Recipe Book! : D

I went to my local Borders today because they're closing *cries*, but I picked up this cute book for about $10! I'm not sure how I'm going to organize it, since there are four sections. I'm thinking something along the lines of Cakes, Cookies, Sweets and Yummy Treats, and Pastries. I'm still not quite sure what to do with it yet.

I also bought a treat related book that I'll probably share on my craft blog, which I should really update. xD

OK, this is real melonpan

When I told my friend I was going to make melonpan, he gave me the recipe in the last post. Of course, that's NOT real melonpan. xD So I ended up making the real thing to give my family.

There are two reasons I decided to make this recipe. One, because I found the recipe on a YouTube channel called Cooking with Dog, and it looked simple enough to try. Also, when I showed my mother, who has been working like a dog in the past month, she told me she wanted to try it, so I decided to make it for her. Originally, it was going to be a surprise, but she found out anyway. And I even made sure she took a piece for lunch, because I know she gets so busy that she skips her lunch sometimes.

Gathering ingredients was easy. Except the dry milk powder used in the video. I had to buy a large box, for 1/4 tbs. Let's just say I'll be able to make lots of melonpan in the coming future. The yeast used in the recipe wasn't hard to find either, as I made bread back in November for thanksgiving. Other than that, I had the rest of the ingredients waiting at home.

The recipe used in Cooking with Dog was a direct Japanese recipe translated to English. The only problem was the measurements were still Japanese. So I had to estimate all of my measurements. Which resulted in sticky cookie dough, and bread dough that took much longer to make due to an unknown amount of flour. And when I threw the bread in the microwave to ferment, it baked slightly, so I could not use it.

When these two pieces failed me, I wondered what I could do. I googled another recipe, this time with translated measurements, and the results were much better. : ) There were a few things I tweaked from the original, like I didn't add as much flour because my bread dough was barely able to hold what it already had, and I forgot to add the vanilla extract to the cookie dough. I also followed some of the instructions from the video, which turned out fine. Even with these changes, accidental or not, the result was great. Even if I ran out of cookie dough.

Links:
Cooking with Dog- Melonpan
The recipe I used with English measurements

This is what we call "Melon Pan"

This is a bit of a preview for the next update. xD

Welcome to my baking blog!!

(I guarantee I will use the title somewhere in this post)
At least for now, that is what it is. xD I have decided to transition to a baking blog, where I show off the creative and tasty treats I have cooked up lately. Right now, I have many things to show off, but not a whole lot of pictures. Therefore, I suppose this post will have to do. : ) But I'm looking forward to sharing my culinary creations (ha, there it is)!! I will post recipes sometimes, and how I tackled them. So enjoy!!