Simple Cinnamon Buns Recipe…In my last post I mentioned that one of my pregnancy cravings has been cinnamon. I’ve been baking the same cinnamon bun recipe over and over and over again, all throughout this pregnancy! They turn out perfectly every single time and are devoured within moments, there are never any leftovers…
Halloween Snack Tray…This was a very memorable and special Halloween for us, complete with gingerbread skeleton cookies, voodoo doll sugar cookies, monster haystack cookies, fudgy chocolate spiderweb brownies, caramel candy apples, chocolate Halloween cookies, and an abundance of candy! The pandemic has not put a damper on our Halloween spirit at all. In fact, I think we are having even more fun and making even stronger memories with all the creative solutions to staying in and just being our own little (growing) family! We sure had a great time doing our own thing this year…
Key Lime Pie Donuts…I hope quarantine and isolation are going well for everyone. If it isn’t, here is something to brighten your day and delight your taste buds: Key Lime Pie Doughnuts. Seriously, these are life changing. I am very grateful that I have a backyard for the kids to play in, warm weather to enjoy, sunshine streaming in my windows for my houseplants, a healthy family…and these KEY LIME PIE DONUTS! Things could certainly be better, but they could absolutely be worse. So, I am feeling very blessed and thankful these days, and juicing a lot of key limes…
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies…If you’re looking for the perfect simple chocolate chip cookie for some quarantine baking, I’ve got the recipe for you. This is by far my family’s favourite recipe; my husband recognizes the aroma when he comes home from work and there’s usually half a dozen eaten off the cooling tray within minutes of his arrival. They use basic, everyday ingredients—so no unnecessary trips to the grocery store—and the recipe can actually be used for many other types of cookies…
Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing…I have been promising a life changing sugar cookie recipe for a while now. My friends, I am finally delivering on that promise! These cookies are seriously to die for, everyone who eats them asks for the recipe or proclaims they are the best sugar cookies they’ve ever eaten. I’m not exaggerating! I top them off with an egg free meringue powder royal icing (because #pregnant) and they not only taste great, they look beautiful, too…
Jelly Roll Cake Raspberry…It’s New Year’s Eve, and I am a believer in the superstition that the way you spend your day is an indication of how your year will be. So rather than doing a super complicated recipe with tonnes of ingredients and hours of prep work and decorating, I thought I’d share something that’s simple, elegant, delicious and easy: Raspberry Jelly Roll Cake. You must have something yummy to celebrate with, but who’s got time to be baking all day when there are hairdos to set, winged liner to master, and a fabulous red lip awaiting tonight’s festivities…
Macaroons: Martha Stewart vs Anna Olson…One of the greatest confusions of the world is the difference between macarons and macaroons. I feel it is my duty to spread goodwill and educate the masses on the crucial difference between the two types of cookies. My aim is to save anyone from using the wrong hashtag and looking oh so foolish to us cookie aficionados in the know…
Pear Upside Down Cake…It’s Easter weekend, which in our house means lots of Church, lots of chocolate, lots of family, and lots of silly fun! Though you wouldn’t know it was spring by looking out the window this morning; it’s still a frigid winter wonderland out there…
Fool Proof Chocolate Macarons…It’s chocolate macaron time: spring is in the air, the snow is melting, Easter is around the corner. There’s nothing more perfect for spring than a delicate and delicious macaron cookie, and these chocolate ones are amazingly rich and decadent…
Checkerboard cookie recipe…It’s Valentine’s Day, and in our house that means there will be a special baked treat: checkerboard cookies! For the last few years my husband and I have a deal that in lieu of gifts for each other he cooks a special dinner and I bake a special dessert for us to enjoy together. It’s become a really nice tradition and we like that we are doing something less commercial than typical…
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