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Recipe: Cranberry Bars
Have you ever had Starbucks’ Cranberry Bliss Bars? They show up under the clean glass display case sometime after the American Thanksgiving and make my holiday season blissful. I used to work at Starbucks in California when I was younger and I fell in love with the heavenly treat (that and coffee!). Below is my quick interpretation of cranberry bliss. Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs Can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk 1 cup flaked white chocolate, coconut and dried…
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Recipe: The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies – Oilers Edition
New York Times rated this recipe the best – like truly the best. One thing, however – you must cook them properly! In this edition, since the NHL decided to come back to life and wake up our city, I though, what better way to show some spirit than with some good eats. Ingredients 2 cups minus 2 tablespoons of cake flour 1 2/3 cups of all purpose flour or bread flour 1 1/4 teaspoons of baking soda, powder and coarse salt 2 1/2 sticks…
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Project: Heavy Blanket
Heavy blankets are key for comfy couch time – especially in the winter! I usually buy the discount fabric in the back of the store – it’s about 3$ a meter (I pick only fabrics that are 60 inches wide) and I get 2 meters of 5 different fabrics. So, it’s roughly a 30$ project – not bad for keeping warm! Pick out 5 fabrics that aren’t necessarily matchy-matchy but simply look good together. Different textures work well, too. As you can see above –…
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Recipe: Chewy Country Cookies
One of the best holiday gifts to give – cookie mix in a jar! They’re fun to make and even more fun to receive. Mix it up for a baby shower with pink and blue m&ms, or orange ones for Halloween…even all red for Valentine’s Day. Bakerella has inspired me and I was struck with the creativity this project can offer…soon I hope to come up with brownies in a jar. What You Need 1 Ball jar – or an 8 cup mason jar –…
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Snowman Time!
Snowman Time It’s not very often that the snow in Northern Alberta gets heavy and dense like it does in Ontario – the perfect snowman making snow. This kind of snow calls for a high-five, for sure! Bella supervising while Lily hunts for branches for arms in the background. Lily helping, or rather trying to eat the snowman. I didn’t have dogs growing up, and as an adult I’m more amazed by them – I can’t believe how much my pups love to eat snow.…
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Recipe: No Bake Ice Cream Cake
This is such a fun easy treat – no baking required and it keeps for about 5 days in the freezer (as long as it’s wrapped up in plastic wrap). Nice on a summer day or on a cold winter day when you’re going to have hot chocolate and pie! Ingredients 1 graham cracker crust container of Cool Whip 1 pack of chocolate pudding 2 cups of milk (as per pudding directions) your favourite chocolate bars – 2 of them (Toblerone) Skor chips Reese Minis…
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Recipe: Deadly Brownie
A Pinterest favourite – the peanut butter cup, layered with butter pretzels and cookie dough. The Deadly Brownie! Such a delicious, caloric treat! Ingredients 3 cups of crushed pretzels 1 cup of butter 1/2 cup of sugar brownie mix box (and ingredients to make) 1 box of cookie mix – either chocolate chip or peanut butter (and ingredients to make) 3 (or more if you like) packages of full size Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Crush up the pretzels and mix with butter (melted) and sugar…
