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The Best Matcha Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe (Levain Style)
Discover the ultimate holiday treat with these Miso Matcha Chocolate Chip Cookies! Perfectly chonky, lightly sweetened, and packed with umami from miso, matcha, and a hint of MSG. These unique cookies are irresistibly flavorful, easy to make, and guaranteed to impress in any cookie box. Skip overly sweet, bland cookies—bake these for a bold, delicious twist your friends and family will rave about!
The Best Vegan Basque Cheesecake Recipe
Discover a unique twist on Basque cheesecake with this vegan and gluten-free recipe featuring furu (fermented bean curd) for a savory depth and gochujang for a smoky kick. Perfectly creamy with a caramelized top, this plant-based dessert satisfies cravings for richness and flavor—plus, you can skip the sweeteners to create a melty vegan "mozzarella" for pizzas, sandwiches, and more!
The Ultimate Snack: Gochujang Butter Krispie Squares You’ll Want To Make Again And AGain
Ever wish your Rice Krispies treats were spicy? Well, here’s your wish come true with this fun recipe by Kat Lieu: gochujang Rice Krispies treats! Easy to make in one bowl, these treats will disappear quickly, so be sure stash a few away for yourself!
How I Make the World's Softest Snickerdoodles with Pumpkin Spice Magic
These pumpkin snickerdoodles by Kat Lieu are the ultimate fall treat, featuring a soft, fluffy, and tender texture thanks to a unique twist of using baking powder instead of cream of tartar. Infused with cozy pumpkin spice, these cookies have just the right balance of sweetness, with an option to add sea salt flakes for a salty-sweet contrast. Perfect for the holiday season or any time you're craving a warm, comforting dessert, these cookies are easy to make and even easier to devour. Press the dough down before baking for a more classic cookie shape, or enjoy them puffed up for a cakey bite.
5- Minute, Easy Pumpkin Mochi Cookies Recipe by Kat Lieu (One-Bowl, Gluten-Free, and Plant-Based)
These Pumpkin Mochi Cookies are the ultimate easy fall treat—chewy, soft, and full of pumpkin spice! Made with glutinous rice flour and pumpkin puree, they’re naturally gluten-free and can easily be made vegan. The best part? They’re a simple one-bowl recipe, so cleanup is a breeze! Just mix everything together, bake, and enjoy. For a fun twist, pan-fry them to get crispy edges like traditional Asian mochi treats. Customize with your favorite mix-ins like chocolate chips or cranberries, and you’ve got a cozy fall dessert in no time! Perfect for fans of pumpkin spice and everything satisfying and nice!
These 20 Minute Crystal Mooncakes Are The Vegan And Gluten-free Mooncakes You Need To Make This Mid-autumn Festival (Easy Recipe)
Explore the delightful world of vegan and gluten-free crystal mooncakes with this easy recipe that uses tapioca and sago pearls to create a chewy, translucent skin. Perfect for the Mid-Autumn Festival, these crystal skin mooncakes offer a unique twist on traditional mooncakes, with a texture that's more like boba than mochi. Whether you fill them with fresh fruit, sweetened roasted sweet potatoes, or a classic filling, these vegan mooncakes are sure to impress. Learn how to make these gluten-free mooncakes at home and enjoy a healthier, plant-based treat that everyone will love.
the viral olympic village chocolate muffin recipe (easy version with extra protein)
The Viral Olympic Village Chocolate Muffins: A Delicious Twist on Henrik Christiansen’s Favorite Summer Olympics Treat eay recipe
The Greatest Baking Hack I Know: 2-Ingredient Black Forest Cake Magic
Bake a moist and fluffy chocolate cake with just cola and boxed cake mix—no eggs or milk needed! Perfect for any celebration, this easy recipe can be made in a rice cooker, oven, or air fryer and topped with chocolate shavings from a cherry chocolate bar.
mochi cookies or korean rice cake cookie recipe (viral and trending)
Craving quick cookies, I whipped up these one-bowl wonders that perfectly hit the spot. Inspired by a viral reel from imchaee on TikTok, these cookies are not just easy to whip up, but they're also gluten-free and vegan. I adore their contrasting textures: a crispy exterior complemented by an irresistibly chewy, mochi-like interior. I chose to infuse mine with ube extract, lending them a delightful purple hue. But the beauty of this recipe lies in its versatility — feel free to get creative with mix-ins and various extracts to customize the flavor and color.
They disappeared from my plate so swiftly that I can't give you any storage recommendations just yet. Nonetheless, I urge you to give them a whirl! Make my version of the viral and trending Korean rice cake cookies, or call them mochi cookies!
The Recipe That Broke The Internet: My Purple Mochi Brownies Recipe
We've all seen sweet potato brownies take over social media, but what you haven't seen yet is this: a vegan, gluten-free purple sweet potato mochi brownie. Yup, you read that right—this is a brownie that breaks all the rules and yet tastes like a dream.
I literally had a dream about these brownies.
And I made them for Kenji Lopez-Alt in my dream.
LOL. Learn how to make the best gluten-free and vegan mochi brownies using roasted sweet potatoes!
The Most Perfect Summer Noodle: 10-Minute Creamy Black Sesame Cold Noodles
The brilliance and versatility of convenience stores in Taiwan is truly unmatched. While our local 7/11’s in the states have soggy taquitos, broken slurpee machines, and rubbery hotdogs, the 7/11’s of Taiwan have chewy tea-infused eggs, fancy bento boxes, and loaves of bread that look buoyant as clouds. They have the silkiest of yogurts and the most luxurious assortment of soy, rice, and nut milks among anything you ever might need…
Easy Grimace Shake Recipe by Kat Lieu
Let’s make the viral Grimace shake at home and hope for the best #grimaceshake
The World's Easiest Viral Noodles: Scissor & Knife-Cut with an Umami Bomb Sauce
this is your sign to make Kat Lieu’s trending, viral and easy scissor cut noodles or knife-cut noodles, inspired by Shanxi the noodle heaven, at home with her homemade umami bomb sauce! Enjoy chewy, QQ delicious homemade noodles at home for lunch, dinner, this is the perfect meal for busy parents this summer and remote workers!
How I Make the Most Beautiful Mango Sticky Rice: Miso Coconut Cream & Butterfly Pea Flower
Thai sticky rice or Kow Neuw ข้าวเหนียว with mango is one of my favorite desserts. It’s gluten-free and usually vegan (I added condensed milk here, you can skip it or add vegan condensed milk, agave syrup, or maple syrup instead) and so refreshing, perfect as a warmed dessert in the winter time, and even better when chilled and enjoyed in the summer. Here’s a super easy recipe for you and you’ll be making Thai sticky rice in no time at home!
Better Than Starbucks' Lemon Loaf Recipe Made With Yuzu & Miso
Let’s make a delicious and moist lemon loaf, except with yuzu and miso, to give Starbucks’ famous iced lemon loaf recipe a fun Asian spin! Bake this at home today with Kat Lieu’s amazing “copycat recipe.”
The Greatest Sweet Heat Treat: Doubanjiang Red Velvet Mochi Brownies
Here’s a simple gluten-free mochi brownies recipe by Kat Lieu, a little spicy and red velvet thanks to beet powder and doubanjiang
My Chinese Bakery-Style Peanut Butter Cookies (Crisp & Perfect)
Let’s make Chinese peanut cookies for Lunar New Year, and cheat a little by using peanut butter with an amazing and easy recipe by Kat Lieu!
Kat Lieu's Bougie Bakery Recipe: The Ultimate Paper-Wrapped Sponge Cake
Let’s make delicious cloud-like Asian Bakery paper-wrapped spongecakes for Lunar New Year!
Easy Claypot Three-Cup Chicken Recipe by Kat Lieu: Dinner in less than 30 minutes
Hi friends! We recently had three-cup chicken flavored hot pot at a restaurant called Boiling Point. My husband loved the flavor of three-cup chicken and he mentioned how it reminded him of one of his favorite Filipino dishes, chicken adobo. I did some research and played around with some flavor combinations and came up with a super easy claypot Taiwanese Three-Cup Chicken recuoe to make at home. Now, don't worry if you do not have a claypot at home. You can use a wok (which will give the dish a bit more wok-hei or a frying pan, and of course you can bake the chicken as well! Experiment with a three-cup chicken dish to call your own, and happy cooking!
PS: This dish is called three-cup chicken because of its three main ingredients and their matching ratios: sesame oil, Shaoxing wine, and soy sauce. Fret not; we will not be using cups for each of these ingredients.
A Taste of Taipei in My Kitchen: Shanghai-Style Recipes, DTF-Inspired
If you’re from the Pacific Northwest, chances are you love Ding Tai Fung’s delicious soup dumplings and unforgettable pan-fried Shanghai rice cakes. Now you don’t have to wait in those long lines to enjoy their rice cakes because my DTF-inspired recipe will show you how to make this addictive dish at home, very quickly and easily! This is also a great dish to eat to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year, as nian gao (or rice cakes) is an auspicious food to eat during the new year!