For me, Valentine’s Day is a day off in the kitchen but for those of you wanting to bake a treat for the day of romance, nothing says I love you more than chocolate. I personally am taking a holiday today but have put together some treat ideas for all my foodie friends for Valentine’s […]
Recipe Review: Canadian Living’s Really Good Rum Balls
These are my version of Canadian Living’s Really Good Rum Balls which I wanted to add to my plate of holiday goodies for my friends because one of my friends tries to avoid carbs. Most rum balls are made with cookies but these ones are made with ground almonds bumping up the protein and bringing down […]
Recipe Review: Taste of Home’s Fudgy Pinwheel Cookies
Before I hit the wall of baking, I continued my treat-making odyssey to share with my friends for Christmas. I have never made a pinwheel cookie before so I took on Taste of Home’s Fudgy Pinwheel Cookies recipe. I used pecans instead of walnuts and I toasted them ahead of time so they were not super raw, my […]
Recipe Review: Taste of Home’s Chocolate Orange Meltaways (Truffles)
These Chocolate Orange Meltaways are actually truffles. Last year for my post “The Trouble With Truffles” I made the mistake of using a lot of bittersweet chocolate. This recipe calls for milk chocolate and semisweet chocolate so I felt much safer making them! If you are losing holiday baking steam and only have little bits of time […]
My Breadmaker Version of My Mom’s Pīrāgi (Latvian Bacon Buns)
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 […]
Lemon Sunshine Thumbprint Cookies
It has been dark here. Thankfully, not snowy (which is weird) but man, has it ever been dark! I had all that fabulous leftover lemon curd I made which got me thinking… See, I am not someone who actually celebrates Christmas. But I am someone who celebrates the return of the sun. Next week, our days will […]
