An homage to that first bite of toast as the golden crust shatters, shared handfuls of raisins from paper boxes and the thick satisfying dessert bars I’d admire through pastry cases. These are my granola-esque oatmeal cookies without brown sugar:…
Cranberry White Chocolate Scones
Cranberry white chocolate scones should be a brunch staple. I’m talking eggs benedict level popular. They’re a combination of chewy cranberries, gooey pockets of creamy chocolate, flaky puffs of butter, and crisp golden edges. Pastries bordering between puff pastry and…
Twix Cheesecake
Usually I shy away from complicated desserts like this Twix cheesecake. It’s three layers. That sounds like a nightmare for a weeknight evening when all I want is to curl up on the couch with something decadent as soon as…
Cadbury Egg Cookies
I go through phases with chocolate, some weeks I have a particular craving for the creaminess of white chocolate, other days the bittersweet fruitiness of dark chocolate. The past couple weeks though? Milk chocolate’s pure nostalgic flavour has been calling…
Cheddar Chive Scones
Welcome to the freshly baked scone club, if you’ve never been here before, prepare yourself. You’ll be experiencing a steamy flaky salty treat with crisp golden cheese along the edges and bites of fresh chives to balance out the richness….
Candy Cookies
I miss the days I was a milk chocolate person: unapologetically sweet, and a hater of all things bitter. Childhood was the time for daily sugar rushes. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I was converted to the dark chocolate club. My…
Mascarpone Cheesecake
A firm slice of smooth vanilla cheesecake on top of a toasty collection of buttery graham crackers is my definition of a dream dessert. So when I was developing my first cheesecake recipe, I knew it had to meet the…
Famous Amos Cookies
Famous Amos cookies made up my childhood. The crunchy and slightly airy mini chocolate chip cookies stuffed in a small crinkly bag was what I looked forward to every recess. Peeking into my friends’ lunchboxes, I would pray they’d want…
Tangzhong Cinnamon Rolls
These cinnamon rolls are soft, pillowy rolls covered with a silky cream cheese frosting that’s not too sweet. They are made like a traditional cinnamon roll, but with tangzhong (a flour and water mixture used in milk bread) for softness…
Strawberry Apple Pie With Shortbread Topping
This strawberry apple pie is made of a flaky butter crust filled with jammy strawberries and tender Granny Smith apples for a sweet and comforting treat. The fruit filling is topped with a crunchy shortbread topping. I know strawberry and…
Brown Butter Banana Bread
I’ve had a lot of banana breads, but this one is absolutely my favourite. It’s a brown butter banana bread that’s soft, tender and toasty. It’s studded with plenty of chocolate chips, but not enough to overpower the banana flavour….
Cake Rusk
Cake rusk is bars of twice-baked cake and it makes for an airy crunchy snack. It’s similar to Italian biscotti, but it’s made with cake rather than a biscuit dough. This recipe coats them in cinnamon sugar for an extra…
