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Gochujang Cheddar Mini Babkas

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: October 2nd, 2025· Updated: September 1st, 2026

A group of gochujang cheddar mini babkas.

Cheesy + sweet + spicy is possibly my favourite flavour combo, and these mini swirled buns have that in spades. Each bun is loaded with delicious gochujang, cheddar, garlic, and a touch of honey for a completely irresistible snack. Prefer to Watch Instead of Read? Why These Spicy Cheddar Rolls Are So Irresistible Key Ingredients…

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Bread, Brunch, Dinner

Soft Burger Buns

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: October 1st, 2025· Updated: October 4th, 2025

Baking sheet full of homemade burger buns topped with black and white sesame seeds.

This soft bun dough is about to be your new go-to for burger buns, hot dog buns, and even cinnamon rolls! Anywhere you’d use an enriched dough, this recipe shines. It’s super easy to make and handles like a dream because it doesn’t use butter, but is still soft and full of flavour that levels…

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Bread

Super Easy Cinnamon Rolls

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: October 1st, 2025

Close-up of cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting baked in a round cake pan.

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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Bread, Brunch, Desserts

Sourdough Discard Coffee Cake

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: September 24th, 2025

Coffee cake on a plate with a bite taken out of it, a fork, a vintage milk bottle full of milk, and a baking sheet of more coffee cake squares in the background.

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…

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Brunch, Cakes, Sourdough Discard

Blueberry Macarons with Chocolate & Rose

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: August 14th, 2025

Blueberry macarons arranged on a wooden plate.

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…

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Cookies, Macarons

Peanut Butter Sourdough Granola with Dried Strawberries

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: July 29th, 2025

Bowl of sourdough peanut butter granola topped with fresh sliced 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…

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Breakfast, Brunch, Sourdough Discard

Easy Sourdough Granola with Crunchy Clusters

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: July 26th, 2025

Bowl of sourdough granola topped with fresh strawberries and blueberries.

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…

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Breakfast, Brunch, Sourdough Discard

Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: July 24th, 2025· Updated: July 28th, 2025

Three funfetti cake mix cookies arranged on a baking sheet. One cookie has a bite taken out of it.

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…

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Cookies

Best-Ever Fluffy Cast Iron Skillet Pancake (Baked in the Oven)

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: July 22nd, 2025· Updated: August 8th, 2025

Giant skillet pancake with fresh berries, powdered sugar, and three forks.

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…

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Breakfast, Brunch

Blue Cookie Monster Cookies with Oreos & Chips Ahoy

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: July 15th, 2025

A stack of blue cookie monster cookies. One cookie has a bite taken out of it.

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…

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Cookies

Buttery Lemon Lavender Shortbread Cookies

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: July 12th, 2025· Updated: September 16th, 2025

Lemon lavender shortbread cookies arranged on a wooden tray, with lemons and lavender flowers in the background.

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…

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Cookies

Volume Conversions for Baking Ingredients

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: July 5th, 2025

Overhead shot of a variety of baking ingredients, including eggs, butter, bananas, cocoa powder, and more.

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…

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Basics

Level Up Your Baking: 12 Reasons to Use a Kitchen Scale

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: July 3rd, 2025

Weighing flour on a digital 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…

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Baking Tips & Techniques, Basics

Lemon Meringue Pie Ice Cream with Lemon Curd & Shortbread Crunch

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: July 2nd, 2025

Making a scoop of lemon meringue pie ice cream.

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…

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Ice Cream

24 Delicious Canadian Desserts to Make for Canada Day

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: June 29th, 2025

24 delicious Canadian desserts

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…

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Recipe Round-Ups

Mini Sourdough Beaver Tails (Better Than the Food Truck!)

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: June 28th, 2025· Updated: September 8th, 2026

Mini sourdough Beaver Tails arranged on a wooden plate and coated with cinnamon sugar. Two of the Beaver Tails are topped with Nutella and banana slices.

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…

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Donuts, Sourdough

Authentic Canadian Butter Tart Squares (Gooey & Rich)

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: June 25th, 2025

Butter tart squares arranged on a wooden plate.

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…

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Bars, Uncategorized

How to Make Moon Mist Ice Cream at Home

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: June 20th, 2025

Making a scoop of homemade Moon Mist Ice cream.

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…

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Ice Cream

Easy Nanaimo Bars (Rich, Chocolatey & Creamy)

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: June 19th, 2025

A wooden plate with scattered Nanaimo Bars. The one in the foreground has a bite taken out of it.

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…

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Bars, Cookies

Sourdough Banana S’mores Muffins with Chocolate Ganache

Author: Joanna Rankin·Published: June 15th, 2025· Updated: September 3rd, 2026

Sourdough banana s'mores muffins arranged on a wooden plate. A muffin in the foreground is unwrapped and has a bite taken out of it.

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…

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Brunch, Quick Breads, Sourdough Discard

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