When I was a teen my sister Jamie used to bake coffee shortbread cookies. I thought they were the best cookies in the whole wide world. I asked her for the recipe this year but it seems to have disappeared! Oh foodie tragedy. So I went on a search for a recipe that was similar […]
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The Ridler Family Traditional Christmas Sugar Cookies
Photo taken with the last of the winter daylight sneaking in through our living room window My family has been making these Christmas sugar cookies since I was old enough to say, I want Christmas cookies so let’s bake some darn it! Store-bought cookies never taste truly Christmasy to me and I wanted Christmas cookies […]
Merry Christmas Meringues
People are frightened of meringues. Not of eating them of course, but of making them. In some ways I can see why, they are a little tricky and require more time than your average cookie but they are worth following some simple baking rules. The payoff is extraordinary. I once brought a big container of […]
Crazy Easy & Fast Holiday Chocolate Fudge
I found out about this recipe from my dearest online friend Bohemian Single Mom. She calls it Candy Cane Fudge and you can find the original recipe here. The original recipe calls for peppermint extract and candy canes but I think I am allergic to peppermint. It always gives me a sore throat so I […]
Candied Chestnut & Cranberry Rugelach
I was asking people at the Canadian Food Network forums for the best holiday cookie ideas and Ava suggestion this Rugelach recipe. I had never heard of them before but wow, they looked absolutely delicious and realized I could use my candied chestnuts for the filling. Rugelach is apparently a Jewish pastry which I had […]
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Matzah Ball Soup
The taste of Matzah takes me right back to my childhood. In fact when I picked some up at Pete’s Holiday Hoopla and put some salted butter on it and tasted that crunchy smoky flavour, I was transported back in time. Growing up in my particular area of Toronto, tons of people celebrated Hanukkah. Considering […]