An Ontario summer is not complete unless you are surrounded by copious amounts of the ripest stone fruit or a bounty of fresh berries. So make fruit salad.... but make it fancy. There really isn't a rhyme or recipe for making fruit salad, but it's nice to get creative for really simple dishes. Add some [...]
Category: sweets + baked goods
Strawberry Crumb Bars
One of my favourite ways to use fresh strawberries straight from the farmer's market. This dessert can use up any fruit you have on hand though, and is a delicious treat in the summer time. Enjoy guys! INGREDIENTS Crust ½ cup granulated sugar 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed in advance [...]
S’mores Bars
Eating a s'more brings out the kid in all of us. The sticky fingers, the melted chocolate getting everywhere, the need for 10 napkins ... ahhhh, pure bliss. A true s'more is made over the campfire, but if you're like me, finding a fire pit at your disposal isn't as easy as it used to [...]
Jam Drops
This is another recipe that reminds me of Christmas as a kid: if there wasn't a tray of Jam Drops on the dessert table...was it even really the holidays? Think of these miniature sweets as a toned down sugar cookie with another dollop of jammy goodness in the middle to complete it. They are so [...]
Polish Rogaliki // Flaky Jam Crescents
Lean in a little closer and I'll tell you a little Polish secret -- despite our pride in cooking copious amounts of dough, meat, and potatoes, we are actually lovely bakers who have somehow perfected all treats to be light, flaky or fluffy and probably a little jammy. And if you have a problem with [...]
Simple Apple Pie
Pies are super simple recipes if you let them be. Some will say you have to make your own dough but that's a lot of work for something that has a lot of risky factors to consider. For myself, I don't have a food processor or pastry cutter, I don't have a trusted pie dish, [...]
Little Girl, Big Eats 