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Preparation info
  • Eight

    cookies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
It's a Sweet World: Recipes from Around the Globe at Bea’s Bakery

By Lenny Rosenberg and Adaeze Nwanonyiri

Published 2025

  • About

Whenever we set up the display shelves in Bea’s Bakery, we’re always grateful to these ube cookies for their distinctively purple hue that add a splash of color to the trays and trays of baked goods that very often feature tones of mostly cream and brown. No wonder they feature so frequently in our customers’ Instagram and TikTok posts.

The word ube means “tuber” in the Filipino Tagalog language. Related to its cousin, the sweet potato, this iconic and beloved root vegetable