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Project: Halloween Treat Bags
It’s Halloween! halloween Treat Bags Time for treat bags. Last year I made loot bags and they were a big hit. This year, I wanted to do something similar, yet I wanted to keep within the same price point. The soda pop – each can was 0.25$…a 4 pack was a dollar. It’s a pretty funky old school pop can, I think it’s neat and very retro. Get this – Walmart was selling Halloween full size chocolate bars, 8 for 6.77$, or if you went…
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Recipe: Caramel Shortbread Cookies
Caramel shortbread cookies – with Dulce de Leche flavoured Eagle Brand Sauce. So good – the recipe (I only made a few adjustments) is adapted from the Eagle Brand site – the directions are below. Ingredients Shortbread 3/4 cup of flour 1/2 cup of cake flour 7 tablespoons of icing sugar 2 1/2 tablespoons of cornstarch 1/2 teaspoon of salt 3/4 cup of salted butter, softened Caramel 2 large eggs 1 can (380g) of Eagle Brand Dulce de Leche Caramel Flavoured Sauce 2 1/2 tablespoons…
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Recipe: Chewy Homemade Brownies
We have snow here on the ground in Northern Alberta…what better way to stay warm than to turn on your oven. It’s time for chewy homemade brownies! If you wish, you can make this recipe in one bowl, minimizing your dishes – or you can dirty 3 like I did. You pick! Ingredients 4 ounces of semi-sweetened Baker’s chocolate 3/4 cup of butter 2 cups of sugar 3 eggs 1 tablespoon of vanilla 1/2 cup of flour and cake flour First – gather all of…
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Recipe: Homemade Reeses Bars
Who doesn’t love Resse’s Peanut Butter Cups? With Halloween right around the corner, these homemade Reeses bars are a wonderful treat to make and eat while you watch “it’s the great pumpkin patch, Charlie Brown!” This recipe is no bake, which is awesome. Ingredients 1 cup of melted salted butter 2 cups of honey graham cracker crumbs 3 tablespoons of brown sugar 1 3/4 cups of powdered sugar 1 cup of smooth peanut butter a tablespoon of vanilla 2 – 2 1/2 cups of chocolate…
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Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Cookies
It’s fall – and what better way to celebrate October than with pumpkin spice cookies! These cookies are healthy and pack a lot of flavour. Try them today (or tomorrow). Ingredients 1 cup of flour and cake flour a teaspoon of baking soda and ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, all spice and salt 6 tablespoons of salted butter 1/4 cup of sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 cups of pure pumpkin puree an egg 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract 1 1/3 cups of…
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Recipe: Candy Corn and White Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Halloween is almost here and with this season comes candy corn! I’ve never been a big fan of candy corn, however, in this recipe I wanted to try them because of their colour. Let me tell you, these candy corn and white chocolate chip cookie bars are great! Last weekend I spent my Saturday baking about 8 different recipes and out of the 8, which I will share over the next week or so, this is my favourite. Bake up and eat up. Ingredients 1…
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Review: Saison
Saison Background It’s a review. Not something that I ever do on this blog, however, our experience last night at Saison in San Francisco was not only memorable, but one worth sharing. Sure…I could go on Yelp, Urbanspoon, or even Zaget and share my expereince and I still might, yet I wanted to share it with you, first. It takes around 8 weeks to get a reservation and with our up coming trip to San Francisco it was on my list of things to do.…
