You heard me. Raisins don’t belong anywhere near a butter tart. Either give them to me plain, or give them to me loaded with pecans, but raisins are mushy, sad, hidden jerks that lurk at the bottom of your butter tart and hit you when you least expect it. But first, rewind. Have you ever […]
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Vegan Pecan Pie
I’m actually really terrible at baking anything other than cookies and cake. Pies, breads, pastries…or anything that I need to knead or roll, I’m just terrible at it. I know it just takes practice, but I can never get the perfectly even and beautifully crimped pie crusts. Or that perfect, super flaky and melt-in-your-mouth pie […]
Vegan French Silk Pie
Oh hello. I know, I know. I’m super late. I missed Monday’s post. And then I missed Thursday’s… and here I am posting on a Friday when I never post on Fridays. I’M SO SORRY. But it’s Pi Day, and as the ultimate nerd, HOW COULD I RESIST? This vegan French silk pie is so […]
DIY Pumpkin Spice
It’s fall, and this weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, so there’s sure to be lots of pumpkin desserts to be had. In preparation for this, I decided it was high time to get a little jar of pumpkin spice for easy access for all the pumpkin-y things I’ll be making. This Thanksgiving will be the […]
Peach Pie
Mothers and grandmothers are amazing. Seasoned bakers who learned from their moms whom learned from their moms often know recipes and the order in which they go like they know how to breathe. They don’t think about it, and they don’t really measure that precisely. It’s a few cups of this, a couple dashes of […]
