Wholewheat Mixed Fruits Mantou/Straight Dough Method

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This mantou is firm and with chewy texture (扎实馒头) which I love it. This is great to serve as breakfast and as snack too. I love to munch on this mantou whenever hunger strike me :D

Anchovies with Rolled Oats and Basil (九层塔)

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Another savoury dish with rolled oats, this time is using anchovies. I used to cook anchovies with shallots in spicy sauce. Being inspired from Rolled Oats Prawn I add rolled oats into this dish as well. The oats gave lightly crispy and chewy texture to this dish. If you want some quick dish, do give this dish a try!

Banana Rolled Oats Bar

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Looking for something sweet for breakfast? Do consider this high fibre banana rolled oats bar. This bar is overwhelming with the flavour of banana. It is moist and crumbly similar to muffins texture. With the used of rolled oat it gives chewy bites along with the sweetness from raisins and chips. I substitute some portion of flour with whole wheat flour and wholemeal. I also added some ground flaxseeds to make it healthier.

Little Thumbs Up: Baking and Cooking event, Theme for Nov is "OATS"

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Little Thumbs Up is a monthly event organized by Zoe from Bake For Happy Kids and Doreen from My Little Favourite D.I.Y. Each month an ingredient is selected and everyone is welcome to take part in this blog-hop. This month I am the host with my selected ingredient “Oats”. Cook or bake with any recipes with Oats as its ingredient. Your post(s) must be in this month (only current posts) and link to this post, thumbnail linky provided at the end of this post. In your post please include the following information:

This post is linked to the event, Little Thumbs up organised by Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids and Doreen from My Little Favourite DIY, hosted by Vivian of Vivian Pang’s Kitchen.

The post should also include a picture of a Thumbs Up sign with your own photo or using the Little Thumbs Up badge above. To find out more details on Little Thumbs Up, please click here.

Banana and Apple Granola Bar

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Today is another recipe of granola bar using muesli. This one is simple as no filling is needed. Just pour the batter into pan and bake. As the name stated banana and apples are been used. With these great fruits this granola bar is packed with flavour. Remember to use super ripe banana (the brownest the better) as it really affect the sweetest and flavour. Believe it or not this bar tastes like banana bread! But with more chewy texture which I like!

 

 

Inspired by Sally's Baking Addiction
Ingredients:
(A)
120g margarine (or butter)
60g light brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
100g mashed banana

(B)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (about 180g)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
*Sift together and set aside

2 cups muesli (about 200g)
1 cup green apple cubes (from 1 big apple)

(C) Topping
20g margarine (or butter)
1/2 cup muesli

Methods:
1. Add in muesli and diced apple into sifted flour bowl. Stir to mix well and set aside.

 

2. In another bowl, cream margarine and brown sugar till light (hand whisk will do). Add in vanilla extract, egg and mashed banana in sequence. Make sure well mix before each addition.

 

3. Pour in the muesli flour mixture from (step 1). Fold to combine. Do not over mix.

 

4. Pour the batter into lined 8' square pan. Spread evenly around the edges and slightly press to get packed bar. Set aside.

 

5. For topping, add in margarine into muesli. Mix with fingers and try to coat every bits of muesli with margarine.

 

6. Sprinkle the topping evenly on the bar. Bake in preheated oven 180C for 30-35 minutes.

 

7. Remove from oven leave it for few minutes. Lift up from pan and leave to cool completely on wire rack. Cut into bar and enjoy!
*Keep the leftover in fridge and snacking any time!

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~Muhibbah Malaysian Monday hosted by 3 hungry tummies

~Recipe Box 24 hosted by Bizzy Bakes

Granola Coconut Bar with Apricot Filling

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Last 3 days I was away from home. I was at hospital with my 13 months old girl. She was hospitalized due to lung infection. Actually she had been sick quite often last 2 weeks. First she had fever with flu and cough. After medication we thought she had recover. Few days later fever back again with cough and throat inflammation. Again doctor gave medicine with antibiotic for fever. However my girl health condition only good for few days. Again fever came back and this time with very serious cough which disturb her sleep. This time the outpatient doctor referred me to child specialist. After checking my girl, doctor told me she needs to be x-ray for further examination on her lung. I was shock when being told my girl's lung was infected quite serious and has to be admitted for special treatment.
 
First 2 days she was given medication with antibiotic and special treatment named nebulizer. It has to be done every 2-3 hours. Although is not hurt my little girl still cry and struggle during the 'Neb' (short form for nebulizer) treatment. Besides it is very hard to get her drink medicines too. I have no choice and make sure she drinks. I try my best to get her better as I'm worried she needs to suffer more if her condition not improved. If not better another type of antibiotic will be used and this time via injection. Once started she need to be injected for continuous 5 days! And of course hospitalised for more days…
 

Special mask is used for the 'Neb' treatment

I'm glad my little girl has rapid recovery. Her lung condition did improve on the 2^nd day of hospitalized. Doctor advised to stay another day for the 'Neb' treatment. Although my girl condition getting better, she had very poor appetite. She refused to be breastfeed. She always give 'No' sign for any solid food that I offered. We including doctor had no clue why this happen. I'm hoping her appetite will get better the next day. Or else she can't be discharged on the 3^rd day. On the early morning, her appetite comes back and it seems she is alright. With permission of doctor my girl finally can go home.
 
I'm glad we are home now. Being in the hospital I have no access to Internet. That's why I disappear for few days. I hope my baking and cooking routine will back to normal very soon. Thanks for being patient of reading my story :D Let goes to today recipe, granola coconut bar with apricot filling.

Still have remaining muesli? Why not bake some healthy bar with it? I like rolled oat bar. I used to bake it with filling. I like the chewiness of the rolled oat and the sweetness from the filling. This time I replace rolled oat with muesli. Besides I added desiccated coconut (mission to clear stock :P) into the bar as well. The result is surprisingly good!

I'm using margarine instead of butter. The advantage of using margarine is I do not need to wait for it to soften at room temperature. Since I'm hand mixed I found it is easy to beat till light. Feel free to use butter if you dislike baking with margarine.

Granola Coconut Bar with Apricot Filling

Ingredients:
(A)
110g margarine (or butter)
60g light brown sugar
1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

(B)
170g all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
*sift together and set aside

50g desiccated coconut
200g muesli (Keep remaining 50g for the topping)

About 150g apricot jam as filling
*use any filling of your choice

Methods:
1. Beat the margarine and sugar until light (hand whisk will do). Add in egg and vanilla extract. Beat till well combine.

2. Fold in sifted flour and baking soda. Fold to combine. Then add in desiccated coconut and 150g muesli. Again fold to mix well.


3. Press 2/3 of the dough into the bottom of the lined square pan (I’m using 8”). Add the balance of 50g muesli into the remaining dough.


4. Spread the filling evenly on top. Crumble the dough over the filling. Gently press to make it tight.

 

5. Bake in the preheated oven 180C about 25-28 minutes. Remove from oven. Leave for few minutes before transfer out from pan to cool on wire rack. Cut once completely cool. Store in container and keep in fridge.

 
I'm still not done with the muesli. Coming up is another easy bar with fruits recipe. Stay tune!

Granola Banana Muffins

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As I promise in my previous Granola post I'm going to share on using granola in baking. Instead of having granola as topping in yogurt or ice-ream, why no adding into muffin? I purposely fill the batter almost full. That's why these muffins bloom so nice. Do you think so?

These granola muffins are packed with all the goodness of rolled oat, dried fruits, nuts and banana! Such a healthy muffins for breakfast, snack or even supper :D

 

Ingredients:
(A)
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
Pinch of salt
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 baking soda

1 cup muesli
80g brown sugar

(B)
1 egg
180g mashed ripe bananas
3/4 cup yogurt (about 165g)
80g vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract

 

Some extra granola for topping

Methods: yields 10 regular-sized muffin cups
1. Sift mixture of flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda into a bowl. Add in muesli, brown sugar and whisk to combine.

2. In another bowl, whisk egg, mashed banana, yogurt, oil and vanilla extract until well combined.

3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir or whisk until combine.

4. Scoop the batter into the cupcakes liner to almost full. Sprinkle some granola on top. Bake in preheated oven 180C for about 20 minutes.

5. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.

 

Hope you all enjoy these muffins as much as I did. Happy baking!

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~Muhibbah Malaysian Monday hosted by 3 hungry tummies

~Made with Love Mondays hosted by Javelin Warrior's Cookin w/ Luv

 
~Recipe Box 22 hosted by Bizzy Bakes

Homemade Granola with Muesli

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I saw muesli on sale. Without any hesitate I'm sure I must bring a bag home. I like to bake with rolled oat, muesli definitely better! Some might wonder what is muesli ? What is different between rolled oat and muesli?

Muesli is based on uncooked rolled oats, fruit and nuts. It is loose mixture of mainly rolled oats and/or cornflakes together with various pieces of dried fruit, nuts, and seeds. It commonly contains other rolled cereal grains such as wheat or rye flakes as well. It is commonly serve as quick meals in Switzerland and southern Germany.

Granola also consist rolled oats however it is cooked and has nuts, honey, and sometimes puffed rice. The mixture is stirred during baking process to maintain a loose, breakfast cereal-type consistency. Dried fruits such as raisins and dates are sometimes added. It is popular in North America and being served as breakfast food and snack food.

Well after the introduction let see how I make granola from the muesli that I bought :)

Reference from Lena, Frozen Wings
Ingredients:
4 1/2 cups muesli
 
3 tbsp corn syrup
2 1/2 tbsp honey
1/3   cup vegetable oil
 

Methods:
1. Put muesli into mixing bowl (reserve 1/2 cup).

2. Mix corn syrup, honey and vegetable oil in a pan. Place on stove and cook till warm. Stir as you heat up the mixture.
* It is easy to coat muesli with warm syrup.

3. Pour the warm syrup into muesli bowl. Stir to mix with spatula. Make sure muesli is well coated with the syrup mixture. If the muesli looks 'wet' add in the remaining 1/2 cup.

4. Spread on lined baking pan and bake at preheated oven 170C for 30 minutes or till golden brown. Stir every 10 minutes to get even brown.

5. After baking add dried fruits of your choice. Me added handful of diced dried cranberries, apricot and candied ginger.
 

After cool I can't stop myself from snacking on it :D By the way, my favourite way of enjoying granola is with fruits and yogurt. Granola is also great to be used in baking. Stay tune for the coming granola recipe :)

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~Muhibbah Malaysian Monday hosted by 3 hungry tummies

~Made with Love Mondays hosted by Javelin Warrior's Cookin w/ Luv

~Recipe Box 22 hosted by Bizzy Bakes