Buttermilk Banana Bread

This is one of those baked goods that's more forgiving and easy to make.
All you need is a bowl and a fork and you can mix this by hand.
It's fast, easy and yummy. And it freezes well.
I use silicon modes to make bit size treats and freeze anything I want to keep for later

Buttermilk Banana Bread

Makes 12 normal size cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 40g buttermilk
• 40g vegetable oil
• 1 big banana, mashed
• 105g brown sugar
• 105g all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional, can be replaced by pecans as well)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and prepare your pans (either parchment paper or oil/flour them)
2. Mash the banana.
3. Add the egg, buttermilk and oil to the banana and mix.
4. In another bowl, sift together the sugar, flour, baking soda and salt and mix.
5. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
6. Pour into prepared pans. Add nuts to each individual cupcake to guarantee nuts in every bite. 
7. For cupcake size, bake for 20 to 25 mins or until cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean.
8. Remember to completely cool before you freeze. 

Buttermilk Waffle

So my brother picked me up from work the other day and when we were talking about what we're going to do on the weekend and what to buy at the grocery store, we somehow ended up at waffles.
Luckily, I was able to borrow my friend's waffle maker to satisfy our cravings.

This was the first time we made waffles at home and I wanted something very fluffy but crisp.
Looked up several recipes, made some adjustments and it was so yummy.

This base recipe makes 4 batches of the waffles in the waffle machine I used.

Buttermilk Waffle

Makes 8 Waffles, Prep Time 10 mins Cook Time 10 mins

Ingredients

• 124g flour (Because I have unbleached all purpose flour, I did a half and half mix between that and cake flour)
• 1 tbsp Brown Sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 16 g melted butter
• 1 eggs (separated)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Mix the dry ingredients together.
2. Separate the egg and add the yolk and vanilla into the buttermilk and mix.
3. Whip the egg white to stiff peak.
4. Add the dry ingredient to the buttermilk mixture and mix well.
5. Fold in the egg whites using the whisk so you don't loose too much air.
6. Use a 1/3 measuring cup to scoop the batter into the waffle iron.
7. Follow waffle maker instruction and cook until it's golden brown

Tips: At first, I tried to pour the mixture into the waffle iron but I found that the batter either overflowed because I poured too much or there were holes because I couldn't spread it well enough at a fast rate.
Using the scoop allowed us to spread the batter better so it helped eliminate the holes.

Cranberry Buttermilk Scones

I love baking with buttermilk. I find buttermilk baked goods to have awesome moisture as well as flavour.

Since buttermilk comes in 1 L cartons, whenever I buy it to bake 1 item, I end up baking a whole bunch of items to use it all up.

This scone recipe is very easy and fast to make.

They turn out moist and fluffy and helps me use up the buttermilk :)

Usually I always measure out the ingredients by weight but I find that it's not necessary for the scones

Just need measuring cups, spoons, a fork and a bowl to make the scones

Ingredients

3 cups all purpose flour 

1/3 cup Brown sugar 

2 1/2tsp baking powder 

3/4 salt 

1/2 tsp baking Soda 

3/4 cup cold butter (170.25g) 

1 cup buttermilk 

1 cup dried cranberries 

1tsp grated orange peel (Optional)

Directions

1. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl 

2. Cut in butter until crumbly 

3. Gently stir in buttermilk until just combined 

4. Fold in cranberries and orange peel

5. Turn onto table and make 2 6in disks or make them into 4 smaller disks

6. Put them on a pan and cut each into 6 wedges but leave them together. 

7. Brush with buttermilk and sprinkle sugar on top. The sugar is optional. I typically don't add it but it can add a nice crunch. 

8. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 mins or until golden brown. The smaller disk will cook faster.