Since we posted our rough puff pastry recipe a few months ago, we’ve been experimenting with more treats to make with it! This palmiers recipe has become one of our favorites, not least because it is so versatile! What Are Palmiers? Palmiers are a classic French cookie/pastry made from puff pastry. Sometimes called palm leaves
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Category Archive: ‘Desserts & Sweet Stuff’
When I was a kid, there was nothing better than a cool popsicle as the temperatures climbed in the summer. Today, I’m bringing back a little summertime nostalgia with these 4-Ingredient Fruit & Yogurt Popsicles! When I say I loved popsicles, no popsicle was neglected. There were the 50-cent cherry popsicles for when I was
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We don’t post muffin or cupcake recipes often on The Woks of Life, but these mango muffins are too delicious to not share. Made with buttermilk, a sweet and delicious oatmeal crumb topping, and plenty of fresh mango, our mango muffins are perfect for breakfast with a hot cup of coffee. They’re also great as
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Portuguese Custard Tarts are a deliciously flaky dessert that migrated to Macau and became a local favorite. This custard tart recipe yields buttery, sweet tarts with an aromatic custard that gets baked until it’s just scorched on top. Portuguese Custard Tarts in Macau The first time I tried Portuguese Custard Tarts, or pasteis de nata,
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This easy rough puff pastry made from scratch is buttery, flaky and so delicious that after your first batch, you’ll be thinking of countless ways to use it. Your homemade puff pastry will have a richer, more buttery flavor that will beat store-bought puff pastry any day, and you won’t have to worry about eating
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We’re bubbling up this easy Irish Soda Bread recipe originally published by Kaitlin in 2014, re-tested and re-photographed five years later––on St. Patrick’s Day 2019. We’ve also updated it with metric measurements. Enjoy! With the frenzy of green food coloring and corned beef & cabbage sweeping the food blogging community in this yearly moment of
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Ma Lai Go Chinese Steamed Cake is a fluffy brown sugar sponge cake typically found on dim sum carts in Southern China and Hong Kong—the few places where you’ll find it done right, and where it’s quite popular. What is Ma Lai Go? But whether you call it ma lai go (Cantonese) or ma la
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Tis’ the season when bakers are secretly—and fiercely if I might add—competing with each other for the title of best holiday cookie. You know who you are! I know a few of these competitors in my small circle of friends and family…but I won’t name names. Regardless of whether you’re serious about your cookies or
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