Hamburger Buns, Soft and Light Brioche Buns, baked in Air Fryer or Oven

 

I have adapted this recipe from Kitchensanctury to Thermomix.  With the warm weather coming and BBQs a must, this simple recipe will be very handy. Split, spray with a little oil and grill on BBQ. 

Lovely as a Hamburger bun but also filled with Prawns or Crab or Lobster, ( if you can afford it). A little Mayo and lettuce. 

Or grilled and rubbed with raw tomato and topped with Spanish Serrano ham. 

INGREDIENTS 

240mls warm water

3 dessertspoons of warm milk

2 teaspoons dry active yeast

2 dessertspoons sugar

360 g strong bread flour, white or Wholemeal 

60 plain flour

2 1/2 dessertspoons butter , or 20 mls of Olive oil.

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

2 large eggs, ( one for buns and one for brushing on top)

1 dessertspoons of Sesame seeds

METHOD 

PREHEAT OVEN TO 200 degrees (see below for baking in Air Fryer)

Place 1 EGG and all other ingredients, EXCEPT sesame seeds into TMX bowl and knead for  6 minutes.

Place in container, cover with plastic and allow to double. 

Tip onto lightly floured mat and form into 8 balls. ( for smaller, 12 ) stretching dough over top. 

Place on lined baking tray , press down slightly with fingers, and brush with remaining egg, beaten with a little water. Sprinkle with seeds. 

Cover and let double. 

Bake 12 o 15 minutes until dark golden brown.  

Cool on bread rack. 

Notes. 

Will keep well in covered container for 2 days. 

Can add dried fruit and spice for fruit bun. 

If grilling buns on grill. Spray bun 1/2 with a little oil. 

Fruit bun using basic recipe.

Cinnamon scrolls using basic recipe.

AIR FRYER BAKING INSTRUCTIONS 

For medium sized buns, 9/10 buns from above recipe. 

After 2nd rise

Pre heat AF, 3 minutes / 160 degrees

Brush rolls with egg wash, optional

Spray bottom of buns with oil, ( to prevent sticking) 

Or brush wire of AF with oil between each batch. 

Place 4 buns on wire, not touching. 

Close drawer and set timer 10 minutes.

larger rolls 12 minutes

When transferring rolls to AF, best to dip fingers in flour, first. 

Baked in Bundt tin.

Sicilian Orange Cake

 Easy, moist and adaptable.  Have a slice with a cuppa or as Pud with thinned Marmalade and ice cream. 

Instead of citrus, add unpeeled apples, or other fruit. Iced or not, up to you. 

Adapted to TMX from a recipe by christinascucina.com

The citrus is not cooked. 

The pith of the Orange tends to be a little bitter.  I used a large Mandarine which has very little pith.  I think Meyer Lemons would also be suitable as they have thin skin and not much pith. 

I made 3. 14 x 5 cm.  

INGREDIENTS

250 g caster sugar, (I used Raw)

100 g butter, softened 

3 eggs

100g yoghurt 

275g plain flour

2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder

1 large Orange, chopped, seeds removed. ( about 300 g). I used a Murrcott  Mandarin )

METHOD

Set oven at 350 degrees

Add chopped Orange to TMX bowl and chop 5 seconds, speed 6

Scrape out into a dish. ( no need to wash bowl)

Add sugar and butter to bowl and mix, 1 minute, speed 4, scrape down.

Add eggs, mix 1 minute, speed 4, scrape down

Add yogurt, and save Orange mix, mix, 30 seconds, speed 4

Add flour and baking powder, mix 20 seconds, speed 4. 

Pour into a lined baking tin.  Time will depend upon size and shape of tin. 

8 inch spring form round tin, approximately 50 to 60 minutes

3, 14 x 5 cm paper containers, 20 minutes. 

Made 15 cupcakes. Bake 20 minutes, 150 degrees. Serve as cupcakes with cream cheese icing, or as single serve puddings with Marmalade sauce and cream. 

Shokupan, Japanese Milk Bread made in Bread Machine.

 I have adapted the recipe to bake a small loaf ( SEE BELOW FOR LARGE LOAF) in the Bread Machine. The texture is not quite as soft as baked in the oven but certainly a nice loaf.   (. The second Loaf I baked on a different setting was just as soft as that baked in the oven.   See notes a bottom of recipe)   Would be very handy to prepare for visitors as just set and forget.  Also releases oven for other baking. 

Make the Yudane at least 6 hours prior to making loaf. 

YUDANE

Into a small bowl weigh 70 g bread flour.

Add 55 g of boiling water and stir with a fork to form a ball.

Cover with plastic and stand at room temperature, over night, or for between 6 and 24 hours.

                                THEN

Next day in this order

Add Yudane to bread machine

Add 200mls warm milk, about 30 degrees C

4g dried yeast

7g sugar

300g bread flour

1 teaspoon bread improver

3 g salt

15 g butter

Set machine for small white loaf, regular baking time. Dark crust. 

NOTES

It is best to weigh the small amounts of ingredients on digital scales. 

The above sliced loaf was cut while warm. 

Best on fast white program, and top brown option.

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MEDIUM TO LARGE LOAF

Yudane. , mixed day prior to making loaf

125g flour

62 g boiling water.

Mixed with  fork to form a ball. Cover with plastic and stand at room temperature over night.

PLACE IN BREAD MACHINE BUCKET, IN THIS ORDER

187 g Yudane

300 mls warm milk

6 g yeast

10g sugar

450 g bread flour 

1 1/2 teaspoons improver

4g salt

22 g butter

Set machine for medium size loaf, dark crust, rapid bake. 

Wholemeal Japanese Milk Bread ,Shokupan

 I was wondering if it was possible to make a healthier version of this delightful bread.  I had some plain Wholemeal flour, NOT bread flour. This recipe is equally soft and keeps that way for about 5 days. As the flour is not ‘hard’ bread flour I have added bread improver and a little extra yeast. Every thing else is the same. Again I have made the recipe to fit the Jumbo Bread tin with a sliding lid.  ( see previous recipe for measurements). You could make a small loaf by making 1/3 of the ingredients and ever place a baking tin on top of a loaf tin to give a flat top.  However it does freeze extremely well if wrapped in foil. 

INGREDIENTS 

Yudane, to be made the night prior to making bread. ( mixed and kept in covered dish, anywhere between 6 hours and 24 hours)

135g Bread/ Bakers flour

110 g boiling water

Weigh into TMX bowl, mix 20 seconds/ speed 4

INGREDIENTS 

600g of Plain Wholemeal flour, ( cost about $2 a kilo)

400g warm milk, 30 degrees C.

15g sugar

5 g salt

12 g instant yeast

12g bread Improver

30g soft butter

Topping, egg wash or seeds

METHOD

Use digital scales to weigh sugar, salt, yeast and improver. 

Add these to Yudane, flour and warm milk to TMX bowl and knead 4 minutes.

Add butter and knead for further 2 minutes. 

Tip into an oiled dish and cover with plastic, allow to double in a warm place. 

Tip onto lightly floured bench and form in to 3 even balls. Stretch the dough over firmly and pinch underneath. 

Set oven at 170 degrees.

Cover and allow to rise to double in a warm place. 

Bake 35 minutes with lid on.

Bake 10/ 15 minutes with lid off. 

Cool on rack. 

Salted honey and tahini shortbread biscuits.

 Very easy and unusual. Perfect with a cup of coffee.   An Adam Liaw recipe adapted to TMX. 

INGREDIENTS 

Set oven to 150 C. FF

200g butter , room temperature 

80 g raw castor sugar

70g soft brown sugar

125 g honey. 

125 g tahini 

300g plain flour

 Teaspoon baking powder

Flaked salt

METHOD

Cream butter and both sugars in TM bowl, 1 minute, speed 4, scrape down. 

Add honey and tahini, mix, 1 minute, speed 4

Add flour, sprinkle baking powder and salt over top of flour, mix 30 seconds, Speed 4. Scrape down , mix 10 seconds, speed 4

Using a dessertspoons or 5 cm spring loaded icecream scoop, place 12  rounds on lined baking sheet. 

Press lightly with finger and sprinkle with a small amount of flaked salt.

Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes. Should be Very light Brown on edges. 

Let setup on baking tray for 5 minutes. Remove on to wire rack. 

Makes 30. 

Japanese Milk Bread. Shokupan

 I have adapted this recipe from one published in The Age Good Food newspaper , to Thermomix. 

It is a soft light bread ideal for sandwiches, ( chicken, mayo, Avo and bacon Anyone?), toasties and when a few days old, Pawn Toasts.  It toasts well. 

I initially made the loaf in a bread tin with sliding lid but it didn’t fill the tin.  Have increased the recipe by 1/3 so as to fill the tin. 

It is a very easy recipe, with a Yudane made the night before.

Ingredients 

Yudane

135g Bakers Flour, ( bread  flour)

110 g boiling water 

Make this the day prior to making loaf

Set scales in TMX

Weigh flour into TM bowl , add boiling water.

Mix 20 seconds, speed 4

Scrape into bowl and cover. 

Leave on kitchen bench over night. 

BREAD INGREDIENTS 

600g bread flour

400 mls milk heated to 30 degrees C

15 g sugar, ( original calls for 30g but we do no like sweet Bread so reduced this)

 5 g salt

8g instant yeast

30 g butter , softened

1 egg mixed with a little water for glaze

METHOD 

place all ingredients EXCEPT. butter and egg into TMX bowl and knead for 4 minutes

Add soft butter and knead for 2 minutes. 

Scrape into oiled bowl , cover with plastic, and allow to double, in a wam place. 

Scrape onto lightly floured bench and form into 3 equal balls, stretching dough tightly over surface. 

Place in tin. Line with baking Paper if necessary. 

Cover with plastic and allow to double.

Brush egg mixed with a little water over dough.

Slide cover on tin. 

Bake 160 to 170 FF, 35 minutes. 

Remove lid from tin and bake a further 5 to 10 minutes. . Test with thermometer. Should reach 200 f quickly. If not , place back in oven for a further  5/10 minutes. 

Allow to cool before cutting. 

 Notes

Baked in 900g Jumbo bread tin with sliding lid.  Approximately L32 cm, W16cm, H 10cm

Use digital scales for yeast, butter, salt and sugar

Freezes well

Fresh Tomato soup

There are lots of tomato soups around, but this one is made with fresh tomatoes and is only about 60 calories a cup.  It also has lots of texture.  Makes about 2 litres.
Ingredients.
1 k of fresh tomatoes, quartered
2 cups of stock, I used chicken but vegetable , ( Brons veggie stock is good )or water and a couple of cubes.
3/4 cup of celery
1 cup onions, chopped
1 tablespoon of fresh basil
2 cloves of garlic
Sweetener of choice, brown sugar, or golden syrup, or honey or artificial sweetener, I used Xylitol.
Salt and pepper to taste
Yoghurt and extra basil to finish

Method
Place all ingredients into TMX bowl, except yogurt and extra basil.
Mix at speed 7 for 10 seconds.
Cook, speed 3 / 100 / 25 minutes.
Mix, speed 10 / 1 minute.
Taste and add sweetener to taste.

Notes
Can add carrot or lentils or roasted red peppers.
Chilli for extra kick.
I served with chopped fresh herbs and light sour cream.