it down on a piece of parchment paper into a 1/2 cm piece.  Keep about 1 cm distance between each piece.

6. Decorate the cookies by sprinkling a pinch of sugar on each cookie dough if desire.

7. Bake them in the pre-heat oven at 360 F for 12 minutes.  Allow them to cool on the rack before transferring them into an air-tight container.

If you want the cookies to be firmer and harder, increase the baking time to 15 minutes instead of 12 minutes.  Keep in mind that the cookies will harden a lot more as they cool.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you enjoy this recipe.

Pumpkin Almond Granola | 南瓜果仁燕麥片

Pumpkin Almond Granola | 南瓜果仁燕麥片

Ingredients:

Mashed Pumpkin:

2/3 cup Fresh Pumpkin

1 cup Water

Granola:

4 cups Old fashioned Oat

1/2 cup Pumpkin Seeds

1 cup Cranberries

1/3 cup Mashed Pumpkin

1/2 cup Sweetened Coconut

1/2 cup Sliced Almond

150 gram Honey

1 teaspoon Pumpkin Spices

1/3 cup Canola Oil

2 tablespoons Water

DIRECTION:

Baked Coconut Cake | 焗椰子年糕

This coconut cake is actually a popular dessert in Hawaii, but somehow it also became a hit for the Chinese New Year in Toronto here.  Racks of racks of freshly baked cake were laying on the isles waiting for people to buy.  The glutinous flour gives a soft and chewy texture to the cake, with the very flaky topping.  It has the mix of custard and coconut flavour that you will find it is hard to stop eating.

Baked Coconut Cake | 焗椰子年糕

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups Glutinous Flour

1/4 cup Butter, melted

400 ml Coconut Milk

1/2 cup Milk, homogenized

2 Eggs, beaten

1 cup Sugar

1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

材料：
2 杯  糯米粉
1/4 杯  牛油，熱溶
400 毫升  椰奶
1/2 杯 牛奶，全脂
2 隻  雞蛋，攪拌
1 杯  糖
1 湯匙  雲呢拿油
1 茶匙  泡打粉

DIRECTION 做法:

1 In a mixing bowl, combine coconut milk and milk.

1. 在一只碗內，加入椰奶和牛奶。

2. Add beaten eggs, butter, and vanilla extract; whisk it together.

2. 拌入雞蛋、牛油和雲呢拿油。

3. Add glutinous flour, baking powder, and sugar.

3. 加入糯米粉、泡打粉和糖。

4. Continuously mix until the mixture is well incorporated.

4. 繼續攪拌直至其完全均勻。

5. Pour the mixture in a container lined with parchment paper; about 1.5 cm deep.

5. 把混合物倒入已舖好焗紙的盤內；若1.5厘米深。

6. Bake it at a pre-heated oven at 360 F for 45-60 minutes, depends on the depth of the container.

6. 放入已預熱至360F 的焗爐內焗若45-60分鐘，似乎焗盤的深度而定。

7. Insert a toothpick into the cake and the cake is ready if the toothpick comes out clean.

7. 把一支牙簽插入取出，如牙簽沒糯米漿黏著便是焗好。

8. Allow the cake to cool slightly before slicing it.  It is totally normal if the cake collapses a little after cooling.

8. 待糕放涼便可切件；糕放涼後會稍為下陷。

Keep the remaining cake in an air-tight container and store it in the fridge.  Before serving it, reheat the cake in microwave for about 20 seconds.

把糕存放至密封盒內，再放到雪櫃。放到微波爐翻熱若20秒便可食用。

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you enjoy this coconut treat.

謝謝收看，希望您會喜歡這個食譜。

Frankenstein Moist Yogurt Apple Bread | 乳酪蘋果麵包

Frankenstein Moist Yogurt Apple Bread

乳酪蘋果麵包

Ingredients:

1.5 cups Finely Chopped Roasted Walnut

1.5 cups Finely Chopped Apple

1 Cup Plain Greek Yogurt

2 cups All Purpose Flour

1 cup Brown Sugar

2 Eggs

1.5 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

1.5 tablespoons Baking Powder

1/8 teaspoon Salt

DIRECTION:

Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti Recipe

Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti Recipe

Ingredients:

320 gram All Purpose Flour

2 Eggs

1/2 cup Hazelnut

1/2 cup Dark Chocolate Chips

30 gram Flaxseed Meal

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

1.5 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

DIRECTION:

Molasses Gingerbread Men (without cookie cutter) | 暖笠笠薑餅人免(曲奇模)

Molasses Gingerbread Men (without cookie cutter)

暖笠笠薑餅人免(曲奇模)

Ingredients:

2 3/4 cups All Purpose Flour

1 cup Salted Butter, room temperature

1 cup Brown Sugar

1 Egg

85 gram Molasses

2 tablespoons Baking Powder

2 tablespoons Ground Cinnamon

1.5 tablespoons Ground Ginger

1/2 teaspoon Salt

材料：

2 3/4 杯   麵粉

1 杯   有鹽牛油，室溫

1 杯   黑糖

1 雞蛋

85 克   黑糖蜜

2 湯匙   泡打粉

2 湯匙   肉桂粉

1.5 湯匙   薑粉

1/2 茶匙   鹽

DIRECTION:

Red Bean Soft Bread Cookies | 聖誕紅豆餅

Red Bean Soft Bread Cookies

聖誕紅豆餅

Ingredients: 

(yield about 10-12 cookies)

200 gram All Purpose Flour (Plain Flour)

20 gram Salted Butter, room temperature

Green Tea powder or green food colourant 

2 Eggs

100 gram Icing Sugar

1.5 teaspoons Baking Powder

Filling:

70 gram Red Bean Paste

材料 (做約10﹣12個)：

200 克   麵粉

20 克   含鹽牛油，室溫

2   雞蛋

少量 綠茶粉或綠色食用色素

100 克   糖霜

1.5 茶匙   泡打粉

餡料：

70 克   紅豆蓉

DIRECTION:

Knead-less Christmas Fruity Bread | 免揉聖誕乾果麵包

Knead-less Christmas Fruity Bread

免揉聖誕乾果麵包

Ingredients:

3 1/4 cups Bread Flour

2 cups Warm Water

2 cups Dried Fruit (cranberries, apricots, golden raisins) 

1/2 tablespoon Sea Salt

1/4 tablespoon Instant Yeast

材料：

3 1/4 杯   高筋粉

2 杯   溫水

2 杯   乾果

1/2 湯匙   海鹽

1/4 湯匙   快速酵母

DIRECTION:

Draw your own Baby Face Cookies

Draw your own Baby Face Cookies

Ingredients:

1 Egg Yolk

30 gram Icing Sugar

100 gram Corn Starch

1-3 teaspoons Milk

Brown Food Colorant

Pink Food Colorant

材料：

1 個   雞蛋黃

30 克   糖霜

100 克   粟粉

1﹣3 茶匙   牛奶

棕色食用色素

粉紅食用色素

DIRECTION:

Buttery Snowman Cookies | 牛油雪人曲奇食譜

Buttery Snowman Cookies

牛油雪人曲奇食譜

Ingredients:

200 gram All Purpose Flour

90 gram Corn Starch

1 cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature

1 cup Sugar

90 gram Corn Starch

Food Colorant (red, brown)

材料：

200 克   麵粉

90 克   粟粉

1 杯   無鹽牛油，室溫

1 杯   白砂糖

食用色素 (紅色，棕色)

DIRECTION:

Cinnamon Bread Sticks | 肉桂麵包脆條

Cinnamon Bread Sticks | 肉桂麵包脆條

Ingredients:

4-5 pieces Light Rye Bread

1/3 cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature

1/3 cup Sugar

1 tablespoon Ground Cinnamon

材料：

4-5 塊   裸麥麵包

1/3 杯   無鹽牛油，室溫放軟

1/3 杯   糖

1 湯匙   肉桂粉

DIRECTION:

Purple Sweet Potato Cookies | 紫薯曲奇

Purple Sweet Potato Cookies | 紫薯曲奇  

Ingredients: (yields about 2 dozens)

2 cups All Purpose Flour

1/2 cup Mashed Purple Sweet Potato

140 gram Unsalted Butter, room temperature

1/2 cup Sugar

1.5 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

1/8 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg

1/8 teaspoon Sea Salt

材料：(約做2打曲奇)

2 杯   麵粉

1/2 杯   紫薯蓉

140 克   無鹽牛油，室溫

1/2 杯   糖

1.5 茶匙   雲呢拿香油

1/8 茶匙   肉荳蔻

1/8 茶匙   海鹽

DIRECTION:

Baked Egg in Avocado | 焗牛油果雞蛋

Baked Egg in Avocado | 焗牛油果雞蛋  

Ingredients: (yield 2 portions)

1 Avocado

2 Eggs

Paprika

Ground Black Pepper

Sea Salt

材料：(2人份)

1 牛油果

2 雞蛋

紅甜椒粉

黑椒碎

海鹽

DIRECTION:

Baked Chocolate Banana | 香焗朱古力香蕉

Chocolate, banana, and butter, can never go wrong together.  They are the essentials for many delicious goodies worldwide.  I basically just put them together.  This dessert is so easy to make that you can prepare it in no time.  Serve it just as it, or accompany it with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream is always ideal.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you enjoy this recipe.

Baked Chocolate Banana | 香焗朱古力香蕉 

Ingredients: (yield for 2 persons)

1 Banana

10-15 Chocolate Chips

1 teaspoon Unsalted Butter

材料：(二人份)

1 條   香蕉

10-15 粒   朱古力粒

1 茶匙   無鹽牛油

DIRECTION:

Vegan Apple Muffins | 素食蘋果小蛋糕

Telling our son "we are going to buy apples" is the compromise to get him to a grocery store on a fussy day of his, so there are always one or two apples sitting around on our kitchen table.   Since my son started going to a preschool and people there offer him apple for snack almost everyday, he doesn't really ask for the apples at home.  Those two apples on the ingredients list below were obviously the "orphans", and I am glad they turned into some uplifting sweet to highlight our vegan diet in this cold week.  These muffins taste better after stored overnight.

Vegan Apple Muffins

素食蘋果小蛋糕  

Ingredients: (yield about 12-15 muffins)

(Dry Ingredients):

2 cups All Purpose Flour / Plain Flour

3/4 cup Brown Sugar

1 tablespoon Baking Powder

1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt

(Wet Ingredients):

* 1.5 cups Apples (I used delicious here), peeled, cored, and cubed

* 1/2 cup Soy Milk

1/3 cup Odourless Coconut Oil

1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract

1/3 cup Soy Milk (it's added depends on the dryness of the dough)

*  These two ingredients should produce approximately 400 ml apple Puree.

材料：(約12-15個)

(乾材料):

2 杯   麵粉

3/4 杯   黑糖

1 湯匙   泡打粉

1 茶匙   肉桂粉

1/4 茶匙   荳蔻粉

1/4 茶匙   海鹽

(濕材料):

＊ 1.5 杯   蘋果，去皮和芯，切粒 (我這兒選用蛇果)

＊ 1/2 杯   豆奶

1/3 杯   椰油 (無味)

1 湯匙   雲呢拿香油

1/3 杯   豆奶 (視乎麵漿的乾度而加入)

＊這兩份材料應該做約400毫升蘋果蓉

DIRECTION:

Carrot Sugar Cookies (without using cookie cutter) | 蘿蔔牛油曲奇 (免曲奇模)

Making them is really fun and easy.  Since carrots have irregular shapes and bumpy, I don't need to care much about cutting an identical outline for each cookie or to worry the edges are not smooth enough.  A clothing pin and a small knife are all you need to make these adorable carrots.  Let's build a carrot cookie garden this Easter.

Carrot Sugar Cookies (without using cookie cutter)

蘿蔔牛油曲奇 (免曲奇模)

Ingredients: (yield about 2 dozens)

1.5 cups Whole Wheat Flour

60 gram Grated carrot

1/2 cup Butter, room temperature

1/2 cup Sugar

1 tablespoon Flaxseed Meal

1 Egg

1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder

1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt

1 teaspoon Vanilla

Food Colorant (Green and Orange)

材料：(約24曲奇)

1.5 杯   全麥麵粉

60 克   蘿蔔絲

1/2 杯   牛油，室溫

1/2 杯   砂糖

1 湯匙   亞麻籽粉

1 隻   雞蛋

1/2 茶匙   泡打粉

1/4 茶匙   海鹽

1 茶匙   雲呢拿油

食用色素 (綠色，橙色)

DIRECTION:

Lightning McQueen Fruit Cake (For my son's 3rd birthday!)

Lightning McQueen Fruit Cake (my son's 3rd birthday cake)

Ingredients:

Chocolate Cake Base:

3/4 cup All Purpose Flour

1 tablespoon Baking Powder

1/2 cup Sugar

3 Eggs

40 gram Dark Cocoa Powder

2 tablespoons Milk

30 gram Butter, unsalted

1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract

Cream:

800 gram Whipping Cream, 35%

Red Food Colorant

Garnish:

Strawberries, blueberries, canned pineapple, raspberries, blackberries

材料：

(蛋糕)：

3/4 杯   麵粉

1 湯匙   泡打粉

1/2 杯   糖

3 隻   雞蛋

40 克   黑可可粉

2 湯匙   牛奶

30 克   牛油，無鹽

1 湯匙   雲呢拿香油

忌廉層：

800 克   忌廉, 35%

紅色食用色素

裝飾：

士多啤喱，藍莓，紅越莓，黑草莓，罐裝菠蘿

DIRECTION: