Category: baking

Chocolate Babka

Quarantine has brought out the baker in so many of you, and it’s been really fun to see all of your creations. I’ve had some time to put together this…

6-Ingredient Molasses Cookies (Vegan!)

What are vegan molasses spice cookies you ask? Ginger. Molasses. Nutmeg. Cinnamon. Crackling crinkling outside. Soft and chewy middle. The perfect cold weather cookie. Easy. Fast. Delicious. This minimalist recipe…

Strawberry Pie Squares

Berry season is STILL here! Seriously, have you been to the markets lately? What a colourful abundance of local produce. My senses tingle each time I walk through. So, I…

Homemade Bread

Do you have 15 minutes, some dry active yeast, and a kitchen scale? If so, you, my friend, can make bread – right this instant.  No experience required. No fancy…

Weekend Treat (Peanut Butter and Toffee Blondies)

How does a single 20-something spend a long weekend? Start it out right with a good workout. Have a healthy dinner (with 2 glasses of wine, good for the heart,…

Spring Sweets

Springtime: It’s almost here. The weather is warming, the trees are budding and the sweet aroma of cow-dung fills the air. Ah yes, there is something about cow dung (or…

Cooking Countdown : Sweet & Salty Bark

Recently, I hosted a highly successful cookie party, where I willingly consumed enough sugar to put someone into a diabetic coma. This inspired me – no, not to diet or…

Sweet Nothings

One of my favorite desserts is a simple pleasure: plain vanilla cupcakes. In search of the perfect little cupcake – moist, slightly dense but still fluffy, slightly sweet, rich vanilla…