These cookies are crunchy and go very good with tea. They make a good dunking cookie. The taste is buttery with a delightfully mild Earl Grey flavour. I loved them and want to try another batch with green tea and a batch with some of our loose Chai. These cookies don't take long to prepare or bake, but the dough needs 30 minutes to chill so keep ( Read more... )

This is a very tasty alternative to our usual high fat banana bread. This bread is low on calories, but high on taste. There is a small amount of coconut that brings a little bit of sweetness and texture. The glaze is also delicious.


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I have my mom's permission to post our family perogies recipe. She got this recipe from her mom and tweaked it a bit by using sour cream or yogurt in the dough.

Making perogies is an easy yet labouring task. It is best to plan to make them on a weekend afternoon.


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( Our breakfast! It can't be that bad... it has fruit! )

I have 2 scone recipes to share with you, as promised. ;-) The first one is a nice dry one that I use as a basic recipe. Just replace the raisins with your favourite flavours (chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, berries, etc). You could even do a savoury version, just omit the sugar. These are great made with cheddar cheese! The second recipe is ( Read more... )

This is my absolute favourite bread! My mom always made it when I was a kid. You need to start by making a starter 2-3 days in advance. Please see the Sourdough Whole Wheat Bread recipe post for the recipe of the Sourdough Starter ( Read more... )

These recipes are out of my mom's sourdough cookbook, and were originally posted by her. The notes at the bottom are hers. My bread machine is out of service so I've been making bread by hand (with the help of my Kitchenaide mixer of course!). If you wish to use your bread machine, add the ingredients to the bread pan in the order recommended by ( Read more... )

I was finally able to try my idea out. The creative juices were flowing and this is what resulted: ( Cooking With Minxy )

Here is the second recipe from the book my mom gave me. It is so yummy warmed up (17 seconds for one piece with my microwave) with a cup of coffee. :D


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Here is the first recipe from the cookbook my mom gave me. I'll start by giving you the directions for the "Simple Shapes" you can make. After you have the shape down, you can fill it with pretty much anything you can think of. I don't have my scanner hooked up, so I can't show you the layout of the crescent rolls. If I ever get my scanner working ( Read more... )