Who doesn’t love a sticky bun. Soft, flakey dough, spiraled with cinnamon kissed brown sugar, topped with lightly toasted pecans, then drenched is a gooey, sticky caramel that runs down the side. I mean, if you can’t get into that, I’m not sure we could be friends (says the girl who married the boy who hates…
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Cinnamon French Toast Sticks
I’ve made these a few times now, and the kids go absolutely nuts every time. Granted, they should not be an everyday kind of breakfast (that whole rolled in cinnamon sugar thing), but if you ever want to chipper them up on a Saturday morning, this is what you should make. I originally found the recipe…
New York Style Bagels
I remember going to the St Lawrence Market on a school trip in high school, probably before seeing a show or something. Most of the details of the day are pretty foggy now, except for two things. The last thing I bought was a pair of wax lips, because who doesn’t love them: The second…
Triple Chocolate Muffins
We’re at the rec center twice a week now. Once for the kids swimming, and a second time for Oliver’s hockey. After every visit, the kids beg (and usually get) a trip to the snack stand where they talk us into a slush puppy (because what better drink is there when you’re wet and/or sweaty…
Thanksgiving Favorites
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and I’m gearing up to get started of the things we want for the weekend. Yes, it is Friday morning, and our first Thanksgiving dinner is tomorrow, but I was never one to let a little thing like immanency stop me from procrastinating. So, instead of actually staring on…
The Best Banana Streusel Muffins
Bananas in bread form are a constant in this house. I buy about double the bananas we usually eat every week, just to watch them turn brown and sugary, ripe for baking. My freezer is always stocked with banana bread for the kids for snacking, or for breakfast on those nights where I know I’m…
Homemade Pita Bread
I seriously still can’t believe how easy it was to make homemade pitas. When I decided to make gyros at home, I figured I couldn’t really go serve it with store bought pitas. Thankfully, making this bread turned out to be just as easy as making the gyro meat was. Phew. I hunted around the…
Sausage Crostini
Alright, this has to be one of the quickest and easiest things you’ll find to make. The day I made these, I did them as a side. I made some fresh cheese ravioli in a light tomato sauce, and I knew that Bo would be looking for a hit of meat somewhere (he’s not a…
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
This was always one of my favorite snacks growing up, and now it’s one of my kids. I couldn’t find my Nana’s recipe though when I went to make it this morning, so I hunted around online until I found one that I thought was similar, then just made a couple of changes to it….
Homemade Doughnuts (Cake Style)
I wanted to make something as a treat for the kids today, and something that Bo could take with him in the car. Doughnuts. Doughnuts seemed like the perfect thing. So, off I went looking for doughnut recipes that I could quickly whip up. My first lesson: those soft, squishy, glazed doughnuts are yeast based…
The hunt for the perfect pizza
I’ve been trying for a few years now to figure out a way to make the perfect, pizzeria style pizza at home. I’m slowly getting closer. My first few dough’s were almost more focaccia like (not what I was looking for), and while this one is the closest yet to what I’m aiming for, it…
Sweet Dinner Rolls or Burger Buns
I wasn’t really sure what to call these. I’m just starting to try to make different kinds of bread, and the ones that Bo really wanted me to figure out are the kind you get at Logan’s Roadhouse in the US. These did not turn out like those buns. What I have stumbled upon though…
Apple Pie Inspired Muffins
I find breakfast to be the hardest meal of the day to figure out. It can be tough to switch things up enough that the kids don’t get board, without just filling a bowl with sugary cereal (though I do that quite frequently as a snack before breakfast, so don’t think I’m preaching here). Muffins, I’ve…
French Breakfast Puffs
Here’s a quick and easy recipe to change-up your breakfast routine. I get bored some times of the waffles, pancakes, french toast, eggs and bacon (though I will say that these are an awesome compliment to the eggs and bacon if you’re doing a big brunch style breakfast), etc. Some times it’s just nice to…
Swiss Eibrot (French Toast Bites)
This is one of my favorite breakfasts to make. When Oliver’s having a lazy morning, and he just wants to lay on the couch and watch a movie, I almost always make him a bowl of these so that he can just grab them with his hand and pop them in his mouth. Traditionally they’re…
No Knead Bread – Artisan Style that’s crusty and rustic
Seriously, this crusty, rustic, no knead bread is THE easiest bread I think you can make. I used to be terrified of making bread, it always goes back to this one time a couple of years ago that I tried to make an Italian loaf and it turned out like a skinny rubber snake. An experience…