Skip to main content

102nd use of coconut oil- coconut infused sweet potato sourdough buns

Inspired by my friend, I got a jar of coconut oil from supermarket. One big jar of around 6 bucks- not fancy at all. However the moment I opened it, I was immediately lost in the sweet& aromatic coconutty smell. (Anyone likes me who just can not resist everything about coconut, you know it!) 
Coconut oil is so versatile that you can find articles named '101 uses of coconut oil' everywhere. My friend has been used the coconut oil as her make-up remover, and it works perfect for her. I do like massaging the aromas into my skin, but my water-proof mascara and eye liner are just too stubborn to get off easily. Instead, I've been using a lot of the coconut oil on myself (NOT the bread yet lol) as hair mask- I apply it all over my hairs and twist into a bun before going to bed, and wash it off the next morning when I take a shower. I have quite dry hair, which definitely benefits from the nourishment; PLUS just imagine sleeping with yourself smelling great all night!


While I'm keeping coconut oil in my beauty routine, I immediately thought of infusing it to my bread. I did it by simply replacing the canola oil with coconut oil of the buns. 
The result was amazing  []~(￣▽￣)~*


Though artisan sourdough bread is my forever beloved, as I bake quite often now, it's nice to also try my sourdough starter in other ways, like these sweet potato buns. To enhance the fermenting sourdough flavors, I added rye flour to the starter and let it stay overnight. The next morning, I made the dough by incorporating with more white flour, water and mashed sweet potatoes. 


So the end result is the co-working of sourdough, rye, sweet potatoes and coconut oil, which created a surprising harmony of flavors. It's one of the reasons why I'm SO obssessed with making breads, they give you surprise all the time. To me, every sourdough bread has its own personality, and you can do little about it once you combine everything. 


I also tried something new when I shaped them- twisting them into buns! (as I did with my hair lol) Not a fantastic, neat job yet, so we shall call them 'sexy messy buns' XP

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

First bread in my new kitchen: Thomas Keller's multigrain batard

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Isn't spring the moving season? Yes, to me I guess as I've been moving for two years in a row at this time of year. Sadly I finally moved out from the glorious upper east side of New York after being there for 4 years (can't believe! is it that long already??), to the "humble" Queens.. However, after I moved in, I'm starting to love my neighborhood. There is actually quite a few to explore and to discover (I mean, hmm, restaurant) in Queens. Indeed, I can't just improvise to make a call to order some Chinese food delivered to my door, or walk to the French bakery a few blocks away whenever I want. Luckily I can opt to make my own.  With a good multigrain bread, some jam/spread, slices of good cheese, I am considering myself having a perfect breakfast/brunch. Of course, the world is even better if there is a cup of tea :) Multigrain batards are the most frequently-ordered bread I do in store- they're crust...
Post a Comment
Read more

How to feed A BOYFRIEND when you have no intention to cook

I had almost given up cooking before my boyfriend! I've always been enjoying spending time in the kitchen, but, often time, I just gave in to my laziness. Plus, I had my perfect excuses: 1. I'm a busy phD student; 2. I'm spending most of my "kitchen time" baking. So I'm really used to a rather simple meal plan myself: homemade bread for breakfast, salad for lunch and yogurt for dinner. (I try to balance the protein and starch in it, so, don't worry, I can totally be filled up.) With all my passion (and time), I made bread for myself and cakes for friends. However, all these routine somehow changed when I started to take on the responsibility to feed someone- someone who is an ultimate meat lover, who hates salad (I mean, all the green leaves), who would never join my meal plan. Alas, the game completely changed- only I'm still the lazy girl as I've always been. So I came up with a couple of tricks for the "game": 1. Make it simple...
Post a Comment
Read more

The lesson from those pancakes, ur... green tea crepe cake, I mean, Green Tea Mille Crêpes

I don't know if it's just the hypes among us trendy New Yorkers, but suddenly all my friends are talking about this bakery called Lady M. It even become a must-try activity in my friends' list when some of them come to NYC. So I can't help but wonder, what's the magic about Lady M? Of course as a phD. student who solves problems by trying them out (rephrase: as a FOODIE who cannot resist to try anything yummy), I waited in the line and finally got to try their signature Green Tea Mille Crêpes. It was worth waiting, the cake was nice with my favorite green Tea and an interesting texture.  However, are all the hypes and craziness about this cake really worthy? I wasn't sure... I was expecting something heavenly. Then I looked up their webpage and saw their description about the cake: Fine green tea powder is infused into every element of our delicate Green Tea Mille Crêpes, a sight to behold with no less than twenty lacy thin crêpes enveloping the light...
Post a Comment
Read more