Lao Gan Ma chilli and Cheddar Bread

So I decided to top up black pepper, garlic and Orion powder...

New love found!

My First and Only Bread Maker

Dear surprised me by going ahead to get me a bread maker, despite my rejection when he first asked about it.

Well, it was huge as I thought. It looks professional just like the bread toaster which I bought 8 years ago and used like less than 8 times... Oh and by the way, dear called that my white elephant.

Okay, back to my birthday present. Dear is full of ideas. Who would thought of a bread maker? Considering that I "could" make bread from scratch... Though it often ended up as hard as a rock that could possibly kill if thrown at someone.

It was certainly a fun experience for me (but not for my kids) running a first trial, heating it all up for our very first time. Thanks to them being so anxious, a little competitive over who does what... And me, being over protective towards my present from dear. Oops! Sorry kids.

So the one hour bread turned out to be three hours instead the moment when I misread the manual. An hour was for rapid bake, while sweet bread would be a normal 3 hours and beyond thingy... Still, it's considered fast as all I need to do is to get the perfect measurements and put them into the baking tray. Everything else was neatly (plus reliably) done by my new helper found - Kenwood BM450.

Volah! Meet my first bread maker product... What was it called? According to the recipe book provided, the Brioche Bread!

It was irresistible. Moist on the inside, thinly crispy at its light crust... The perfect balance between sweet and salty. Too bad I started it late, or dear and the kids would be able to try it when it's freshly out from the oven. 

The next on my checklist would be chocolate bread... Quick white bread... So looking forward to our breakfast! Wow :)

And here comes the Chocolate Bread... Seriously, this is a MUST try. So moist.... so soft!!!

I made 750g size as I need to bring some for my colleagues to try on the following day. See the pic above, it's so tall, covering my entire chopping board! For a record, they remained soft after three days! And they were 100% finished!

No pictures for the rapid white bread as it wasn't nice at all... going to cross it out from my future baking.

I improvised coffee bread from the chocolate bread recipe, making a 500g smaller version. It was superb! Simply yummilicous! I got the same texture (soft and moist), plus the coffee aroma... woOoOO~*

Next on my list would be some tea bread.... Earl Grey? Rose? MUhhahha~* Looking forward...