Recipes

Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

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…

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Hello Dolly (7 Layer Magic Cookie Bar) Recipe: The Chocolate Toffee Edition

Hello Dolly 7 Layer Magic Cookie Bar Recipe…When I bake, I usually want nothing short of extravagance, high praise and admiration for my extreme baking prowess (like macarons, see my tutorial simplifying them here, I promise they are easy!). But sometimes you want a dessert recipe that is fast, easy, simple, foolproof and crowd pleasing without the headache of particularly whipped egg whites or fancy baking dishes or rare ingredients. Enter the Hello Dolly, aka the Magic Bar, aka the Seven Layer Bar, aka the Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bar. These things will knock your socks off, they are ah-mazing: so sweet, so delicious, so easy, and oh so so good…

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Valentine’s Heart Macarons with Chocolate Berry Filling

Valentine’s Heart Macarons with Chocolate Berry Filling…Macarons are not hard to make. They require some practice and some technical skills, but once you’ve baked them a few times they really aren’t difficult at all. I have a post here all about how to make perfect macarons–easy, fast and no swearing involved!…