Doushabao (豆沙包) are steamed yeast buns filled with Adzuki red bean paste, and a favorite of mine growing up. Recipe
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Black Sesame Buns
Steamed buns filled with black sesame paste are a classic East Asian favorite and are great for breakfast. Most of
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Purple Yam Buns
Steamed buns are a family favorite, and these are filled with purple yam that my mother grew in her garden!
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Taiwanese Pineapple Cakes
Fenglisu, or 鳳梨酥, often translated as “pineapple shortbread” or “pineapple cake” (although it’s not really a cake) is a sweet,
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Teochew-Style Mooncakes
Spiral mooncakes, swirl mooncakes, thousand-layer mooncakes, Teochew-style mooncakes, or 潮州月餅… these sweet, flaky pastries go by several names. What I
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Spiral Mantou
Mantou, or 饅頭, is steamed yeast bread that is a major staple especially in northern China, where wheat rather than
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Purple Yam Snow Skin Mooncake
Snow-skin mooncake, or 冰皮月餅, are chewy, unleavened, unbaked treats made from glutinous rice flour that has a consistency like marshmallow,
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Macau-Style Almond Biscuits
Almond biscuits, or 澳門杏仁餅, are a specialty of Macau. These sweet crumbly cookies are mostly made from mung beans and
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Date and Walnut Cantonese-Style Mooncake
Mooncakes, or 月餅, are unleavened pastries filled with a sweet paste, the most traditional ones being red bean paste, lotus
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Bolobao
Bolobao, or 菠蘿包, literally means “pineapple bun” except they contain no pineapples. Instead, these Cantonese yeast buns are topped with
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