Know your apples

Stumble upon this, found it very interesting.
So here it is, toremind my self next time when i wanna bake with apples.

Bake a batch of cookies last sunday.
But didnt take any photo of it.
Its the 1st few recipe that me & Cat bake when we started out
baking in our sec school days.
Recipe is still as good, so is all the memories when baking them.
I even went out to get the flour i used last time,
which i don't use nowadays,
so that i can get the taste back.

http://www.foodsubs.com/Apples.html

Cheesy Bacon Biscuit

This is the first time i made savory biscuit.
When i came across this combination few weeks back.
It actually 'feels' weird to me.
Having cheese as part of the ingredient was still ok,
but we're talking about BACON!!!
Bacon in a biscuit.
How weird can that be?

After a few weeks,
i was revisting some of the blog i visir regularly,
when i see this recipe again.....
I look thru the ingredient list, try to imagine how it would come out.
It still bothers me that i'm making biscuit with cheese n bacon it in.
Not to say that the price for these 2 beloved commodities
are price highly here.
I went on to get the 2 main ingredient,
and head back home to try out the recipe.

I didnt follow the recipe to a T.
It called for good matured cheese.
I'm afraid that the cheesy-ness will overpower,
and my whole family will not eat it.
So i bought a mild chedder instead.
That, ends up to be a huge mistake.
Should have stick to a matured chedder.
Cos after cooking, the cheesy-ness was all gone...
All its left with, was a light tint of cheese,
a little saltiness from the bacon.
It was enough for me,
but apparently, my entire family thinks its too BLAND...
Yes, even my mum, who hates BACON.

Cheesy Bacon Biscuit

1. 150g bacon (try to use those with lesser fat)
2. 260g Plan Flour
3. 18g Baking Powder
4. 1/2 tsp Salt
5. 1/4 caynne pepper (i didnt have so substitute with crushed black pepper)
6. 75g unsalted butter (plus a pinch of salt)
7. 250g mild chedder (use a strong one for better taste)
8. 250ml milk

Procedure
1. Fry up the bacon on the pan till crisp,
using a knife, chop it into small bits (this is the difficult part, if u use streaky bacon with alot of fats like i did, u'll have a hard time trying to cut thru the fats)
2. Grate the cheese with a grater.
3. Using a pastry cutter, combine the flour, baking powder, salt & pepper till crumbly.
4. Stir in grated cheese & bacon.
5. Add the milk and combined to form dough.
6. Transfer to a floured surface, knead the dough 4times, DO NOT OVERKNEAD.
7. Roll out dough to 1cm thickness with a floured rolling pin.
8. Cut into shape with 2cm cutter or with knife into triangle (as i did here)
9. Bake in 200c preheated oven for 15min or till edges are golden brown.

Afternote:
The biscuit taste better straight out from oven, slightly crispy.
The next day, it have loses all its crispiness.
Si i smear some cream cheese on it to eat it with.
Due to the fact htat i use mild chedder, the cheese taste was very light.
Didnt think we enjoy savory biscuit very much,
so i still think bacon are better off with pasta, mushroom & pizza!!!