Maple Buttermilk Scones

I love scones! 

Do you? If you do, this recipe is for you, it's so very easy to make!

Often you find when you go to the shops, some scones are very dough-y, some are flour-y while some are just plain dense and dry.

These scones on the other hand are light and fluffy, crumbly but still holds it's shape at the same time.

Try it and tell me what you think.

This recipe was adapted from Joythebaker.

All you need:

(makes about 12 scones)

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 pinches of sea salt flakes

3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, but into small cubes (170g)

1 large egg, lightly beaten

2 tablespoons pure maple syrup

3/4 cup cold buttermilk

5 tablespoons of milk to brush the top of the scones before baking + sprinkled with some sugar

All you need to do:

1- Preheat oven to 200 degrees C.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

2 - In a mixing bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  

3 - Cut in butter (using your fingers or a pastry cutter) until mixture resembles a coarse meal. Work the butter into the dry ingredients until some of the butter flakes.

4 - In a separate bowl, combine egg, maple syrup, and milk and beat lightly.

5 - Add mixture to dry ingredients, mix with wooden spoon until just combined.

6 - Turn out onto a floured board and knead until dough just comes together.  

7 - Roll or pat out into a 1-inch thickness.  Cut into 2-inch rounds using a round cutter.  Reshape and roll dough to create more scones with excess scraps.

8 - Place scones on baking sheet.  Brush lightly with milk and sprinkle with sugar.  

9 - Bake for 18 minutes or until golden brown on top.  Serve warm with jam.

* Scones are best served on the same day they are made

* Extra baked scones can be frozen and reheated in the oven (about 5-8 minutes on 200 degrees C)

Happy baking! :)

Summer Eton Mess

Happy New Year! It's 2015!

The holidays were great! Lots of food, laughters, board games, singing and spending time with loved ones. I hope you had as much fun as I did!

To start off the new year, it's only norm to set some resolutions, and indeed I have. 

*to spend some quality time with my husband everyday no matter how busy we are.

*to be fit and exercise

*to be happy, not that I'm not, but to always smile

sounds simple right? but sometimes life gets in the way. so..these are my resolution. have you set some yourselves?

So here is my first recipe for the year, a very simple one. I made this for Christmas dinner. It's refreshing, the perfect summer dessert. It was a really hot summer evening, so we decided to add a scoop of ice cream, but the only drawback was it takes away the freshness and the natural sweetness of the fruits.

*quantities will vary depending how many you're going to make, but here is a list of items you would need.

All you need:

Icing sugar

Maple Syrup

Frozen Blueberries

Fresh Blueberries

Fresh Strawberries

Fresh Mangoes (ripe)

Balsamic Vinegar

Sugar

Lemon Juice

Toasted Desiccated Coconut

Store bought mini meringues

All you need to do:

1 - In a pot, put 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries, 1-2 tablespoons of icing sugar and 2 tablespoons of maple syrup, boil it over low-medium heat. It's ready when all icing sugar has dissolved and some blueberries softens. Set aside to cool in the fridge until needed.

2 - Toast the desiccated coconut in a pan over low heat on stove, stirring it continuous as to not burn it. It's ready once the coconut turns from white to golden brown. Set aside to cool.

3 - Wash fruits. Put blueberries in the fridge until needed.

3 - Quarter the strawberries. Put in a bowl, pour some balsamic vinegar, sugar and a small squeeze of lemon in the strawberries. Let it sit in the fridge until needed. I only use some of the juice in my dessert.

4 - Cube mangoes, set aside in the fridge until needed.

5 - Choose your bowl/glass to put your dessert in. Start layering. There's no hard and fast rule as to how you should layer it. But this is what I did..put some blueberries at the bottom of glass, then crush some meringues, i did not over crumble the meringues because I wanted some texture, continue with some mangoes, some desiccated coconut, some blueberries again and strawberries, crush meringues, and finally finish it with a spoonful of blueberry maple syrup sauce and desiccated coconut. You can see in the photo I had 2 variations, so it's really up to you! You can always use other fruits. 

6 - Serve, preferrably chilled. 

Happy messing! :)

Maple Syrup Pancakes

It's TGIF!
Planning your weekend breakfast menu already?! How about Maple Syrup Pancakes?!

After reading a blog featuring pancakes, I just felt that I had to make these. So last weekend, I made my own using a basic recipe, though I made a minor change and added maple syrup to the batter. I thought I'll share it with you so that you can have some too!

{Recipe adapted from Allrecipes}

makes about 8-10 pancakes
All you need:

1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour

3 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

1 teaspoon of salt

1 tablespoon of sugar

1 1/4 cups or (295ml) of milk

1 egg

3 tablespoons or (45g) of butter, melted

2 tablespoons of maple syrup

All you need to do:

1) Sift all dry ingredients into a bowl.

2) Add in all wet ingredients to the dry mix. Mix well.

3) Heat a non-stick flat-surfaced pan over low-medium heat. Spray some grease. Pour a small amount of batter into pan. Cook under golden on each side.

4) Serve with maple syrup, butter and icing sugar! Or turn it into dessert and serve with a scoop of ice cream!

Print this recipe!

Enjoy! :)

Waffles with Ice-cream topped with Strawberries, Maple Syrup and Ice Cream

Ever since I got my Waffles Maker, I have been searching for a good waffle recipe. After many testings of recipes, I've finally got it! This recipe is adapted from Karen Cheng.

It's crunchy on the outside and has a nice texture on the inside :)

Waffles with Ice-cream topped with Strawberries, Maple Syrup and Icing.

 

All you need:

(makes 9)

1 Egg separated

¼ cup Caster Sugar

1 tbsp Maple extract

1 cup of Milk

¼ cup of Water

1 ½ cups Self Raising Flour

pinch of salt

60g Unsalted butter, melted

All you need to do:

1 - Beat egg white (with half of the sugar), till glossy and stiff. Keep aside.

2 - Beat egg yolk (with remaining half of sugar) until creamy. Mix in maple extract.

3 - Then beat in milk and water. Then add sifted dry ingredients.

4 - Mix in melted butter.

5 - Fold in egg white.

6 - Place batter into your waffle maker (amount will depend on your waffle maker).

7 - Serve hot with your favourite toppings. Try it with my Macadamia Nut Ice Cream recipe.

DELICIOUS! :)