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Merry Christmas to all of you, from our crazy family. May your holidays be filled with love, laughter and your family surrounding you. Cherish the twinkle in your children’s eyes as they experience the wonder of giving and of course, the magic of too much chocolate combined with the glee of new toys and over [...]
I have never been a cobbler kinda gal. I like my fruits in crisps, the cakey topping that I usually associate with crumbles can’t hold a candle to the crunchy oatmeal topping that crisps are known for. The story that lead me to this recipe is a common one around this house. It started with [...]
Oh, yes I did! These lovelies were inspired by my first trip to the Bulk Barn, prompted by everyone on Twitter telling me how much I was missing in life by not frequenting said store. And I mean everyone. I think even Jessica Alba chimed in at one point and said “Are you crazy??” Ok, [...]
The devil made me do it. That’s the only thing that came to mind when I realized that on a day when it was about plus 28 Celsius, I was finally making the cookies that have been niggling in the back of my mind for a long, long time. I recently posted the base recipe [...]
Since I know so many lovely, amazing food bloggers, I thought I would do a round-up of some of the best of what I have seen them baking up this Christmas season. All pictures belong to the food bloggers listed, this is about as little effort on my part as possible. Go comment on their sites to say hi and check out some truly great people. I'm also lazy. Go look at their sites for inspiration. … [Read more...]
My son's Harry Potter Birthday party went off beautifully, lots of Harry Potter themed food and children running around in sugar-induced glee. The morning of the actual party I was up at 6 AM, fussing and fretting as I am wont to do the day of an event and decided that since I couldn't sleep, cookies were in order. I already had the treacle tarts made, the Hogwarts cake built and ready … [Read more...]
Let's state the obvious before we go any further into this post. I have been Instagraming pictures of my newest Christmas decorationwhile updating the static pictures on my site to pictures of chocolate turtle bark, how to make my grandma's Christmas pudding and those addicting-like-crack chocolate covered Ritz. I am giddy with excitement over the Lego advent calendars I found this year. I'm … [Read more...]
These were my first attempt at stuffed chocolate chip cookies, pre-dating my Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies which I posted first on this site. Recipes don't always go in order and recipes are almost NEVER as I make them. Most people don't realize the processing time that goes into making pictures look good, double checking that a recipe really works and then posting it. I am … [Read more...]
The devil made me do it. That's the only thing that came to mind when I realized that on a day when it was about plus 28 Celsius, I was finally making the cookies that have been niggling in the back of my mind for a long, long time. I recently posted the base recipe for making the Perfect Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie and used these peanut butter cup cookies as an example in the post. The … [Read more...]
Stuffing cookies full of the best sweets and treats is not new by any means.We have been putting everything we can into chocolate chip cookies since the Tollhouse recipe came out. Everyone who has baked a chocolate chip cookie has tried putting another ingredient in the middle of it. But every recipe I came across looked like lumps of dough baked around a treat. Which tastes just as great, … [Read more...]
This chocolate chip cookie madness that seems to have overtaken me has been so much fun. What could be better than trying out versions of what is truly the world's most famous cookie? I'll tell you what's better. Not having to go on the treadmill daily simply to combat the fact that I am baking so many cookies. Not having to wash so many pans and spoons and cups and counters. The … [Read more...]
This recipe challenged me on so many levels. We were having an open house - as we have listed the house for sale just recently- and trying to overcome my natural instincts to make a mother of a mess while baking was almost impossible. Watch the flour and don't flick it all over. Use only one spoon. Wash everything up almost AS I use it, to control the mess on the counters. Put all … [Read more...]
I know I say that a lot of recipes are my favorite on my site and perhaps that's because I won't post anything that doesn't float my boat, ring my tasting bell, send me to cloud nine, you get the point. Or perhaps I am fickle too and whatever happens to be right in front of me at the time for snackage sweetness just automatically becomes my favorite. These, however, were a smash hit. As a … [Read more...]
When whipping up some chocolate chip cookies the other night, I realized that there are so many ways to make this simple recipe. I have made a chocolate chip cookie pecan bar version before, delicious, nutty and easy to whip up. I have my favorite, which is chewy and crisp. You can make puffy cookies, you can make chewy cookies, you can make cakey cookies, you name it, you can make chocolate … [Read more...]
These aren't really granola bars, not yet. And I say not yet because I still haven't found a gosh darn good granola bar recipe. These are going to remain Peanut Butter N' Honey Bars, without any tweaking into granola bars, because they really worked out well just they way they are. But not really what I would consider a granola bar. They are packed with nuts, raisins, seeds, honey and … [Read more...]
I love me some natural peanut butter, thus, I love me some baking that has it in it. This half came from a recipe on Martha Stewart and I say "half" because of course, I changed it completely. No baking powder because I want these flat and chewy, all brown sugar because I want it chewy and more vanilla because it needed it desperately. I also changed the flour ratio as well. The original … [Read more...]
Welcome to my cookie factory! Nothing like leaving cookies until the very last minute, such as February 13th. My counters this morning were covered with 10 dozen cookies, all ready to be gifted to classmates and co-workers tonight and tomorrow. These are yummy cherry flavored cookies, perfect for Valentines Day, and the recipe makes a good 5 dozen. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups butter, softened 3 … [Read more...]
What I love most about Russian Tea Cakes is they are basically a shortbread that you can add your favorite nut to, then roll in icing sugar. Is there anything that you can possibly find wrong with the above sentence? Nothing. This is all good. Shortbread+hazelnuts=where have you been all my life? Ingredients Needed: 1 cup of butter 2 cups plus one tbsp of flour 1 tsp of vanilla … [Read more...]
Otherwise known as "Don't Answer the Door While They Are in the Oven" biscotti. Bah. I'll get to that later. The ones that did turn out are delicious, just perfectly crispy and were so much fun to decorate. The ones that didn't taste great but are far too browned to give away to anyone. And I didn't decorate those, they can be chomped down by the family in their bare, over-baked … [Read more...]
These are also known as Double Funk cookies, named by Cymantha at my work. The girls were having a day, as it sometimes happens around the time of the full moon-especially when you work at a hospital- and I asked her to name them. And so they were named due to the funk that everyone was in. Let's just say that these cookies will get you out of the deepest, darkest double funk you could ever … [Read more...]
Since I had such success with my lemon sugar cookies last year, I decided that it was time for a chocolate version. Since I don't really enjoy plain white sugar cookies-yet, I haven't tackled a recipe to make it to my own tastes- I knew that my next attempt would be chocolate. Oh ho. Good thing these crispy little beauties haven't been in my repertoire. Too tasty. Too … [Read more...]
I don't usually like a soft, cakey cookie, but one of my most favorite baking ingredients is pumpkin. I have made almost everything one can think of that has pumpkin in it, pumpkin scones, pumpkin dip, even pumpkin soup. I have never attempted a pumpkin cookie, because they really are just little cakes and I like chewy, crispy cookies. But hey, fall is here, pumpkin is the … [Read more...]
I have probably mentioned my dad's penchant for very chewy treats before, from his utter dismay over McIntosh toffee getting rid of their bar format and turning to little candies instead, to his love of raisins in chocolate cake. So one week while he was staying with us, I set out to make one helluva chewy cookie. I figured you needed oats, coconut flakes and raisins combined … [Read more...]
Mmmm. These were a rainy day concoction, because what better weather to make cookies is there, really? Ok, well in Alberta there are snowy days, that definitely counts as a cookie baking day. Days full of sleet....days full of fog......evenings full of rain that turns into freezing ice from hell. Loooove Alberta! All that cookie baking time. Nine months out of the year. … [Read more...]
I love my kids, my husband and chocolate.
The order depends on when you ask.
Welcome to my nest!
