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Apple Pie

For the crust: * 2.5 c all-purpose flour * 1 tsp salt * 2 tbsp sugar * 2 sticks unsalted butter * 6 tbsp ice water For the filling: * 1/2 c sugar * 1/2 c dark brown sugar * 1 tsp ground cinnamon * 1/4 tsp ground ginger * 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg * 6

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Pre-portioned Monkey Bread

One of the summer camps I went to as a kid had different clubs you could join, and ~naturally~ I found myself drawn towards the cooking club. We baked fun treats and recorded the recipes down in our little booklets. The only recipe I remember making is monkey bread because

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Raisin Buns

My mother and I used to go to the HK Bakery every weekend to grab pastries, and the raisin bun was always one of my favorites. Ingredients For tangzhong: * 25g bread flour * 1/4 cup water * 1/4 cup milk For dough: * 350g bread flour * 55g sugar * 1 tbsp + 1tsp

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Papaya Bars

Fun story--I used to hate papaya when I was younger because I thought it was so disgusting. A lot of this was due to the way I was forced to have it...my mother would blend it up and then heat it up, making a disgustingly thick, hot, goopy and

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Lemon Cookies

Soft cookies are the best cookies, and lemon is such a nice bright flavor for all times of the year. As you guys know, I'm a fan of Nikki Limo's cooking segments, and she tested out a recipe from Emma's Goodies that looked bomb.

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Vegan Pumpkin Mochi

My team at work had a vegan spooky treat potluck to celebrate Halloween, with folks bringing in fun cocktails, "blood" hummus, "witch finger" pretzel treats, and such... I knew I wanted to make something pumpkin-related to fit the season, and from a recent trip back from

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Instant Pot Creme Brulee

This was another recipe I ripped out of the recipe book that comes with the Instant Pot. Ingredients I halved the recipe, but this is it in full for 6 servings: * 2 cups (500 mL) heavy whipping cream * 6 egg yolks * 5 tbsp (75 mL) white sugar * 1 tbsp (15

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Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

About once a quarter, I get an immense craving for either warm melty fudgey brownies or soft melty chocolate chip cookies sprinkled with sea salt. Lately, it's been the latter, so I wanted to try using the ingredients and instruction from Bon Appetit, with the added step of

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Butter Mochi

My high school friend came by for dinner again and helped contribute photos again (previously: mango sago) for our butter mochi process. I went to Hawaii for the first time back in October with some travel goals: 1. eat tons of butter mochi 2. eat tons of poke 3. eat

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Apple Crisp

Apple crisp makes me think of my best friend because he used to make this every now and then in high school. Since then, he's moved onto having matcha tiramisu as his signature dessert. Very proud. I love apple desserts and I love desserts with that crumble/streusel

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Eggless Tiramisu

Trader Joe's started carrying lady fingers and also had mascarpone, the two ingredients that I never see around anywhere so woo0o0o~~*~~*~~ I ended up making this three times in one week because there was a sudden uptick in my social life and this recipe is just so quick,

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Mango Sago

My high school friend joined me for a stroll through a wine & art festival, and at the end, we were talking about getting some asian desserts, especially sago. My SO is a big fan of sago, so I told the friend to come over to my place for dinner

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Chocolate Protein Cookies

Back in Nov 2017, the SO and I made a big protein powder purchase where I was Team Unflavored and said I'd probably take 3-5 scoops a week and he was Team Chocolate and said he would take 1.5 scoops daily. With that, we decided to order

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HK Hot Dog Bun

This is not the bun you found at all the grilling events during all the 4th of July events you attended, but rather, it is the amazing sweet and savory combo you can find at any Cantonese bakery. Struck by repeating cravings, I needed to learn how to make the

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Matcha Chia Seed Pudding

I made chia pudding once in college and it was incredible--entered my mouth and then almost instantly exited my butt. Fiber is amazing. Ingredients * 1 tsp matcha * 1 cup almond milk * 3 tbsp chia seeds * sweetener to taste Methodology Here's quick recipe--combine everything in a container. Mix it

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Black Sesame Soup

This is one of my favorite variants of tong sui aka sugar water. It's super easy to make and super delicious. I mean, how could it not be? Ingredients This is enough for one generous serving or two smol servings * 15g black sesame powder * 13g glutinous rice flours

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Okara Butter Cake

...aka bánh đậu nành (Thanks, Jimmy). I found a sweet recipe to use the okara leftover from when I made golden soy milk and decided to give it a try. No waste, my friends. Thanks Van's Kitchen! Ingredients * 100g flour * 5g baking powder * pinch of salt * 2 eggs

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Chai Bread Pudding

Don't toss away stale bread! It can be salvaged into an easy, comforting dessert. In an ideal world though, if you're going to buy bread, finish it before it gets stale and don't forget that you have it. Sigh. :'( Ingredients * 1/2 loaf

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Vegan Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies

A video by Nikki Limo was recommended to me by YouTube, and I was intrigued. I had heard tons about black bean brownies (maybe coming in a post soon!), but I didn't know chickpea cookies were a thing. You guys know how I feel about calories and plant-based

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Applesauce Muffins

I fell off the face of Quantum Lion for a bit due to life happenings like job changes and moving across the country, but I'm back with new posts coming from a new kitchen! Before moving, I was in a hurry to try to use all of my

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Chocolate Lava Cake

There are few things better than the combination of melty cake and ice cream. The craving suddenly hit me. Ingredients * 1 egg * 1/8 tsp salt * 1 tbsp sugar + excess for coating the ramekin * 2 oz chocolate * 1 tbsp flour * 1 tbsp butter Methodology Preheat the oven to 425F. Measure

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Matcha Sugar Cookies

Since I had matcha on hand from making my iced matcha lattes, I decided to try making some sort of baked good to bring into work. We're on a huge cookie rush where I've just been bringing cookies in every Friday to ease our code releases

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Chocolate PB Protein Cookies

Chef Kubiac shared the legendary three-ingredient peanut butter cookie recipe earlier in April, which is one of my favorite cookies recipes of all time. This is a variation on that, with more added protein to help fill your craving for sweets during this cut season. Ingredients * 1 cup creamy peanut

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Microwave Mochi

There are days when I crave something soft, chewy, and only slightly sweet. Mochi is the only thing that fits. Ingredients * 1/2 cup sugar (more if you prefer your mochi sweet) * 1.5 cup mochiko * 1.5 cup water * corn starch Methodology Toss the sugar, mochiko, and water together

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Sugar-free Blueberry Bars

We're back with another blueberry dessert. I'm a big believer in retrying foods that you might not have liked the last time you had it every once in a while, so today I'm giving stevia another shot. The first time I had it was