Looking to change up your banana bread? Happen to have a half a can of crushed pineapple hanging about leftover from other recipe development? I have the perfect solution for you – banana bread with a tropical twist! Banana, coconut and pineapple… bread – really? Yep, those flavours don’t just go together well in a … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and is the first thing I’ve baked or cooked for over a week. Yup, these are strange times indeed and I’m JUST settling into my new normal which involves: – self-isolating after travelling home from Australia. That means NO … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was definitely more of a cake than a “bar” or “square” and definitely not a cookie. So-named because Dorie baked them up when she was snowed in from a blizzard and was suffering “Cabin Fever”, these “bars” used what she had on hand when she couldn’t … Read more
This recipe was a happy accident of sorts. A couple of weeks ago it felt like my colleagues could use a pick-me-up after a particularly long and cold week and I wanted it to be a treat that everyone could eat, that I could make with the ingredients I have on hand. If I’m baking … Read more
This post is sponsored by Penotti Canada. For this month’s Penotti Canada recipe, I chose to work with the Duo Penotti Hazelnut and Caramel Spread (which contains no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives and is made with sustainable ingredients). It’s really sweet so you only need a tiny amount on a slice of bread or … Read more
We don’t often bake during cooking club simply because there is not much time in an hour for any baked good to get, well, baked 😉 When we do, we tend to make mini versions of everything for shorter baking time (and for fairness – so everyone gets the same amount!) and this week was … Read more