₦airaland Forum

Akposy:
Yeah! I almost made Banga rice today o. I'll make mine tomorrow with my Banga soup left over


Done



Oatmeal Cookies

112g margarine
½ cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg
¾ cup flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp baking powder (optional though)
1½ cup oat
⅔ cup raisins (optional)

Mix your sugar and butter till it is light and fluffy
Add in the vanilla and egg and mix till it is even
Sieve in the baking soda, powder, cinnamon and flour and fold in
Lastly, gently add in your oat and raisin. Fold in carefully...you don't want to over mix
You should refrigerate for 30 mins or so...not compulsory though
Shape in ball and bake in a preheated oven for 10 mins. Remove once the edges are brown. The middle will be soft but don't be tempted to leave it in. Once it cools, it will be nice and chewy

You can also use cold butter. It helps the dough not to over spread. Check the pics on how the ball should look like
Viola!!


Pains cos I lost my cookies to heat

Akposy:
Oatmeal Cookies

The first set got burnt. Ayam in severe pain

armyofone:
Please how do you make your sausage roll?

Akposy:
Yummy!!!

How do you make scotch eggs. I haven't tried it before

cococandy:
Excellent

loveymom:
My Sister I am tired already, but the craziness of the Covid-19 is making me relax my mind . My sleep pattern has been messed up. With kids, I shout and scream, then separate fight. It is well with mothers in this period.
How are you doing and keeping up?

@cutiereborn, Sis how are you and family?

dainformant:
My experience in Ireland so far has been trailed with mixed feelings due to the coronavirus. The country is experiencing its worst ever pandemic - with nearly 3000 confirmed cases of the virus and 54 deaths recorded. The government has ordered a lockdown for some months to curb the spread and minimize the effect of the virus in the European country.

The nationwide lockdown has left the country’s public spaces hushed and deserted amid overwhelming public support for extreme measures to control the pandemic. Dublin city and other usually bustling urban centres are now like ghost towns..

In my area in Limerick city, the vast majority of the population appear to be following appeals to stay at home except to buy food, care for vulnerable people, do work deemed essential or briefly exercise.

The government has taken a very good measure to cushion the effect of the pandemic on its residents. Residents whose jobs and businesses closed due to coronavirus are being paid 350 euro PER WEEK. Those enjoying this benefit include Nigerians and other nationalities (both students and workers) who are living in the country. Many Nigerians received their alerts today being Tuesday and were greatly overjoyed.. People are being paid to stay at home and be safe. The payment will go on for 12 weeks...that's 3 months. Just chill at home and get paid.

€350 X N420 (about N147,000) per week.
€1400 X N420 (about 588,000) per month.

Monthly rent is €325 while €50-€70 (depending on your spending capability) can go for groceries for the month. This only happens in civilized countries where the government take good care of their people.

cococandy:
One time I made coconut candy and I really loved it.

I sat in one place and ate a whole bowlful of it, came back to Nairaland and changed my moniker from to Cococandy.

True story.

Akposy:
Thanks!

Do you use same recipe or you change recipe? I'm referring to the 'not consistent' issue.

I use 3 tablespoon of butter for 2½ cups of flour. I add the butter when kneading.
I activate my yeast in sugar/milk warm water before using it. Also note that using too much sugar to activate can kill your yeast. Using 2 tsp sugar to activate 2 tsp yeast.

For the flatness issue, I always preheat my oven before baking so the heat is evenly distributed. I don't know the recipe you're using but ensure you knead your dough till it is soft and elastic..a mixer works well for this... however, I use my hands cos that's not available and it works perfectly for me.....bake/knead the pains away
You should also proof your dough till it doubles in size. This should take about 40mins to 1hr. Sometimes, my dough starts rising even when I'm kneading...... Lemme drop my recipe

2½ cups flour
3 tbsp sugar + 2 tsp for proofing
1 egg
1½ - 2 tsp yeast
I warm milk or water
3 tbsp margarine or butter
Mix the sugar with warm milk or water
Sprinkle your yeast in the milk mix. Cover and allow to proof. The yeast is active when the mixture is spongy (foams)
Add in your egg, sugar and flour. Mix till they all come together. It's usually very well sticky
Transfer the dough to a floured surface. Knead..add the butter, knead till the dough is soft and elastic. Kindly note that the dough will be very sticky. Don't be tempted to add flour or butter. Just knead till the gluten forms. This is usually hard work for me. Sometimes, I get muscle cramps and will leave for a while and continue.
Transfer to an oiled bowl. Cover and allow to proof for 50mins or until double it size.
Deflate the proved dough, cut into small pieces. Roll and shape into your desired sizes and shapes. Cover and allow to proof for about 20 - 30mins.
Coat the dough with egg/milk wash
Bake in a preheated oven for about 10 - 20 mins. Depending on the sizes


For my above bread, I used Tangzhong, a Japanese technique for making the bread soft and fresh


Im sorry for my lengthy write up

DrChukki:
In 2015 when my Dad started seeing me with laptop regularly, he called me to advise me.

He told me of different scam that reigned during their youthful days in the 1970s and 1980s and how alot of young guys made lots of money with them.

Then he said, none of those men is alive now. They all raised useless children and their wealth and family crashed in their presence before they died.

He concluded, don't reap another man's sweat. You might think is smartness but you don't know you're eating your future, giving yourself inner troubles and destroying your future family. Diligent pays.

Scam does not pay.

If you're a scammer, you can make money but you won't be rich.

Akposy:
....Product from my last morsel of flour . I will use the remainder to make cookies

Homemade milk bread.....went down with Sorrel (zobo) drink. The bread was very soft and yummy

doncum:
This is someone building a 7.5billion naira hospital in Kano already. These guys are not our government. Let us ask our elected officials what they are doing.

CoronaVirusPro:
16 what!


I die there!

Rather come to Nigeria and buy 4 PhD from Unilag, UI, OAU and FUTA

Highest I pay 4 million Naira each

16m for wetin. Na me kill Jesus

Esseite:
What's the essence of that bridge?