It is pissing rain Vancouver. PISSING. I can feel my autumn instincts trying to kick in. Suddenly, I crave hot chocolate paired with a good book, or to bake dinner rolls or corn bread or at least a bunch of cookies, with spaghetti or maybe chili for dinner… then knitting a blanket or sweater in […]
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Chocolate Pudding & Coconut Macaroons…
While it is true that chocolate has many perfect partnerships: peanut butter, caramel, ice cream, and really ANY cookie, as well as, being simply fantastic in many different manifestations: solid, chips, melted, hot, cold and, of course, molten – I believe that the pairing of chocolate pudding and macaroons is one of the most perfect […]
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Eggnog Cheesecake Bars
I chose to bake Eggnog Cheesecake Bars (another Martha Stewart recipe) specifically for Michael because he is a such a fan of eggnog (especially when added to coffee). I followed the recipe pretty precisely, though I needed to strain the mixed batter, as it was lumpier than I liked, before pouring it over the crust. I think […]
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Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies
Yesterday I tried baking a couple of items out of Martha Stewart’s Holiday Cookies (a special issue of her magazine). Every now and then I find a recipe I really, really like via Martha Stewart (though I usually modify it to suit my particular taste), but I don’t regularly collect her magazine as I am […]
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A series of Christmas baking photos:
I will elaborate on these further in an upcoming post, but here is a teaser of Icing Sugar Chocolates being dipped: Sugar Cookies being iced: Santa Whiskers baked and ready for consumption: And rather perfect-looking shortbread (if I say so myself) (though please forgive the grungy cookie sheet – it is my favourite one and […]
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An Experiment with Apple Pie…
I know it seems like I am never happy when I experiment with baking and, unfortunately, this post does nothing to counter that general opinion. I had a bunch of apples. I had a brand new pie plate. I made a pie on a day that I had already been baking for 8 hours. I […]
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Apple Kuchen AKA Apple Pizza
My lovely friends Janine & Thomas came for a visit over Thanksgiving weekend and brought a pile of these tasty McIntosh apples from their family orchard in Kelowna. After arranging this beautiful bounty in a large bowl and admiring it on my counter for a few days – what colour!! – I decided I wanted […]
It has been crazy busy around here, and, though I have planned a number of posts for the blog, and even taken a few illustrating pictures, I haven’t managed to write any of the individual posts. So here is a teaser of some upcoming projects: These are fresh chocolate mint leaves soaking in condensed milk. […]
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New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies
This recipe was referred to as the ultimate chocolate chip cookie recipe on a Knit & Bake forum on Ravelry about a week ago and I, being a rather obvious fan of chocolate and cookies, thought I would give them a try. Here are the results: My thoughts: really tasty, but certainly not more so […]
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Chocolate Coconut Oatmeal Cookies
Still working on perfecting this recipe, but I thought I’d share a picture at least: