Baking, Cookies, Cooking, Easy Unsweetened Homemade, Recipes

Easy, Naturally Sweet, Homemade: Carrot Raisin Breakfast Cookies

This week’s recipe is a good one – Carrot Raisin Breakfast Cookies.  They remind me of a sweet  muffin or bread, only in cookie form.  And I love muffins and bread!  They do have added sweetener, but the sweetener is real maple syrup – something that’s naturally occurring. I’ll admit that they’re a little on… Read More Easy, Naturally Sweet, Homemade: Carrot Raisin Breakfast Cookies

Baking, Cakes, Candy, Recipes

Candy Bar Cake

Warning – reading this post could cause you to drool directly on your keyboard. I saw the recipe for the Pioneer Woman’s Milky Way Cake a few weeks back.  It looked so yummy that I posted a link to it on Facebook and thought seriously about making it.  My only worry?  I wasn’t sure that… Read More Candy Bar Cake

Baking, Recipes

Oh, yes I did

I finally did it – I made The Pioneer Woman’s Cinnamon Rolls! I have to admit that I was intimidated by the recipe.  It makes so many and it looks so involved.  I’ve never been good with dough and yeast and rolling pins.  But I had volunteered to bring something for morning tea at church… Read More Oh, yes I did

Baking, Cakes, Food, Recipes

Cheesecake

Poor Chris has been putting up with a lot on my end lately.  He’s such a sweetheart about it, but the fact is that I haven’t been as active around the house as usual.  Dinners aren’t always made, laundry has been a bear to tackle, and he puts up with it and doesn’t complain. So… Read More Cheesecake

Baking, Cakes, Cooking, Food, Recipes

When Good Carrot Cake Goes Green {It’s the Baking Soda, Stupid!}

Shortly after coming to New Zealand, I noticed something.  There seemed to be a lot of carrot cake – in coffee shops, at restaurants, served at get-togethers, at the hospital cafeteria… you get the idea.  Not surprisingly, I found myself dreaming about cream cheese frosting and nutty, delicious baked goods.   When I mentioned this to… Read More When Good Carrot Cake Goes Green {It’s the Baking Soda, Stupid!}

Almond Paste, Baking, Cookies, Dutch, Food, Recipes

Dutch Kisses Are Always Sweeter

These are Dutch Kiss Cookies. They are delicious. Why are these cookies Dutch? Two reasons: (1) this recipe is from my mom, and her grandparents were Dutch, and (2) the “secret ingredient”, almond paste, is used in several traditionally Dutch desserts and pastries.  So I started calling them “Dutch Kiss Cookies”.  Seemed to make sense… Read More Dutch Kisses Are Always Sweeter

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