Baking with Yeast
Ube Ensaymada
Filipino sweet bread with ube jam filling, topped with butter or margarine and sugar – perfect for your coffee When you have tried making your own Ube Jam, making Ube Ensaymada is a must. Well, at least for me. Ensaymada…
Pan de Monggo
Buns filled with sweet red bean paste. Perfectly paired with cola with lots of ice cubes. One of the difficult things when you are on a Whole30 diet (or any kind of specific diet/program) is to say ‘no’ to everything…
Cheese Manakish
I am very friendly and I’ve made friends recently. Well, they’re longtime friends, but I didn’t know that they’ve been there the whole time… and when I say ‘there‘, I mean in my brain. So you know that movie Inside…
Pandesal
Contrary to the literal meaning “salt bread”, Pandesal is slightly sweet rather than salty. It is soft and fluffy and usually dipped in hot coffee. Pandesal is your usual yeast bread, but what makes it different from other Filipino bread…
Shakoy (Twisted Fried Donuts)
There are so many Filipino recipes that I hope I know its history or even just the meaning of the name of the dish. Maybe it’s a language from a certain tribe that I can translate to English? Not a…
Glazed Donuts
As this blog turns three months, thenotsocreativecook wants to thank everyone for the nice comments, for taking time to visit, and for the thumbs up. I am also pleased to meet new friends here on WordPress and excited to receive…