Stacey Makes It

My 2-year-old son likes baked char siu bao, but he's not so fond of the meat part.  I thought I'd try to make some for him and add a little whole wheat flour so they'd have a tad more vitamins. And I used organic ingredients where I could. Ingredients 5 oz whole milk 1/2 stick salted butter 2.5 tbs warm water 2 tsp yeast 1 egg 2.5 tbs sugar 9 oz white flour 3 oz wheat flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 egg + water for egg wash Glaze 2 tbs honey + 1 tbs warm water Melt the butter in a glass measuring cup until liquid.  Add milk and microwave some more until all the liquid temperature is about 110F. The warm water should also be about 110F (this is the best temperature for the yeast).  Sprinkle the yeast into the water to soften.  Whisk the yeast water and egg into the milk mixture. Put the flours, salt, and sugar into a stand mixer (or you can knead this by hand, but I don't know how long it takes).  Turn on the stand mixer with the dough hook attachment on...

I know, it's been a long time. But, see, I gave birth to this little person and he takes up all of my time. So selfish!  Anyway, in addition to taking up all of my time and stealing my heart, he won't eat vegetables.  The doctor said to hide them in stuff.  So this is one of my first attempts in doing that and it came out pretty well!  So maybe if you also have my problem of not being able to get your child to eat healthy things, this might help.  It's not sugar-free or whatever, but it has spinach, and my kid will not eat spinach that he can see...  Ingredients 1/2c frozen spinach 1 banana 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 tbs sour cream 2 tbs butter 1/3c flour (mix of white / wheat if you like, or all white, whatever floats your boat) 1/3c hemp seeds + cornstarch (optional - I use the blender to blend up the hemp seeds and add cornstarch to keep it from sticking too much. Gives a nice nutty flavor, but not necessary for the recip...