Make Your Panini Sandwich The Best Dessert Ever

Panini is always used as a main course. It is filled with meat, cheese and other garnishes, pressed in a panini grill and served with garlic-rubbed grilled stripes and the dripping melted cheese. This is perfect for those main course snacks… But did you know that you can also serve Panini as a dessert?

Yes, you can put sweet fillings in your Panini and serve it after the main course. You can rub sugar or just sprinkle cinnamon sugar on your bread. The sweet taste of the bread and the filling will definitely bring your taste buds to a never-ending adventure to candy land; a great way to finish your meal.

Below are some dessert recipes that you could apply on your Panini:

       Ice cream Sandwich

Why not do the same thing on your Panini? Stuff in two spreads of ice cream on both bread slices (it can be one to two flavors) and press with panini grill. It is probably better if you press the sides to lock the ice cream to avoid leaks and ice cream getting thawed easily. The hot and cold dessert dish will be a sure hit to the kids. The bread slices are warm but when one bite is taken off from it, an explosion of milky and creamy ice cream syrup will emerge.

       Peanut Butter and Jam Sandwich

This “house regular” sandwich will not be a regular no more! Do the same with the Panini grill. With the sealed bread base, the peanut butter and jam will surely be cooked enough to give that rich nutty aroma and fruity taste. And the peanut butter and jam are not dripping, so you can enjoy a full-packed sandwich.

      Hazelnut Sandwich

This is probably my all-time favorite. I am a big fan of Nuttela and I love eating it without using it as a spread. You can fill it in your bread and press it on your Panini grill. The chocolate-y taste will compete with the ice cream sandwich. You can also make it as a jam on your peanut butter and jam Panini.

           Cake

You can treat your Panini as a cake. Make one of the below dessert recipes and top it with icing and chocolate syrup. You can also include marshmallows and chocolate kisses in the filling to provide more cake-y experience. If you are making a hazelnut sandwich, make sure that you heat the spread first before putting it on the bread.

Make Different Types of Bread With A Bread Machine

The usual commercial bread everybody knows is the famous white bread. But you can make different types of breads from a bread machine, such as whole-wheat bread and fiber bread. The procedures for these breads are all the same. Make dough, bake and heat, there you have you bread. It is just that the various ingredients are different.

To make white bread, you should prepare the bucket and the propeller of the bread machine. Make sure that they have been cleaned off dirt and they are germ-free. Sanitize them thoroughly with washing liquid and ensure that there is no washing liquid resin left when rinsed with water.

Water or milk is needed for the yeast. Set the bread machine’s mode to white bread. Add and mix them after you put the main ingredients in the machine.

The machine will automatically stop running after the dough is formed. Wait for it to rise before you remove the dough. Shape the bread and bake it. You can remove the bread, cooled and finally be stored after it is cooked.

When making wheat bread, it is also wise to use the bread machine. It is just same as making white bread. All you need to do is have all the right ingredients and confirm that are measured for the baking. Same procedure, the water goes to the bread machine bucket, the wheat flour, the yeast and the other ingredients as well. Turn on the machine and set the timer.

Remove the formed dough from the machine and bake it. While cooking, it is good to know how the dough is being baked by taking a look at it in the bread machine. It is because you have to know how the ingredients are being mixed. By this, you shall know how you could perfect the wheat bread by putting the ingredients in order for mixing.

When the bread is ready, remove, cool and store it. Recommendable though, you should put the mixer overnight in the fridge to gain rich flavor and aroma.

You should also divide the dough. That way, you will be able to save some dough from being consumed.

For high-fiber bread, you should replace your regular flour with a fiber-rich one. You can find powdered fiber from supermarkets and bread shop.

Have your main ingredients measured and prepare them for baking.

You shall have done mixing your regular flour with the powdered fiber before you add them into the bread machine. Wait for it to rise, remove the dough and proceed to baking. Store it after.

Benefits Of Slow Cooking

A slow cooker is designed to cook foods using very low temperatures. The cooking process is often spread a long period compared to conventional cooking time which uses high heat and short cooking periods. Using a slow cooker eliminates the need for the person responsible for the cooking to be physically present when the cooking is taking place. This is made possible because the heating mechanism used to make slow cookers is different to other cookers .To begin with, this kind of cookers  have a mechanism which is  meant to utilize low temperatures in a uniquely regulated way.

Among the many benefits that come with the usage of slow cookers is their ability to save time. Time is saved through the following ways when the cooker is used. By cooking meals early and storing them, you will avoid the temptation doing your cooking in a hurry. While using a slow cooker, it is possible to do other things while the food is cooking. Basically, when you use a slow cooker, you end up spending very little time in kitchen. With proper setting of the slow cooker, there is little need to worry about your food getting burnt or overcooked. Through frequent use of slow cookers, people often develop unique ways of doing their cooking which in turn saves them valuable time.

Besides, slow cookers are simple and convenient to use. For example, using a slow cooker to prepare most of the meals at night and properly storing them, you conveniently avoid the need for cooking many things when preparing to go out in the morning. Slow cookers come in various sizes. Depending on whether there are many or few people within your household, it is possible to choose the type of slow cooker that effectively attends to such needs. You can have a small, medium or even a big sized slow cooker. In addition, it is now important to consider the nutritional value of the kind of foods you give to your body. The use of microwaves is linked to diminished nutritional value in foods. So, with a slow cooker you are assured that the food still retains its nutritional contents and will be beneficial to you.

Finally, using a slow cooker not only gives you a well cooked, nutritious and tasty meal. The food will also be tender and makes it possible mix many ingredients at once. This is advantageous in the sense you will end up doing less cooking compared to when you have to prepare small but different types of meals. Today, there are many foods that can be prepared using slow cookers because of the increasing knowledge on how to create different combinations of foods. Of great importance is that many of the foods which do not require a lot of fat to cook can be conveniently prepared by the use of slow cookers.

Equally important to note is that we are living at a time when there are innovative cooking products in the market which can be combined with slow cookers to increase satisfaction while cooking.