It figures that after the year we’ve all had, the silver lining out of the kitchen is that we’ve FINALLY discovered our family’s go-to banana bread recipe. This one is courtesy of Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery & Cafe. It has the perfect amount of caramelized sweetness. It’s banana forward without being gummy. And it
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Category Archive: ‘Desserts & Sweet Stuff’
An important and auspicious recipe to make during the Lantern Festival is Tang Yuan (汤圆), or Yuan Xiao (元宵). It’s a food that symbolizes harmony and reunion. Note: This recipe was originally published in February 2016. It has since been updated with metric measurements. What Is the Lantern Festival? The Lantern Festival is the 15th day of Chinese
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Hong-Kong style egg tarts, or dan tat in Cantonese, are probably my favorite pastry. Period. And the best part is, you can make them at home! Note: This recipe was first published in July 2014. We have since extensively re-tested the recipe, re-photographed it with more step-by-step photos, added clearer instructions, included metric measurements, and
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The familiar image of a New Year Sweet Rice Cake (红糖年糕), or nian gao, is a welcome sight during Chinese New Year. Nian gao 年糕 symbolizes progress, advancement, and growth. Nián (年) means “year,” and “gāo” (糕) is a homonym for “gāo” (高), which means, “tall,” “high,” or “expensive.” Every family inevitably buys or makes this treat
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Today, our family’s tried-and-true, much-loved milk bread recipe gets the Cinnamon Roll treatment. These incredibly fluffy Cinnamon Rolls are the stuff of Goldilocks’s dreams. That is, they have just the right amount of cinnamon, frosting, and of course, the most tender, fluffy, pull-apart texture. They also stay soft and tender much longer than most cinnamon roll
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These classic Steamed Red Bean Buns are known as dòu bāo (豆包) to Northerners, and dòushā bāo (豆沙包) to Southerners. It took me a while to realize that both refer to this same delicious fluffy bun with sweet red bean filling. A Childhood Favorite As a child so many moons ago, steamed red bean buns
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Deep Fried Sesame Balls and me go a long way back—to when I was a little kid. We bought them in Chinatown bakeries, and snatched them fresh off of dim sum carts, where they were neatly cut in half for convenient sharing. They are made with a sticky rice flour dough, filled with a sweet
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Coconut buns, or “cocktail buns” are a beloved bakery favorite among locals in Hong Kong and Chinatowns everywhere. It combines the soft, buttery milk bread ubiquitous around Asia, with a sweet, rich coconut filling. Often, the filling ends up baked in a big hunk in the center of the bun. When I eat one, I
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