How To Bake Pandesal and Other Breads

 The possibilities are endless. That's what i always say, it's up to you what type of breads you want to make out of your basic dough. It is the key to being efficient in your kitchen or bakery. Most bakeries mix 1 whole sack or 25 kilograms of dough and just divvy up the mixed dough to create different variations.  Make sure you make a list and if the filling is cooked such as mongo, ube or asado, prepare it a day or two days before and chill. I never cook my filling on the same day i mix the dough. It is too time consuming and it extends the whole baking process. In fact, even my cinnamon roll pans or molds are prepared a day before so i can concentrate on the mixing and make-up the day after.  Cinnamon roll is definitely the most requested bread in my kitchen. I don't know but my sister's family can't get enough of it hahaha.. if i will use this dough to make some sugar donuts, i use white sugar in the dough but if not, i prefer using brown sugar to make most of ...

 So, you have tested your recipes, you practiced baking and tested them over and over with your baker etc., etc., I say, i will probably do this in 3 to 6 months, depending on the scale of operations you are planning. If it's just Pandesalan with a couple of sweet yeast dough and cupcakes on the side, 3 months will do provided you practiced baking 4 times a week or everyday except weekends..that sort of thing. I think you know when to say you are ready. You need to get at least your family's untainted review of the products you want to sell, yes, you have to let other people taste them first before selling your breads. I suggest you get random people also to taste them, i will go around if i were you, ask them what their comments are, what do you think you should improve, etc., etc., Tell them to be honest. Don't cry if they don't like it, just go back to your kitchen and improve on what was wrong with it. So after all this is done, time for you to make a list of what t...

If there is one thing I get asked to bake every special occasion, it is this beauty down here. I was going to bake a carrot cake and a chocolate cake with tiramisu frosting but got asked to make cinnamon  rolls and fruitcake instead. So cancel the chocolate cake. Yes, my brother in law loves fruitcakes. My kind of fruitcake which is less dense and lighter than the usual you find in your holiday basket.  So here it is, 1.5 kgs of cinnamon rolls, I took about 500 grams off the dough and made hamburger buns within since I don't really eat cinnamon rolls that much.