Now is the season for Strawberries and Rhubarb. Especially if you live in New England and you have a yard.
Both ingredients can come from your own backyard easily. Strawberry Rhubarb pie is easy and guaranteed  delicious.

• 3 cup of fresh strawberries slices
• 3 cup of rhubarb slices
• 3 tbsp of butter
• 3/4 cup of brow sugar
• 1 shot of Whisky
• 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
• some salt
• 1 frozen pie crust

1. Cook strawberries and rhubarb in a sauce pan with butter and brow sugar.
2. Cook until rhubarb is slightly softened add whisky, salt and cinnamon.
3. When all fruits are softened, pure the mixture in a frozen pie crust.
4. Bake following the pie crust instruction.
5. Allow the pie to chill before serving.  Serve with vanilla ice cream is recommended.

I made this peanut sugar bun a while ago. This is a great breakfast item.

Dough

• 2 cups of  whole wheat flour
• 2 cups of all purpose flour
• 2 tsp of yeast
• 1 tbsp of sugar
• Hot water

Filling

• 1 cup of peanut powder
• 1 cup of black and white sesame power
• 1 cup of sugar powder
• Raisins

1. Mix dough – dry ingredients together, and slowly add hot water into the flour.
2. First use mixer to blend the flour together. When the dough is not as hot anymore, mix the dough by hand until it does not stick on the hand. Make sure the dough does not have lumps and the surface is smooth.
3. Cover with cloth and place the dough in a warm place to rise for 1 hour.
4. Cut the dough into golf ball sizes. Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough.
5. Mix all filing ingredients and place the filling in the middle of the dough.
6. Fold the edge of the dough to the center.
7. Place couple of raisins on top of the bun as desired.
8. Allow the buns to rise for additional 1 hour.
9. Steam the buns for 30 minutes.

This Strawberry cream pie only takes 2 minutes to make, but is as delicious as a pie you spend 2 hours on.

• 1 box of 16 oz. cream cheese ($1.29)
• 1 box of vanilla pudding mix ($1.29)
• some strawberries (sliced) ($3)
• 1 graham cracker pie crust ($2.19)
• some chocolate chips ($0.50)

Total $ 8.27 dollars. 8 servings with zero effort.

1. Mix cream cheese with pudding in a food processor.
2. Add chocolate chips and half of the strawberries slices into the mixture.
3. Pour the mixture into the pie crust.
4. Place the rest of the strawberrie slices on top of the mixture as decoration.
5. Refrigerate until chilled.

Thanksgiving sweet potato often is one of my favorite.
This is how I made it.

• 5 cups of mashed potato
• 1 cup of marshmallow
• 1 egg
• 1 cup of brown sugar

1. mix the potato with egg and brown sugar.
2. bake for 375F for 15 minutes.
3. sprinkle the marshmallow on top of sweet potato.
4. bake additional 10 minutes or until marshmallow is melted.

This is an easy dessert for lazy day.

• 1 bag of store bought pie dough
• 1 can of apple pie filling
• 2 apples (peeled and chopped into bit size)
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp of butter

1. Defrost the pie dough.
2. Spread butter around the pie pan.
3. Lay the pie dough in the pie pan.
4. In a sauce pan, melt the butter and add apple.
5. Cook until the apple until slightly softened. Add cinnamon, vanilla and apple pie filling.
6. Pour the apple mixture in the pie pan.
7. Fold the extra pie dough inside to cover the filling.
8. Brush melted butter on top of the pie dough.
9. Bake the apple pie according to the pie dough directions.

The fresh apple gives that fresh sour and crunchy flavor of apples to an ordinary apple pie filling.

• 1 cup of water
• 2/3 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup flour

1. cook all ingredients above in a sauce pan.
2. refrigerate until hardened.

Dough I

• 1 cup of four
• 1/4 cup of butter
• 2 tbsp of sugar
• 1/3 cup of water

1. mix all ingredients together.
2. separate the dough into 8 pieces.

Dough II

• 1/3 cup of butter
• 3/4 cup of flour

1. mix together by hand.
2. separate the dough into 8 pieces.
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   • 1 egg (beat)
   • some sesame seeds

1. Use a rolling pan to flatten the first dough and wrap second dough in it.
2. Then flatten the mixed dough and put filling in the middle.
3. fold dough towards the middle.
4. brush egg on top.
5. sprinkle sesame seeds as desired.
6. bake at 350°F for 35 minutes or until the top turns golden brown.

Turkish Delight is certainly a tasty candy.

• 2 cups of sugar + 1/2 cup of sugar ($2)
• 2 tbsp of corn starch ($0.3)
• 1 cup of water
• 1 tsp of orange juice ($0.2)
• 1/2 tsp of orange zest
• 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract ($0.3)
• 1 tsp of backing powder ($0.1)

Total $ 2.9 for Twenty servings

1. Bring sugar, corn starch, water, and baking powder up to a boil.
   Stir constantly and bring the temperature to 220° F.
2. Add orange juice, zest and vanilla extract.
3. Pour candy mixture into a pan. Chill in the fridge for 1 hr.
4. Cut the candy into bite sized pieces, and coat them with sugar.

雷好公跟我剛過了我們美國婚禮的兩週年.
我自己做了一個蛋糕. 分好吃歐.
還自己裝釋歐

很可愛吧!

• 1 can of pineapple slices ($0.99)
• 1 can of peaches ($0.99)
• 2 cup of whipped cream ($0.99)
• 1 box of vanilla cake mix ($2.19)
• 2 tbsp of sugar ($0.2)
• 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract ($o.2)

Total $5.56 for Eight

1. Bake the cake according to the directions on the box.
2. When the cake is baked, set it aside until cooled completely.
3. Using a hand mixer, whip the whipped cream until stiff. Add sugar and vanilla extract.
4. Chop 2/3 can of pineapple slices and peaches into small cubes.
5. Mix half of the whip cream with the fruit.
6. Carefully slice the cake into two halves (upper and lower). Spread the whipped cream and fruit mixture in between the two halves.
7. Spread the left over whipped cream on top of and around the cake.
8. Decorate the cake as desired with left over fruits and additional candies.

Bread-

• 2/3 cup of warm water
• 3 tbsp of butter(melted)
• 2 cups of flour
• 3 tbsp of sugar
• 1 tsp of salt
• 2 tsp of dry yeast

Filling-

• 1 can of apple pie filling

1. Mix all bread ingredients together. Set the dough in a warm place for 1 1/2 hr or until the dough is twice its original size.
2. Use a lightly floured rolling pan to flatten the dough into a large square.
3. Cut the left and right sides of the dough into large strips. (About 1 inch each and 10 strips total)
4. Pour the apple pie filling into the center.
5. Fold the strips into the center.
6. Brush the bread with melted butter.
7. Bake at 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Pie Crust

• 2 1/2 cups of flour
• 2 tbsp of sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 8 tbsp of butter
• 6 tbsp of oil
• 8 tbsp of ice water

1. Mix all ingredients together.
2. Refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
3. Separate the dough into 2 parts. Flatten both. Set one piece of dough in a pie pan. Cover with foil. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes.

Pie fillings

• 1 can of apple pie filling
• 2 apples (peeled and cut into cubes)
• 1 tsp of ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp of vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp of butter

1. Melt 1 tbsp. of butter in a sauce pan and add fresh apples. Cover with lid, cook for 15 minutes.
2. Add cinnamon and vanilla.
3. Mix freshly cooked apple with apple filling.
4. Pour apple mixture into the pie crust.
5. Cover the filling with the remaining dough.
6. Cut holes on the top crust.
7. Brush 1tbsp. melted butter on top.
8. Bake at 375° for 30 mins.

省事自做蘋果派

派皮

• 2 1/2杯麵粉
• 2 大匙糖
• 1 匙鹽
• 8大匙奶油
• 6大匙油
• 8大匙冰水

1. 將所有材料混合好
2. 冰最少6小時
3. 將派皮分兩半. 桿平. 將其中一塊皮. 撲在派盤上. 蓋上鋁薄紙. 烤180度. 25分.

派餡

• 1罐蘋果派餡料罐頭
• 2顆蘋果 (去皮. 去心)
• 1匙肉桂粉
• 1匙香草精
• 1 大匙奶油

1. 奶油入鍋中融化. 炒入新鮮蘋果煮約10分.
2. 加入肉桂粉.肉桂粉. 蘋果派餡料罐頭. 再燒煮一下.
3. 倒餡料於派皮中.
4. 將另一派皮桿平. 鋪在餡料上.
5. 邊微捏. 上面用刀. 劃3-4 道.
6. 派皮上刷上一點融化奶油.
7. 烤190度. 約20分鐘. 或直到派皮邊微黃.