Made this Jumbo fruit loaf today to give to my father who loves raisin bread, this time with raisins instead of sultanas and it’s perfect. Made rolls instead of a second loaf and they’re amazing, so soft. Couldn’t find instant dried yeast in the supermarket so had to use active dried yeast. The only difference is you have to allow the yeast to activate in the liquid and sugar first( 2 mins, 40c, speed 3)it should foam on top when it’s activated, then add all the other ingredients and carry on with the recipe.
Tried another popular brownie from the recipe community. Our favourite thermonix recipe so far has been the masterchef extreme chocolate brownie. This recipe makes a slightly smaller brownie but is still good. I reduced sugar from 350 g to 140 g as per some suggestions in the comments. Lovely brownie, not as rich as the masterchef brownie but a nice lunchbox/afternoon tea treat for the kids. Try cook for 20- 30 minutes next time, to retain more moistness.
Great recipe ! Made these mini quiches using puff pastry today. They are perfect snack, lunch box or party food. Another popular trending recipe from the community( link above ). The filling was made in a minute and makes either 24 mini savouries or 12-15 muffin size savouries. Next time chop bacon in thermomix first, before blitzing the cheese, onion and parsley. Then no need to cut anything. Added some spinach and an extra egg. Kids can’t taste the onion, almost a whole onion in these savouries, because it’s blitzed to a paste. Used two puff pastry sheets. The mini muffin tin size was too small, eaten in minutes, so made another two batches using normal muffin tin. Frozen in bags ready for lunches. Yippee … The only problem is cleaning the muffins trays..
Made this fruit loaf ( link above ) by the same recipe creator for the burger buns ( Jumbo White bread ). It had to be good because her bread recipes are reliable and it is! Ooooh it’s actually too good so we have sliced the bread into breakfast portions, given some away and stored the rest straight into the freezer so we don’t eat it all at once. Even left out and eaten the next day it retained it’s freshness. Doesn’t need toasting it’s so delicious with just a spread of butter. Note for next time:- use raisins instead of sultanas.
Another very popular recipe from the recipe community (link above) with 57 rave reviews. Made these doughnut muffins for afternoon tea and everyone loved them especially the kids. When they’ve been allowed to cool they do taste like doughnuts, but most of them were gone before they were cold. Didn’t bother to pulse dry ingredients just added to wet ingredients and mixed in altogether. 5 seconds mixing, 20 minutes cook time and they’re done. Hot muffins were brushed with melted butter and dipped into cinnamon sugar. Recipe makes 12 doughnut muffins and perfect bagged and frozen for lunch boxes.
NB the link for this recipe is now on Thermomummalailahrose’s blog at thermomumma.com see link above, no longer on the recipe community. Thanks to Lailah Rose for publishing on her blog. We were so disappointed to find it missing from the recipe community and thought we’d lost it forever. Definately pays to copy your favourite recipes.
This recipe for Jumbo bread by Thermomumma (link above) makes AMAZING burger buns. This recipe was probably one of the top 10 most popular recipes from the community, always trending. They are crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside, just like all the comments state, makes a bread/buns just like Bakers Delight. The bread rolls we made a couple of days ago (the bestest bread rolls ever) are a little denser than this recipe and make great filled rolls but not soft enough for burger buns.
The dough like all doughs is a breeze to make with the thermomix. Throw everything in TM bowl, mix 15 seconds and then knead on dough mode for 6 minutes. The first prove only 15 minutes, ( just left in the thermomix) then either put into a loaf tin or divide into rolls and prove for approx an hour. Putting buns in oven covered with a tea towel with a bowl of boiling water underneath seems to work well for second prove. Burgers for dinner tonight. Some comments have stated using gluten free flour also still works… Will be trying her recipes for fruit loaf and wholemeal bread next.
Homemade burgers
We are blown away by how great these burger buns are, you can’t tell they aren’t bought and the texture is just like a Wisconsin burger. Patties blended in thermomix. To my daughters who love burgers ; Blend a piece of bread (use an end), one onion and clove of garlic for a few seconds speed 7, add tray of 500g mince, an egg , salt and pepper, Worcester sauce, tomato paste and mix on dough mode for 45 seconds. Homemade burgers ….they’re better than any burger we’ve ever bought.
Quickest shortbread recipe ever, made in a minute. Link above. It’s crunchy and not too sweet, great biscuit. I’ve reprinted below so easier to follow.
Grandmas Shortbread
50 grams cornflour
100 grams white sugar
225 grams Butter cubed, cold
260 grams plain flour
Preheat oven 160C. Add sugar to TM bowl and mill sugar 10 sec, speed 9.
Add all other ingredients mix 10-15 sec, speed 6.
Knead on dough mode 35-45 seconds. (Was a little crumbly but easy to press together. )
Spoon onto tray and press with fork or roll into log and slice.
Used Annabel Langbein’s sticky bun recipe and substituted marmite and cheese for cinnamon and sugar. Snap frozen for lunch boxes. Love making bread doughs with the thermomix.
Sticky Buns Adapted for thermomix:- ( dough fills two large cake tins)
Add 125g butter and 490g milk to TM bowl. Heat 2.5 minutes, 50C, speed 2. Until butter melted.
Add one a sachet of dried yeast and 100g sugar. Heat 2 mins, 37C , speed 1.5. Leave 10 minutes, till yeast appears frothy.
Add 846g (6cups) flour, tsp salt. mix 6 sec on speed 5 first then, Knead 3.5 minutes dough mode.
Place dough in a large pot, I place pot in warm water for around 1 hour till dough has doubled in size. Halve dough, place one in fridge/freezer for use another day. Follow instructions in recipe link above for rolling out, filling and second prove.
The Magic Bean chocolate cake recipe from the recipe community (link above) is probably one of the community’s most popular recipes, it has 408 positive ratings with everyone raving about how moist and how chocolatey it is, and it’s made from a tin of kidney beans!
Well our verdict is….. it is quite incredible, just like everyone says you can’t taste the beans ( I used a tin of 4 bean mix ) and either can the kids. Haven’t told them as it might influence their opinion. And the batter was very moreish, normally licking the bowl is reserved for the kids but today I couldn’t stop myself. It’s very good, moist, chocolatey and delicious and loving the fact it’s made from a tin of beans, adding some good protein to this treat. I’m reprinting the recipe below because one member shared a simpler method in the comments section below which I followed to make these cupcakes. Only takes a minute to whip this cake up in the thermomix so heat the oven first. Here it is :-
Magic Bean Chocolate Cake
420 g can kidney beans or butter beans, drained & rinsed
1 tablespoon water or coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or more to taste
70 g raw cacao or cocoa powder
1 teaspoon GF baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
125 g Butter
5 eggs
140 g rapadura or coconut sugar
In the Tm bowl, puree the beans, water/coffee, sugar, butter and vanilla until smooth. (speed 4)
Add the eggs & beat for 20 seconds, speed 4.
Add the cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt ( didn’t add salt) and blend 10 seconds, speed 4. Use the spatula to scrape down and ensure thorough mixing.
Pour batter into greased ring tin pan or lined cake tin and bake Moderate oven, 160*C, for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean or it springs back when touched in center. Muffins bake 180C for 20 minutes.
Love love love these bagels. They’re homemade and the texture and taste is amazing. Hot out of the oven with a homemade spread, omigoodness nothing quite compares. Have to save the recipe onto this blog for my girls. It’s from a recipe app called Robogourmet and these will be frozen tonight ready for breakfasts or lunches during the week. They do take an hour and half to prove but worth the effort if you’re home for a couple hours. The initial dough prep takes less than 5 minutes.
Bagels
290g warm water
480g flour (recipe stated bakers flour but I used any flour and it works)
2 tsp yeast (I use one sachet dried instant yeast)
25g sugar
1 tsp salt
Place all ingredients in the Thermomix. Mix for 15 secs/speed 6. Then knead on dough mode for 2 mins. Place dough in warmed Thermoserver and leave to rise for about one hour or leave in TM bowl.
Divide the dough into about 10 – 12 pieces ( approx 70g each ) and roll into balls. Use your thumbs to create a hole in the centre. Allow to rest on a lined baking tray for about 30 minutes. Cover with tea towel.
Heat oven to 240C. Boil a jug of water and tip water into a thermoserver or pot. Helps to have two containers of boiling water so you can do three bagels in each container at once. Drop three/ bagels into the boiling water for about 30 seconds per side. Use a slotted spoon to transfer to a rack to drain. Nb water must be close to boiling, if your water cools add more boiling water to increase temperature.
Return to the baking tray and bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until lightly golden.
Notes: Can brush with butter and coat with seeds before baking (eg Sesame/poppy/pumpkin) Bagels brown better if they’re not too soggy so just allow a few minutes to drain after the dipping process. Also can speed up the process by having two bowls of boiled water for dipping and Miss 14 to help drop the bagels into the water.
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