Hosting a little get together with a few friends this holiday season? These little pies look super fancy and impressive, but are actually easier to make than a regular apple pie. Because they are cooked in little muffin tins the crust gets crisp and golden brown on the bottom (hard to do with a regular pie!) and they are already in cute individual portions. Keep reading
Chocolate and orange is such an incredible flavour combination, and yet I forget about it until the holidays each year. Sometimes I think holidays are made just to snap us out of our routines and remind us that there is so much more to life!
I know everyone has their own holiday baking traditions, but since I love you all I wanted to share a couple of mine. So here is the first, and I’ll share a couple more in the next few days. (I’d be so delighted if you would share your favorite holiday treats in the comments here!)
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It’s SO HOT. Let’s eat watermelon together. Let’s just eat watermelon and sit and sweat.
Okay, some of you are overachievers. This is for you. Take some of your sweet, sweet watermelon and chop it into cubes (take the rind off first, silly). Put it in a bag or receptacle in your freezer. Once it’s frozen make it into sorbet using just a little yogurt and sugar and a food processor or blender. Add some vanilla or lime juice (or anything else you think would work with watermelon) if you’re super serious about it. Keep reading
It’s my youngest sister’s (Hannah’s) birthday today. Hannah has many wonderful qualities, but one of my favorites is that she is really fun to cook for. She basically likes everything, and is always extremely enthusiastic and goes back for seconds. She’s the kind of person you want to make cookies for. So Hannah, these are for you!
If you’re not a big coconut fan you can definitely skip it and just leave these plain chocolate chip, they are fabulously chewy and nutty. Keep reading