While it’s fine to surrender to grocery-aisle temptation now and then, it’s so much more satisfying (not to mention a lot more affordable) to make the treats you crave at home. Sticky buns are surefire crowd-pleasers that don’t require a lot of mad baking skills to pull off. In fact, you probably have all the ingredients in your kitchen already. So what’re you waiting for? You could be tearing into ooey-gooey caramel-glazed goodness in a matter of hours.
Рубрика: Desserts
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Deep-Dish Chocolate Cookie
“These cookies have a hidden middle layer of hot, delicious ganache. Just imagine them with scoops of vanilla ice cream on top. With this recipe, I always make and freeze extra portions.” Kareen, kitchen director.
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Chocolate Cromesquis (Fried Ganache)
“Cromesquis are savoury croquettes that get a sweet reboot with rich, runny chocolate centres. Serve these with ice cream for a hot and cold contrast.” Kareen, kitchen director.
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Baked Cinnamon Doughnuts with Chocolate Sauce
A baked nod to churros, coated with cinnamon sugar and dunked in hot chocolate sauce.
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Strawberry Strudel Tart
The most persuasive arguments for seasonal and local produce is that it’s at the pinnacle of freshness and arrives on your plate from the farm sooner. But what if you live in a country where the phrase “Winter is coming” really means something? That’s when you mine for gold in the frozen-food section. Don’t give frozen strawberries the cold shoulder: Flash-frozen at peak ripeness, they keep much longer than fresh strawberries and are often cheaper (in June, fresh local strawberries sell for as much as $3.99 for 340 g; out of season you can purchase 600 g frozen for the same price). They also bake beautifully, as this homemade nod to toaster strudel proves. Other frozen fruits we’re fond of? Blueberries, peaches and raspberries.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Milk chocolate and peanut butter: two great tastes that taste great together and, when merged in cookie form, are almost too much of a good thing.
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Sugar Cookies
No holiday cookie exchange worth its salt (or sugar, in this case) is complete without this beloved baked good.
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White Chocolate and Clementine Yule Log
Our yule-log challenge this year: Create a twist that not only holds up nicely in the freezer (even when iced and decorated!), but tastes delicious—and just a little bit different. Mission accomplished, thanks to white-chocolate whipped cream and clementine slices that you confit, like a pro, in your microwave. If you decide to assemble this bûche the day of, you can still get a jump on a couple of steps: Both whipped cream and candied citrus will keep well in the refrigerator for a few days.
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Chocolate Mousse Cake
We have to confess that we still love McCain Deep ’n Delicious, the cornerstone frozen dessert of our childhood. This mousse cake is our homage to the Canadian favourite, just in time for the holidays. It starts with a bottom layer of cake, and includes cream, in lieu of egg whites, to give the mousse better consistency. A final flourish of warm, gooey ganache, after the cake is removed from the freezer, is guaranteed to impress. Prediction: This sinful treat won’t last long in your house.
