How To Bake Pandesal and Other Breads

BAKING BREADS: Your Basic Cookie Dough

THE RECIPE: OATMEAL OR OATS                     150 GRAMS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR                   400 GRAMS BAKING SODA, SIFTED                 1 TEASPOON MARGARINE OR BUTTER              1 CUP/1 BAR REFINED SUGAR                             400 GRAMS EGGS                                                  2 PIECES VANILLA                                           1 TABLESPOON MEASURE YOUR INGREDIENTS. SIFT THE BAKING SODA INTO THE FLOUR, ADD THE OATS AND SET ASIDE. CREAM THE MARGARINE OR BUTTER AND SUGAR UNTIL LIGHT AND FLUFFY. ADD THE EGGS ONE AT A TIME, BEATING WELL AFTER EACH ADDITION CREATING A CREAMY CONSISTENCY. ADD THE DRY INGREDIENTS BY PULSING YOUR MIXER, SCRAPING THE SIDES OF THE BOWL EVERY NOW AND THEN. MIX UNTIL WELL BLENDED, ABOUT 2 MINUTES PULSING. MAKE SURE THE BOTTOM IS FULLY MIXED. PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 325 F. LINE YOUR BAKING SHEETS WITH PARCHMENT PAPER. MOLD YOUR COOKIES AND PLACE THEM ON THE BAKING SHEETS, AT LEAST 1 1/2 INCHES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. PLACE Y

ANY LEFTOVER BREADS, DRIED BREADS AS LONG AS THEY HAVE NO MOLDS IN THEM, YOU CAN USE THESE TO MAKE YOUR HOMESTYLE PUDDING. MOIST BUT NOT DENSE, I MAKE THIS FOR MY MOTHER SINCE SHE LIKES SOFT FOODS AND SHE CANNOT CHEW ON THE CRUSTY BREADS AND COOKIES I REGULARLY BAKE. GOOD THING WE HAVE LEFTOVERS!!!! NO NUTS PLEASE!!!! A GOOD PUDDING IS MADE USING A BAIN MARIE, PLACE THE PUDDING PAN ON A LARGER BAKING PAN WITH WATER AT THE BOTTOM. STEAM BAKE FOR 40 MINUTES OR UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN. DO NOT FORGET TO GREASE THE BAKING DISH OR THE PUDDING WILL STICK A LITTLE, YOU WANT NICE CLEAN CUTS... THE PUDDING PLACED ON A SQUARE DISH, PAT SOME BUTTER OR MARGARINE ON TOP IF YOU LIKE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STEAM BAKE RIGHT AWAY, YOU CAN ALLOW THE RAISINS TO SOAK FOR AN HOUR TO SOFTEN THEM. ADDING RAISINS TO THE PUDDING GIVES IT A TWIST... YOU MAY ADD SOME DRIED CRANBERRIES ALSO. ADD SUGAR TO THE MIXTURE OF BREAD, MILK AND EGGS. ADJUST THE SWEETNESS. SHRED LEFTOVER BREADS AND SOAK WITH MILK AND BEATEN EGGS. TH