Cookies and cream polvoron
To the basic polvoron ingredients, crushed Oreo cookies and cocoa powder are added. Cookies and cream polvoron will make a lovely food gift to loved ones, friends and …
Holiday sweets
Almond and pecan polvoron
Traditional Filipino polvoron is a pressed no-bake cookie made with toasted flour, powdered milk, sugar and melted butter. Use almond flour or crushed nuts to give it a …
Strawberry panna cotta
Panna cotta is Italian for “cooked cream” so, as you may have guessed at this point, it is an Italian dessert.
Pecan tart
What are the characteristics of a good pecan tart? Crisp top, flaky crust and soft filling. It’s all those lovely contrasts that make it so wonderful.
Lemon blueberry streusel cake
A whiff of bright citrusy aroma and a subtle tang makes the sweet-tart blueberry flavor even more pronounced in this lemon blueberry streusel cake.
Baklava
A sweet made with nuts, phyllo pastry and syrup, baklava has been popular in the Middle East and Turkey since the Ottoman Empire. Walnuts or pistachios are traditional; I …
Strawberry cheesecake with brownie crust
This strawberry cheesecake with brownie crust is the best practical lesson on why strawberries and dark chocolate will forever be the ultimate dessert couple.
Choco peanut confetti squares
They’re not brownies nor blondies. They’re more shortbread cookies except that there’s baking powder, and real shortbread contains no leavening agent.