Bread - it is a little complicated

I am no expert when it comes to Bread. Hence, I am in no position to explain in details except to share with you the little information that I know. Basically, bread is a plain dough that is made special by yeast action. Yeast fermentation to be exact is the reaction of yeast to sugar / starch which produces carbon dioxide (that created the air pockets you see in bread) and alcohol (which I presumed it evaporates during baking).

It's TOTORO!

In continuation of the bread making session the other day, I made another batch of bread using a different recipe. Something I am familiar with which my mom kept pestering me to make.

This recipe is taken from LCB which I quite like because no eggs are required. Just water, flour, butter, sugar, salt and of course YEAST!

Baking bread without machine :)

One random fact about me: I <3 Bread :) I am being remembered by a friend as 'the girl who hugged a loaf of bread to work and have it for lunch'. hahaha..

Skip that randomness. This post is on bread making which I did WITHOUT the use of bread machine. hehehe! power right? =x The bread turned out edible and my mom loves it. She thinks they tasted yummehhhhh ^^ This isn't the usual white bread dinner roll. It is a bread with a surprise! PANDA BREAD!!!! I know you must be thinking OMG this girl is so SLOW... -.- the hype about this bread occurred like long ago. I wanted to try it out back then in London but green tea powder is just too expensive for me to make an investment on. In fact I did try to do another version in London. A simpler one - the Mickey version. hmm I thought I had an entry on it posted on my London Edition blog. oh well take a look at the photos here then.

An accidental heart-shaped version. wonder if I can replicate that =x

So now for the Panda version.......

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okay my Panda bread looks...HORRIBLE! The presentation is a very far little off. The 'Panda' looks distorted. =x You wouldn't be able to tell that it is a panda if I didn't tell you right? TT

Decorated Sugar Cookies Attempt #2

This is my 2nd time working with sugar cookies. They turned out much better than expected ^^V I usually do not have much luck when it comes to baking cookies. They either melt in the oven or turns out something unrecognizable. =x But this time it is all good. Ahem. :D