Mrs P's Kitchen

Red Bean Buns (Dou Sha Bao) 豆沙包

Chinese fluffy, warm and pillow-soft steamed buns with sweet red bean paste filling. These little buns are perfect for breakfast or dim sum at Chinese restaurant when you have yum cha.

You can have different fillings for the buns, lotus paste, custard, or whatever you like. They are so easy to make and keep well in freezer. Whenever you need these lovely buns, just steam to reheat it, it will become soft again.

Irish Soda Bread 愛爾蘭梳打麵包

So St.Patrick Day is coming and is time to bake some Irish soda bread to celebrate it! Ok, to be honest, I am not Irish and I barely know about Irish tradition, but hey as long as is a good bread, we go for it!

This is very simple, no-fuss and no knead bread. Instead of yeast, the essential ingredient is baking soda, that takes only 40 minutes to make the bread. This rustic bread with crispy crust and wheat flavour. Try this quick bread, it is perfect to serve with butter or with soup.

Hong Kong-Style Coconut Buns ( Cocktail Buns )港式雞尾包

Hong Kong-style classic cocktail buns, but don’t worry, this is nothing alcohol in it. The Hong Kong style bread is very soft and light, the trick is to use the utane dough (Tangzhong dough) .

Classic French Baguette 自製長法包

Classic French Baguette that you can easily make at home. Long and lean shape of loaf bread with very crispy crust , and soft and chewy inside.

Easy White Bread 簡單白麵包

Nothing better than the fresh baking smell in the house. We used to make white loaf with bread machine, it turned out well but still, not as good as the handmade one. Those bread that you (or your mixer) have to knead the dough and shape it.

German Potato Bread 德國馬鈴薯麵包

I can’t believe you can put potato into a bread and make it taste so good. Yes I am not a potato fan (except fries!), but I am obsessed with this bread. The bread is crispy at the outside, soft and moist of inside. Perfect for making sandwich or my favourite, serve with bowl of tomato soup.