Char Siu

Recipe from Kirbie Cravings.

Ingredients
2 lbs pork
3 tbsp hoisin sauce
1 1/2 tbsp honey
1/4 cup sugar
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp cooking Chinese wine
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp 5 spice powder
3 drops red food color
honey for brushing

Directions
1. Combine all seasoning together to form a thick sauce. Then put with pork in a large container. (You may want to cut pork to smaller pieces first to make it easier to cook with. I cut mine into 4 pieces.) Marinate pork for a few hours or overnight in fridge. I marinated overnight.
2. Heat oven to 375 F.Prepare a baking tray with aluminum foil over it.Place marinated pork on the baking tray, bake pork for 30 minutes,then turn the other side,bake for another 30 minutes. Pork should be just about done.
3. Change setting to broil at 400F, roast the pork for another 10-15 minutes or until the top develops a slightly charred look.
4. Remove roast pork from oven,brush with honey to give a glossy shine look. Cut and serve as appetizer or main dish.

Apple Pie Bars

Recipe from the velvet bird.

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
pinch of ground cloves
1 stick of butter, softened
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 TBSP of vanilla
2 apples, cored and diced (don't bother peeling them& granny smith is best, but any variety will do!)

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and spices.
In a large bowl (or your stand mixer) beat butter and sugars together until light&fluffy.
Add in eggs one at a time on low speed until completely mixed together and smooth.
Add in a little flour mixture at a time on low, mix until all of the flour is incorporated.
The dough will be super thick, more like the consistency of cookie dough so don't worry if its hard to mix!
Stir in apple chunks.

Spread dough evenly into your greased pan, you can use a spatula to help get it even or I just sprayed my hands with a little of the nonstick spray and flattened everything out that way.

Bake for 30-35 minutes, it will be a yummy golden brown looking.
Let cool completely before cutting into them.

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