This week in Les Petits Chefs baking club, we made a favourite recipe from French Food for Everyone: le goûter (after-school snacks)! Torsades au Chocolat (Chocolate Custard Twists) are the sort of thing that always catches my eye at the bakery in France when I’m only supposed to be picking up bread 😉 Inevitably, one … Read more
I’ll admit that I didn’t think I was too fussed about this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies (“another biscotti” I though!) … until I made it and tasted it! Dorie says: The literal translation of Mandelbrot is “almond bread,” a name that gives you no hint that it defines a twice-baked cookie. … Read more
This blog isn’t exactly known for “Game Day” food so why “Game Day Cookies” today? Well, it’s (apparently – I rely on my students to tell me these things) Super Bowl Sunday this coming weekend and during cooking club last week there were a few requests for different dishes (which I will take into account … Read more
Today, school heads back (virtually here in Ontario) and even though I’ve enjoyed the lack of routine for the last few weeks (so much napping!), I’m ready to get back to some sense of “normal” (though I use that terms very loosely!). It honestly feels like nothing we’re living is anything we’ve lived before, which … Read more
Cookies for breakfast? Why not when you can include all the best parts of a granola bowl, only make it portable! I’ve been trying to recreate a favourite granola cookie from a local coffee store for a while now and I *think* I’ve just about got it with this iteration. The cookies in question are … Read more
While I love to bake and find baking very relaxing and rewarding, I’m also on a bit of a no-bake snack kick these days. I’ve discovered no-bake energy bites (I know, I’m late to the party!) and am excited for all the possibilities they offer So many different combinations of ingredients are possible and they … Read more