It’s post-Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada, and I feel like I ate my weight in stuffing this long weekend. I did manage to go on a bit of a hike yesterday, and came home all energized and feeling good (or at least less guilty about all that – very, very delicious – stuffing). And then…
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Mini Reese’s Cupcakes: The Perfect Mouthful of Chocolate & P.B.!
Ever since I came across the new Reese’s spread, I’ve been wanting to try it out. As 0ne of my colleagues said, it tastes exactly like the inside of a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. But more chocolate-y! So when I found a jar on double-sale (on sale at the store, plus a rebate using a…
Jam-Filled Sandwich Cookies and Curious Cat Cravings
There’s a delicious smell wafting through my home right now: Jam-Filled Sandwich Cookies are baking away in my oven. They smell soooo good! My plan was to bring some in to work tomorrow, but they smell so butterly delicious that I might just change my mind and keep them all for me for my notorious…
Rhubarb Revisited, or Not: Apricot Upside Down Brown Sugar Cake
Right now, I’m sitting on my sofa, typing away at my laptop and smelling the delicious smells emanating from my kitchen. I am also studiously ignoring the disaster zone that my kitchen has become. There are sinks (plural!) of dirty dishes, spreading out to cover part of the kitchen island as well. There are spatters of jam, sugar, and…
Baking Chez Moi: Strawberry Shortcakes, with French Flair
Today’s bake-a-long recipe is Dorie Greenspan’s “Franco-American Strawberry Shortcakes”, from her Baking Chez Moi cookbook. I’m writing this after partaking in the (very tasty) fruits of my labour, so I’m sitting on my sofa, tapping away at my laptop, with a happy tummy and a satisfied smile on my face. If I was a cat,…