Cinnamon Raisin Buns join the pantheon of awesome bakery bun recipes that we’ve built off of what I now consider to be one of the most useful recipes on our blog––our easy Asian milk bread. If you’re new to the Woks of Life, we’ve also done: Pineapple Buns Hot Dog Buns Chinese BBQ Pork Buns
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Category Archive: ‘Desserts & Sweet Stuff’
For a long time now, pineapple buns, or bo lo bao, have been my unequivocal go-to choice whenever I walk into a Chinese bakery. I blow right past the char siu bao, the coconut buns, and the hot dog buns…and mosey right on over to these fluffy, delightfully quirky looking yellow half-domes of buttery, sugary joy. They.
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Something we’ve discovered since we started this blog is just how much we’ve under appreciated certain flavors, textures, and food combinations just because they often only show up in certain ways in Chinese cooking. I mean, soy sauce is soy sauce, yes, and you’d be hard-pressed to find it anywhere other than in the “ethnic
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You may have seen these light-as-air Chinese swiss rolls in a Chinese bakery near you. Not to be mistaken with traditional Swiss rolls, we wanted to make the lighter, Asian-style Chinese Swiss roll recipe. It’s composed of a very light and fluffy sponge cake that’s only slightly sweet, and a thin layer of sweetened whipped cream. Bakeries
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A few years ago, I found myself at a family friend’s holiday party with my parents. Teens know the drill—there’s not much to look forward to beyond some heavy conversation with older adults and a doozy of a cheese and pâté platter. You amble back and forth between each of your parents, indulge too much
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It’s Christmas cookie season again everyone! We have a really crazy cookie recipe for you today, as well as an awesome giveaway, in which there will be 2 (count ’em, 2!)…winners. So Matcha Bacon Sugar Cookies. Is that a good combination, you ask? Why yes. Yes it is. The combination of tea and savory flavors
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Every year, our NJ town turns into somewhat of a hub for everyone in the tristate area to pick apples and frolic in pumpkin patches. Barring the mildly irritating amounts of traffic, it’s actually a pretty delightful place to be–one chief reason being the abundance of locally-made apple cider donuts. I’ve always been more of an
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With this blackberry apple tart, I laugh in the face of seasonal-food-enthusiasts! Funny story. I was walking around the other day, and came upon a street stand selling blackberries at $1.50/box. How could I refuse? …I need funnier stories. But a couple days later, when I discovered that said blackberries were looking a little (dare I say it?)
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