Nutella Crepes

   

Yields 8 crepes:

(Crepes)
100 g flour
40 g sugar
2 pinches of salt
2 (100 g) eggs
250 g milk
20 g butter, melted

(Fillings)
Nutella
12 - 16 strawberries
1/2 cup blueberries

See the methods here.

Apple Streusel Muffins

We had our special best friend's daughter's 3rd birthday celebration the other day and I had to bake this fluffy, nice apple streusel muffins for her. To be born in Japan, a perfect birthday cake would be a strawberry sponge cake with a lot of vanilla whipped cream all around but our date was the day after her actual birthday when she mentioned she would have a big birthday cake at home so I wanted to avoid the same cake. I thought any girls or kids would usually love apples and vanilla flavor and strawberries as garnish would make her smile.......and indeed I did see her biggest smiles on her face (successfully!) trying to wrap her arms all around the muffins:-) Love and Happy Birthday to her and her family💕

Adjusted a recipe from Akiko Hirano's Muffins, Scones, Biscuits.

Serves 12 muffins:
(Wet ingredients)
120 g unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
240 g granulated sugar
4 eggs
2tsp vanilla extract

(Liquid ingredients)
120 ml whole milk
120 g plain, unsweetened yogurt
100 ml vegetable oil (I use grapeseed oil)

(Dry ingredients)
340 g flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

(Stuffing)
3/4 - 1 apples, diced (I use Fuji apples and chop into large dices to leave the crunchiness after baking)

(Streusel)
60 g flour
45 g granulated sugar
15 g brown sugar
1.5/4 tsp cinnamon powder
30 g walnuts, roasted and chopped (I use macadamia nuts)
15 g oatmeal (I use instant quick oatmeal)
30 g butter, soften at room temperature

1. Preheat the oven at 350 F.
2. Take eggs and butter out of the fridge and keep them at a room temperature.
3. Prepare streusel by mixing all the ingredients in a bowl until crumbly (butter will be lumpy in the crumbs so make sure to use room temperature butter).
4. Prepare the dry and liquid ingredients in each separate bowl.
5. Combine the wet ingredient in a medium sized bowl by creaming butter and sugar until fluffy, mixing in eggs and vanilla extract by hand or stand mixer.
6. Combining the first half of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients while mixing in half the liquid ingredients. Combine the other half of dry and liquid into the wet ingredients again until you see no flour in the batter. I use a hand mixer to incorporate all the ingredients quickly for just about 3 - 5 seconds and then switch to a spatula. Don't over mix!
7. Stir in apple chunks into the batter quickly.
8. Bake in the upper middle rack oven at 350 for 12 - 15 minutes.