Hey, I don’t make up the rules, but if it says Breakfast Cake, is it really a cake? I was sent this recipe by one of my followers on social media (thanks Judy!). It is a Lemon Crumble Breakfast Cake. It had a lot of boxes checked off from my list, lemon – check, crumble [...]
The wonderful thing about cleaning up is you find all kinds of things treasures you never knew you had or (in my case – ahem, my wife calls it junk), that you never thought you had. Well we found this treasure of a recipe which was from my mother-in-law who was a wonderful baker. This [...]
There has to be one fun cookie you must make every year and this year, this is mine. Decorating these was always a fun event in our house. But the grown up kids won’t be here until Christmas day and that is too late for my last treat! This is a great sugar cookie recipe [...]
Is it cheating if I give you another fruitcake recipe? Technically, this is a chocolate fruitcake so it is different! I had this extra marinated fruit from when I initially planned on making my fusion style fruitcake for you but ended up making the Fruitcake Cookies – Treat #5, instead. Which used up a fraction [...]
No mixer required! That should draw your attention. Here’s one for the folks who are starting off and may not have a stand mixer to make some of the other treats in this blog. I love recipes like this – simple ingredients (always room for substitutions) that when combined make you go ahhhhhhh, it’s Christmas. [...]
Think of this recipe as macarons without the tiny perfect semi-circles with the perfect legs and smooth sheen on top. These are just delightful crunchy and chewy cookies. Macarons without the heartache of failed but delicious macarons! I do believe macarons are overrated – wait, deliciously overrated. It is something (I think) that takes lots [...]
Unless you have been hiding from all forms of social media over the last few months, you will have heard of the Squid Games. I fell in love with this show from the second episode. Although the first episode set the context, I wasn’t sure I’d continue with it until I saw a preview of [...]
Because it’s by Dorie Greenspan! I can hear the questions now “This isn’t an unusual cookie like your other ones?!” I know eh! But it is from the Goddess of cookies – Dorie Greenspan and I had to use at least one (there may be more) of her cookies in the Treat series. So this [...]
I'm submitting this cookie for you to try. I'll admit it isn't a beautiful cookie, but it does have a lovely short-bread like texture with a delicate bite from the black pepper and candy coated fennel. The dough is wonderful to work with and comes together in the processor. Fennel is a great digestive in [...]
This recipe seems a bit complex but it really is worth making! You know I usually avoid these types of recipes that involve planning and shopping, but I initially started off in the direction of my version of fusion style fruitcake. I pulsed up the dried fruit in my processor (like black cake) until I [...]
