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Parmesan Herb Crackers. A delicious home baled addition to there table when serving many delicious soups or a selection of your favourite cheeses.

Caramel Apple Muffins. Easy to make, with little pockets of oozing caramel baked right in beside chucks of sweet apple. Perfect for a weekend brunch.

Strawberry Chocolate Puff Bars The first time I heard the term “Puff Bar” I had no idea what it was. Ann, a friend who grew up in the center of St. John’s in the 50’s and 60’s referred to them as being quite a commonly produced item in bakeries around town, usually containing whipped cream, …

Cheese Garlic and Herb Scone Club Sandwiches. Make mini scones as a great party food idea or larger scones as a differently delicious lunch sandwich.

Sausage Rolls in Sour Cream Pastry. Use your favourite sausage with this incredible rich pastry to make the best, flakiest little sausage rolls you’ll ever try.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve made these scrumptious sausage rolls. The easy to make buttery tasting, flakey pastry is so perfect with the savoury flavour of …

Partridgeberry Apple Cheesecake. Cranberries can easily be substituted for Newfoundland favourite partridgeberries (lingonberries) in this easy cheesecake. Credit for this Partridgeberry Apple Cheesecake goes to Spouse, who has been in the kitchen for the past day or so making desserts for a school function this evening. Actually, I have been quite remiss in giving her …

This upside down Five Spice Apple Tarte Tatin recipe is a real collision of food cultures, with a distinctly delicious flavour.  Chinese Five Spice is a mixture of cinnamon, anise, cloves, cassia and ginger used in many Chinese dishes. However, here it adds a distinctive flavor to a classic French dessert. The truth is I …

Start by baking a Golden Vanilla CakeCream well: ¾ cup butter2 cups sugar3 tsp vanilla extract Add, one at a time 3 eggs Beat well after each addition. Sift together1 cup + 1 tbsp all purpose flour1 cup + 1 tbsp cake flour1 ½ tsp baking powder Fold the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture, …

Serves 2 2 twelve ounce strip loin or prime rib steaks 1 clove minced garlic 2 tbsp olive oil ½ cup red wine ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper Salt to season ½ cup fresh or frozen partridgeberries (small cranberries can be substituted) 1 tbsp lemon zest Juice of 1 lemon 2 tbsp brown sugar …

1 pkg. frozen phyllo pastry½ cup melted butter¼ cup sugar Cut phyllo sheets in quarters or about 6×6 squares. The measurements do not have to be precise. Brush each sheet with melted butter and sprinkle lightly with sugar. Repeat until you have 6 layers of pastry. Push the prepared pastry into muffin tins, fitting it …