Afternoon Tea & Snack Recipes

  • Condensed Milk Bread

    Condensed Milk Bread

    Saw this video from Savor Easy for a while now, but finally got around to trying it today. This bread uses sweetened condensed milk in the dough itself as well as in the glaze, and my oh my the bread is so soft and quite heavenly. If you have some glaze leftover, USE IT.…

  • Benggali Bread

    Benggali Bread

    When I was a kid, on weekends when we went to visit my brother in boarding school, we’d stop by a market in Batu Enam to buy Benggali bread rolls filled with kaya. The bread was simple, soft but not milky, and the kaya was the cheapo diluted type unlike the fancy gourmet ones…

  • Mozzarella & Turkey Ham Stromboli

    Mozzarella & Turkey Ham Stromboli

    Many many years ago I made this lovely stromboli recipe from 500 Pizzas & Flatbreads. I was still such a newbie back then and my skills were pretty rough, so during my last attempt my stromboli were quite misshapen and uneven. What was certain, however, was how amazingly good these savory rolls were.

  • Apple Cider Yeast Doughnuts

    Apple Cider Yeast Doughnuts

    I love apples in my dessert, from pies to cinnamon rolls to of course, doughnuts. I made a version of apple cider doughnuts two years ago and they were very nice, but that version was more of a cake doughnut. I was craving apple-y yeast doughnuts this time around, and I found this interesting…

  • Breadmaker Pumpkin Bread

    Breadmaker Pumpkin Bread

    In some parts of the world, it’s pumpkin season. Halloween is around the corner, folks are enjoying their Fall treats, maybe while carving faces into pumpkins and such. No such thing here in Malaysia, but it doesn’t stop us from enjoying our pumpkins in any shape or form. I received some really gorgeous pumpkins…

  • Chicken Asado Pandesal

    Chicken Asado Pandesal

    When I posted the Chicken Adobo I made the other day, I used the hashtag #filipinofood, and subsequently I was followed by @sarapnow, an Instagram account featuring various Filipino dishes. I figured this is the best way to build my exposure to Filipino cuisine, so I started following the account as well. One day…

  • Pais Jagung Sabah

    Pais Jagung Sabah

    Rudy bought another batch of delicious jagung susu, and we still had a few left when Kak’mbang suggested that we make pais jagung, a sweet steamed corn-based kuih wrapped in cornhusks. What an idea!

  • Pierogi (Polish dumplings)

    Pierogi (Polish dumplings)

    My obsession with dumplings continues, and this time I stumbled upon a recipe of a less expected origin: Poland. I’m following @fatdadcooks on Instagram, and one day I saw him post a photo of pan-fried pierogies he got from a friend. Curious, I started looking up recipes for pierogies. Apparently there are so many…

  • Crescia al Formaggio

    Crescia al Formaggio

    Tons of Parmesan in the freezer for me to clear out. Best place to get ideas for good bread recipes is of course King Arthur Flour, and this Crescia al Formaggio came up quite highly rated. This was a rather low-touch bread which didn’t need much work, but required quite some patience due to…

  • Chinese Beef Pies (Xian Bing)

    Chinese Beef Pies (Xian Bing)

    This recipe from XiaoGaoJie (小高姐) came up in my YouTube feed and looked super interesting. I finally busted out my KitchenAid Artisan mixer, and made both the dough and the filling using it.