Alana Before breaking for winter holidays, one of the nursing ladies was gracious enough to host a potluck for all of us to celebrate! Naturally I brought gingerbread cookies for everybody to decorate, just like last year. I used the same recipe as I did in my Gingerbread Cookies post. Here are a few of … More Gingerbread People Part 2
VANILLA EXTRACT Roopa After procuring some vanilla beans, I decided to try actually making vanilla extract. I’m home for Christmas, so I figured that I could get it all set up now and let the beans steep for 5 months, and then it will all be ready when I’m home again! I followed this process to … More Homemade Vanilla
WHITE CHOCOLATE MOLASSES COOKIES Roopa To be perfectly honest, I didn’t really do much with these cookies. I was baking at my friend’s house and he really did most of the work. We used this recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction with a few little changes: we only chilled the dough for about an hour, and we … More White Chocolate Molasses Cookies
CHOCOLATE DIPPED COOKIES Roopa I used this cookie recipe (minus the pudding and the chips) and added 2 tablespoons of cocoa to it. After the cookies cooled, I dipped them in melted white chocolate and covered them in sprinkles. Nothing too fancy, but they were pretty delicious.
Roopa I wanted to try and make a healthy cake that was low in sugar, so I adapted a recipe for a sweet potato cake. The recipe was very similar to some brownies I had tried in the past that turned out really well. I felt that the cake turned out quite well – it was … More Gluten Free Vegan Sweet Potato Cake
Roopa I saw a picture of half and half yin-yangesque cookies, and I wanted to try and make them. It’s a little more challenging to get the actual yin-yang shape, but I was pretty content with how they turned out. It’s basically cookies and various types of chocolate, so there was really no way these … More Reverse Cookies
REESE’S COOKIES Roopa I used my go-to cookie recipe (and left out the chocolate chips and pudding), and simply stuck a Reese’s cup in each cookie immediately after pulling them out of the oven. I had wanted the cookies to be a little taller, but I had too much liquid in the dough and they flattened … More Reese’s Cookies
CARDAMOM SHORTBREAD COOKIES Roopa I used one quarter of this recipe, and added 12 ground cardamom pods (about 1.5 tsp). They smell like cardamom, but the flavour didn’t go through too intensely. Next time, I would leave the cardamom in bigger chunks (and maybe add a few more pods) instead of grinding it so much.
Alana Friday was was my last day of clinical (WOOOOO!), so being a good nursing student I brought cupcakes to thank the unit staff. I wanted to do something in Christmas spirit, so I figured some bright colours it would be easier than try and put together a more complicated recipe. I seriously considered box … More Vanilla Cupcakes with Peppermint Icing
Alana A few of the nursing ladies and I have been getting together lately for potluck breakfasts. Last time I decided scones would be a good idea, and because we were just at the tail-end of fall (it snowed yesterday – sad face), pumpkin would be the perfect flavour! Baking these went quite smoothly overall. … More Pumpkin Scones
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