Hokkaido milk bread – Terrific Japanese sandwich bread

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When you hear the word Hokkaido milk bread, most people would think of bread made with Hokkaido pumpkin. It isn’t, though. It is the softest, most fluffy bread made with wheat flour you will ever try. It’s not brioche bread because there is no butter in the recipe. So to enrich the dough, we add egg and whipping cream. That will help with flavor and retain the moisture in the bread. This is my recipe for Hokkaido milk bread.

This bread is known by many names: Japanese milk bread, Asian milk bread, Shokupan, Pai Bao, and Tangzhong milk bread. Whatever the name, this is the best and most fluffy bread you will ever make.

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German Pretzel Buns Recipe

German Pretzel buns – Amazing rolls you will love

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German pretzel buns are super easy to make. They don’t require the pretty technical shaping that the regular pretzels do. This is my German pretzel bun recipe, and I really think you should try it.

The crust is dark and chewy and the crumb is light and fluffy. They are perfect as a snack with an ice-cold beer or a dinner roll for a dish like Hungarian goulash.

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Homemade bacon

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Let us just agree: bacon is divine. When they talk about ambrosia in Greek mythology, I have always imagined the Gods eating bacon.

Here back on earth it can be used to spice up many things, as you can also see in many of my recipes: bacon jam, mushroom ravioli, sausage cabonara and chicken and mushroom pie. I could quite possibly be a bacon geek 😉

Here is my take on how you make a homemade bacon. It is so easy that you will wonder why you never made it at home before.

Various geek equipment can, of course, be used to make this. Like a vacuum sealer and a smoking oven. You can add something called prague powder #1 to protect against bacteria. If you are going to be smoking you will need some smoking chips (hickory of course), but if you think that sounds too complicated you can finish the bacon in the oven covering it in liquid smoke. It is actually surprisingly authentic.

It can all be done without specialist equipment and ingredients.

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Homemade sugar free blackcurrant jam

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Just because you are diabetic does not mean you do not crave something sweet once in a while.

A generous scoop of homemade sugar-free blackcurrant jam on top of your cheese sandwich is, fortunately, more or less guilt-free. Berries do not have a lot of natural sugar (percentage-wise) and if you sweeten your jam with a sweetener that does not affect your blood sugar, it is a great deal. It is also a great way for non-diabetics to keep down their sugar intake down.

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