Stack of four rectangular fried pastries dusted with powdered sugar on a white plate with a blue rim on a wooden table.

Tuesdays with Dorie: (kinda sorta) Tea and Honey Madeleines from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Tea and Honey Madeleines were on the “to bake” list but I didn’t manage to get them baked before I left for France where – surprisingly, I don’t have a madeleine tin… No matter – I am the queen of improvisation so I decided … Read more

Plate of chocolate-dipped pretzel sticks with colorful sprinkles on a white plate.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Chocolate-Tipped Cream-Puff Pocky Sticks from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Chocolate-Tipped Cream-Puff Pocky Sticks sounds much more difficult to make than it really is – such an easy recipe for great ROI – “impress your friends with less work than they think you’ve put in” are my favourite types of recipes! Dorie says: Inspired … Read more

Close-up of a golden braided raisin bread with coarse sugar on a wooden board.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Twist Bread from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Twist Bread is a take on Dorie’s Daily White Bread – a fabulous recipe that always turns out. This iteration includes a layer of sugar, cinnamon and cocoa powder rolled into the bread with some cranberries – the dough is then cut into three … Read more

Brownies topped with colorful candy-coated chocolates arranged in squares on a plate. (Rainbow M&M-like toppings)

Tuesdays with Dorie: Olive Oil Brownies from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. I chose Olive Oil Brownies because I am always happy to try a new brownie recipe and was intrigued to try this one – although it has some ingredients I was a bit suspicious of – black pepper, raisins (!) and olive oil… Hmm… … Read more

Pancake topped with blueberries and raspberries, dusted with powdered sugar on a white plate with a dotted rim. A light custard or sauce sits beneath the berries.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Meringue Snackers from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Meringue Snackers sounded like a nice, easy recipe to me – that is, until I realised with one day’s notice that this post was due this week. Meringues need time more than anything and I was running out this past weekend! Cue panic in … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Apricot and Almond-Olive Oil Cake from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Apricot and Pistachio-Olive Oil Cake was on the “to bake” list but I riffed a little and replaced the pistachios with almonds. Here in Canada, there has been a widespread recall of pistachios and products containing pistachios over the past year and “[t]he Public … Read more