The weather is cooling down and the time for baking is here! One of my favourite fall flavours is maple. As a result, one of the only store-bought cookies I like to eat are Dare Maple Leaf Creme Cookies. Two cookies stuffed with a maple creamy filling? I will take these over Oreos any day! I […]
“Martha is always right. Martha is always right. Martha is always right…”
I am writing penance for once again, not following Martha Stewart’s recipe to a tee. This time it is because of changes I made to her Double-Crust Apple Pie from her massive new book Martha’s Entertaining: A Year of Celebrations published by Random House Canada. I decided to make an apple pie for Jamie and Justin’s visit and I wanted everything […]
Royal Icing Halloween Sugar Cookies & Contest Winners!
Happy Halloween everyone! Oh I can’t believe the day is here and I still have so much to do. To celebrate I am sharing some Halloween decorated cookies with you and announcing the winners of my Halloween contest. Not quite yet though! Stingy the spider will be protecting the names until the end of this […]
Mini Halloween Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Frosting
For those of you who want to make something Halloween-inspired but not super spooky, these mini cupcakes may be the perfect treat! I followed this recipe but baked a miniature cupcake version instead and made my own homemade maple frosting for them. Who knew maple and pumpkin go that well together? I didn’t! Sift together 2 1/4 […]
Romantic Bloody Halloween Pastry Heart
Chives’ Buttermilk Biscuits
For our 11th wedding anniversary Reg and I went to Chives Canadian Bistro where I was introduced to their buttermilk biscuits. Loved them! How cool is it that you can find the recipe and story about these biscuits on their web site? Forgetting to order the bread for the opening night and recreating a family recipe […]
My So-Called “Instant” Mini Mincemeat Pies
When you read this post, it will become quite clear that I have never made mincemeat pies before. In fact there were a lot of “firsts” when it came to my experience of making these over the weekend. Although they might be called “instant” there was nothing easy or fast about them. Mincemeat pies are […]
Bobby Flay’s Pumpkin Bread with Spicy Caramel Apple Sauce
Is there any ingredient inspired more by autumn than pumpkin? I don’t think so! I really wanted to get into the October spirit and bake with it. So I was thrilled to find this pumpkin loaf recipe in the recently published Bar Americain Cookbook written by Bobby Flay and published by Random House of Canada. It […]
Tyler’s Better Buttermilk Biscuits with Thyme & Cheddar
In Canada, Thanksgiving is literally around the corner. It sneaks up on me every year! As usual, I do not feel ready to celebrate next weekend. What would Thanksgiving be without delicious homemade biscuits? Actually, it would have been our house a few years ago before I learned how to bake. I used to get […]
Product Review: Cavena Nuda Naked Oats
“Cavena is a naturally evolved naked oat developed with the support of Ag-Canada.” That is what the packaging says about Nuda Naked Oats. I received this product for testing, excited to try a rice substitute but had no idea what I was in for. This hulless oat that the company refers to as the “Rice […]