Apricot and Orange Cake
Apricot and Orange Cake by Right Brain Joanna I have had this recipe lurking in in my homemade recipe book for decades and somehow never actually made it. Well, time is change....
Tagged: dessert
Rambler Chocolate Chip Cookies
Rambler Chocolate Chip Cookies by Left Brain Marilyn A classic chocolate chip cookie like Joanna’s is indeed delectable, However, rattling about in a back pack on a hike requires that cookies need to...
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies by Right Brain Joanna This recipe came from my sister’s grade-8 Home Economics class. Five years later in the same class, which I failed as we were making something a lot...
Nectarine & Blueberry Strudel
NECTARINE & BLUEBERRY STRUDEL by Right-Brain Joanna Hopefully you have mastered working with phyllo pastry so do enjoy creating all kinds of fare. Here I have used a nut oil instead of traditional butter...
Rustic Blueberry and Nectarine Tart
RUSTIC BLUEBERRY & NECTARINE TART by Left-Brain Marilyn The fruits in the filling complement each other beautifully, while the outstandingly flaky pastry is thin and very straightforward to make. There is no crimping of...
Boston Cream Pie
BOSTON CREAM PIE by Left-Brain Marilyn The origins of this confection go back over a century and a half, and even back then Boston cream “pie” was actually a filled and iced cake, not...
Montmorency Tart Cherries
LEFT BRAIN: Tart Cherry Pie Here in Ontario, I buy chilled pails of pitted cherries that have a bit of sugar added (so they arrive swimming in juice) and divide cherries plus juice into...
Rhubarb Pie & Crumble
LEFT BRAIN: Strawberry Rhubarb Pie My friend and colleague from Saskatchewan called rhubarb “pie plant”. She and her mother and sisters would make dozens of fruit pies all summer to freeze unbaked for winter...
Valentine Sweets
LEFT BRAIN: Butter Tarts A New York Times food article about Canadian butter tarts had our American cousins drooling and asking for a recipe – so here it is! It includes 99-year-old Aunt Rosamond’s...
