Bread making is now my latest fascination. I had a bread maker back in Singapore and it was handy. All you need to do is to throw all the ingredients in, set the timer and leave it to bake. But it does take away the fun of making a bread. I’ve made bread a couple of times, mainly hot cross buns over easter and it’s really not that hard. It does take a bit of patience waiting for the first rise and then knocking it down and wait for the second rise. But if you have the time, why not? So today, I’ll be sharing one of the recipes that I found on Donna Hay again. It is a burnt butter and salted maple sticky bun recipe. I made it on the first attempt and it was a huge success. I loved it so much that I ate two rolls when it straight out from the oven. When I left it for my housemate, it was all gone in an afternoon. These buns reminded me …

Another Donna Hay recipe – I am obviously obsessed about it. I’ve been picking out recipes to try every week. The original recipe for this was a chocolate swirl scone roll. Instead of using chocolate chips, I’ve decided to use Nutella instead because who doesn’t love Nutella? I actually tried this recipe twice. The first time I really struggled with the texture of the dough – it was extremely sticky and I couldn’t roll it properly without adding more flour. Also, I was very greedy with the chocolate and it ended up more like a Nutella stuffed scone than a Nutella swirl scone. My second attempt with the scone roll was a success. I added more flour to the dough and placed the dough on the floured surface and using a rolling pin (remember to lightly flour the pin), I rolled it out once – making sure that it’s almost like a rectangular shape about 1cm in height. I then used a butter knife and evenly spread the Nutella across it. I was less greedy …