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Tips in Preparing Brownies

October 15th, 2010 — desserts, merienda

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
  2. In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan.
  3. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Do not overcook.
  4. To Make Frosting: Combine 3 tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 cup confectioners’ sugar. Frost brownies while they are still warm.

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How to Cook Taho

October 5th, 2010 — Breakfast, desserts

Procedure #1

Ingredients:

  • ½ kg soybeans
  • 4 liters water
  • 1 ½ – 2 pcs gulaman
  • ¼ tsp vanilla

Syrup:

  • 1 kg brown sugar
  • 1 ½ liter water

Utensils:

  • 2 pcs colander
  • 1 pc osterizer
  • 2 pcs casserole
  • 1 unit stove
  • 2 pcs basin
  • 2 yards cheesecloth

Here’s how:

  1. Soak beans overnight.
  2. Grind finely while adding boiling water.
  3. Put soybean in a cheesecloth and squeeze out milk.
  4. Boil soymilk for 5 to 10 minutes.
  5. Stir and add gulaman.
  6. Allow to boil for 10 minutes.
  7. Pass the mixture through a cheesecloth then put in a molder.
  8. Cool and serve with syrup and sago.

Procedure #2

  1. Soak soya beans for 30 mins. in topwater.
  2. Dehull the soya beans using your hands until skin of beans are peeled. see video
  3. Soak the soya beans for 8 hours with generous amount of water. After 8 hours, grind the soaked beans as fine as possible (you can use a blender), then cooked it and let it boil in 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.
  4. Drain the cooked soya beans to separate the soya milk to the soy pulp. Make sure you squeeze all the soya pulp for excess soya milk.(you can use a fine piece of cloth) see video
  5. Then apply a coagulating powder (such as food-grade calcium sulfate, magnesium chloride, or nigari). Stir one or twice until gel-like form is achieved.

For the Taho/Tawa syrups:

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • Dissolve sugar in water and let it boil for 5 minutes. Use more sugar and cook longer if you want thicker syrup.

OR

  • 10 ounces (1 1/4 cup) sugar or brown sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice OR vinegar OR 1/2 lemon

Boil sugar and water. Add lemon or vinegar and set aside.

OR

  • For a thin, strong ginger syrup:
  • 8 ounces fresh ginger
  • 2 cups water
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar OR to taste

Grate ginger. In a sauce pan, combine ginger, water and sugar. On low heat, simmer and sugar to dissolve. Strain before serving.

An alternative for ginger syrup is ginger powder which you can buy at grocery store. Make it about 4-8 times normal strength, add sugar to taste and simmer until the sugar is dissolved.

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