Get Recipe Here! I am starting the week with my best foot forward. Thank goodness I made Anna’s Rustic No-Knead Artisan Bread last week or else I would have had a meltdown. I had so many things go wrong in the kitchen last week that it is nice that I have one success to share with you. […]
Flavours of PEI: Buttermilk Biscuits
“OMG! These things are dynamite. Made them. Loved them. Me and kids ate them all.” ~ Three D Photos Thanks to all of you who voted for me to win the PEI Recipe Challenge, I won second place and a copy of the cookbooks Flavours of Prince Edward Island: A Culinary Journey and The Best of Chef at Home! […]
Rachel Allen’s Banana Bread & Cookbook Review of “Bake”
Last Christmas I received the cookbook Rachel’s Baking Secrets (although my book is entitled “Bake”) from my mom for Christmas and have had a great time testing out the recipes. I absolutely adored watching Rachel Allen‘s show Bake, so much so I had to get her cookbook. I have made her Apple and Oat Crumble, Peanut Butter […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lorraine’s Cousin’s Wife’s Gingerbread Recipe
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
Recipe Review: Ina Garten the Barefoot Contessa’s Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp
Thanks so much for the Thanksgiving wishes yesterday! Warmed my heart. 🙂 Last year I made Ina Garten AKA the Barefoot Contessa‘s mammoth Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp recipe for New Year’s Eve. It was a huge hit! It was seriously the best apple crisp I had ever tasted and have been wanting to share it with you ever since. […]