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Desserts

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The recipes we actually cook.

Canadian desserts +2

Carrot cake

This is my favourite cake. Cover it in a light cream cheese icing with a hint of lemon, and serve at room temperature. Also makes a great breakfast with tea.

Prep30m
Cook60m
Serves16
German desserts

Bienenstich

This is one of our cherished family recipes. It’s a light, sweet dessert, that serves well with coffee or tea.

Cook15m
Canadian desserts

Butter tarts

This is a sweet and tasty treat, a cherished family recipe from the 1950s.

Cook12–15m
Serves12
Southern desserts

Candied pecans

A sweet little treat! It’s a great snack to put out for a get-together or before dinner.

Prep10m
Cook1h
USA desserts

Chocolate chip cookie for one

Ever want a quick snack and have a stocked pantry? This single cookie can serve 2 modestly, or 1 decadently. It’s based on a recipe from the Savvy Cookbook, with some tuning for our pantry.

Cook6–8m
French desserts

Crème brûlée

We had a craving for crème brûlée one day, and not having anywhere to go to have it, we decided to make it at home.

Prep20m
Cook40m
desserts

Double chocolate banana bread

We found this one when a craving for banana bread hit. Of all the recipes we looked at, the Smitten Kitchen version stood out. It has been reliable, is pretty easy, and always fills the craving.

Cook55–65m
Mennonite desserts

German platz

A neighbour used to make this fruity coffee cake weekly. They had a huge boxy house with two kitchens, where the second kitchen was for making desserts and canning. I always thought having a kitchen for large batch cooking was a fantastic …

Cook25–35m
Canadian desserts

Marshmallow squares

A classic no-bake holiday square: peanut butter and butterscotch (or chocolate) fudge set around mini marshmallows.

Canadian desserts

Neapolitan strips

This is a recipe from our childhood: a three-layer icebox cookie, chocolate, vanilla, and cherry, chilled in a log and sliced.

Prep2h
Cook7–10m
Dutch desserts

Oliebollen

These are a sort of deep-fried doughnut. Various western European cultures make a variant of these around the holidays, and some call them a New Year’s cookie.

Canadian desserts

Our favourite chocolate chip cookies

What else is there to say! Once we found this recipe, it became our family favourite. You can use vanilla, chocolate, or butterscotch pudding depending on the type of cookie you’re craving, and mix up the chips for even more variety.

Cook10–12m
Canadian desserts

Peanut butter Nanaimo bars

A Nanaimo bar with a peanut butter middle layer in place of the custard. A family recipe, checked against a Food Network version.

Cook6m