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Daring Bakers: Pies, Part I

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June 27, 2013

Rachael from pizzarossa was our lovely June 2013 Daring Bakers’ host and she had us whipping up delicious pies in our kitchens! Cream pies, fruit pies, chocolate pies, even crack pies! There’s nothing like pie! 🙂 I think pies have to be tied with bread for being my favorite things…
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Bread, Recipes

Twisted Baguettes à l’Ancienne

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June 24, 2013

Baguettes have been on my to-do list for a long time, but the traditional shaping process has somewhat intimidated me. However after seeing Yvonne’s beautiful, airy baguettes that she shaped by stretching and twisting the dough, I realized that it doesn’t have to be intimidating.
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Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes

Sourdough English Pancakes with Lemon and Sugar

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June 20, 2013

I’ve been making crêpes since I was a kid – they were one of the things along with cheese sauce (for macaroni) and chocolate sauce (for ice cream) that I learned to make without a recipe. My mum called them “leathery pancakes“, which is a pretty apt description, and I…
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Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Would you like some cookie with your chocolate?

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June 18, 2013

While I’ve definitely made my fair share of regular chocolate chip cookies, the reverse chocolate chip cookie – that is, chocolate dough studded with white chocolate chips – has eluded me. Until now.
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Breakfast & Brunch, Other Baked Goods & Sweets, Recipes

Strawberry Yogurt Muffins with Oat Crumble Topping

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June 15, 2013

Last weekend I spent a few days on Salt Spring Island, where I grew up, with a bunch of girlfriends. We stayed in a house on the ocean and basically just vegged out. There was a lot of talking and laughing (obviously, it was a house full of girls), a…
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Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Korena’s Cookies

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June 12, 2013

This is a cookie recipe that I came up with when I was about 12 years old, and I tell ya, I was onto something! It’s been a while since I last made them but they’re just as good as I remember: buttery, chewy oatmeal cookies with a hint of…
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Bread, Other Baked Goods & Sweets, Recipes

My Favorite Skillet Cornbread

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June 9, 2013

This is the only cornbread I’ve ever made, but it’s so awesome I’ve never felt the need to try another recipe, so it automatically gets the “favorite” label. Plus it’s made in a cast iron skillet, which is my favorite pan.
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Bread, Recipes

Light Brioche Hamburger Buns

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June 6, 2013

Summer is almost here, I can feel it. The first half of May was a big tease, followed by nothing but cold and rainy disappointment, but I have high hopes for June. So far it’s been pretty nice and we’re been doing a lot of barbecuing to take advantage of…
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Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Maple Hazelnut Blondies

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May 31, 2013

While perusing the delicious brownie and blondie offerings from May’s Sourdough Surprises, I realized that I’d never made a blondie, let alone eaten one, and it became clear, based on the delicious recipes I was seeing, that this needed to change as soon as possible. A blondie is essentially a…
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Cakes & Pies, Daring Bakers Challenges, Recipes

Daring Bakers: Prinsesstårta

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May 27, 2013

Korena of Korena in the Kitchen was our May Daring Bakers’ host and she delighted us with this beautiful Swedish Prinsesstårta! Yup, I was the Daring Bakers host this month, and I can’t tell you how much fun I had! I was pretty nervous putting a recipe out there for…
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I’m Korena: cook, baker, dirty-dishes-maker. My favourite things include flour, butter, sugar, and chocolate.

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