Archive for the ‘Desserts’ Category
Pumpkin is a wonderful vegetable that is too often limited to the fall months. With the advent of commercial canning, home cooks everywhere can enjoy the wonders of pumpkin-y baked goods any month of the year. Which actually makes more sense, since pumpkin is low in fat, high in nutrition, and gives baked goods tons [...]
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Lemonheads were one my my secret pleasures as a kid. The super-sour outer candy covering melted away to reveal a harder, sweeter candy inside. I could only eat about two at once but what a puckering my lips got! The same puckering feeling lingered in my mouth after trying this Super Lemon Ice Cream. Dotted [...]
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Donuts are just one of those things that rarely come out of the home kitchen. Yet they are only slightly more involved than cinnamon buns. Make a yeast bread, heat up some oil and make a nice glaze. Plus it’s super fun to cut out donut holes with your friends or kids. They’ll eat it [...]
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There’s an unsaid tradition in our family. For most of the year, American butter cakes and cookies are good and well. But when it comes to birthdays, anniversaries, and celebrations, a special cake is always freshly ordered from the local Korean bakery- Seeang Cream Cake, otherwise known as Korean Fresh Cream Cake. It consists of [...]
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It’s almost summertime! Perfect time to beat the heat with ice creams, sorbets, and gelato. This Vanilla Creme Gelato is filled with yummy smelling specks of vanilla bean and contains a lesser amount of cream than normal ice cream. Since it is a custard based ice cream, you will have to make it ahead of [...]
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Traditional Korean food is made with what the land offers aplenty. The climate is perfect for rice and soybean farming, and the sea surrounding the country offers plenty of seafood for cooking various dishes. I presume that after a few centuries or so, people started coming up with new ways to use what they had. [...]
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If you’re Korean, or know anyone of such origin, you’re likely to have come across Peperos- a thin biscuit covered in melted chocolate, with a version that is covered in almonds. I’ve grown up with Peperos, much like kids here grow up with Cheerios. They are homey, comfy and make a nice quick snack. For [...]
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I’ve been meaning to make this cake since September of last year. Oops. Big mistake. This is possibly one of my favorite cakes ever. I baked it in different pans than the recipe outlines, and lowered the baking time to 20-30 minutes. Besides the fact that it is health conscious, with lots of yogurt to [...]
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I love making cookies. I find rolling little balls of sugar dough between my hands is like free therapy. Nowadays I’m into more distinguished cookies, straying away from the standard chocolate chip guys. Note, even though the browning of the butter is an extra step, the nutty aroma makes these almost like caramel cookies- so [...]
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It’s finally happened! No, I didn’t win the lottery. Nor did I climb Mount Everest. But I did finally make ice cream after wanting an ice cream machine for a decade or so. I know, it’s just one of those things that never got around to happening. Now that I think about it, this isn’t [...]
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