Okay, I did say that the cookies will be interesting didn’t I?! You must make this cookie as an addition to your sweet table. It sounds odd, but when you start making it, you will realize it is absolutely delightful. The aromas from the roasted garlic as it is mixing with the sugar and butter just [...]
Oh my gosh! It’s December 1st already! You know what that means, cocktail parties, dinner parties, copious amounts of wine, spirits and good food, wonderful company – family and friends. Even if you don’t celebrate the blessed event, Christmas is here! It also means my 12 Cookies of Christmas blog is due. I present to [...]
I know, it's been a while since my last posting. Been super busy - always a good thing! But here’s a recipe for an unusual but highly flavorful cookie. I love trying these recipes as they always seem to hit the sweet/savory balance I sometimes like in a cookie. I came across this recipe from [...]
Drum roll please! I bring to you, Christmas Cookie #12 (Oh yes I did!!!) - hot, spicy, decadent, savory. So this should come as no surprise! You know I like it hot! Bacon, chillies and cheese or chillies, cheese and bacon, no matter how you say it, it conjures up lip smacking memories (for me anyway). I [...]
You know I love this season! I wouldn't give it up for anything and I'm truly grateful for all we have in this beautiful land called Canada. It's been my home for almost 50 years, it's all I know, it's where I grew up and where I started my family and they now grow and [...]
This is for all my Jewish friends and in-law family. Let me start by wishing you a Happy Chanukah! I know this is a Christmas cookie blog, but I came across this recipe for Rugelach and thought it would be a good addition to jointly celebrate Christmas and Chanukah. My first attempt at making Rugelach [...]
My mum first showed me this cookie in the December 2002 edition of Gourmet Magazine. I wasn't much of a cookie baker back then but this caught my eye. I wanted to surprise the kids and so I set to making them one Saturday morning while they were out for activities. They looked great. I [...]
This comes straight from my workbook at George Brown - slightly adapted of course. I want to tell you, we took a lot of baked goods home from these classes. I would come home every evening with boxes of breads, cookies, cakes - if we baked it, we took it home. Then some went to [...]
This recipe came to me via a good friend (and accomplished baker herself) in Minneapolis. It's an award winning recipe from a contest run through their local newspaper. It's Italian Almond Cookies. Plenty of variations out there, but again, I only send you the ones I try and that my taste testers like. They (my [...]
Okay I must admit, the snow yesterday did bring back memories of Christmas 2013. But, perhaps we've been spoiled by never having severe storms that we have become a bit leery of the weather. However, things are back to normal, the sun is out and it is a glorious Canadian winter day - but only [...]
