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Crisp maple shortbread cookies
The recipe for these gems comes from the latest issue of Chatelaine but you can also find them here. Unlike other more traditional shortbread recipes, these were just buttery enough, just light enough that you can eat more than a couple without feeling like you are going to keel over from the sheer weight…
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Cook’s Illustrated perfect chocolate chip cookies
A few days ago it was a miserably rainy day and all I could think about was whipping up a batch of warm, gooey, chewy, chocolate chip cookies. Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles my son actually sat in his high chair long enough for me to make these cookies and bake them (all…
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Bourbon and orange pecan pie
I have already made this four times in as many weeks. You’ve heard me whingeing about my lack of time before, so what’s the deal? I tore this recipe out of one of my favourite magazines, “Real Simple.” And sure enough, this recipe is real simple. What’s the secret? Well, as the labour and…
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Amy’s ultimate chocolate chip cookies (and ice cream sandwiches)
One of my mommy pals, Amy Lewis, sent me this recipe when I posted a request on Facebook asking for my friends’ favourite chocolate chip cookie recipes. She says it’s a combination of two or three recipes that she came up with while she was on the quest to find the perfect chocolate chip cookie.…
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French pastries day 2: Guimauves and madeleines
Day two of my French pastries course at the Bonnie Gordon school started quietly enough. We were to finish decorating the macarons we made the day before, and we were to bake the canelés batter sitting in the fridge. But in the middle of our demo on guimauves, I realized what I dismissed as…
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French pastries course day 1: Macarons and canelés
You’ve heard me say it a kajabillion times so I won’t draw this out for too long. I love macarons. But try as I might, I was unable to reproduce these heavenly confections in my own oven. So when Toronto’s Bonnie Gordon’s School of Confectionary Arts offered a two-day French pastries course teaching how…
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Christmas tree cupcakes
Maybe one day I will be able to look back on these cupcakes as a learning experience. For now, though, all I associate them with are sobbing over a double boiler of separated green buttercream while holding my baby in one arm and a wooden spoon in another. I made these chocolate cupcakes with…
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Cookbook Review: Two Dishes
When you are a new mom and you can barely find the time to wash your hair much less figure out how to calm your wailing two-month-old who just developed an ear infection and fever, the last thing you want to do is try cooking new recipes. I’ll be honest here: It was not…
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Company’s Coming: Top ten last-minute desserts
We’ve all experienced the familiar panic of an unexpected visitor. The phone rings, so-and-so is in the neighbourhood, and they’d like to drop by later in the day. “Only for a coffee,” they insist.But if you’re anything like me, serving only coffee would go against every hostess philosophy I’ve ever subscribed to.If you have…
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Lemon meringue cupcakes
I am the first to admit I have avoided making lemon meringue pie all my life out of fear of using a culinary torch, and also of making a meringue. Past attempts to make meringues have been unsuccessful and resulted in goopy masses of egg white and translucent liquid. However, with my trusty KitchenAid…