Dessert Recipes

Maple Pie – a close cousin to butter tarts, sugar pie and even a southern pecan pie. This rich maple flavoured filling in a flakey butter cry pastry is perfect for Canada Day or even for Thanksgiving or at the Holidays.

Caramel Banana Cream Pie. Good old Banana Cream Pie gets the luscious addition of a layer of homemade caramel sauce on top. The result is as completely indulgent as it gets. Bound to become a family favourite recipe.

Turtle Cheesecake – a creamy vanilla cheesecake sits on a chocolate cookie crumb base and is topped with toasted pecans, gooey caramel and chocolate; perhaps our most decadent cheesecake yet.

Is it an Apple Crisp or an Apple Crumble?…and does it really matter? Get our 5 Top Tips for a perfect apple crumble along with an incredible old fashioned style recipe.

Chocolate Pumpkin Whoopie Pies. A great fall party or Halloween get together treat. Their smaller size makes them more sharable for any pot luck or other event. Originally published Oct 2012. Wouldn’t these make a terrific take-along treat to a school or neighborhood Halloween party? I initially saw the idea for these on Pinterest. However, …

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars. The holy grail of cookie bars for cheesecake and cookie dough lovers and only 174 calories each!

Walnut Brownie Pie. Think fudge brownie meets pecan pie! Brownie cookie crust with a sweet caramel flavoured filling & crunchy toasted walnuts. Fantastic!

Homemade Flakies with raspberry compote & vanilla cream. A nostalgic tribute to the Vachon Flakie, one of my very favourite snack cake treats as a kid.

This delicious almond and vanilla flavoured coffee cake gets a swirl of sweet cherry compote through the cake. Then it’s topped by a buttery almond shortbread crumble.

Chocolate Nanaimo Bars. A triple chocolate version of the classic Canadian no bake treat that may well be one of the best chocolate cookie bars you’ve ever tasted.