Party Favorites
I Love Cookies! (and Chocolate Chip & Peanut Butter Cookies, too)
I have always enjoyed cookies – making them, eating them, sharing them. In my years of cookie baking I have collected a few treasures that I like to make over and over again because of their consistent ability to please the palate. My children also have a few favorite cookies that they like to sneak…
Read MoreBanana Bonuses
Do you ever go through a cycle of loving bananas, getting lots of them, and then discovering, after a few days, that you just don’t feel like eating them any more? My family will sometimes go on a streak of eating bananas every day for a full month, and then, without explanation, they just stop.…
Read MoreIced Sugar Cookies
My children are getting to the age where they can bake on their own. One of my daughters loves icing a lot so she decided to try making my favourite iced sugar cookie recipe because it had icing. The first time I helped her bake them she realized that she loved the raw dough just…
Read MoreFrozen Chocolate Mousse Squares
Toblerone… my husband’s favourite chocolate. It also happens to be on my list of favourite chocolates, but for a different reason – frozen chocolate mousse! Somehow, this milk chocolate gets transformed into a delicious, irresistible treat with the addition of cream cheese and freezing temperatures. My eldest daughter had requested this to be her…
Read MoreNever Fail Brownies
This old recipe that I found when I was in high school has become a family favourite. It was nestled in the middle of a purple, yellow and white Kinette Cookbook from the 70’s. By the time I moved away from home, the recipe page had become yellowed with use, splotched with butter and sugar…
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