Chapter 115: Trying to make bread multiple times...
Chapter 115
The Lin Mujin sisters ordered the first product, and then tried making bread.
Cousin Lin has already used a dough mixer to mix two doughs with high-gluten flour, eggs, milk powder, water, sugar, dry yeast and butter, and covered them with a damp cloth to let them rise at room temperature.
"Sister, do you know how to use a noodle blender?" Lin Mujin asked.
Cousin Lin checked the dough's progress. "If there's anything you don't know how to do, there are only three settings. But you can't use high at first, or the flour will fly out. You have to use low to knead the flour together first, and then you can add the butter faster."
Lin Mujin was curious. "The book I bought also teaches how to use a noodle blender?"
Cousin Lin shook her head. "No, I just came up with it. I don't know if it will work. But it says to mix the dough, pat it and knead it for a while before adding the butter, so there's nothing wrong with me adding it later."
Lin Mujin nodded, "Yes!"
Cousin Lin sighed, "This round bread needs to rise twice, and this toast needs to rise three times. It's even more troublesome than making steamed buns."
Lin Mujin continued to nod, "Yes!"
"It's almost the first time."
Cousin Lin took out the dough and started dividing it into portions.
"Let's not weigh this, just go by the feel."
Lin Mujin was not that rigorous either, mainly because she didn't have an electronic kitchen scale, and using a small copper scale was a bit troublesome.
Rolling the dough for ordinary bread into a round shape is no difficulty for Cousin Lin. Place it on a baking tray and continue to rise until it doubles in size.
In addition, the dough for making toast is pressed into a pancake by hand, stretched into a long oval by hand, rolled up from the beginning, and placed on a tray to continue to rise.
"Sister, we have to wait for another half an hour. Let's do something else." Lin Mujin said.
This time I plan to make thick egg and vegetable pancakes.
Still use the same ingredients as before, but this time you need a mold.
"Sister, I told you to do it. Put a little more oil on the iron plate, put in the fence, just one, scoop in the egg and vegetable liquid, put a little more, this is a thicker version, fry both sides until golden brown, then remove the fence. Sister, put a spatula in the middle to let the hot oil in to prevent the middle from being undercooked. When it's almost done, take it out and put it on the wire mesh to control the oil. Then use the fence to fry an egg, put the egg and vegetable pancake on the egg, take it out and put hot sauce and tomato sauce on it. That's it."
Lin Mujin took the chopsticks and said, "Sister, scoop out a few small pieces."
I picked up a piece and put it in my mouth. It was a little hot, but the taste was okay.
"It's not as good as the toast one, it's not nearly as good."
It is true that there is no harm without comparison.
Cousin Lin ate two pieces and said, "It's actually not bad."
Lin Mujin had eaten egg and vegetable pancakes in her previous life and remembered that they were amazing. She wondered if she hadn’t made them well or if they had a unique recipe.
He shook his head and said, "Forget about this product."
Cousin Lin consoled him, "Don't you have others?"
Lin Mujin sighed, "I was planning to use this as the main attraction, otherwise I wouldn't have spent so much money on the fence, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this. I also prepared seaweed rice rolls, but there's no rice here. I plan to try it again when I get home. Now let's make daifuku."
In order to try making this, she brought the iron pot and steamer from home.
Cousin Lin asked, "Is it difficult?"
Lin Mujin shook her head, "It's not difficult."
Cousin Lin said, "Then you should tell me to do it."
"First, boil water in a wok. Since we don't have pure milk, we'll use powdered milk and water. Weigh it; it's about 160 grams, excluding the bowl." Lin Mujin calculated the proportions in her mind. "Add 30 grams of sugar, 30 grams of corn starch, and 150 grams of glutinous rice flour. The ratio of corn starch to glutinous rice flour can be anywhere from 1:4 to 1:5. Also, there should be more flour than milk. Stir well. This must be passed through a stopper. I searched several stores before buying a fine stopper."
At this time, the steamer on the iron pot was already emitting white smoke. "Auntie, you can put the large bowl directly into the steamer and cover it with a plate to prevent the steam from falling back. It needs to be steamed for 25 minutes. If there is a lot of flour, add more time. You can open the lid and check it. Use a spatula to lift the flour. If there is still white flour core, it means it is not cooked yet. Steam it for a few more minutes. Auntie, let it steam. I will check the time. The bread is almost ready for the second proofing."
Cousin Lin muttered to herself as she wrote down the steps. "The steps aren't difficult, but I'm worried I won't be able to grasp the quantities right away. This small scale won't be useful when I make larger quantities in the future."
While muttering to himself, he had already started working with his hands. He smeared egg liquid on the proofed round bread, rolled out the rolled dough again, and put it into a special toast box, which could hold five dough pieces, for the third proofing.
"This round one is ready to bake. Bake at 200 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes."
Lin Mujin helped to adjust the temperature. It was the first time for both of them to use an oven, so they were learning by trial and error.
Fortunately, Lin Mujin had asked about the Chinese characters for the buttons in advance, and there were Arabic numerals on them, so she could still use them by guessing.
“I hope it will be successful at once!”
Lin Mujin bowed towards the oven, meaning to ask it to give her some face.
But now all we can do is wait.
I picked up a random topic and said, "Auntie, hamburgers, egg and vegetable sandwiches, seaweed rice rolls, and daifuku—that's only four items. Isn't that a little too much?"
Cousin Lin said, "There are only two types of food trucks at the beginning. I think we shouldn't have too many at once. I'm afraid we won't be able to handle them all."
Lin Mujin thought about it and agreed, but said, "I have another super delicious drink, but that requires the refrigerator, so I can't make it for now."
Cousin Lin said, "That's such a hassle."
Lin Mujin said, "I'm going to make coffee with milk cap, which will definitely be popular among the white-collar ladies here. I'm now considering whether to buy a refrigerator."
Cousin Lin said, "You're still buying a refrigerator? Don't you already have one at home? You must have spent a lot of money recently."
Lin Mujin instinctively clutched her chest; the thought of money pained her. "But it's a necessary expense. When I get home, I'll make the coffee milk cap, and you'll see how delicious it is. Besides, the milk cap has other uses."
But cousin Lin said, "Drinking coffee at night, you won't want to sleep."
Lin Mujin was completely choked. Her family all had the choking gene. Before, it was her cousin Lin, and now it was her cousin Lin. "Everyone try a bite, it won't work that well."
She didn't buy any good coffee, so she just bought a few packets of instant coffee.
"Oops, it's steamer time!"
Lin Mujin quickly turned off the fire and opened the steamer. "Shh! It's hot."
The plate is hot.
Cousin Lin put on anti-scalding gloves, which were also one of the gifts from the foreign trade company, and said, "I'll do it."
Lin Mujin watched as her cousin Lin lifted the plate and used a spatula to cut the noodles. When there was no white center, it was cooked.
"Sister, add butter." Lin Mujin measured thirty grams with a copper scale.
Throw it directly into the noodles, and cousin Lin helps by stirring with a spatula.
When the butter is almost absorbed and the bowl is no longer too hot to touch, put it into the noodle blender.
"Sister, which speed should we use?" asked cousin Lin.
Lin Mujin thought for a moment and said, "How about medium speed?"
Anyway, it's all experimental.
She remembered that the videos were all about hand kneading, and she could see how fast the hand speed could be.
But not everyone has the speed to stay single for thirty years.
The two of them stared at the noodle mixer and could see that the dough was becoming smoother and smoother.
"Almost done." Lin Mujin stopped, took out the still warm sticky dough and placed it on the steel plate.
Lin Mujin checked again, stretching the dough with both hands. The glove film was clearly visible but not broken. "Sister, we're done."
If you have a refrigerator, you can refrigerate it so that it will be more elastic.
I want to buy a refrigerator.
Now it can only be put aside.
Now it's time to bake the bread.
The sisters looked at each other and could see that the other was a little nervous.
Lin Mujin cleared her throat and said, "Don't be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success."
Cousin Lin chuckled and said, "Don't talk nonsense."
Finally, the oven was opened and the aroma of bread wafted out.
"It's done!" Lin Mujin couldn't help but took a big breath.
Cousin Lin put on scald-proof gloves and pulled out the baking tray. "It's a bit..."
Lin Mujin added, "That's too much."
Cousin Lin sighed, "I just followed the book, why..."
Lin Mujin thought for a moment and said, "This is a large oven with plenty of firepower. The one mentioned in the book is probably a household oven."
Cousin Lin asked, "What should we do then?"
Lin Mujin said, "Next time, try the upper and lower heat at 195 degrees, or the upper and lower heat at 200 degrees, and bake for fourteen minutes."
Cousin Lin nodded and took note. "Okay. Let's try again later."
The bread wasn't so hot anymore. Lin Mujin picked up one, flattened it, and it quickly bounced back. "Sister, it's a little overcooked, but otherwise it's fine."
She tore open the top crust and took a bite. "Sister, it's quite delicious. Very soft and fluffy. It meets my expectations."
Cousin Lin was surprised. "Really? I'll try one too...it really is! It tastes pretty good! This is my first time making it, haha..."
The two discussed it again to see if there was anything that could be improved.
Lin Mujin suggested sprinkling some white sesame seeds on the surface, which would make it taste better.
At this time, the toast has finished its third rise and can be put into the oven.
The book says to bake at 230 degrees Celsius for top heat and 250 degrees Celsius for bottom heat, and bake for 25 minutes.
After research, the two sisters decided to bake at 225 degrees Celsius for the upper heat and 245 degrees Celsius for the lower heat, and bake for 25 minutes.
Cousin Lin clasped her hands together and said, "This must succeed."
Lin Mujin was also a little nervous, but not too much, because she was mentally prepared for many attempts.
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