Amazing Recipes
This was my first time making brioche bread. I've been wanting it to make for a long time, specifically Ina Garten's Brioche bread recipe from Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food You Can Make at Home. I'm not one to be afraid of making any type of bread, I love it and enjoy it. But a brioche bread … [Read more...]
I've finally made the perfect biscuit. I don't know what was in my head to make a mozzarella biscuit. Well I'll tell you what. Personally I like mozzarella cheese over cheddar cheese, and that's the only cheese I had. Usually I make these biscuits with buttermilk, but I didn't have any, so I used … [Read more...]
Have you ever watched the show "The Best Thing I Ever Made/Ate"? Well I love to watch that show. Most of the stuff on there looks fairly complicated, but Duff Goldman was on the show and he said the best thing he ever made and ate is his family's apple strudel. The reason this stood out to me is … [Read more...]
Before you hate me for putting bacon on everything, hold on! These donuts are baked! So to me, that makes these donuts healthy. That's right! I'm really thinking that bacon need its own category on this blog. Bacon makes the world go round. :) I think this is what they refer to bacon … [Read more...]
Yes, that's right, today's featured recipe is Monkey Brains. This delicious sweet bread, has many other names as well. Probably the most known is Monkey Bread. Other names it goes by is bubbleloaf, sticky bread, coffee cake, but my favorite name for this is Monkey Brains. Not to gross you out, but … [Read more...]
Honestly, how many recipes for jam filled buns can one person have. Well I love any type of jam filled buns, so I will try all sort of recipes, in search for the ONE. I love this type of sweet yeast dough. I like to fill them with different things, add raisins to them, or just plain. The … [Read more...]
It's been a gorgeous weekend here in Calgary, sunny and the temperature has been great. These are the days when I love being here. It actually feels like spring! I'm not fooling myself, I know more snow is to come, but for now I am happy. So to celebrate such a great weekend, I decided to make a … [Read more...]
Don't laugh at the name of this dessert! OK, you can laugh, it is funny. I have no idea why it's called sex in a pan, maybe because it's so good. I remember a long time ago, before I was married, and used to live on my own, one weekend my friend came over and she introduced me to this dessert. I had … [Read more...]
This is a super easy recipe for a classic Margherita Pizza. My husband is a huge Pizza fan and as I've said before we make Pizza almost every weekend  at home. However, we wanted to try something that's a little bit healthier and this Margherita Pizza is just that. We've never had Margherita … [Read more...]
If you've ever been to a Chinese bakery you have seen this type of meat buns among many other delicious goodies. These buns are also called pork buns, or Char Siu Bao which basically is a barbecued pork filled bun. They can be either steamed or baked as I chose to make mine. I have never tried the … [Read more...]
I love to bake breads, all kinds of breads. Recently we discovered a bakery close to our house that has a lot of great goodies. We bought this cranberry bread and it was good, but it was kind of lacking in cranberries. So I thought why not try and make one myself. Except I wanted to make it a bit … [Read more...]
This week I am in Dallas, Texas for some training. Now let me tell you my luck. I was so excited to come to Dallas, primarily to get some warm weather in February, but with my luck, the pilot informed us that the weather in Dallas was actually colder than it was in Calgary. I mean how could this … [Read more...]
I've probably impressed you by now with my baking skills, if not please let me believe I have. Ignorance is bliss after all. :) But if I haven't, I will impress you with this cake. So it's not one of those gloriously decorated cakes that took hours to put together, but for me taste always comes … [Read more...]
I have to be honest here and tell you that until recently I have been scared of making croissants. I thought they would be hard to make and that it's something that it better be left to the french since they are the experts in this field. However, curiosity won in this case. As they say, curiosity … [Read more...]
Ok, who doesn't love cinnamon rolls? Well I do and I love the smell of cinnamon rolls as they are baking more than anything. These rolls are delicious and you can either have them with icing, or no icing. Â I prefer no icing, considering they have enough calories as it is without the icing, but I … [Read more...]
