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Perfect Cookie Recipe Tip 2 Forming

Perfect Cookie Recipe Tip 2 Forming

Stay home doesn’t have to be boring level up your baking skills
#self-isolation #stayhome #bakingskill #bakeoff

Stay at home and stay safe. Practising social distancing doesn’t have to be boring. Join us and bake some tasty cookies and treats to brighten up your day. Keep your self occupied and enjoy healthy homemade dessert. It is one of the best ways to prevent getting any illlness, stay healthy, stay happy and stay indoor (for now).

Here, we will introduce another great tip for you to bake the tastiest delicious cookie. Take this staycation to upgrade your baking skills. You can get plenty of practise before Christmas this year.

A great dough is just the first step to a perfectly shaped cookie. Here we will introduce some tips and techniques to help you form your cookies exactly the way you imagine it should be like (or on recipe blogs).

Tips

Drop Cookies
Always portion off a measurement of dough anywhere from 1 tablespoon to 1/4 cup.
Roll it between your hands to form a ball.
Always space them evenly on parchment paper!

Utilize Your Fridge
For recipes that require slice-and-bake recipes, they typically yield a large number of cookies.
Always keep a portion in the fridge while forming cookies from another portion.
Do not leave the entire portion out, they will become too soft and sticky. Making it hard to work with and likely to turn out into misshapen cookies.

Equipments

  1. Mixer

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Perfect Cookie Recipe Tip 1 Mixing

Perfect Cookie Recipe Tip 1 Mixing

stress baking during self-quarantine use these tips
#social-distancing #stress-baking #self-isolation #cooking-tip

We know that this pandemic has changed our lives in a matter of days. For now, the most important thing for all of us to do is to stay home, practise social distancing, and stay healthy.

Now is a good time to pick up some old hobbies or start a new one, since we are stuck indoors all the time. This is the perfect time to try some new baking, juicing recipes. Baking is one of the most healthy stress-relieving activities indoor, who wouldn’t want to watch Netflix with gourmet cookie scented floating around in your living room?

We will be sharing with you a serious of baking techniques to help you be the best #stayhome cook during this harsh time. And most importantly have fun!

Here are Ventray’s Favourite Cookie Baking Techniques
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Tips

Creaming Using Stand Mixer
Adding softened butter and sugar to your stand mixer, using medium speed, mix until ingredients are creamy, pale and fluffy.
Then you add in eggs to the mixture (always add egg one at a time), followed by dry ingredients. Toppings are always added into the mixture last.

Creaming method accomplishes two things: (1) makes the butter malleable, this allows the other ingredients to blend in more easily.
(2)Sugar crystals act as an extra beater, incorporate air into butter, these air pockets will expand during the baking process.

Reverse Creaming
When you want tender but sturdy cookies (like the ones sold in your local bakery), you also want a minimal rise and flat top. This is also what you want for your holiday cookies, or any cookie you intend to decorate and glaze.
Start by combining all the dry ingredients, butter coats the flour particles, minimizing gluten development for a tender, crumbly texture. Since the butter is not mixed with sugar, it creates fewer air pockets, which leads to less rise and sturdier cookie.

By Hand
Melted butter helps to create chewy cookies. Once butter is melted, the water in it can freely interact with the flour to develop gluten (this gives the cookie a better chewy taste).
Stir together melted butter with dry ingredients, use your hands to vigorously mix the ingredients in a bowl.

Equipments

  1. Mixer

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Marble Chocolate Banana Cake

Marble Chocolate Banana Cake

Moist, tender with a rich chocolate taste, a total upgrade to your typical banana bread, I am Banana’s over you
#baking #cake #dessert

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • ½ cup canola oil
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs room temperature
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 ½ cup mashed fresh ripe banana
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon and salt
  • 1 cup sour cream room temperature
  • 4 oz melted chocolate at room temperature
  • Handful of semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • Icing sugar

Directions

  1. Add butter, oil, sugar into Ventray Stand Mixer, beat over medium high speed for 8 minutes or until very light colour forms
  2. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then beat in vanilla. Gradually add in banana, scrap down sides of the bowl and beat until well mixed.
  3. Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt
  4. Slowly add in flour mixture into butter mixture, alternating with sour cream
  5. Split half of the banana batter, blend in the chocolate mixture into one of the batter and mix well
  6. Dollop half of plain batter followed by the chocolate batter, then top it off with plain batter; swirl to create marble texture.

Oven Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F, bake for about 35-40mins or until top springs back and tooth pick test comes out clean.
  2. Remove from oven, let it cool for about 15mins before transferring to rack, sprinkle icing sugar and serve.

Equipments

  1. Mixer
  2. Mini Muffin Loaf Pans

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Summer Time Mix Fruit Milkshake

Summer time mix fruit milkshake

Switch up from a fruit punch or cocktail to a mix fruit milkshake
#summer #milkshake #dessert

Ingredients

  • Pineapple, banana, orange, apple, kiwi, papaya, grapefruit
  • Honey or agave
  • 1 cup of frozen yogourt

Directions

  1. Prep and peel all fruits accordingly.
  2. Add fruit chunks into Ventray blender
  3. Add in preferred sweetener and frozen yogourt (can substitute with ice cream)
  4. Blend with Ventray blender until completely smooth and creamy.

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Banana Milkshake

Banana Milkshake

For a healthier version of this milkshake, substitute ice cream for frozen yogourt.
#Smoothie

Ingredients

  • 250ml milk
  • 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
  • 2 frozen bananas
  • 50ml double cream
  • pinch of cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • Dried banana chips
  • Caramel syrup
  • Chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Add all ingredients into Ventray Pro 600 blender, blend using speed 3 or 3 minutes or until smooth in texture
  2. Pour into serving glass, add banana chips, drizzle caramel syrup and top it off with chocolate chips

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Blueberry Lemon Loaf Cake

Blueberry Lemon Loaf Cake

Easy delicious blueberry loaf cake, so good you can’t resist
#bakeoff #dessert

Ingredients

  • 1½ cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ cup whole milk
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • 2 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1½ cups blueberries
  • 1 lemon zest and juice

Directions

  1. Mix together dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt
  2. In Ventray Stand Mixer bowl, cream sugar, butter and lemon zest
  3. Add in milk and eggs into Ventray Stand Mixer bowl, mix until well combined
  4. Slowly add in flour mixture and lemon juice in batches, whisk until well combined
  5. Fold in blueberries and lemon zest with a spatula
  6. Pour batter into baking pan, sprinkle blueberries on top

Oven Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, adjust oven rack to the middle position
  2. Line and grease loaf pan
  3. Bake for 45-55 mins, rotating half way through baking
  4. Test with a toothpick to see if its ready
  5. Remove from oven, let it cool for 10 minutes, transfer and cool completely on wire rack

Equipments

  1. 8″ loaf pan
  2. Parchment paper
  3. Spatula
  4. Mixer

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Berries and Pomegranate Smoothie Bowl

Berries and Pomegranate Smoothie Bowl

You know you are dying to try this camera-worthy breakfast recipe
#Smoothie

Ingredients

  • 1 container (6oz) original yogourt, 2% or 5% your choice
  • 1 cup frozen raspberries
  • 1 cup frozen strawberry
  • ½ cup pomegranate juice
  • 1 tablespoon of pomegranate seeds
  • Coconut shreds and granola

Smoothie bowls are one of those trendy delicious recipes that you must try with your family. Its simple and easy to make with our Ventray blender, its more filling and a healthier way to start your morning on a light breakfast.

Directions

  1. In your Ventray blender, add yogourt, berries, and pomegranate juice
  2. Use smoothie function on your Ventray blender, blend ingredients until evenly blended
  3. Serve in a large bowl, garnish with fresh raspberries, pomegranate seeds, shredded coconut and granola

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Oatmeal Loaf

Oatmeal Loaf

Brown sugar, spice, oat and dates, a sweet loaf of goodness
#bakeoff  #dessert #breakfast

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pints strawberries, chopped
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 cup Greek yogourt
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • 1/3 cup fresh mixed berries

Directions

  1. Mix the dry ingredients: flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon, salt together
  2. In Ventray Stand Mixer bowl, whisk together brown sugar, granulated sugar, milk, butter, vanilla extract and eggs over medium speed
  3. Add in dry ingredients gradually in batches, mix until just combined
  4. Fold in dates with a spatula
  5. Pour batter into baking pan

Oven Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Line and grease baking pan with parchment paper
  3. Adjust oven rack to the middle position
  4. Bake for. 45-55 mins, rotating half way through baking
  5. Test with a tooth pick for readiness
  6. Remove from oven, cool for 10 minutes, transfer to wire rack to cool completely

Equipments

  1. 8′ Loaf Pan
  2. Parchment Paper
  3. Mixer

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Breakfast Yogourt Popsicles

Breakfast Yogourt Popsicles

Want to skip breakfast and go straight to dessert during these hot summer mornings? Try out our breakfast yogourt popsicles.
#dessert #Healthy

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pints strawberries, chopped
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 cup Greek yogourt
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • 1/3 cup fresh mixed berries

Directions

  1. Combine strawberries and sugar in saucepan, over medium low heat stirring gently bring it to simmer for about 5 minutes.
  2. Add Greek yogourt, milk, honey, and berries into Ventray blender, secure lid.
  3. Blend until completely smooth, using speed 4 for about 1 minute
  4. The yogourt should be thick but pourable. If it’s too watery, add more yogourt, if it is too thick add a bit more milk
  5. Pour a layer of strawberry mixture into popsicle mould, than add a generous layer of yogourt mixture followed by another layer of strawberry mixture, continue until mould is filled up.
  6. Insert popsicle stick, freeze until solid for at least 6 hours or over night

Equipments

  1. Blender
  2. Saucepan
  3. Popsicle mould

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Buttery Crunch Bar

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Buttery Crunch Bar

These freshly baked buttery crunchy chocolate bars are the best snack for a lazy staying home weekend.
#breakfast #baking #healthy

Directions

  1. Beat butter brown sugar, granulated sugar in Ventray Stand Mixer for about 5 minutes over medium to high speed, until light and fluffy.
  2. Gradually add in egg, vanilla, occasionally scrapping down all sides of Ventray mixer bowl
  3. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; gradually add this into the butter mixture, beat over medium speed until well mixed.
  4. Stir in chopped toffee bars and chocolate, almond chips
  5. 5.Prepare a 9inch square baking pan, grease and line with parchment paper, then add in the mixture.

Oven Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325F
  2. Bake for 30-45 minutes or until golden
  3. Cool on rack before cutting into squares

Equipments

  1. Mixer

Ingredients

  1. ½ cup unsalted butter. room temperature
  2. ½ cup packed brown sugar
  3. ¼ cup granulated sugar
  4. 1 large egg at room temperature
  5. 1 tsp vanilla
  6. 1 cup all purpose flour
  7. ½ tsp baking powder
  8. ¼ tsp baking soda
  9. Pinch of salt
  10. 1¼ cup chopped chocolate toffee bars
  11. 100g almond chips or chunks
  12. ½ cup chocolate chips

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