Christmas Recipes

Orange Marmalade. Who knew making marmalade was this easy? This version adds a little natural vanilla flavour in what might me the best marmalade you’ll ever try.

Auntie Crae’s Ginger Sugar Cookies. These are sort of a less intense ginger cookie but their flavour and texture is still excellent and they are still very, very addictive to ginger lovers.

These beautiful light and flaky apple turnovers use a shortcut puff pastry with a secret ingredient for pastry success. Apple turnovers have always been a favourite of mine because I’m basically a pastry freak. Surround anything with pastry from a Steak Pie to a Turkey Wellington to Apple Pie and I’ll go mad for it. …

Garlic Thyme Cheese Puffs. These delectable little cheese puffs start with simple choux pastry, which is not nearly as intimidating as some think; learning to make this classic opens up a whole world of possibilities from sweet to savoury.

Few cookie bars are more indulgent than these Caramel Marshmallow Brownies. So ooey gooey good, they would make fantastic bases for ice cream sundaes too.

Molasses Raisin Biscuit Cookies. A happy accident that turned out to be big, soft delicious cookie treats, that are a cross between a tea bun and a cookie. Perfect with a hot cup of tea or coffee.

Candy Cane Cake. This outstanding scratch cake is a kid favourite around here at Christmas time. My kids make the cupcakes to take along to their seasonal parties and they are very often the first items to get gobbled up. This candy cane cake is a favourite of mine to bring to Holiday dinners and …

Cranberry White Chocolate Magic Cookie Bars. A differently delicious take on one of the easiest and quickest bar cookies ever invented. The tart pop of the cranberries works well with the sweet white chocolate and the crunch of the toasty almonds. A perfect Holiday baking recipe.

Easy Cherry Almond Macaroons. A very simple, easy coconut macaroon recipe with the added flavours of cherries and almonds. These freeze well making them another great choice for the Holiday freezer.

Apricot Orange Cheesecake Bars. A freezer friendly recipe with the delicious combination of dried apricots in a citrus flavoured cheesecake surrounded by buttery shortbread crumble.