Chapter 118 Baked Buns and Bread
Take a handful of kindling, light the branches, and add some pieces of wood. In no time, the fire in the oven will be burning brightly.
The fire in the stove was burning, so I went back inside to prepare baked buns and cookies.
First, make the baked buns. Add an appropriate amount of salt, oil, and two eggs to the flour, knead into a dough, and let it rest for a while.
Cut the beef into small pieces, add pepper, cumin, and other seasonings. If you don't have onions, use a handful of chopped scallions instead. Mix well.
Cut the dough into small pieces, roll them out into wrappers, place a generous amount of beef filling in the center, and fold the buns into squares.
In a short while, a total of 16 baked buns were made.
Find two iron frying pans, remove the handles with a screwdriver, and use them as baking pans.
More than an hour had passed, and the flames in the oven had gone out, leaving only a few embers.
Brush oil on the bottom of two frying pans, and place the baked buns one by one on the pans.
Brush the surface with egg wash, sprinkle with white sesame seeds, and it's ready to bake.
First, use a clean shovel to push the ash and embers to the back of the stove. Then, push two trays of baked buns to the center and use an old cutting board to block the outside as a stove door.
The oven temperature is quite high, so bake for 20 minutes.
When the time came, quickly use the stove hook to pull out the two baking trays, block the stove door with a cutting board, put on two layers of thick gloves, and carry the two trays of baked buns back into the house.
It seems there was no mishap; the baked buns had an even golden-brown crust, sprinkled with a few sesame seeds, just like the ones sold outside.
Remove the baked buns from the baking pan and place them on a prepared porcelain plate.
Take the dough that has been proofing on the heated brick bed to the kitchen, knead it into a ball, cut it into small pieces, and roll each piece into a small ball.
Wash the baking pans clean, grease the bottoms again, coat the bottoms of the dough with honey and sesame seeds, then arrange them neatly in the two baking pans, cover with plastic wrap and let them rest for a while.
Take an appropriate amount of flour, crack in two eggs, add plenty of chopped green onions, a suitable amount of salt, sugar and black sesame seeds, mix thoroughly and pour into a plastic bag.
Fold the aluminum foil into the shape of a baking tray, grease the bottom, cut open a corner of the plastic bag, and squeeze the dough onto the aluminum foil one by one. A total of three trays of cookie dough were squeezed out.
The oven isn't as hot as it was before, so it's perfect for baking bread and cookies.
Place the two trays of small bread rolls and the three trays of small cookies into the oven one by one.
The baked buns have cooled down a bit now, so it's a good time to try them.
One bite reveals a crispy outer layer that even crumbles a little. As you bite into the bun, the hot steam from the beef filling bursts out from the small opening.
The aroma of beef is very strong, and with another bite, you can taste the beef filling.
The beef chunks are quite large, and the aroma of the seasonings and beef blend together, making them very fragrant and satisfying to chew. The taste is a bit different from authentic baked buns, but it's still very delicious.
Twenty minutes later, as soon as the cutting board was removed, a sweet and hot aroma wafted out of the oven.
Remove the cookies and bread from the oven one by one. The cookies and bread have been baked to a caramel color and are emitting an enticing aroma.
Bring it inside, and you can savor it slowly.
The bread rolls are very soft, with a crispy bottom, and the honey and white sesame seeds are mixed together, making them look mouthwatering.
It's been a long time since I've had fresh bread. I gently blow on it to cool it down and then take a bite of the crispy bottom crust.
The oil, honey, and white sesame seeds at the bottom are toasted to release a rich honey aroma. After a few chews, the honey will seep out of the bread, leaving your entire mouth feeling fragrant and sweet.
I squinted my eyes contentedly; this was simply the best honey bread I had ever eaten.
After finishing the sesame seeds and honey at the bottom, I stuffed the rest of the bread into my mouth in one bite. It was rich in milky flavor, fluffy and soft, and absolutely delicious.
The bottom of the foil was greased, and the cookies didn't stick completely to it; they came off easily with a gentle pry.
I popped the cookies into my mouth, and the salty and sweet flavors mixed with the aroma of scallions were incredibly crispy. The more I chewed, the more fragrant they became. Freshly baked snacks for watching TV were much tastier than all the other snacks I had left in stock.
Go to the basement and find a few empty small plastic jars, which were used to store cookies. Peel the cookies off the baking tray one by one and put them in the jars to eat later.
The small bread rolls were also put into a plastic bag and placed together with the small cookies.
The dogs had never smelled this baked dessert before, and they were so tempted that they were running around in circles. I broke two small bread rolls into pieces, and each dog got half to taste.
The oven still had some residual heat, so I threw in a couple of handfuls of hazelnuts to roast.
Once they're almost done baking, put them in three plastic containers.
All the containers were scrubbed clean, and the ashes in the oven were shoveled out and thrown away, so the cleaning was finally done.
Clean up, wash off the smell of cooking oil, and close the gates and doors.
I put a jar of hazelnuts, a jar of cookies, and two small bread rolls on the coffee table, then brewed some expired coffee and began my enjoyment for the day.
I rewatched "My Sunshine" while peeling and eating hazelnuts. The nuts were crunchy in my mouth, which was perfect for watching a sweet drama.
It's true that love is always sweeter when you see other people in it.
Four dogs sat around the sofa, keeping me company while I watched TV. Although they were supposed to be keeping me company while I watched TV, their eyes were fixed on the food.
Even if it's just a tiny crumb on the ground, Xiao Gua will lick it up, and he won't stop until he's licked the ground spotless.
Seeing his pathetic state, I finally couldn't resist. I ate all the honey bread rolls, the sweet honey and sesame base, and broke the rest into pieces to feed the four dogs.
In this home, the distribution of the dogs' rights is somewhat unfair. For example, Xiao Di is the only one who has the right to lie on my lap and watch TV with me.
When I was little, even the third and fourth children had rights, but after growing up and rolling around in chicken droppings with my little one, I completely took those rights back.
Unable to eat any more, he patted the empty space next to the sofa, and Xiao Di climbed up on his own. While stroking the dog's head, he listened to He Yichen questioning Zhao Mosheng about whether he wanted him to be a mistress who couldn't be seen in public in China.
Seeing He Yichen's expression, as if he wanted to be her lover, made me burst out laughing, and I couldn't help but toss Xiao Di two cookies.
Seeing this, Xiao Gua snorted coldly, lay down on the ground sulking, and stopped looking at the snacks on the coffee table.
Realizing he was being too biased, he could only feed each dog a small biscuit.
One cookie wasn't even enough to fill Xiaogua's teeth, but after eating it, he wasn't angry anymore and continued to drool while staring at the cookie jar.
Dogs are more entertaining than TV dramas.
I'm tired of sitting, and I've had enough of watching dramas, so I wipe my mouth and go to my desk to write in my diary.
Looking at the calendar, it's almost Chinese New Year again.
Although I'm amazed at how fast time flies, I still look forward to the New Year. This year is different from previous years; it's the first Spring Festival after the extreme cold ended and the climate returned to normal.
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