Sticky peanut snacks

So you have friends coming over or you just feel like eating something sweet, yet quick and crunchy, here is the perfect idea. You can make something delicious and super quick. 

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Homemade Dinner Rolls

Hello all,

So I decided to write this post because of various requests to share this recipe of my homemade dinner rolls. Firstly, as a mom and home chef😍 , I think yeast is very essential in every kitchen. With yeast, you can do a lot of cooking and baking to feed a household. This recipe requires yeast and so you will be needing that in this recipe and in my other recipes to come. I will also share some recipes that don't require yeast so you can make nice snacks in the absence of yeast! The dinner rolls recipe is time consuming like any other yeast recipe, so you'll have to be patient. 

Ingredients

42 grams butter

120 grams milk

30 grams sugar

2 grams salt (if you're using salted butter, you can omit this)

1 large egg (weighs apprx. 50gms)

7grams dry yeast

210 grams all purpose flour

*1000 grams patience 😀😀😀  (a lot of it!!!)

Method

In a small pot, melt your butter. When melted, add your milk (please ensure that milk and egg are at room temperature so it doesn't cool the butter so much as we need the warm mixture to activate the yeast). Add sugar, salt and the egg. Mix together until the egg incorporates into the milk mixture. Then add the yeast. Cover the pot with a lid and leave the yeast to activate around 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, open the pot and you'll see the mixture a bit frothy. The yeast has been activated. Afterwards, add flour and mix everything with a spatula or wooden spoon. When it comes together, knead until it forms into a dough, it should feel sticky and not smooth. Cover the dough mixture with a plastic wrap and towel and allow it prove for 1 hour. I use a kitchen timer to guide me. You can also use the timer on your phone to do this, set for 60mins and wait. When your time is up, your dough would have doubled in volume. Deflate and knead the dough again into a ball. It should be smooth after you knead it this time. Cover again with the plastic wrap and towel and leave for another 40mins to rise. When your 40mins is up, knead the dough and divide into small balls like tennis balls. Grease a pan and put the balls in the pan. Space out the balls because they will eventually grow closer to each while rising and baking like the pictures below.

                          

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Cover again and leave the dough for 1hour(that's where the patience comes in👍). Some 45mins into the proving, preheat your oven to 180ºc. When it is time, crack and egg and baste the dough with it. Try to be gentle with it not to deflate the dough. Put in the oven and bake for 15-20mins depending on your oven. When rolls are ready, remove from oven and enjoy 😌👌 . When rolls are cooled, remove and store in a plastic bag or container so as to maintain freshness. 

Enjoy ✊ and please post your comments and questions. 

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Trip to Sevilla, Spain

Hello all,
It's good to be back again. It has been a hectic roll of years but here I am again. I'm back with more exciting posts and experiences over time. Sometime in July 2016, I took a trip to Spain with my family. We drove all the way from Lisbon to Sevilha which was about 5 hours. Anyways, my previous experience with the kids travelling to Madrid in August 2015 was an eye opener as the kids got so restless on the way there. It took about the 6 hours driving. On our return home, I had a talk with my neighbour who also made the same trip to Madrid with his family and he gave me a little advice. On such trips he said, leave early in the morning before dawn and commence on the journey with the lil ones still asleep. By the time they wake up, you will be half way or almost there. It was a good idea which my husband and I tried but with little success. They woke up once we picked them up from bed and got all excited again. But the good news was that they slept off again in no time and we had a better trip than the one to Madrid.
Sevilla or Seville as some people call it is a lovely city with beautiful architectural monuments. Also a very hot city. The hottest city I have ever visited actually 😥👀 . It was a pleasant stay at Hotel Sevilla Barcelo de Renascimiento  which is very close, actually 5mins walk to the lovely water park Isla Magica. 

Hopped off the bus to get some slush.

 While I hopped off the bus to get some slush, I met a fellow Nigerian, and it was a great pleasure knowing that one of our own was in charge of the zone as he worked with the city sightseeing bus company. Gave information to tourists who needed guidance. At a glance, I could tell he was Nigerian. I spoke Igbo to him and he immediately responded. Felt good 😀

Metropol Parasol

Drive through the city

Sightseeing

City Sightseeing

View from my hotel room

Cable car in La Noria Sevilla

Dinner at the hotel (Ribs with fried potato wedges)

It was fun trip although Spain has very odd eating hours. One of my most difficult experiences there. In the afternoon after lunch most places are closed till evening and the official dinner time is 8pm. Except if stop by a cafe or tavern for a drink and tapas. Not a good thing for a hungry tourist 😋 . I will put up more posts later on. Learn more about this beautiful city Ate já 💜











Olá a todos,
É bom estar de volta. Foi um rolo agitado de anos, mas aqui estou novamente. Estou de volta com posts mais emocionantes e experiências ao longo do tempo. Em algum momento em julho de 2016, eu fiz uma viagem para a Espanha com minha família. Dirigimos todo o caminho de Lisboa para Sevilha que foi cerca de 5 horas. De qualquer forma, a minha experiência anterior com as crianças que viajam para Madrid em Agosto de 2015 foi um abridor de olhos como as crianças ficou tão inquieto no caminho. Demorou cerca de 6 horas de condução. No nosso regresso casa, eu tinha uma conversa com o meu vizinho que também fez a mesma viagem para Madrid com a sua família e ele me deu um pequeno conselho. Em tais viagens, ele disse, sair cedo de manhã antes do amanhecer e começar a viagem com os lil ainda dormindo. Quando acordarem, estarão a meio ou quase lá. Foi uma boa idéia que meu marido e eu tentamos mas com pouco sucesso. Eles acordou uma vez que nós os pegamos da cama e ficamos todos excitados novamente. Mas a boa notícia foi que dormiram aqui novamente em nenhum momento e tivemos uma viagem melhor do que a de Madrid.
Sevilha ou Sevilha como algumas pessoas chamada é uma encantadora cidade com belos monumentos arquitetônicos. Também uma cidade muito quente. A cidade mais quente que eu já visitei realmente 😥👀. Foi uma estadia agradável no Hotel Sevilla Barcelo de Renascimiento, que é muito perto, na verdade, 5 minutos a pé do encantador parque aquático Isla Magica.

 Enquanto eu pulava fora do ônibus para obter alguma lama, eu conheci um camarada nigeriano, e foi um grande prazer sabendo que um dos nossos era encarregado da zona como ele trabalhou com a empresa de ônibus de turismo da cidade. Deu informações aos turistas que precisavam de orientação. De relance, eu poderia dizer que ele era nigeriano. Eu falei Igbo para ele e ele imediatamente respondeu. Me senti bem😉
Ele foi diversão viagem embora Espanha tem muito ângulo diferente comer horas. Uma das minhas experiências mais difíceis lá. À tarde, após o almoço, a maioria dos lugares está fechada até à noite e o horarío jantar oficial é às 20h. Exceto se parar por um café ou taberna para uma bebida e tapas. Não é uma coisa boa para um turista com fome 😋. Vou colocar mais postagens mais tarde. Ate já 💜