Baked Sweet Potato 烤番薯

Dear readers...winter draws ever nearer.  And as the chill winds of the season sweep over us what should appear on street corners all over Asia but the wonderful street hawkers that sell roasted sweet potato.  OMgosh, the aroma of that roasting sweet potato!  So good!  That hot plump sweet potato is exactly the thing to hold in your chilly hands.  Not to mention that first luscious bite of the creamy, sweet hot potato flesh.  Just the thing to warm you up and put you to rights inside and out!

And if, poor darlings, you don't have a friendly neighborhood sweet potato hawker, don't worry a bit, we're here to save the day!  Cuz, guess what, you can easily make superb baked sweet potato at home that tastes just as good as any you can get from a street vendor. 

Baked sweet potato 烤番薯 is so super simple to make.  And oh so yummy to eat: hot, sweet and creamy.  It just warms the ol' heart, it does.

Best and Easiest Pie Crust Ever

Do you love pie?  At our house we love, love, love us some pie!  There's just something so elegantly yummilicious about scrummy pie fillings neatly tucked into a golden flaky crust.  

The only thing is, pie crust is kinda a bitch to make, imho, what with having to blind bake, dealing with dough shrinkage after the bake, sometimes not flaky enough, sometimes not tender enough, etc.  We've tried all kinds of pie crust recipes until we finally found the ONE!

This is the one and only pie crust recipe that we use anymore.  The Best and Easiest Pie Crust Ever is just that, easy peasy, there's no blind bake and it bakes up perfectly golden, buttery and flaky every single time!  With the holidays just around the corner, get ready to make some pie!

Flat Croissants Dipped in Chocolate

Have y'all heard of these lovelies?  Flat croissants, that's right, completely flattened croissants are all the rage right now!  These flat croissants began in South Korea, then got picked up by some TikToker's and the rest is history.  They are now everywhere, at least in HK.  

Why flatten a croisssant, for gosh's sake, you may be asking.  Indeed, at first, that is what I thought.  Why the heck would anyone want to flatten the darn things after making so much effort to puff it out with layers upon layers.  But after I finally tasted one of these flat croissants I changed my mind!  The many, many layers of the original croissant, when flattened, create a crispy kinda of cookie now wrapped inside a caramelized exterior.  And to top it off many of these flat croissants are further dipped in a flavored coatings, yum!

We decided to recreate these flat croissants in time for my little girl's annual school picnic.  There was a bit of struggle at first but once we got the hang of it the going was pretty easy.  Check out our guide on making flat croissants with all our tips and tricks to make the going smooth and easy as peasy.  Result?  Only totally yummilicious caramel coated crispy on the inside amazingly flat croissants dipped in luscious chocolate and sprinkled with your favorite sprinkles!  Nom, nom...