Absolutely nothing in our family home was coveted more than piragi, Latvian bacon buns. My mom rarely baked yet every now and then, especially near the holidays, something magical would happen. Mom would bake these sweet fabulous bacon buns that would remind her of home in Latvia. They now remind me of home in Toronto […]
Kitchen Disaster: Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens’ Gingerbread Recipe
Carrot Bread from “Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens”
Love the stained-glass effect of the raisins, cranberries and carrots With Thanksgiving behind all of us now and the holidays getting closer, the baking season has officially begun! Nova Scotians are well known to be generous and creative bakers so I was so excited with the opportunity to review the 40th Anniversary Edition of Out of Old […]
Double Cheese “Fan Tan” Rolls with Dijon Glaze
Halloween Treat: Attack of Vampiric Pumpernickel Bats!
This weekend we had the crappiest weather! Dark and stormy, right out of a scary movie. As a result, I got into a comfort food-making mood. Here you have my roasted butternut squash soup topped with croutons I made out of this bread machine pumpernickel bread. Yes, I was going stir crazy and a tad bored so […]
Halloween Treats: Fat Ogre Fingers
Now these are true finger foods! I got this idea from a Halloween magazine I bought that I just can not find anywhere online! They recommend using breadstick dough but I had some leftover whole wheat dough I wanted to try using instead: I used this recipe for whole wheat bread machine pizza dough. Do not […]
Recipe: Breadmaker Yummy Yogurt Dill Loaf
Recipe: Breadmaker Maritime Brown Bread
I have been looking for a hearty and delicious whole wheat breadmaker bread recipe and finally found one I like! It comes from the out-of-print book: Canada’s Best Bread Machine Baking Recipes. Such a shame because I get the best breadmaker recipes from this book. Above you can see how great this bread is as French Toast. Here is […]
Recipe Review: Paula Deen’s Mexican Cornbread
Yesterday was the day of the first harvest of summer. You know I love food traditions so I just had to participate and make traditional cornbread to celebrate. Thankfully the heat wave has lightened up a little so I decided it was safe to bake some. Who knows cornbread better than Ms. Paula Deen the queen […]
Recipe: Breadmaker Cinnamon Buns
The dark and drearies have returned to Nova Scotia so baking was no longer out of the question. Even though the humidity is still high, I braved to bake my favourite treat in the whole world for two different birthday celebrations. I altered the original recipe which you can find here to turn it into […]