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Recipe for cinnamon-pecan rugelach cookies
My sister, Mary Pat, is the born baker in the family. She has a sweet tooth that she has polished into a fine baking skill. Everything she makes is delicious, but she is famous for her rugelach. As is...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Nutmeg Nut Bars
These honey-glazed bars are crumbly, richly sweet and incredibly nutty. The combination — thanks in particular to the floral notes added by freshly grated nutmeg — is a bit like baklava, only...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Lemon Paprika Bars
If you love lemon bars, you’ll love our spicy twist on this classic treat. We gave our bars a deliciously crumbly shortbread crust, then spiked the lemony filling with the earthy flavour of paprika. We...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Almond Saffron Puff Cookies
A delicate spice calls for a delicate cookie. So when looking for ways to make the most of the gorgeous colour and ethereal flavour of saffron, meringue puff cookies were the obvious choice. The result...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Chinese Five-Spice Brownie Cookies
All the rich, fudgy flavour of a brownie, but with the convenience of an easy-to-handle cookie. And since we already were tinkering, we also added five-spice powder, a Chinese seasoning made from — you...
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Tuck a chewy cookie made with high-fibre chickpeas into your lunchbox
Canada is the world’s leading exporter of lentils, peas and chickpeas and Saskatchewan is the heart of the pulse industry, providing 97 per cent of the country’s lentil crop, 83 per cent of the...
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Dumplings, Buddha’s Delight and almond cookies ideal for Chinese New Year
Diana Kuan’s new book, “The Chinese Takeout Cookbook,” is full of recipes for those classic Chinese foods that people love to order in restaurants or take home. Here are three recipes from the book...
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Recipe for lemon wedding cookies
For most people, Easter means it’s time for chocolate bunnies and coloured eggs. And while those things are fine, for me this season is about all things lemon. I usually make lemon bars that are tart...
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‘Everyone Can Cook Everything’: Chef Eric Akis wants you to get cooking
Professional chef and pastry chef Eric Akis strongly believes that it’s a myth that some people can’t cook. So much so that he has written the seven-part Everyone Can Cook series of cookbooks to help...
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‘Jerusalem’: Ottolenghi and Tamimi share the delicious side of the diverse city
Za’atar, tahini, fresh lemon juice and plenty of herbs – London-based Israeli chefs Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi believe that if readers acquaint themselves with the wonderful flavours of...
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‘Healthy Starts Here’: Mairlyn Smith offers up the tastiest, healthy version...
If you’ve been searching for a healthy and delicious version of the two-bite brownie, look no further. Mairlyn Smith, PHEc, cookbook author, teacher and Second City comedy troupe alumna, has done the...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Triple-Ginger Cranberry Bars
These bars are a serious triple-ginger threat. We packed three varieties of ginger into these tender, chewy bars — grated fresh ginger, dry ground ginger and chopped crystallized ginger. Combined with...
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Food Chat: Best Cookies for the Holidays
Visions of sugar plums dancing in your head already? Our food panel has just what your sweet tooth needs: Christmas cookies. From shortcake to rum balls to sugar cookies and gingerbread, our panel will...
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Ingredient of the week: Cinnamon
Continuing with last week’s theme of spices of the season, this week’s collection of recipes is all about cinnamon. From buns to cookies, and poached pears to holiday cocktails, you’re sure to find...
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Food Chat: Make it with a cake mix
No time to whip egg whites and no money to buy fancy ingredients — but love the taste of a homemade dessert? Food blogger Lizzy Early has shortcuts that will save you time and cash. In her new...
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A wonderful mess: New cookbook celebrates realistic baking
Perfectionism has no place in the kitchen. At least that’s Charmian Christie’s philosophy — a viewpoint which forms the backbone of her new cookbook, The Messy Baker (HarperCollins Canada). The book...
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Baking with whole grains adds flavour, character to breads and pastries
Whole grains bring distinct flavours, textures and nutrition to baked goods. Baker and author Chad Robertson, co-owner of Tartine Bakery in San Francisco, first inspired home bakers with Tartine...
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The Healthy Plate: Recipe for chocolate almond crescent cookies
By Melissa D’Arabian When I was five, my mom invited a bunch of my kindergarten girlfriends and their moms over for cookies, cocoa and caroling to celebrate the holidays. That tradition turned into an...
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A family friendly cookie recipe
By Christina Barron Making holiday cookies may be a tradition in your house. But if you’re not one of the bakers, you’re missing out. Bakers have to sample their creations, so you are almost guaranteed...
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Do as the French do, serve a bûche de Noël for the holidays
The bûche de Noël, or yule log, is a classic French Christmastime dessert. In the traditional style, sponge cake is frosted, rolled, frosted again, and decorated with meringue mushrooms and the like...
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‘The Sprouted Kitchen': veggie enthusiast Sara Forte shares...
Sara Forte grew up eating her fair share of frozen taquitos in a family that loved to sit down for meals together but didn’t necessarily love to cook. Her appreciation for cooking and nutrition came...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Cherry Allspice Hermits
We took the classic hermit bar and reimagined it as a holiday drop cookie. We also replaced the traditional raisins with more festive dried cherries, then spiked them with allspice. But if you prefer...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Chocolate Pepper Sable
We tend to think of black pepper as a savoury seasoning, but it also has a sweet side. No, pepper itself doesn’t taste sweet, but its trademark bite does pair well with sweet ingredients. So for this...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Cardamom Chocolate Macadamia Cookies
The classic combination of chocolate and macadamia nuts gets a holiday overhaul with the addition of cardamom, one of the most overlooked and underappreciated of the holiday spices. And if baking up a...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Cinnamon-Honey Oat Drop Cookies
Looking for classic, comforting flavours in a chewy, soft cookie? This is your cookie. We took a basic oat drop-style cookie and added the comforting, holiday flavours of cinnamon and honey. These...
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Spice cookies filled with orange-date mixture make decadent goodies
These cookies incorporate the spices associated with the festive season plus they have a sweet surprise inside — a mixture of sweet dates, orange flavouring and crunchy hazelnuts. They’re perfect for a...
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Recipe for eggnog snickerdoodle cookies
You can keep your decorated, stained glass, death-by-chocolate, triple-dunked biscotti bombs, or whatever this holiday season’s must-bake cookie will be. Any time of year — and especially this time of...
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Recipe for chocolate-dipped coconut meringue drops
Even if you avoid baking all year long, there’s a very good chance the allure of the holidays will seduce you into having a go at a batch of cookies. And why not? It’s sweet food for a sweet season. Of...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Fennel Cornmeal Wafers
Sometimes you want a cookie sweet enough to take the enamel off your teeth. Sometimes you don’t. For those more grownup times, we created these fennel cornmeal wafers, which are delicate in both...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Apricot Clove Crumb Bars
We’ve given the classic crumb bar a holiday-worthy makeover with the addition of ground cloves. Not only do cloves sport a taste and aroma perfect for the season, they also pair wonderfully with the...
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies: Tangerine-Mace Shortbread
The mildly floral, slightly exotic flavour of mace works perfectly in this simple shortbread that is flecked with citrus zest. Though we used tangerine, any citrus zest — orange, grapefruit, lemon,...
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Make spice cookies and rugelach to serve during eight-day Hanukkah celebration
With Hanukkah stretching over eight nights, it’s nice to have a variety of treats to serve family and guests. Related – ‘Jerusalem': Ottolenghi and Tamimi share the delicious side of the diverse city...
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