Suum Cuique

'Mom! Is that char siu? Can I have some char siu??'
'Mom!! I'm hungry. Can I have some char siu with noodles?'
'Mom! Later can we buy some doughnuts? I want to eat doughnuts.'

Mom leaves the computer to prepare food for the pesky kid. Boils water to cook pasta. While waiting for the water to boil, she starts measuring ingredients for the doughnut batter.

Chucks spaghetti into the boiling water. Melts butter and mixes it with milk and egg. Sifts the flour, baking powder and custard flour 3 times. Turns on the oven to preheat.

Lights up the stove. Throws siew yoke into hot pan. Sautes with some sugar and garlic. Sploshes in some soya sauce. Transfers spaghetti from pot to pan. A quick stirfry and lunch is done.

Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a fork for the doughnut batter. Spoon batter 1/2 full into doughnut pan. Bonk pan into oven and bake for 8 minutes. Wash up while waiting. Remove, place on wire rack and dust with cinnamon-laced icing sugar.

Boy, remember this 20 years from now when I need you to take me to the bank/hospital/so-and-so's house. And no backtalk from you, y'hear?


Mini Doughnuts

80 g Plain flour
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tbsp custard flour

50 g sugar
1/4 tsp. salt

75 ml. fresh milk
1 large egg
30 g melted butter

Sift dry ingredients 3 times.
Mix the wet ingredients, then add sugar and salt and stir until sugar dissolves.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and quickly and lightly mix to bind everything together. Do not overmix. Fill doughnut tray 1/2 full and bake at 190C for 8 minutes.

Labels: baked donuts, donuts