While I’ve been diving head long into whole grain sourdough breads and have been baking loaves essentially every week for a few months now I have also returned to my Opa’s recipe for “crusty buns” or as I now call them Opa’s Crusty Bread Rolls. My first attempt at these a few years ago includedRead more
Every Christmas since I can remember my Oma or my Mom or myself have made Hazelnut Macaroons. They are delicious and beautiful, but a little tricky and time consuming so this year I decided to try something different. I first tried Amaretti Cookies (traditionally made with almond flour/meal) this past Summer at a yearly getRead more
Just a heads up: if you are looking for a healthy version of peanut butter cookies, these chewy peanut butter spelt cookies with chocolate drizzle are NOT it. 😀 These cookies are super chewy, perfectly sweet and extra decadent with chocolate drizzled all over them. The perfect treat for someone on their birthday… like myRead more
Here I am sneaking in one more cookie recipe before it’s officially Christmas! These German Spice Cookies, or Spekulatius as they are called in Germany, are another cookie that my Oma has been making for as long as I can remember. When I was little they were probably my least favourite cookie that appeared inRead more
Oma’s almond anise Christmas cookies were always part of the delicate and simple array that made it into the cookie tin every year that was just for me… and boy was that a coveted tin of cookies! I know over the years I received a vast assortment of presents at Christmastime from my Oma andRead more
It’s been quite some time since I have posted anything. The past few months (and all of 2017 actually) has been a terrible roller-coaster ride of hopes and fears as I watched my Mom’s life slowly slip away. I didn’t bake anything for a long time, but with Christmas fast approaching I started feeling theRead more
Christmas cookies have always been very special to me. As a child I remember I would wait with bated breath until my Oma would hand me a big cookie tin full of the vast variety of traditional German Christmas cookies she would make ever year. I savoured those cookies, tried to make them last as longRead more
When the weather heats up I feel less and less like turning the oven on and making it even warmer, but we’ve been having an awfully mild summer over here on the west coast so I flung open the doors, cranked the oven on and whipped up a batch of these way too good cookies.Read more
I first tasted these cookies a couple weeks ago when my step-mom whipped them up to have while I was visiting. I was warned by my Dad and brothers that they were kinda “blah”, but one bite later and all I thought was GREAT, more for me! These cookies are definitely not sweet in theRead more
Seeing my friends try out my recipes and get giddy when they have success makes me wildly happy. So when one of those friends I’ve known my entire life (Hi Erica! 😀 ) asked me to create a trail mix/granola type cookie I was thrilled…. and it gets me baking something other than the “typical” recipes I usuallyRead more
CHOCOLATE! All I could think about with Valentine’s Day coming up was chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. I had my heart set on making some ooey, gooey brownies for me and my man so I went poking around Pinterest to see what I could find. Good grief. I almost gagged at the amount of butter and theRead more