Alana It’s been pretty rainy in Edmonton lately. Before I started my dialysis training, I was spending a lot of my time knitting and hanging out at the Tea Girl. I want to start practicing my pastry school recipes more often, but wasn’t really in the mood to do anything that requires brain power, as … More Lavender Shortbread Cookies
Alana As mentioned in my Matcha Pudding post, Theresa and I had a macaron date a little while ago. Ever since we first attempted our macaron gateaux, we’ve both wanted to keep baking macarons. I think it’s going to feel really good to perfect the technique, especially since macarons are so trendy. Theresa still works … More Macarons with Dulcey Ganache
Alana For Christmas Katherine and I both pitched to get Theresa the Duchess Bake Shop Cookbook. If you’re unfamiliar with Duchess you’re missing out on life. It’s a local Edmonton patisserie that has receive some pretty significant recognition. It was featured in Buzzfeed’s article “23 Bakeries Around The World You Need To Eat At Before You … More Macaron Gatueax Printemps
Roopa Happy Easter! In my mind, Easter is associated with mini eggs, so it’s a very happy time. Traditionally it also meant finals, but I have a peculiar school schedule this year, so my finals aren’t for 2 months. I wasn’t feeling ambitious enough to bake another cake, so I went with cookies. I also … More Easter Mini Egg Cookies
Team Shambles While we were writing up all of our posts from our first pastry class, we noticed that we had posted 199 times! In order to celebrate in a minor way, we decided to decorate cookies for post #200 🙂 Roopa had some fondant left over from her Earl Grey Tea Cakes so we decided … More Watercolour Sugar Cookies
Roopa My friend Chris is coming to town in a few weeks, and we were chatting about having a baking date. We ended up deciding on Earl Grey cupcakes with cardamom icing (which I am far too excited about). I mentioned this to Warren, my good friend who was in town today, and he got … More Earl Grey Cookies with White Chocolate Lemon Glaze
Alana The final component of my Christmas baking trio was whipped shortbread cookies. I say “was”, because these didn’t exactly work out the way I had planned. In research when your study gets negative or inconclusive results, the research generally is not published. This is an unfortunate fact because one study’s shortcomings could help other … More Whipped Shortbread Cookies with Mint Chocolate
Roopa I don’t know if you’ve had cardamom shortbread cookies before, but they taste like my childhood. When I picture the taste of happiness, it resembles these cookies. That could be some upbringing bias right there, but I’m OK with that. I’ve made these cookies once before, but they didn’t turn out as I’d hoped. … More Cardamom Shortbread Cookies: V2
Alana For my last day of preceptorship, aka my final nursing practicum (which I was done in July might I add), I brought in cookies for all of the unit staff. Normally I would have spent some more time on a baking project, but I didn’t have time to make anything prior to the night … More White Chocolate Blueberry Cookies
Alana Anybody who knows me knows that I’m a fan of peanut butter. And when I say fan of peanut butter, you can automatically translate that to an almost unhealthy addiction to peanut butter. Roopa and I once had a serious discussion about relationship deal breakers, and dislike of peanut butter or an allergy would … More Peanut Butter Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies
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