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Christmas cookie swap: cinnamon roll cookies, gingerbread butterscotch, Danish salted butter cookies
Every year, my good friend Jenn invites a group of like-minded professional women to her lovely home for my favourite event of the year: her cookie swap. The invite list comprises a curated group of her friends; some of us are more into baking than others, others more into cooking, one of us is an expert…
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The ultimate cookie swap addition: Chef Michael Smith’s Sparkle Cookies
If you’re like me and attend a holiday cookie swap every year, these sparkle cookies should be in your repertoire. I purchased Michael Smith’s latest book and when I got to the back of the book, the desserts section, I was rather somewhat taken aback to read that the sparkle cookies were among the best…
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Christmas tree shortbread cookies
I realized recently when I was scrolling back in time on my blog that there are so many desserts I’ve made but not posted here, so my goal over the holidays is to publish some of my more recent creations. Which leads me to these Christmas tree shortbread cookies…I have to admit shortbread isn’t my…
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Alton Brown’s Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie
I went through a phase a few years ago where I was trying to find the recipe for the perfect chocolate chip cookie, I think I came pretty close with a few great recipes from my experiments, five years ago, but my appetite has not waned. I’m a sucker for a good cookie. And…
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Dulce de leche thumbprint cookies with sea salt
If I had to summarize my last 12 months of baking with two ingredients, I’d have to say they were: dulce de leche and sea salt. So, despite the fact I’d already picked my contributions for the annual cookie exchange I love to attend, I simply couldn’t resist adding this to my roster at the last minute when…
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White-Chocolate Cherry Shortbread
This recipe caught my eye on Pinterest with the simple caption: “Apparently, the best Christmas cookie ever.” “Best” piqued my interest, and “ever” drove it home. How could I possibly ignore the recipe for the best Christmas cookie ever? So I decide to make it on a whim and take it to my friend’s…
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Cookbook Review: Nigella Lawson’s Kitchen
Just when I thought Nigella couldn’t possibly produce another cookbook, she came out with this nearly-500 page heavyweight “Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home.” (Knopf Canada) Like many of her previous cookbooks, this one is meant to give us a glimpse into her household, by way of her feel-good food solutions for the harried weekday cook.…