In breakfast, breaktime or even on special ocassions like birthday parties, wedding, loaf bread is always available at the table of reception. With a slice of loaf bread used for sandwitches carried in your bag for instant meal, you can just eat this loaf slice bread anytime. Here, I will show you how to bake a creamy loaf bread. For baking ingredients, you will need the following.

1 kg of first class flour or bread flour

10 grams instant yeast

5 grams bread improver

50 grams powdered or skim milk ( or buttermilk powder for better flavor)

60 grams vegetable shortening

175 grams white granulated sugar

16 grams iodized salt

100 grams egg or 2 pcs egg

10 grams vanilla

470 grams water

Procedure

1. Iin a mixing bowl, sift 3 times the first class flour, instant yeast, bread improver, powdered milk

2. In another bowl, beat the eggs until light and fluffy with a wire whip or electric mixer, add vanilla, iodized salt , vegetable shortening, water. Note: measure the liquid ingredients to come out with this weight

eggs – 100 grams

vanilla 10 grams

water 470 grams

total 480 grams

3. Dissolve sugar and salt in water.

4. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add the liquid mixture, start mixing. Knead with your palm until dough becomes smoothe and elastic. If you have spiral mixer or a cake mixer, it would be easy for you to knead.

5. Rest for 5 to 10 minutes to allow dough to rest.

6. Divide dough into 400 grams each. Spread each dough on the floured table. Roll the dough with your fingers towards you, close sides, and placed on loaf tray already greased with vegetable shortening. Close the cover of the tray.

7. Let it rise until double, or you can see the risen dough touching the hole of the tray.

8. Preheat oven to 300 degrees fahrenheit.

9. Once it reaches the desired temperature, place the tray. Wait for 10 to 15 minutes before opening the door of the oven otherwise dough collapses once you open oven door after 2 to 5 minutes.

10. When dough turns golden brown, remove tray from oven. Open the cover of the tray, remove loaf bread.

Let it cool before slicing the bread using a bread nife or a bread slicer.

11. Pack the loaf bread with a plastic bag to preserve its freshness.

This is a filipino recipe where it is becoming favorite food on feast days, on special ocassions, and even on a day to day meal. My friend share this recipe for me and it’s tasty. Once you taste it, you will be asking for more. Here are the ingredient you will need:

1 kg beef sliced into cubes,

2 tbsps oyster sauce

2 pcs bay leaf

2 tsp minced garlic

3 tbsps white sugar

1-1/2 tsp ground pepper

4 tbsps atsuete oil

1/4 cup onion chopped

5 tbsps tomato paste

1/3 cup liver spread

1/3 cup chopped vienna sausage

1/4 cup butter,

2 pcs red bell pepper,

1/2 cup grated cheese

2 tbsps of olive oil

Procedure

1. On a casserole, place 1 kg of slice beef with worchestershire sauce, oyster sauce, bay leaf, minced garlic ,white sugar , ground pepper, enough water to boil until tender. You can boil meat on low fire or use pressure cooker if you want to tenderize meat fast.

2. On a frying pan, put atsuete oil. Fry white onions.

3.Add margarine, potatos, then cover the pan.

4. Place boiled beef.

5. In another pan, saute carrot,red bell pepper. Add olive oil, vienna sausage , cheese , then cover the pan.

6. Open the pan, place tomate paste, liver spread , beef stock. Allow to simmer. And it’s done!

Chicken barbeque seems to be filipinos favorite lunch or dinner meal. Especially if is accompanied by rice and pickled papaya. My auntie taught me how to do it and it comes out be very appetizing. Wanna try this recipe. We will need the following

1 kg of chicken chopped into 12 pcs

3 tsps liquid seasoning

3 tbsps soysauce

1 cup seven up

1/2 cup banana catsup

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tsp of minced garlic

1-1/2 tsp ground pepper

1-1/2 fine salt

bamboo sticks

Procedure

1. In a mixing bowl, marinate chicken in soy sauce,banana catsup, brown sugar, seven up,minced garlic, ground pepper, salt, liquid seasoning at room temperature for 3 hours or overnight in the refrigerator for more flavor.

2. Boil the marinade without water until half done.

3. Place chicken on bamboo skewers or sticks.

4. Grill over charcoal flame until golden brown.

5. Brush marinade while grilling.

6. Serve with a cup of rice and picked papaya.

Hamburger bread being one of value meals today. Although we can just buy hamburger buns in our local bakeshops, supermarket, why not try a hand doing hamburger bun that you can call your own achievement. Here am giving you tip on how to do it. We need the following

Baking Ingredients

1000 grams first class flour or bread flour

10 grams instant yeast

10 grams bread or dough improver

15 grams iodized salt

100 grams egg

150 grams white granulated sugar

50 grams vegetable shortening

10 grams vanilla

20 grams skim milk or any powdered milk

450 grams water

sesame seeds

Baking equipment/utensils

weighing scale that can read 2 grams to 1 kg

mixing bowls

spiral mixer or dough roller

hand mixer

baking tray

Procedure

1. In a large mixing bowl, sift first class flour, instant yeast, bread or dough improver,skim milk or powdered milk.

2. In another bowl, beat eggs until fluffy, vanilla, iodized salt, white granulated sugar, water, vegetable shortening. Make sure that iodized salt and sugar are properly dissolved in water.

3. Make a well in the center of dough mixture in(1) , pour the liquid mixture.Mix with your hand, knead dough until smooth and elastic. You can use a spiral mixer or a dough roller(a 2 piece fabricated cylinder).

4. Rest for 5 minutes. Prepare a long log out of the dough and scale up 30 grams a piece.

5. Grease baking tray with vegetable shortening .

6. Start each piece of dough into a ball using the palm of your hand, press with your palm and arrange in the baking tray. Sprinkle sesame seeds on each bun.

7. Allow doug to rise until double. You can check if okay to bake by pressing or poking your finger on the dough.If it leaves a well or dent, This is now ready for baking.

8. Preheat oven to 250 degreees fahrenheit. Bake the dough and close oven. Wait for 5 to ten minutes until golden brown.

9. Remove buns from oven. Allow to cool. Pack or store if not ready to use.

tips. when you work on bread like this, wear apron and hair net.

In every household, the moment you think of breakfast treat of merienda time, it would be easy to think, oh I wanna make pancake! with a cup of coffee or tea while reading your daily newspapers, this is a perfect meal. Here, let me share a simple way to make pancake. What we need are the following

Bakery Ingredients

500 grams all purpose flour

25 grams baking powder

100 grams white granulated sugar

70 grams condensed milk or evaporated milk

10 grams iodized salt, rock or table salt

5 grams vanilla

50 grams melted butter or premium margarine( or any ordinary margarine will do)

2 eggs

corn syrup

For utensils, we need

whire whip or electric mixer

weighing scale that can read 2 grams to 1 kg( you can buy at supermarket or local hardware)

mixing bowl

wok or frying pan

gas or electric stove or simply charcoal stove

spatula

baking brush

Procedure

1. In a mixing bowl, mix all purpose flour, baking powder, white sugar. Sift three (3) times at a fair height to incorporate air into the mixture.

2.In a separate bowl, beat eggs with a wire whip or an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add vanilla, melted butter,condensed milk, iodized salt. Continue mixing.

3. Pour the egg mixture to the flour mixture( 1), add water, mix with an electric mixer or wire whip until you have a watery mix. Just like when you scoop content with a spoon, batter falls without cut.

4. Prepare wok or frying pan. Preheat gas stove, brush with oil. Adjust flame to medium heat. Scoop batter with a cup and place on frying pan one at a time. Cover. When it turns brown, flip to the other side to get it done.

5. Serve on a plate topped with melted butter and corn syrup.

note: You can adjust sugar depending on your taste

It took me years to search, experiment again and again, so many mistakes, so many failures until I come up with this formula to make a delicious siopao. You wanna try this recipe. You can do it at home for your consumption and later on sell it to your neighborhood.

Of course you have to have the following:

1 kg of all purpose flour (for a whiter dough)

10 grams of instant yeast(any brand will do)

5 grams of dough improver(optional)

180 grams to 200 grams of white granulated sugar( you can adjust weight of sugar according to your taste)

15 grams iodized salt (rock salt of table salt will do)

450grams water

25 to 30 grams vegetable shortening

Procedure

1. In a clean basin, mix all purpose flour, instant yeast, dough improver .

2. In a separate container, add on water, granulated sugar, iodized salt. Be sure to mix properly until sugar and salt have melted.

3. Add vegetable shortening.

4. Make a well in the flour mixture, pour liquid mixture. Mix with your hands untill dough been thoroughly blended.

5.On top of your working table, Knead with your hands using your palm pressing the dough mixure until it becomes satiny or the dough is smooth and elastic just like when you blow a bubble gum. Or if you have a dough roller ( a piece of machine with 2 cylinders to press the dough) or a spiral mixer that can knead 1 to 8 kg of dough, or a 10qrt cake mixer where it has a hook intended to knead heavier dough.

6. Allow the dough to rest 5 to 10 minutes after kneading.

7. Put your table a small amount of vegetable shortening to rest your dough. Then place the dough mixture.

8. Cut dough into 50 grams to 60 grams depending upon the size of siopao you wish.

9. On your palm, get 1 each lay it flat with the center thicker than the sides, put your filling(be sure it is frozen) , press the filling with your thumb and close dough with your other hand. Put 2×2 inches wax paper on bottom portion of filled dough. Arrange in a tray.

10. When the dough has risen doubly, or by pressing your finger into the dough and it leaves a dent, you can now the steam the dough using a steamer.

11. Be sure the water you place in the steamer is about 1/3 of the contents of the steamer. It should be boiling hot to ensure that your siopoao is cookerd thoroughly.

12. Arrange your siopao dough with a piece of cloth( just like the one used to stack a sack of flour) or katsa.

Cover your steamer and cook your siopao for 10 to 15 minutes.

13. When cooked,remove from steamer and transfer to a siopao warmer or if not - you may eat now.!! You can check if it is cooked by pressing with your finger . If the dough bounced back, it is done.

Note: For your filling , you can use pork adobo, pork asado,

For your sauce, just use banana catsup or tomato catsup.

Note: you can freeze your siopao and just reheat when you feel like eating.

note: All inqredients are weighed in grams, so I would suggest you buy a weighting scale than can read 2 grams to 500 grams, and/or weighing scale that can read 1 to 10 kg.

It’s fun cooking this simple recipe for breakfast and merienda or afternoon meals. Try this recipe. You will surely love to repeat cooking it. Here’s how to do it

Ingredients;

Garlic. red onion, 1/2 kg of chicken breast boiled, ginger,ground pepper, salt, cooked quail egg of hard boiled egg,chicken soup stock

1. In a separate casserole, mix 3 cups rice of good variety with 1 cup glutinous rice(malagkit) in water of 5 to 6 cups and cooked it until half-done.

2. In a separate frying pan, saute 1 clove of garlic until lightly brown, red onion until wilted, finely chopped ginger until brown and add on to the rice mixture.

3. Continue stirring, add salt, ground pepper, chicken soup stock. chicken fillet. Taste mixture according to your taste and also if rice already done.

4. Serve the arroz -caldo with leeks as garnishing on every cup served.

5. You can place cooked quail egg or hardboiled egg on top of cup served.