Cherry Muffins

2 cups all-purpose flour

2/3 cup sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 Tbsp lemon zest

1 egg

3/4 cup milk

1/3 cup canola oil

1 tsp vanilla extract

14.5 oz (411g) can red tart cherries, drained

Preheat oven to 375F and place paper liners into 12-cup muffin pan.

In a medium bowl, mix together dry ingredients (flour, sugar, bp, salt and lemon zest) and set aside. In a large bowl whisk egg, milk, oil and vanilla. Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, constantly whisking until all ingredients are well combined. Do not overmix. Fold in drained cherries. Fill the muffin cups to the top and bake for 25-30 minutes or until nice and brown.

Yield: 12 muffins.

Sweet Rolls

...soft, flaky and easy to make...

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 stick (113g) unsalted butter (room temperature)

1 Tbsp sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 envelope (7g) active dry yeast

1/4 cup warm water

pinch of salt

jam of your choice

Cut butter into small pieces and mix it with flour (mix by hand or in food processor). Add sugar, vanilla, yeast and salt and mix until ingredients are combined. Slowly and gradually add water until your dough shapes into a ball. Dough should be hard and stay together if not add a bit more water. Wrap it up with the cling wrap (clear plastic wrap) and put in the fridge for at least 2 hrs.

Remove from the fridge and divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Roll out each piece into a circle about 0.5 cm in thickness (it should be thin). Divide into 8 wedges and place a small amount of jam onto each wedge (on the wide side close to the edge). (You can dip your finger into cold water and run it along the edges so the rolls stay together during baking) Roll them up from the wide side and put them into prepared cookie sheet (line it with parchment paper) pointed side down. Bake on 350F for about 15 to 20min or when the edges start to brown. While they are warm, roll them in powdered sugar, let them cool and enjoy.

FBI rukavice: Dvi ribe, dva kumpira

Ovoga mjeseca u igrici FBI rukavice istrazuje se Brankin blog Dvi ribe, dva kumpira koji je pun recepata i slika za koje imam samo rijeci pohvale.

Davno sam "bacila" oko na Brankin recept za kruh i ovo je bila odlicna prilika da ga isprobam. Kao sto je Branka rekla, tijesto sam ostavila nekoliko puta da naraste, premijesila na pobrasnjenoj povrsini, podijelila na nekoliko dijelova i ispekla na 400F. Kruh je unutra bio sa rupicama i mekan, a korica je bila fina i hrskava. Sa zadovoljstvom prisvajam recept i strogo ga se pridzavam.

Drugi recept sto sam probala je bio za kremastu juhu od spinata. U ovom receptu sam napravila par manjih izmjena (dodala malo bijelog luka i umjesto 1L vode, stavila sam 500ml vode i 500ml mlijeka). Juha je vrlo ukusna, recept brz i jednostavan i sigurno je opet pravim.

Buhtle by Masatera (Fellow Bloggers')

Yummy, yummy, yummy. I've tried several different recipes. This one was the best. Buhtle turned out soft and they rose well. I used 4 cups of all-purpose flour, added 50ml of milk additional to what original recipe called for, and used one envelope of active dry yeast.

Thank you Masatera for sharing your recipe:))

Odlican recept. Probala sam ranije nekoliko recepata, ali mi nije dobro uspijevalo. Buhtle su bile jestive, ali ne bi fino narasle. Prepisujem ovaj recept i "stikiram" s njim. Hvala Masateri sto je nesebicno podijelila recept sa svima:)))