Cinnamon rolls are the ultimate comfort food, so it’s a good thing this recipe is so easy! Whip up my simple soft bun dough, an easy filling, and slathered with a decadent cream cheese frosting. Prefer to Watch Instead of Read? Why These Are the Best Cinnamon Rolls Ingredients You’ll Need How to Make Cinnamon…
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Sourdough Discard Coffee Cake
This Sourdough Discard Coffee Cake is soft, buttery, and layered with a crunchy cinnamon streusel that refuses to sink into the cake like your will to live on a Monday morning. With a tender, buttery cake and just the right amount of cinnamon sweetness, you won’t be able to stop at just one slice. Prefer…
Blueberry Macarons with Chocolate & Rose
These blueberry macarons are really something special. There’s just something about the combo of blueberries, dark chocolate, and rose water in these macarons that feels instantly elegant, like you should eat them with your pinkies up. But no judgment from me if you eat them in your flip flops and jammies. Either way, they’re the…
Peanut Butter Sourdough Granola with Dried Strawberries
If you love crunchy granola clusters and dried fruit, this sourdough peanut butter granola recipe is for you! It’s flavoured with peanut butter, sweetened just enough with maple syrup, and full of dried strawberries for that nostalgic PB&J feel. The sourdough discard adds a subtle tang and helps the oats stick together and bake up…
Easy Sourdough Granola with Crunchy Clusters
This sourdough granola is crunchy, lightly sweet, and easy to customise with your favourite spices, seeds, nuts, and dried fruit. Whether you’re looking for a delicious yogurt topping yogurt or a delicious and healthy snack to enjoy by the handful, this is a solid base recipe you’ll want to return to again and again. What…
Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
Soft, buttery cookies loaded with white chocolate chunks—what’s not to love? Using real butter gives these delightful cookies a soft and chewy texture that’s a total game changer. If you want a quick and easy no-chill recipe for funfetti cake mix cookies, this one hits all the right notes! This recipe takes a box of…
Best-Ever Fluffy Cast Iron Skillet Pancake (Baked in the Oven)
Inspired by the famous Amangiri skillet pancake, these have a crispy golden crust, a light and fluffy inside, and a subtle caramel flavour from Mexican Coke. It’s a simple and satisfying simple recipe that’s easy to make and really delicious! I first heard about the viral Amangiri pancake after watching The Reluctant Traveler with my…
Blue Cookie Monster Cookies with Oreos & Chips Ahoy
Even though there’s clearly something joyful, childlike, and a little silly about these unapologetically blue cookie monster cookies, the flavour is seriously good! They’re chewy in the centre, crisp on the edges, and stuffed with white and milk chocolate chips, crushed Oreos, and Chips Ahoy chunks. Go ahead and kkip the blue food colouring if…
Buttery Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies
These lemon lavender shortbread cookies look (and taste) fancy, but they’re super easy to make! They’re buttery and melt-in-your-mouth just like great shortbread cookies should be, with citrus and floral notes to balance out all that richness. Perfect for a summer picnic, or any time you want to feel fancy! Why You’ll Love Lemon Lavender…
Volume Conversions for Baking Ingredients
Here’s a handy conversion guide for common baking ingredients—grams, cups, tablespoons, and millilitres all laid out so you can quickly switch between them no matter what units your recipe uses. By the way, if you’re not already using a kitchen scale, you might want to check out this post, all about the reasons you should…
Level Up Your Baking: 12 Reasons to Use a Kitchen Scale
If you’re still measuring with cups, you’re not alone—but you are making baking harder than it needs to be. Switching to a kitchen scale is one of those small changes that levels up everything you bake. It’s faster, more accurate, less messy, and removes the guesswork that comes with measuring ingredients by volume. Whether you’re…
Lemon Meringue Pie Ice Cream with Lemon Curd & Shortbread Crunch
If you crossed lemon meringue pie with ice cream, this is exactly what you would get! Dreamy, creamy vanilla ice cream swirled with tangy lemon curd, buttery bits of shortbread, and chunks of meringue…what’s not to love? I have a soft spot for bright & creamy lemony desserts in the summer, and this ice cream…
24 Delicious Canadian Desserts to Make for Canada Day
If you need a delicious Canadian dessert to make for Canada Day, a backyard BBQ, or you’re just craving a little nostalgic Canadiana, this list of iconic and traditional Canadian recipes has you covered! From old-school Prairie favourites to some sweet Maritime staples, I’m digging into the Canadian baking recipes that deserve a spot in…
Mini Sourdough Beaver Tails (Better Than the Food Truck!)
What happens when you add sourdough to Canada’s most iconic deep-fried dough? You get extra delicious Beaver Tails with crispy edges, tender centres, and a whole lot of flavour, that’s what! Honestly, I dare say these are even better than the ones you get from the Beaver Tails food truck? Why You’ll Love These Mini…
Authentic Canadian Butter Tart Squares (Gooey & Rich)
I’ve been chasing the perfect butter tart recipe for months—something gooey, caramel-y, rich, and cradled in a buttery crust. But after scraping yet another batch of stuck-on tarts out of my muffin tin, I decided I had had enough and it was time to simplify! These squares have all of the delicious butter tart flavour…
How to Make Moon Mist Ice Cream at Home
Moon Mist is probably Nova Scotia’s most iconic ice cream. A dreamy pastel swirl of banana, grape, and bubblegum that tastes like childhood summers and looks like a Lisa Frank fever dream. My kids can’t get enough of it, and this homemade version captures all the nostalgia, and then some. Let’s make some magic! What…
Easy Nanaimo Bars (Rich, Chocolatey & Creamy)
I loved spotting a tray of Nanaimo bars at family get-togethers as a kid…and if I’m honest, I still make a beeline for these delicious bars whenever they make an appearance. This is a classic recipe for the Canadian chocolate-coconut-custard treat that always takes me right back, along with some tips to make this nostalgic…
Sourdough Banana S’mores Muffins with Chocolate Ganache
These sourdough banana s’mores muffins are like a delicious cross between banana bread and your favourite campfire treat! These muffins are soft and rich, with pockets of melted chocolate, and a decadently gooey marshmallow centre. These muffins are what happens when banana bread and s’mores meet somewhere in the middle. They’ve got a soft, moist…
Lemon Poppyseed Macarons with Easy Custard Buttercream
These lemon poppyseed macarons are the perfect mix of bright, tangy lemon and just the right pop of nutty seeds on top. The filling? A silky custard buttercream made with custard powder that’s super easy to make, and not overly sweet. If you want a fancy-looking treat that’s actually pretty doable, this recipe’s for you….
12 Campfire Desserts You Can Make Without Fancy Tools
Campfire desserts usually seem to be limited to s’mores and banana boats. There’s nothing wrong with s’mores of course, but if your only idea of campfire dessert is limited to smooshing marshmallows between graham crackers, it might be time to broaden your horizons! With a few simple ingredients and a stick or some foil or…