Relish Recipes — baking

Dutch Speculaas Cookies

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Dutch Speculaas Cookies
These Dutch spice cookies are traditionally moulded in carved wooden boards and unmoulded before baking. Because they reflect the design of the moulds, they got their name from the Latin word “Speculum or looking glass”. This recipe for an easier rolled version has the same memorable flavour. They are so pretty added to a holiday cookie tray.

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Tomato Tart

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Tomato Tart
If you don’t have large or heirloom tomatoes, halved cherry tomatoes or sliced cocktail tomatoes will also work here. For the cheese, use any kind you like or a combination. We love gruyère but Comté, Cheddar, asiago, or pecorino could work too. Serve with a green salad, or a sliced fennel salad.

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Apple Cranberry Crumble Pie

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Apple Cranberry Crumble Pie
Cranberries, apples, cinnamon all encased in a buttery pie crust - what signals fall more than this! 

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Browned Butter Oatmeal Cookies

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Browned Butter Oatmeal Cookies

If you’re not keen on pumpkin but still want to indulge in the soul-warming flavours of fall, give browned butter a try! Using a light coloured pan interior ensures you can see the butter brown and not burn.When added to this favourite cookie recipe, it imparts a toasted nuttiness that complements the oats with hints of brown sugar, cardamom and cinnamon—now that’s peak autumnal coziness.

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Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches
This recipe produces a soft chocolate chip cookie which is perfect for making cookie ice cream sandwiches. You do not have to chill this cookie dough! For best results, I recommend using mini chocolate chips and freezing the assembled sandwiches for at least 3 hours.

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