A chewy chocolate cookie wrapped around a piece of Caramilk chocolate bar – how wrong could we go today? Carl got this recipe from the chef father of one of the volleyball girls he coached in Ottawa, and I think it is the first time in his life he ever asked for a recipe. Being a big […]
Saturday Sweets: Almond Fudge-Topped Shortbread
I love fudge and I love shortbread. Putting the two together can only be a good thing! Although based on yesterday’s experiences sweets are the last thing I should be eating…recap of fitness level revelations to follow on a later date. Let’s just say I have the lung capacity of an 80-year-old smoker, and things […]
Saturday Sweets: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Even more cookies! When you make cookies every week or so, you can easily get stuck in a rut of making the same ones, so you need a LOT of great recipes to cycle through to keep everyone on their toes. I think plain ol’ chocolate chip cookies are probably my favourite food ever, and […]
Caramel Chocolate Chipper Cookies
So named because they will make you chipper. Do people still use that word? Chipper? At least, do they use it to describe moods, or just in reference to a wood chipper? Sometimes I feel “chipper” is just the perfect word for the mood du jour. Either way – more cookies! If you’re like me, […]
The Best Chewy Gingersnaps
These are simply the best gingersnaps, because they’re classic, packed with flavour, and soft and chewy, but they don’t have cloves or nutmeg. Just ginger and cinnamon, two of the best spices known to cookies. If you like cloves and/or nutmeg, they can easily be added to this recipe (1/2 – 1 tsp of each) […]
Happy (Easter) Cookies
Easter weekend! Easter is my favourite holiday, both for the Christian background and the totally unrelated candy choices that take over the grocery stores. Although, eggs = hatching = new life…so there is some logic I suppose? Cadbury Creme Eggs and Mini Eggs have to be my favourite Easter candies, along with “Mr. Munchy”, […]
Double Chocolate Cookie Cookies
I love Oreos, and even more I love President’s Choice brand Mr. Creamy cookies. Not only is it fun to say to people, “Would you like a Mr. Creamy?“, they are also just yummier than Oreos…and cheaper too! But perhaps they can be better? What if we chop them up and use them alongside chocolate […]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats
I love this chocolate-y, peanut butter-y recipe because it is an easy one to pretend is healthy. Let me convince you. It has peanut butter, rice krispies, and peanuts. And wheat germ and/or oats and/or coconut. And if you use dark chocolate it’s good for your heart and your happiness. Really, all I had to […]
Milk Chocolate Cookies
These are super simple, chewy, stay-soft cookies. I love chewy cookies. I know you crunchy cookie lovers are out there, and I must say, I will never understand you! If I can hear a cracking sound when I bend my cookie it is not the cookie for me. Around here, we go through cookies like water, which […]
First Date Squares
This is the first time I’ve made date squares, after a long love affair with them on baking platters at weddings, paint conferences, and other gatherings where you can find me loitering at the dessert table. Why I waited this long to make them is beyond me, as is why my first baking post is […]
