#326_Pan de Pao, Pan de Queso & Pan de Sal

One dough, 3 ways....

Pan de Pao
(According to MaMely)

I'm absolutely sure most of you have heard of Siopao ( steamed buns) and Puto Pao, but have you ever heard of Pan de Pao yet? Probably not... I know, because I just made that name up. We can also call this "Chicken Adobo Pan de Sal" because that's what it actually is... Pan de Sal stuffed with Chicken Adobo.

As I was making some Pan de Sal today, I noticed some left-over Chicken Adobo in the fridge, so I thought I better use it before it goes to waste....and the result is my amazing Pan de Pao. It's really nothing but baked Siopao (meat roll, see post #73, click here), only with the Pan de sal signature look which is the bread crumbs on the bread, but somehow, the whole thing is like a totally new kind of bread. This is probably because it is half Pan de Sal and half Siopao which is an excellent combination. I don't usually rave about my own cooking, but this one gets a high mark.

Click here for the Pan de Sal recipe.
Click here for my Chicken Adobo recipe.

For the filling I heated up the Chicken Adobo in a saucepan,
sprinkled some sugar and mixed in some cornstarch dissolved in cold water
to thicken the sauce.

Hope you'll give this a try next time you make some Pan de Sal.

Pan de Queso or Cheese Buns

How about Pan de Queso or Cheese Buns? this isn't new at all as I got the idea from an old cook book, but the original name of the recipe is Cheese Bread. I kneaded in some grated sharp cheddar cheese and a little bit of Parmesan cheese into the dough, then shaped them into mini bread. Tossed the shaped dough into some bread crumbs. I then used the rest of the dough to make regular Pan de Sal.

There you go.....from one dough you can make 3 different kinds of bread, hence, one dough, 3 ways.

http://pinoyamericanrecipes.blogspot.com/2008/10/pandesal-philippine-dinner-rolls.html

#44_Banana Nut Bread

Sweet & Moist and Easy to Make Banana Bread

My first baking experience was baking banana bread which was a total disaster and a disappointment because I accidentally omitted the sugar while making the batter. Of course without sugar, the bread came out not only tasted so bland, but also tasted awful. Nobody in my family including myself wanted to eat them except my father. He said the bread tasted okay if you sprinkled them with sugar as you eat them. I thought that was very kind of him.

I've come a long way since my first Banana Bread.
These are sweet and moist and definitely have sugar in them.

The recipe makes four 4x9 loaves

Recipe for Banana Nut Bread

Dry ingredients:

3-1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice (optional)

Wet ingredients:
1-3/4 cups brown sugar

1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup melted butter(1 stick)

4 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla extract

4-5 very ripe bananas, mashed

1 cup walnuts, chopped and toasted

Procedure:

1) In a mixing bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking soda and the pumpkin pie spice; set aside

2) Cream together brown sugar, butter and canola oil, then beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the mashed bananas and vanilla.

3) Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just blended.

4) Fold in the nuts

5) Pour batter into 4 greased 4x9 loaf pans ( or aluminum foil pans, 7-1/2"x 3-1/2")

6) Bake in a pre-heated 350 degrees oven for 50 minutes

7) Cool before slicing

Updated 2-10