Almond Cookies

Italian style Almond Cookies. A favourite around Christmas time in my house. Very light and rich almond flavour.

Lemon Almond Biscotti

Today I am meeting my friend Viv. She is visiting from Vancouver and loves my homemade Lemon Almond Biscotti. The kind you get at cafes tend to be very hard and not so good. A good biscotti is firm, but soft when fresh. These cookies can keep well for months in a airtight container. I hope she enjoys them.

Apple Strudel

One of the joys of the fall are locally grown apples. Today I baked a Austrian style apple strudel for Thanksgiving dinner. This dessert is filled with Golden delicious apples, raisins and walnuts, wrapped in thin crispy pastry. It was fun creating this dessert.

Peach Slab Pie

This pie was baked in a large baking sheet (12" x 18") and packed with 8 lbs of the sweetest and ripest peaches from my local farmers market. Sweet summer flavour packaged in flaky short crust pastry. It was sure liked by my church community last Sunday at our monthly dinner.

Blueberry Coffee Cake

On Sunday morning, I took a trip to the local farmers market and bought fresh blueberries. There is nothing better than the goodness of locally grown fresh fruit, especially when it is incorporated in a classic style coffee cake. This all butter cake, along with a bit of cinnamon and nutmeg, and brown sugar topping makes for a great tea time snack.

Strawberry blueberry pie

Last night I experimented with some left over fresh blueberries and strawberries and created this pie. This is perhaps once of the most juiciest pies I ever made. My family sure enjoyed this one. It was like a slice of summer.

Peach Pie

Peach pie. This is another family favourite this time of year, when ripe sweet Niagara peaches are in season. There is nothing better than fresh fruit filling, with a hint of vanilla wrapped between flaky shortcrust pastry.