Category: bars

  • Salted Caramel Eggnog Fudge Brownies

    Salted Caramel Eggnog Fudge Brownies

    Full disclaimer, I’ve been sick for about two months with various ailments and I’ve been less ambitious with my baking this year, which means I’m relying on a lot of tried-and-true goodies. These bars, which I made for a couple of potlucks last year, had a fantastic yield and were a big hit. So, I decided not to…

  • Butterscotch Fluffernutter Krispy Bars

    Butterscotch Fluffernutter Krispy Bars

    It’s been ages – like months – since I’ve felt comfortable sitting down doing nothing. But my dishwasher is whirring, the kids have been fed, I have leftovers for dinner, tomorrow’s lunches are packed, my work clothes picked. I really don’t have any excuse not to sit down and enjoy my Fortnum & Mason Earl…

  • Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars

    Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars

    For the second year in a row, I took my two sons – and my dad – apple-picking just north of the city. The landscape is beautiful, everyone feels very self-sufficient and productive after bringing home the fruit they picked themselves, and there’s some grandpa bonding time too. This year, however, I was a bit…

  • Drunken blondies with pumpkin spice morsels and butterscotch chips

    Drunken blondies with pumpkin spice morsels and butterscotch chips

    “The Back In The Day Bakery Cookbook” is one of my most beloved titles. I have dozens and dozens of cookbooks, and this one is the kind I reach for when I am looking for the ultimate recipe. So when my good friend and kindred spirit, Jenn, brought me a bag of pumpkin spice morsels…

  • Christmas Magic Cookie Bar

    Christmas Magic Cookie Bar

    “How do you say… De-groovy? How do you say… De-gorgeous? Oh la la, la la la la la la……..” Yes, this magic cookie bar recipe evokes, for me, the psychedelic, over-the-top music video for Dee-Lite’s Groove is in the Heart. (Which is also coincidentally the first album I ever purchased back when cassettes were still…

  • No-bake chocolate, macadamia and fig slices

    No-bake chocolate, macadamia and fig slices

    Sometimes I want something a bit fudgey, dense, with a lot of bite. A cookie won’t do, a brownie is much too sweet. Cake, too fluffy. Something where I can taste the cocoa and the dark chocolate and really let the flavours develop long after I’ve swallowed. These chocolate, macadamia and fig slices fit the…

  • Coconut Chocolate Chip Bars

    Coconut Chocolate Chip Bars

      This is the first recipe I tried from the new “The SoNo Baking Company Cookbook” and it’s a variation on the traditional magic cookie bar. According to the cookbook (read my review here), the recipe “features two distinct layers: the base, which consists of a brown sugar shortbread-like cookie crust, and the top layer,…

  • Caramel pecan cheesecake bars

    Caramel pecan cheesecake bars

    This recipe is courtesy of Kraft Kitchens, I’ve made it time and time again when I’m in a bind for time and I’ve promised to bring dessert. It’s ideal for buffet-style parties, like baby showers and Christmas pot-luck dinners, because guests can grab the bars and eat them over a napkin. Ingredients: 1-1/2 cups graham…