Do you enjoy sweet treats with a fancy flair? Or maybe you're looking to whip up something beautifully decadent to impress your guests? Well, we have the perfect thing for you, and luckily, it's also surprisingly easy to make! This Rose and Maca Chocolate Bark is sure...
7 Easy Homemade Cookie Recipes for Chinese New Year
Lunar New Year is all about joy, reflection, and, of course, delicious foods. Drawing from my Chinese heritage and two decades of experience as a recipe developer, I'm excited to share with you a collection of my favorite Chinese New Year cookie recipes. What I love...
10 Best Valentine’s Day Dessert Recipes For Your Love
Looking for easy Valentine's Day desserts that won't leave your kitchen looking like a Betty Crocker experiment gone wrong? I've got you covered! From the seductive flavor of tiramisu to the decadence of chocolate cupcakes, we're rolling out the V-day red velvet...
Throw Your Own Holiday Cookie Exchange: Best Recipes and Tips
It's that magical time of year again when the air smells like cinnamon, jingles play in every store, and we're all on a mission to impress the big guy in the red suit. Let’s face it, Santa's probably had his fill of the same old milk and chocolate chip cookies. So why...
Monkey Bread in the Microwave
Monkey bread is something I grew up eating as a treat. It took time to prepare, especially when making the dough from scratch and was doused in the most delicious cinnamon sugar mixture. I'd like to say we all have time to do that, but the reality is, we don't!...
Rice Krispie Treats in the Microwave
Did you know it was possible? Well, it is! Learn how to make Rice Krispie treats in the microwave in just five minutes. Soft, warm, gooey perfection every single time. Making Rice Krispie treats in the microwave is simple and so rewarding. You can make the...
Chocolate Nutella Cake
Learn how to make a super quick and satisfying Chocolate Mug Cake in the microwave in just 1 minute! This microwave chocolate cake has a special ingredient, making it extra luscious - Nutella! A perfect single serve cake when the sweet tooth starts cracking on! ...
Blueberry Muffin in a Mug
Whether you want to make a sweet quick bread to go with your morning cup or coffee or tea, or need a quick dessert, this is the perfect single serve blueberry muffin recipe. This muffin recipe comes together in just minutes and is made in the microwave for...
Chocolate Chip Cookie in the Microwave
Learn how to make a perfect single serve chocolate chip cookie in the microwave! Satisfy your sweet tooth in minutes with this super simple microwave dessert recipe. Baking and cooking in the microwave has always been a favorite around Steamy Kitchen. You might...
Vanilla Mug Cake
Learn how to make a super quick and satisfying treat in the microwave in just 1 minute! This microwave vanilla mug cake has all of the traditional flavors of a regular vanilla cake, but cooked in the microwave and requires no mess in the kitchen. Cooking cake in...
Mother’s Day Recipe Round Up 2024
Mother's Day 2024 is right around the corner and we wanted to round up some of our favorite Mother's Day recipes for you to treat the special women in your life! From breakfast and brunch, to main dishes, and of course sweet desserts and more, we have you covered. If...
Chinese Sweet Coconut Buns Recipe
Enter any Chinese style bakery and you'll find baked Chinese buns filled with a sweet, fragrant coconut mixture. There are two parts to this recipe: the milk dough, and the coconut filling. This is a recipe that my Mom learned in a Hong Kong based cooking school, and...
Strawberry Almond Cream Tart Recipe
This Strawberry Almond Cream Tart recipe is from Cooking Light Cookbook: Cooking Through the Seasons. The graham cracker crust is perfect with the light cream-cheese filling. Fresh strawberries and slivered almonds complete this summery dessert. Strawberry-Almond...
Secret Ingredient Microwave Chocolate Cake
Learn how to turn a regular box of cake mix into a super quick and satisfying treat in your microwave in under 10 minutes! The best trick for this easy treat is swapping the butter or oil out for an overly ripe banana. The result is an incredibly moist cake, with a...
How to Make Mongolian BBQ at Home
DIY Mongolian barbecue is one of the most fun, interactive meals you can have at home! Each person can choose their ingredients and perform a 5 minute stir-fry at the table for their custom dish. We created this recipe for San-J, using their ready-to use...
Vietnamese Coffee Ice Cream Recipe
You'll learn: To create the perfect Vietnamese coffee ice cream, use a mix of evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream. Coffee of your choice, either caffeinated or decaf. Vanilla extract or pure vanilla bean completes the flavor profile. Vietnamese...
Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Cookie Recipe
This chocolate chip cookie recipe features: This recipe is from Dorie Greenspan, a James Beard Award winner and New York Times Bestselling author of Baking with Julia and Around My French Table. The hazelnut or almond flour gives the cookie a extraordinary...
Chocolate Cake S’mores Cookies
In our backyard, we have a fire pit, which really is just a hole in the ground with some arranged bricks around the perimeter to serve as a pretty border (so that you can call it a "fire pit" and not just a "hole in the ground") and tell the kids where the DO NOT...
Halloween Skull Cake
My good friend and long-distance assistant, Julie from The Little Kitchen, came over a few weeks ago for a visit. I'm not a very good baker, thus the lack of fancy cakes and sweets on this blog. But Julie is. So I roped her into helping me bake a Halloween themed cake...
Crepes with Salted Lemon Butter Caramel
I've been pretty quiet on the cookbook development front - other than announcing that I scored a cookbook deal with a publisher that produces some of my very favorite books, Ten Speed Press, I haven't shared much. I think most authors will agree, the process of...