Comfort Staples

Cookie Crust Thicc Cream Puffs (Choux au Craquelin)

Cookie Crust Thicc Cream Puffs (Choux au Craquelin)

These thicc cream puffs are filled to the brim with cream and topped with a crispy brown sugar cookie crust – otherwise known as choux au craquelin! Mannnn I love the look of these when they work out perfectly, but these were admittedly a pain […]

7 Flavors of Pastry Cream

7 Flavors of Pastry Cream

Here are the recipes for my favorite pastry cream/custard fillings! I’ll probably add more as time goes on and the title of this post will change LOL The Thai pandan custard recipe was generously provided to me by my friend Sara who has an amazing […]

Meringue Cookie Crust Cream Puff Muffins

Meringue Cookie Crust Cream Puff Muffins

These are crispy, luscious cream puffs – in muffin form! They’re topped with toasted Italian meringue and filled to the brim with diplomat cream inside a cookie crust shell… This recipe was inspired by a picture of adorable bear-shaped cream puff muffins; I just used […]

Tangzhong Milk Bread Dough – Pandan Custard Buns

Tangzhong Milk Bread Dough – Pandan Custard Buns

These custard buns are filled with a Thai-inspired coconut and real pandan custard, and topped with toasted coconut! This bread recipe is very versatile – the tangzhong keeps the bread soft longer than other types of bread! Here I use my friend Sara’s amazing Thai […]

Viet Coffee Creme Brulee

Viet Coffee Creme Brulee

Flavored with Vietnamese coffee straight from a phin, this creme brûlée is decadent comfort! This was the second flavor of creme brulee that I sold in my store – it really felt like a no brainer to include this flavor! I’ve tried both Cafe Du […]

Passionfruit Creme Brulee

Passionfruit Creme Brulee

This creme brulee was one of the first things I sold in my store; I still have a soft spot for this creme brulee. I was obsessed with passionfruit at the time and found a recipe online on a blog called Love and Olive Oil […]

Peppermint Mocha Levain-Style Cookies

Peppermint Mocha Levain-Style Cookies

Ring in the holiday season with another Levain-style cookie; chocolate dough with a touch of peppermint and espresso is filled with Andes peppermint crunch melts, white chocolate, and bittersweet chocolate! Ingredients Makes nine 5.25 oz cookies 8 Tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup […]

Sumbitches Levain-Style Cookies

Sumbitches Levain-Style Cookies

“You know what? I don’t care if these are poisoned. There’s chocolate and peanut butter and caramel in these sumbitches” Inspired by the infamous Sumbitches cookies from HIMYM with an added twist, these levain-style cookies are built from a peanut butter dough and stuffed with […]

Viet Coffee Marble Levain-Style Cookies

Viet Coffee Marble Levain-Style Cookies

If y’all aren’t familiar with the infamousss super thicc gooey cookies from Levain Bakery in NYC, you should be! Thanks to some friends’ suggestions, I made my own version – marbled with coffee-flavored dough, white and dark chocolate chips, and toasted pecans!⁣⁣ They’re crispy on […]

Viet Iced Coffee Cookies

Viet Iced Coffee Cookies

These soft, crispy, chewy cookies are flavored with real espresso and rippled with both white and dark chocolate chips to resemble the rich taste of Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk on ice! The big secret to these cookies – they don’t actually have Vietnamese coffee […]