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Goldilocks Pie Dough
I’ve tried seven different pie dough recipes only to be disappointed! Too tough, too blah, not flakey enough, too flakey, too hard to work with… almost there but not quite right! Well.. I’m done looking. This is (to my taste) the best dough ever. Thank you RockRecipes.com It’s because of you I’ll need a gym […]
Old Style Raisin Pie
It smells amazing in here! I have tried so many pie crust recipes, and nothing was ‘just right’. This recipe for pie dough so far had checked all my boxes. It was easy (EASY) to work with, it looks flaky and it held my crimping all the way through backing. It looks flakey. I’m tired […]
Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
BAKING TIPS FOR OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES When measuring your flour, do not scoop it out of the container with the measuring cup. Instead, stir the flour around, spoon it into your measuring cup, and level it off with the back of a knife. Once you scoop the cookie dough and drop it on the baking […]
Canadian Eh ~ Butter Tarts
If you want a treat that is dripping with flavour with a super flakey crust… you’ll want to check this out. Evidently there is a long standing discussion about whether or not they should be super dripping or semi dripping. I added 2 eggs as I wanted them firmer, but wow, they take a couple […]
Great Grandma’s Favourite Muffins (in 1967…)
This is what Loveflips would have looked like before the Internet. Wonderful handwritten recipes. We have lots to go through and to pass down. How blessed are we?? The ‘Thank You’ receipt is all the way from Regina… in 1967! I had just started school. Grandma was finally a free woman. She used to go […]
Baxter’s Apple Pie
I’m claiming this pie recipe, it’s not mine.. but I did scour the internet for it (https://www.jordanwinery.com/culinary/recipes/wine-country-flaky-apple-pie) and it came out of the oven looking pretty good if I do say so myself!! Tomorrow is the taste test with Great Grandma for our Christmas Eve desert! Pie Dough 3 cups all purpose flour 8 ounces […]
The Rus’s Shortbread
1. This recipe works best if you beat the dough with electric beaters. If you have a stand mixer, set it aside for this recipe. 2. Make sure the cookie dough is cold before you put it in the oven. If your house is quite warm, put the cookie dough in the fridge to chill it […]
Carrot Cake & Cream Cheese Frosting
Well, another birthday under Greg’s belt!! This cake was perfect!! Easy to make, super moist, I think I’ll have some for breakfast! Ingredients 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 2/3 cup light brown sugar , firmly packed 1 cup oil (vegetable or canola oil) 1/2 cup buttermilk 4 large eggs , room temperature 2 teaspoons vanilla […]
Old Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie
This recipe is very good. I’ve made it twice now. Super easy and very yummy!! I use this ALL BUTTER PIE CRUST For the Coconut Custard 1 1/2 cups coconut milk 1 1/2 cups half-and-half 5 egg yolks 3/4 cup sugar 4 tablespoons cornstarch 1 tablespoon butter 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups flaked sweetened […]
Pecan Pie
This is dangerous! It’s my favourite pie, baked in my favourite all butter pie crust. If anyone needs me, I’ll be in the garage with the entire pie and a fork… 1 cup sugar 1 1⁄2 cups corn syrup (you can use 1/2 dark and 1/2 light) 4 eggs 1⁄4 cup butter 1 1⁄2 teaspoons […]
Strawberry Shortcake
Abby’s 11th Happy Birthday Cake!! 1 cup (250 ml) unbleached all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon (5 ml) baking powder 1/4 teaspoon (1 ml) salt 3 eggs, separated 1 pinch cream of tartar 1 1/4 cups (310 ml) sugar 1/2 cup (125 ml) unsalted butter, softened 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract 1/2 cup (125 ml) milk […]
Nantucket Cranberry Pie
Add Ice Cream!! It will send this dessert to the moon! The Pioneer Woman baked her’s in a cake pan! We’re baking ours in super cute Lodge Cast Iron mini rounds! This recipe is enough for 6 rounds. It’s not too sweet, just right. You control the sugar, just remember… ****Cranberries are TART and really […]
Banana Cake & Butter Cream
THIS IS THE BEST CAKE I’VE EVER MADE! I’ve made it a few times now, it is so dependable and so moist. I have stopped making this cake now as I was eating it for breakfast, snacking throughout the day on it, scrapping most of Greg’s icing off his pieces before he got it and […]
Julia Child’s Creme Brûlée
Smooth and creamy, you will savour every bite and then wonder if you should have another one!! Julia said “YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO HEAT IT UNTIL IT THICKENS!!” 4 cups Heavy cream 3/4 cup Sugar 1 Vanilla Bean 7 Egg yolks 1/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt 3/4 cup Sugar Heat oven to 300 […]
Eat your veggies!! (Chocolate Zucchini Cake)
What a treat this Chocolate Zucchini cake is! Wow!! I’ll take zucchini off your hands to make this It’s almost like a brownie when you add the walnuts or pecans. INGREDIENTS 2 1/2 cups regular all-purpose flour, unsifted 1/2 cup natural, unsweetened cocoa 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon […]
Get In My Tummy Cheesecake
I looked all over for my usual never fail cheesecake recipe I got from a friend at Sask Oil with no luck! I found this one in a recipe book I had! I had my doubts. It says to bake for an hour. I guess my oven isn’t up to temperature. I had to leave […]
Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Glaze
AMAZING cake!! You can almost taste the bubbles? Unreal. Try it. It’s easy. You don’t even need to use a mixer, just stir it up and get it in your tummy!! Lemon cake mix Instant lemon pudding 1 cup 7 up 4 eggs 3/4 c oil Whisk together dry cake mix and pudding mix. Add […]
Cream Cheese Maple Syrup Glazed Banana Bread
YUM 3 very ripe bananas, peeled 1/3 cup melted butter 1 teaspoon baking soda Pinch of salt 3/4 cup sugar 1 large egg, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C), and well butter 2 cast iron loaf pans or 1 – 10″ cast iron skillet In […]
Blueberry Buckle
Shannyn, I’ve had this recipe as long as I’ve had you! I used to strap you on in a snuggley and we’d go into the forests of Swan Hills (In our Chevette!) to pick huckleberries! I’d sing to you to warn off the bears and we’d never go far from the car, we didn’t have […]
All Butter Pie Crust
I have to say, I’ve wasted a lot of time and butter trying to make a flaky easy to work with pie crust!! This is the one!! ALL Butter Crust 3 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cup cold butter 1 beaten egg 5 TBSP iced water I needed to add 2 […]