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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.…
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Photos: Mexico
Before the Trip Crossing the border into Mexico – through San Ysidro, San Diego. The plan – visit Tijuana, Mexico for a few hours while we were vacationing in Southern California. I called our car insurance provider to ensure we would be covered if something happened – minor damage all the way up to third party liability – she said no. Actually, she screamed NO in capital letters causing me massive frustration. In response I articulated that we were not the first, surly, to venture…
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Recipe: Baked Apple Chips
Again with the apples. This time, baked apple chips. Not only are they easy to make, they are a delightfully light snack. You’ll eat them up. Ingredients 4-5 apples 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 4 teaspoons of sugar Set the oven to 275 degrees – let it heat up. First – wash your apples. Cut them at thinly as possible. You can core them if you like, however, I didn’t. The core leaves a little crunch and texture. Pat them dry and lay them down on…
