Double Chocolate Swirls

My hands were itching to bake and the thought of buns came to mind. I wanted to try my hands with my best friend again and thought, why not something like cinnamon buns since my precious ones love them. But, this time, I will use nutella and chocolate. I was right. It was a hit with my munchkins. Yeahhhh!!

Growing well!

Chopped dark and milk chocolate

Time to do some hand exercises

After 1 minute

Fill it with your goodies!

Egg-glazed and ready for baking

Done!

This looks better... ;)

Ingredients

2 tsp of butter-diced and some extra for greasing the baking pan and bowl

225g of flour and a little extra for dusting

1/2 tsp of salt

7g of dried instant yeast

125ml of warm milk

1 egg - lightly beaten

Filling
6 tbsps of nutella 

150g of chopped dark and milk chocolate (mine was a little too big, you can have them in smaller bits)

Glazing
1 beated egg

Note: This recipe yields about 12-15 pieces (depending on your desired sizes) 

* I have doubled this recipe as I wanted to keep some for the weekend. 

Method

1. Lightly oil a baking sheet in a baking pan.
2. Sift flour and salt together into a warmed bowl. (I leave the bowl in the sun)
3. Stir in the yeast.
4. Rub in the butter into the flour with your fingertips till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. 
5. Add the warm milk and egg, mix to form a dough.
6. Shape the dough into a ball and put into a greased bowl. 
7. Cover with a clingwrap and leave to rise in a warm place for about 45 minutes or till double in size. 
8. Turn out the dough on a slightly floured work surface and knead lightly for about 1 minute.
9. Roll out into a rectangle.
10. Spread nutella and sprinkle chopped chocolate on it.
11. Roll it up like a swiss roll, then cut into desired sizes. About 12-15 pieces, depending on the size you want.
12. Transfer each swirl to the prepared baking sheet and leave to rest for another 30 minutes.
13. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees.
14. Brush each swirl with the beaten egg. (for glazing)
15. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or till golden brown.
16. Leave to cool slightly and indulge!
17. Soooo sinful! ;)  

Banana and Nutella Muffins

Yes, another batch of muffins. In conjunction with Muffinsdagen (Muffin Day) in Sweden, I set off to make some baked goodies with ripe bananas and nutella while my boyfriend is (still) snoring away. 
Yup, we have 'food-celebrated' days over here. We have 'Waffle Day', 'Cinnamon Bun Day' and etc. All of us love to eat! :D :D

A dollop in the center 

Swirl around with a skewer 

Not very nice-looking but acceptable?

Are you tempted?

Ingredients

3 ripe bananas - mashed

113g of butter -melted and cooled for about 10 mins

230g of flour

80g of sugar

2 large eggs - lightly beaten

1 tsp of baking powder

1 tsp of baking soda

1/4 tsp of salt

1 tsp of vanilla extract

4 tbsps of nutella (melted)

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees.
2. Line your muffin tray with muffin liners or cupcake liners.
3. Use a large bowl and whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
4. Use another large bowl and whisk eggs, bananas, vanilla extract together.
5. Lightly fold the WET ingredients and butter into the DRY ingredients until they are combined and chunky in texture.
6. Do not over mix the batter as it will yield a tough and 'rubbery' texture.
7. Scoop the batter into the prepared tray. 3/4 full is good enough.
8. 'Drop' a dollop of nutella into each muffin and swirl briefly with a skewer.
9. Bake for 18-20 mins or till golden brown, or till a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the muffins.
10. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
11. Indulge!