Tag: Desserts
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Rich Chocolate Cake
There are many elegant and varied cake flavours in the world, but some occasions call for chocolate overload. Chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, and maybe just a hint of salted caramel. I made this for a friend’s birthday recently and it did not disappoint. It is rich and not too sweet, and pairs surprisingly well with…
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Rustic Apple Walnut Cake
This cake isn’t fancy. It isn’t the kind of cake that you would serve at a high-class tea or decorate for someone’s birthday. This cake is homey, rustic, and just cries out to be served alongside a steaming cup of tea on a rainy day. Makes: 1 8 inch square cake Ingredients: Directions: Notes:
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Flaxseed Chocolate Chip Cookies
There are plenty of reasons to eat more flaxseeds. According to people who know about these things they are really good for you… seriously, look it up! (Don’t take health advice from me, I’m the person tempting you to eat chocolate chip cookies.) What I will tell you is that these are not your usual…
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Breakfast Cookies
Cookies for breakfast? Yes please! You can actually feel pretty good about it this time though, they are about as close to a bowl of oatmeal as you can get without needing a spoon. Makes about 16 cookies Ingredients: Directions: Notes:
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Cinnamon Buns
It is Easter weekend when I’m writing this post but apparently someone forgot to tell the weather. It is gently snowing and any eggs the Easter bunny leaves behind would freeze before they could be collected and put in baskets. Traditionally this would be the time of year for hot cross buns. Maybe someday, but…
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Pumpkin, Date and Walnut Bread
I know, at least in my part of the world we are about as far away from pumpkin spice season as you can get. Before we step fully into spring and away from the seasons of coziness and sweaters, let’s give pumpkin one more chance to shine. Makes 1 loaf Ingredients: Directions: Notes:
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Old Fashioned Apple Pie
Some days just call for pie, don’t you think? This is the kind of pie that your (or my) grandmother used to make. It is unfussy, just a bunch of apples and cinnamon lounging in a flaky all-butter crust, waiting for just the right scoop of vanilla ice cream or slice of sharp cheddar cheese.…
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Sunflower Seed Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’m sure I had a brilliant plan for the roasted, shelled and unsalted sunflower seeds that I found in the cupboard this morning. Salad toppers? Maybe. Something in a muffin? Seems more likely. Whatever that plan was, we may never know, but I believe I found something even better. Chocolate chip cookies are a classic…
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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins
Sometimes the line between cupcakes and muffins gets a little blurry. Frosting and pretty decorations may signal a cupcake, but add chocolate chips and skip the icing, and you are definitely in muffin territory. Today I decided to lean in. No, I am not having a chocolate cupcake for breakfast. I am having a double…
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Carrot Walnut Muffins with Red Lentils
Carrots for breakfast? If they are good enough for Bugs Bunny, they are good enough for me. Especially if those carrots come in the form of spiced muffins with crunch walnuts. These muffins are like little Trojan horses, but instead of sneaking in soldiers they sneak in fiber and protein. Don’t worry about that though,…
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