Multiple posts today. This is Scott’s pick for 2018 Christmas Treat #6 – Pumpkin and Caramel Cookies. Always adventurous with tastes, these are a delightful cookie that brings fall and winter to mind. The addition of pumpkin spice makes the kitchen smell like Christmas, a warm hug, a comfortable sweater – you get the idea. [...]
I’ve been away and didn’t get a chance to post the rest of the cookies. So get your baking trays ready, only 4 days left and 7 more cookies to go. We learned some things about seeds and nuts during this baking session. We learned to tell if seeds or nuts are bad – [...]
Okay, treat #4 and only 13 days left to Christmas!!! So excited, I love this time of year. I think of parents and family members who aren’t here to celebrate with us in person, but somehow they are here with us. The impact they have had on me as a son, brother, nephew, cousin is [...]
Take your pick - round or flat! Nice to have options. Fast and furious – that’s how I am going to have to be to get these all these marvelous recipes out to you! 2018 Christmas Treat #3 – Lime and Lemon Basil Cookies. This is my nephew Richard’s submission. He has become quite the [...]
Oh my oh my! December is flying by as fast as this year has flown by. Time for some more Christmas Treats! This time, the work of one of the millennials in my family. I mentioned in previous posts and at all my classes, that we did a family bake a few weekends back. Here [...]
Best Christmas Bake ever! Okay last year was pretty special too as I had my daughter, son and his girlfriend involved (2017 Christmas Treats 7, 8 and 9). This year, I sent an invite to my nieces and nephews to participate. A resounding “yes” came back. I only had one request of them– the recipe [...]
I love recipes passed down from generation to generation. I appreciate them even more when they are shared with someone who loves to cook (like me) even if they are not part of the family. I always ask for them whenever I eat something I enjoy and always seek them out in books and on [...]
When I make Portuguese Egg Tarts, I sprinkle the puff pastry with cinnamon sugar, roll up the puff pastry, cut about 2 cm lengths and roll out to fit a muffin tin (recipe is on the site). The fist time I made them, I accidentally rolled a few pieces using too much pressure and they [...]
I often get asked if I watch the reality cooking shows on TV and really I don’t. I just find they focus more on the drama than the recipes. I miss the old cooking shows where you actually worked through recipes. There is one however that I tend to be most loyal to and that [...]
Best day Ever – the last part! You know the kids picked this and the previous two cookies. My daughter Lauren always challenges me with requests. She’ll visit a country, take a picture of a dessert she has had and then send it to me with the caption “Dad please make this when I come [...]
