Wholemeal Garlic Foccacia 全麦葱香佛卡夏 （中英加图对照食谱）

In a mood to make some bread and decided on foccacia, instead of the usual olive, tomato and rosemary, I have added minced garlic and parmesan cheese powder.  I have also added wholemeal flour to make this Italian flat bread more wholesome and healthy. It turned out super fragrant and nice! 😋  In fact while it was baking, the roasted garlic aroma filled the whole house! 

心血来潮想做面包，就用直接法做了这佛卡夏。这次不像平常放橄榄，番茄和迷迭香，反而放了大蒜和帕梅森起司粉更加美味！😋 烘焙时，香气充满了整个屋子也！太喜欢了！

At the same time, I want to share my joy with you especially if you are new to my blog. In the latest bimonthly and bilingual "食尚品味 Gourmet Living Magazine" April/May 2016 issue, it features 8 pages of 'Baking Tatiai' where you can read about my interview as well as my three new healthy recipes. You can get a copy for $4.80 from major bookstores like Popular and Kinokuniya, selected newsstands, petrol kiosks and supermarkets like NTUC and Cold Storage from 18 April 2016 onwards. For my international readers, you may email: enquiries@gourmetimp.com to place your order and have it delivered to you.

同时，我也要与大家分享我的喜乐。《食尚品味》的4/5月最新双语双月刊，里头有8页烘焙太太的访问与最新三道健康食谱。新加坡的读者在4月18日起就可以在各大书局如‘大众’与‘高岛屋’，一些报摊，加油站和超市买得到。住在国外的读者们如果有兴趣买的话，可以电邮：enquiries@gourmetimp.com订购杂志，邮寄到您家。
     

Wholemeal Butter Buns 全麦奶油餐包 （中英加图对照食谱）

Softest, fluffiest, tastiest wholemeal buns I have ever made & eaten!
最柔软蓬松好吃的全麦面包 !

It's spring time and flowers are blooming everywhere. For the first time, here in hot sunny tropical Singapore, we actually got to see the cherry blossoms flown in from Japan at Gardens by the Bay's Flower Dome. Prior to this, I only saw cherry blossoms when I visited Japan and Korea during spring time.  

Tangzhong Wholemeal Buns- Easter Ducklings 汤种全麦小餐包- 小鸭造型 （中英加图对照食谱）

Wishing all my readers a blessed Easter! 祝大家复活节快乐！

I was in a creative mood and inspired to create some chick buns but it ended up looking more like ducklings instead...lol! It's amusing looking at the batch of ducklings after it has 'hatched' out of the 'incubator'. I was just thinking that it is too cute to be eaten when my little boy came over, took one and bite off the 'duckling head' and commented, "Hmm...yummy!" I had a good laugh! 

心血来潮想创造有趣的造型面包，原本打算做小鸡造型的, 做出来却比较像小鸭。。。呵呵！看着这些‘孵化’的小鸭子们逗得我好开心，心想这么可爱怎么舍得吃呢？这时，我家的小朋友走了过来，拿起一个，把整个"鸭头"咬掉，说：“好好食噢！” 笑到我。。。

Charcoal Cheese Bread 竹炭起司面包（中英加图对照食谱）

This is my first time baking bread with charcoal powder. I first saw charcoal bread in Taiwan's bakery shops many years ago. Activated charcoal is well known for its detoxification benefits, In fact it is an ancient way to cleanse the system as it is the most absorbent material to get rid of toxins and impurities from the body. Bamboo charcoal has become a popular ingredient in cooking and baking. Besides bread, you can find charcoal snowskin mooncakes, charcoal pastry, charcoal ice-cream etc. Charcoal is almost tasteless and it is good to use as a natural colouring too. 

Healthy Honey & Oatmeal Bread 蜂蜜燕麦片面包 （中英加图对照食谱）

-Wordless Wednesday- 

Camouflage Breadmaker Loaf 迷彩面包机吐司 （中英加图对照食谱）

Bake this soft and fluffy all natural camouflage loaf to cheer my little one up as he has been suffering from frequent nose bleeding due to block nose caused by the haze. Wishing the haze to go away soon as I miss the sun, blue sky and fresh air!!! 

Quick & Easy Breadmaker French Loaf 简易法式面包机食谱（中英加图对照食谱）

This is my first time using Baguette flour to bake and I love the taste and texture of the french loaf which this flour has yielded. The baguette flour besides suitable for making baguettes & french loaf, it is also suitable for sourdough and all types of crusty artisan bread as it is able to give a rich flavour, crusty outer layer and great inner holes. 

My hubby who loves artisan bread gave a big thumbs up for this french loaf using the baguette flour as he loves the texture so much more compared to the Breadmaker Wholemeal French Loaf which I have baked using bread flour previously. I foresee myself to be baking bread more with this baguette flour to please my other half. ;) 

Click 'HERE' for the list of stores where you can buy this baguette flour. 

Yuzu Jam Loaf 柚子酱面包 （中英食谱教程）

A nice and refreshing loaf of bread, simply love the sweet fragrance of citron tea! 

营养丰富的柚子茶，不只可以冲泡喝，也可以用来做面包。面包烤出来时还有股淡淡的柚子香味呢...

Super addictive Mini Cheese Bread 一口乳酪面包 （中英食谱教程）

This mini bite size bread is so addictive that you can't stop at one, guarantee that you will be popping one after another into your mouth and in no time you will finish the whole batch and wished that you have made more! ;)
This recipe is a keeper and I shall be making this finger food snack very often as it is so well liked by everyone in the family!

强力推荐这款家里大大小小都爱吃的小点心，一口一个，吃了赞不绝口！

Almond Honey Bread (Breadmaker Recipe) 杏仁蜂蜜面包机食谱 （中英食谱教程）

This loaf uses ingredients like ground almond and honey and is healthy and nutritious. 

A good and simple breadmaker recipe to try! 

这款面包机做的面包用了杏仁与蜂蜜，营养丰富又美味! 

Earl Grey Tea Loaf 伯爵茶面包（中英食谱教程）

It's been a long time since I shared a breadmaker recipe. I have not forsaken my Kenwood breadmaker, it is still working hard for me baking loaf bread twice a week. I have not shared a new breadmaker recipe as I have been sticking to my basic loaf using the Wu Pao Chun Champion Toast breadmaker recipe.  Being the host for this month's Little Thumbs Up event with the theme 'Tea', I decided to try out a Tea Bread recipe (茶叶面包）from a recipe book - 我爱面包机 (I Love Breadmaker). I have chosen to use Earl Grey tea. According to Wikipedia, Earl Grey tea is a tea blend with a distinctive citrus flavour and aroma derived from the addition of oil extracted from the rind of the bergamot orange, a fragrant citrus fruit. The loaf turns out wonderfully aromatic and tasty! 

Chocolate Hot Cross Buns 巧克力热十字面包 （中英食谱教程）

Have not been baking bread using the oven for quite some time (been relying on my breadmaker to churn out loaves on alternate days though) and I wanted to bake a batch of chocolate chips hot cross buns for Good Friday. However, it turned out to be chocolate hot cross buns instead! As I have added cold Hershey's chocolate chips (left half a pack and was kept in fridge), it must have melted during the kneading process in the breadmaker. Despite this, the buns turned out to be so soft and delicious and my girl commented that it tasted like Petite Provence chocolate wassants! 

好久没用烤箱烤面包了，（不过每隔一天还是会用面包机来做面包的），昨天的受难日正想烤一批巧克力豆热十字面包来吃。谁知道竟然烤出巧克力十字面包来！应该是用了从冰箱拿出来的Hershey's 巧克力豆（剩下半包所以保存在冰箱里），在面包机搓揉阶段时融化了，变成巧克力面团。即使这样，面包做出来很柔软又好吃！女儿说，吃起来味道很像Petite Provence 面包店卖的巧克力小面包呢！

Wholemeal Curry Potato buns 全麦咖哩马铃薯面包 （adpated from Wu Pao Chun's champion toast recipe) (中英食谱教程）

最近介绍大家做的吴宝春金牌吐司面包很受欢迎。许多朋友，网友， FB粉丝和部落格的读者试过了都纷纷赞好，说这是一个极简单又很棒的面包食谱。除了做吐司，这食谱也可以用来做小面包。 今天就和大家分享我昨天做的全麦咖哩马铃薯面包， 加了全麦面粉，吃了更健康。 今早当早餐吃时，还很蓬松柔软，超喜欢！ 

Ever since I introduced this Wu Pao-Chun's Champion Toast recipe in my blog, many friends, cyber friends, FB fans and my blog readers have tried it and gave thumbs up for this simple and straight forward bread recipe. We love the soft and fluffy bread texture which this recipe yields. Besides making loaf bread, you can also make small buns with or without fillings. I have modified this recipe, added wholemeal flour to it to make it more wholesome. Here's sharing with you the wholemeal curry potato buns which I made yesterday. I ate it for breakfast this morning and the bun texture still remain as soft as it had just came out from the oven! Simply love it! 

Danish Yogurt breadmaker Loaf with red bean paste 丹麦酸奶红豆沙面包机面包 （中英食谱教程）

This is another successful experiment with the breadmaker. I had leftover Greek yogurt and red bean paste in the fridge. So I adapted Carol's yogurt bread recipe and used my method in this experiment to make a Danish yogurt loaf wrapped with red bean paste. Love the result as the bread is so soft and tasty. 

Matcha White Chocolate breadmaker recipe 抹茶白巧克力面包机食谱

One week March school holiday has ended, I am so glad that the kids are back to school today. Last night, I baked this loaf of matcha white chocolate bread using the breadmaker so that my kids can bring to school for breakfast. I have added my favourite Matcha powder and white chocolate chips to Wu Pao Chun's (吴宝春) champion toast recipe which I tried few days ago. This is my first time trying this combination of Matcha and white chocolate and it turns out great! 

吴宝春金牌吐司 Wu Pao-Chun Champion Toast pullman tin/ breadmaker recipes (中英食谱教程）

Top: loaf by breadmaker / Bottom: pullman tin loaf baked in oven

This week is March school holiday and with the kids at home, I am busier and also preparing and coaching my girl for her ABRSM music theory examination tomorrow. However, I managed to find some time to try out the Wu Pao-Chun Champion Toast (吴宝春金牌土司) recipe. 

$5000 bread recipe (breadmaker to make starter dough and main dough) 五千块老式面包食谱（面包机做酵头和主面团）中英食谱

Finally, I tried this $5000rmb bread recipe which many bakers give thumbs up for it's super soft texture. I have adpated and modified the recipe from Victoria Bakes and used my Kenwood breadmaker to knead both the starter dough and main dough. With the breadmaker, it is really easy as no hand kneading is required at all. 

Baking Taitai's Hokkaido Milk Matcha loaf with Azuki Paste fillings (Breadmaker recipe) 烘培太太的北海道牛奶抹茶小麵包加红豆馅 (面包机食谱）

Those who follow me on Facebook would have seen me posting matcha bakes for the past week in my facebook page. Tis the season of Matcha for me as I have got a big pack of Matcha powder (bought in Japan recently) in my fridge.

Baking Taitai's Hokkaido Milk Buns with Cream Cheese & Dried Cranberries fillings (Breadmaker recipe) 烘培太太的北海道牛奶小麵包加奶油乳酪与蔓越莓干 (面包机食谱）

  

My breadmaker is my current favourite 'toy'. There is definitely no regret buying it as it has served my family well and we are enjoying homemade bread with my various creations using my basic loaf recipe here.  I wanted the breadmaker to do more than just baking loaf bread so I did an experiment recently and baked buns in it. I was not disappointed, the buns turned out to be soft and fluffy!

Baking Taitai's Breadmaker Wholemeal French Loaf 全麦法式面包

法国面包是我老公最爱吃的面包， 自我烘培开始，他就说有一天你一定要做给我吃。但是我有太多太多的蛋糕食谱都想尝试，所以就渐渐的把这事给忘了。直到有了面包机，看到有法式面包的程式，才想起一直都没满足他的要求。所以就做了这个健康的全麦法式面包。 我还记得当天面包做好时，拍了照片，马上用Whatspp传给他. 他非常高兴，还让同事看呢！

French Loaf is my husband's favourite bread. He would often buy it from bakeries that sell artisan bread. He has long expressed his wish for me to bake this bread for him but I have too many cakes which I want to try on my very long list of to-bake items so this was not my top priority. Until, I got the breadmaker and saw that it has a French loaf function that I came up with this healthy recipe and bake for him. Immediately after the loaf was out of the breadmaker, I took a photo of it and whatsapp him on his mobile. He was on cloud nine and showed off to one of his colleague!