Red Bean Popsicles are an all-time favorite Asian dessert during the summertime. This version is super creamy and sweet, and even better than the ones you remember from childhood. It almost tastes like a red bean ice cream! My grandson Ethan absolutely loved them, and has started asking for them after dinner!  The Perfect Red […]

These red bean zongzi are sticky rice dumplings full of molten glutinous rice dotted with tender red (adzuki) beans! Serve with a little maple syrup or honey for a truly special dessert or snack, especially around the Dragon Boat Festival!  Using Whole Red Beans for a Different Texture  With the Dragon Boat Festival coming up, […]

These strawberry bars are incredibly simple to make, with just 6 ingredients. A crisp shortbread base holds strawberry jam and fresh strawberries, and the topping is a crumble made from the same shortbread dough! They’re so easy, not-too-sweet, and you’ll make them again and again.  Baking Doesn’t Have to Be Hard Sometimes you come across […]

Consider this the summer flip of one of my favorite recipes in my third cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Keepers — the apple butterscotch crisp.

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