Back to School Mini Banana Loaves
Ingredients: 2 c flour 2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 3 tsp cinnamon 3 eggs 1 c vegetable oil 1 1/2 c sugar 2 tsp vanilla 2 c mashed bananas (about 5) Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a mini loaf pan. In a large bowl, whisk together flour,…
Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Ingredients: 1 1/2 c all purpose flour 1/2 c unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 c canola oil 1/2 c milk 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 c white sugar 1/4 c brown sugar, packed 1 1/2 c shredded zucchini 1/2 c semi-sweet chocolate chips Directions:…
Four-Ingredient Cookies
Yes, you can start with these four basic ingredients but then add whatever you like – ground flax seed, pumpkin spice, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, walnuts and white chocolate chips all make great additions. Yield: 12 cookies Ingredients: 6 very ripe bananas, mashed 2 c quick-cooking oats 1 tsp cinnamon 2 Tbsp chocolate chips Directions:…
Dutch Babies – Four Ways
Dutch Babies, German pancakes, this is a fun week-end breakfast option that tastes like a combination of french toast (because of the eggs) and an Amercian pancake. BASIC DUTCH BABY This is the basic dutch baby recipe and the basis for the variations. Ingredients: 1/2 c flour 1 Tbsp sugar 3 eggs 1/2 c milk…
Christmas Sugar Cookies
These are a really nice, soft sugar cookie, perfect for decorating. A good decorating tip when using royal icing is to outline the cookie first, allow it to harden, then fill in the rest, that way it doesn’t spill over the sides. Yield: 24 cookies Cookie Ingredients: 2 1/4 c flour 1/2 tsp baking powder…
Mark’s Almond Cookies
This recipe came from a good friend of mine who is a great home-chef in his own right. They are up there with the Copycat Big Soft Ginger cookies as my favourites to make at holiday time – soft and chewy! Yield: 30 cookies Ingredients: 1 c salted butter, softened 1 c white sugar 2…
Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
Use a seedless jam for these yummy thumbprint cookies. This recipe makes a small batch of 12-14 cookies, feel free to double it! Yield: 12 cookies Ingredients: 1 c flour 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 c salted butter, softened 1/4 c packed brown sugar 1 egg 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1 Tbsp water 1/4 c finely…
Cherry Balls
I’ve seen these called “snowballs”. A little maraschino cherry wrapped in shortbread, they’re one of my mom’s oldest recipes and were on every Christmas cookie platter. Yield: approx. 25 cookies Ingredients: 1 c salted butter, room temperature 1/4 c white sugar 1 tsp vanilla 2 c flour 12-15 maraschino cherries icing sugar Directions: Preheat oven…
Chocolate Caramel Squares
My mom has been making these squares since I was a little girl, they are ALWAYS everyone’s favourite. But, at around the age of 12, I completely overdosed on them and couldn’t touch them for decades after that. Only in the last couple of years I have ventured to have one, and I forgot how…
Copycat Big Soft Ginger Cookies
It’s like they’re from your favourite barista bar! These cookies are so deliciously spicy they are one of my favourites to make at the holiday time. The best kept secret to big, soft, chewy cookies is refrigerating the dough! If you don’t refrigerate the dough is too warm and it will spread out to thinner,…
Irish Cream Chocolate Chip Cookies
Coffee and Irish Cream is my all-time favourite drink treat and this is like having it in cookie-form! Ingredients: 2 1/2 c flour 3/4 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 1/2 tsp instant espresso powder (I use Nescafe Gold) 1 c salted butter, room temperature 1 c brown sugar 1/2 white…
Soft & Chewy Snickerdoodles
A classic snickerdoodle recipe … my husband’s favourite. A little known cookie secret – the key to big, soft chewy cookies is refrigerating the dough before cooking! Yield: 24 cookies Ingredients: 1 c salted butter, room temperature 2 c white sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract 3 c flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2…
Banana Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins
Perfect for lunches and snacks. Ingredients: 2 c flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 c white sugar 1/3 c packed brown sugar 1/2 c melted butter 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 c sour cream 3 bananas, mashed 1/3 c chocolate chips Directions: Preheat…
Skinny Chocolate Banana Muffins
Xylitol is a natural sweetener / sugar substitute, similar to stevia, made from hardwood trees. I buy mine at the Bulk Barn. The good thing about it is that it has the same level of sweetness as white sugar, so there’s no crazy math involved with substituting with it, it’s just 1:1. Ingredients: 3 bananas,…
Glazed Lemon Cake
Dinner at the in-laws? Bring this dense, moist, not-too-sweet lemon cake for dessert. Ingredients: 3 c flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 c butter, softened 2 c sugar 3 eggs 1/2 c sour cream 1/4 c lemon juice 2 Tbsp lemon zest 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 c buttermilk Glaze Ingredients: 1 1/2…
Good Morning Muffins
I was grating carrot to make carrot cake, which is always an arm workout, and I decided to keep going while I was on a roll and make these muffins. I call these Good Morning Muffins because Carrot Apple Coconut Walnut muffins is too long. They are a bit labour-intensive and about as healthy as…
Spiced Banana Crumb Bread
This is a classic banana bread recipe kicked up a notch with beautiful aromatic spices and a crumb topping. Ingredients: 1 1/2 c flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp ground cloves 1/2 tsp ground ginger 2 large over-ripe bananas, mashed…
Strawberry Rhubarb Lemon Loaf
Rhubarb and strawberries are two of the most wonderful things mother nature gives us to kick off summer in June, and they just happen to go together perfectly. This is the first year my rhubarb plant in the backyard has yielded something good. Since I planted it 4 years ago it has done nothing but…
Strawberry Rhubarb Streusel Muffins
These just might be the best muffins I’ve ever made. They can be made into 6 jumbo or 12 regular-sized muffins. Streusel Topping: 1/4 c butter, melted 3/4 c flour 1/2 c white sugar 1/2 tsp cinnamon Strawberry Rhubarb filling: 1/2 lb (8 oz) strawberries, diced 2 large stalks rhubarb, diced (6 oz) 1/4 c…
Banana Strawberry Buttermilk Bread
I made this recipe two ways – as a loaf and as muffins. I just like the natural portion control that comes with muffins. Ingredients: 1/2 c butter, softened 1/2 c sugar 2 eggs 1/4 c buttermilk 2 over-ripe bananas, mashed 1 tsp vanilla 1 c flour 1/4 c ground golden flax seed 1 tsp…
Strawberry Greek Yogurt Muffins
These greek yogurt muffins turned out super-moist. You can substitute any berries, fresh or frozen. You can also make them healthier by cutting the sugar to 1/2 c and using fat-free greek yogurt. The great thing about greek yogurt is you don’t sacrifice any of the taste or texture by switching to fat free. Ingredients:…
Anzac Cookies
ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Anzac Day is a National holiday down under commemorating Australian and New Zealanders that served. As for the Anzac cookie, it is debated whether they were baked by women to send to the men fighting, or if they were baked and sold by women to raise…
Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Make sure you let these cool completely before removing them from the pan, they will be very soft!! Ingredients: 1 c smooth peanut butter 1 c packed brown sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1 large egg 1 tsp vanilla Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all the ingredients then drop into 6 large cookies…
Copycat Coffee Shop-Style Pumpkin Spice Muffins
During PSL season you can find versions of these amazing muffins everywhere. Can you call them healthy because they have vegetables in them??? Mmmmm …. maybe not! For a health-ier version you can substitute the vegetable oil with plain greek yogurt. Just pour yourself a cup of double-double dark roast and enjoy. Ingredients: Muffins: 1…
Strawberry Almond Cake
I made this beautiful cake for my daughter’s 12th birthday. I buy these fantastic highly-concentrated LorAnn flavour oils from my local Bulk Barn, they are perfect for creating intense baking flavours. Ingredients: Cake: 1 c egg whites 3 c all purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp baking powder 1 c butter, softened 1 1/2…
Simple Buttercream Icing
For cakes or cupcakes, this icing is very quick and easy to make. Ingredients: 1 c vegetable shortening 1/2 tsp clear vanilla extract 1/2 tsp almond extract 2 Tbsp water 3/4 c cocoa powder (optional, if making a chocolate buttercream) 4 c icing sugar Directions: Beat together the vegetable shortening, clear vanilla extract, almond extract…
Two Ingredient Bagels
This recipe has been floating around the internet for a couple of years now, so who knows where it started but it’s a good one! The dough can be made into pizza crust, buns or bagels, and sort of has a sourdough flavour. I make my own self-rising flour in a double batch then save…
Irish Bannock
Here’s a tip when a recipe tells you to “cut in” cold butter. Use a cheese grater to grate the butter into the flour then use your fingers to rub it into even smaller pieces. Here’s another tip for kneading dough. Sprinkle a little bit of flour on the kneading surface and on top of…
Greek Yogurt Banana Spice Muffins
Ingredients: 1 egg 1 c mashed ripe banana, approximately 2 bananas 1/2 c brown sugar 1/2 c Fat-free Plain Greek yogurt 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 c vegetable oil 2 c flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1/4 tsp…
Cast Iron Cornbread
I always figured anything that was a staple back in the ‘old days’ should be super easy to make and not require any fancy kitchen gadgets. For this incredibly moist cornbread all you need is a cast iron pan, a stove, two bowls and spoon. Perfect on the side of Mexican Chicken Soup. Ingredients: 1…
Bakery-Style Cinnamon Oatmeal Muffins
Buttermilk and sour cream are two ingredients you can add to any baking recipe and it will just kick it up a notch. If you don’t have buttermilk you can replace it with milk ‘soured’ by adding 1 Tbsp of lemon juice or white vinegar to it. You can also use large flake oats in…
Homemade Vanilla Extract
Really good vanilla extract can make a world of difference to all your baked goods, it just adds a surprising richness and decadence. The thing is … you need to make it at least 4 to 6 months ahead of when you plan on using it … so if you want to have some nice…
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