Filled with grated apples and cinnamon walnut filling, this buttery apple cinnamon bundt cake is a perfect treat for fall. Baking with fresh apples in Autumn is one of my favorite things to do. Who wouldn't love a homemade beautiful apple cinnamon bundt cake for a treat! There are so many different recipes for a simple apple cake, but I have to tell you that this apple cinnamon bundt cake has to be my favorite. You will love the fragrant cinnamon with bites of walnut pieces in this ...
Oatmeal Snickerdoodles
Perhaps the snickerdoodles cookies were the first cookies I made when I got myself hooked into baking many decades ago. It is classic American cookies that everyone loves and I love them, too. I have my favorite recipe that I use all the time when I make my snickerdoodles. This time I added some oatmeal hoping that will give a little more chewiness and wholesome goodness. And I was right. These Oatmeal snickerdoodles are irresistibly good and chewy. They will last fresh longer than most other ...
Hotteok, Korean Sweet Pancakes
Who can resist a soft and chewy bread with the oozing cinnamon brown sugar filling inside? Hotteok is a well known Korean sweet pancakes. It is a typical Korean street food and you can find them on many busy streets in Korea. They are hot, chewy, and sweet ( some savory). It a nostalgic comfort food to most Korean locals. There are many varieties of Hotteok in Korea when it comes to what to put in inside as a filling. Some make it sweet and other savory. Some even likes to add soft cheese ...
Korean Cinnamon Ginger Punch (sujeonggwa)
. As a child I wasn't so sure about why we drank icy cold dessert drinks after eating boiling hot soups and stews in the winter time in Korea. This particular cinnamon ginger punch called "sujeongwa (수정과)" was one famous Korean dessert punch that needs to be served cold. I mean icy cold! It has intense cinnamon ginger taste, which means if you are not keen for that old world spiciness in your drink, this might not be for you. However, for those who enjoy the cinnamony or ...
Harvest Punch
I was having a hard time finding the right English name for this beautiful Korean drink. The name in Korean is Bae-daechu-gyepy-sanggang-ggool cha (배 대추 계피 생강 꿀차). Yes, it is a long name but shorter than the famous "Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo". It basically says what's in it. It has Korean pear, Korean dried Jujube (a type of date), cinnamon, ginger, and honey. Most people call it "daechu cha" since the dried jujube is the most important ingredient. ...
Sweet Potato Rice Donuts
I received a package from my mother-in-law the other day. In the package there were several vintage brocade tablecloths, napkins, some other linens, and a few crocheted doilies. They used to belong to my dear grandmother-in-law, Phyllis. Phylis died over 10 years ago and I miss her dearly. She was a genuinely kind, loving and funny woman. She was a type of person who can make friends with anybody regardless who they are and what they stand for. Born as the oldest daughter she helped her ...