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Basic Sourdough Bread Recipe
I am one of the many people who jumped onboard the sourdough bread train in the last few years. I’ve always loved baking, but bread wasn’t something I ever really got into. Then a friend gave me a starter and this sourdough bread recipe and voila, I was hooked. Having said that, I didn’t get […]
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The Best Cream Cheese Icing
I put cream cheese icing on just about every baked good I make. It started with carrot cake (obvs), and then cinnamon rolls, pumpkin bread, lemon loaf, and pretty much everything else. I even put it on a rainbow cake I made recently. The reason I like it so much is that while it’s still […]
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Rainbow Birthday Cake
Looking to add a little colour to your next birthday celebration? Look no further than a layered rainbow birthday cake! I had seen these a few times on Pinterest and always thought they looked great, so when I had the opportunity to bake a cake for a child’s birthday party, it was a no-brainer. Notes: […]
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Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ever since I was a kid, my favourite cookie flavour has been oatmeal chocolate ship. And the chewier the better. Most people say that the key to a chewy cookie is the amount of moisture in the batter. And this is why I use all brown sugar when I make these chewy oatmeal chocolate chip […]
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Easy Herb Focaccia Recipe
I love bread, but I’ve always been too intimidated to try baking it myself. That is, I was too intimidated. Then Covid came along and I, like the rest of the world, decided to fill the time by trying my hand at bread. Everyone was doing sourdough, but it seemed way too complicated, so I […]
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5 Autumn Simmer Pot Recipes
There’s something about the change from summer to Fall that has a bigger impact on our sense of smell than any other seasonal transition. It seems like right after Labor Day we start to crave the smell of pumpkin spice, cinnamon, orange and cloves (and a wood fire doesn’t hurt either). Scented candles can fill […]
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Birthday Kit Kat Cake
It’s time to banish boring birthday cakes and have a little fun. Recently I had the opportunity to make a cake for an 11-year-old’s birthday party. He’s a great kid and I wanted him to have something fun. So I searched Pinterest for ideas and found the answer – a Kit Kat cake. He loves […]
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Peach Pie on the Fly
My kitchen has been undergoing renovations for the last two months and it’s been driving me crazy. I know, I know, first world problems. But still, the inability to cook or bake anything has been making me a bit nuts. It’s always been a great creative outlet for me and I’ve really been missing it. […]
