Frustrating Day!

What can be more frustrating than when your dough refused to rise? Actually, banyak benda, tapi malas nak pikir. Semalam, dough aku just refused to rise. I was so frustrated. Rasa geram pun ada gak kat dough tu. I think I made a mistake of heating the milk to an almost boiling point. It should be luke warm not boiled! Tu la akibatnya bila banyak sangat benda yang dipikirkan.

I was supposed to make Apple Dumplings using crescent dough, tapi, since dough aku tak naik, terpaksa la aku scrap off the project. I'll try it again today. This time hopefully, menjadi. Petang semalam, lepas dough takmau naik, aku terus keluar, tinggalkan Shariff yang tengah tido dengan Makcik Ton. I thought the girls keluar at 4.30pm, punya la beria, pukul 4pm dah tunggu. Alih2, aku kena tunggu sejam lebih. 5.15pm baru Iffah keluar! Lama giler menunggu dalam kereta.

Iman pulak keluar pukul 6.15pm. So, aku pun ajak la Iffah ke Wangsa Walk dulu. I wanted to pick up the tickets for Transformer on Friday nanti. Luckily orang tak ramai beratur. Risau jugak kalau kena beratur panjang, takut terlambat ambik Iman from school. Lepas ambik tiket wayang, aku singgah Cold Storage, beli mascarpone cheese. K.Mei ordered 2 dozens of RVC on Saturday. Sampai kat sekolah KAFA, Iman dah tunggu depan sekolah, dia baru je habis the extra class.

Balik rumah, siap2, lepas maghrib, aku keluar dengan adik aku, Mas and the girls to Carrefour. Actually, lama betul aku tak beli groceries kat Carrefour. Selalunya beli kat Jusco je sebab malas nak bersesak dengan orang kat Carrefour. Aku cuma beli barang dalam list phamplets Carrefour je sebab barang2 tu memang murah betul. Tapi, beli barang dalam list pun, cost aku almost RM400. *sigh*..  Macam mana la those yang berpendapatan less than RM3k nak survive? I didnt even buy barang basah, tu semua barang kering.

Masa nak bayar groceries aku tu, I saw this one couple yang bawak 2 trolley penuh dengan Mi Sedaap. Satu bungkus Mi Sedaap is selling for RM2.39, which is cheaper by RM1.50 dari tempat lain. Aku rasa, couple tu borong more than 100 bungkus of Mi Sedaap. I wonder, apa la dia nak buat dengan Mi Sedaap yang banyak macam tu? I saw the couple bawak 2 orang anak about 1 year old and 3 year old. Takan bagi anak makan Mi Sedaap je kot? Or maybe dia berniaga Mi Sedaap? Musykil sungguh...

Cinnamon Buns

Cinnamon Buns

Adapted from Happy Flour

 

Ingredients
(Basic Sweet Buns Dough)
200g bread flour
100g plain flour
6g instant yeast
2 tbs sugar
140g milk - warm slightly
1 egg
1/2tsp salt
45g butter

1/2 tsp bread improver/softener (optional) - (I didnt add any and yes, my bread is not as soft, but I'm trying my best not to add additive to the food I prepared unless necessary)

Steps:
1. Combine all ingredients in a mixer, except butter.

2. Beat at medium speed until it form a dough and add in the butter.
3. Continue to beat until it form a smooth and elastic dough.
4. Cover the dough and let it prove for 45-60mins.
5. Flatten the dough on a lightly floured surface.

6. Divide dough into about 55g each portion and rest for another 10mins.
7. Shape into round ball and arrange it on a greased tray.
8. Cover and leave to prove for 45mins until it doubled in size.
9. Preheat oven to 190C.
10.Brush surface with milk and bake in a preheated oven for 10mins until buns is brown.
11.Remove buns from tin, brush surface with butter and cool on a wire rack.

Note: You can use this basic sweet buns dough to make any types of buns of your choice. I added 1 tsp of cinnamon to 1 cup of brown sugar and spread it on a flatten dough. Then I roll the dough before cutting it into few pieces and aranged it on a greased tray.