Hey there friend!

I know this year has been rough for us all - physically, financially, mentally, politically, etc! I appreciate yall being here for me through everything, and I hope yall know I'm always here for you.
I hope you enjoy your treats this year. 

miso shortbread with walnuts and black sesame seeds:

for this recipe I used my mom's snowball recipe, but added miso and sesame - and made em bars! having spent December in surgery recovery, I haven't been able to scoop cookies, so turning cookie recipes into bars was my saving grace 

 

caramel gochujang bar:

this is a modified version of Eric Kim's NYT famous caramel gochujang cookies - it's a little less sweet and more fluffy 

 

black sesame sweetened condensed milk brownie bar:

this one is based on my mom's chocolate nugget recipe. I replaced some flour with ground black sesame seeds and added miso as well

 

miso ginger slab goo bar:

this is probably my favourite one in the batch - I'm obsessed with the miso and ginger snap combo, and they turned out wonderfully chewy 

 

brown butter white chocolate bars:

Jupiter browned the butter for these and they're much braver than I am so they came out with an amazing roasty toasty flavour! I also added a saltwash and did a tray slam halfway through

 

black sesame peanut white chocolate ritz:

I got this idea from @eatchofood but mine are not nearly as impressive lol! I mixed blended black sesame with peanut butter, msg, and salt, and put a dollop of that and some white chocolate between two ritz crackers