Relish Recipes — Desserts

Anna Olson's European Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies

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Anna Olson's European Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies

Here is a nice twist on the holiday classic, decorated gingerbread cookies. This recipe is inspired by speculoos, a notably buttery and nicely spiced cookie common in Europe. The subtle differences between a traditional North American–style gingerbread and this recipe are the use of honey in place of molasses and the addition of a little cardamom, ground anise and black pepper to the spice mix in place of ginger.

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Rose Murray's Raspberry Nanaimo Bars

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Rose Murray's Raspberry Nanaimo Bars

Not only is the origin of Nanaimo Bars a hot topic of debate, the bars themselves are still hot as a favourite Canadian treat. Since the 1950's, endless variations have included Minted, Grand Marnier, Cherry, Pina Colada, Mocha, Peanut Butter and Orange. I have not seen a Raspberry Nanaimo Bar, and found that raspberry liqueur added a touch of elegance to this familiar three-layered bar cookie. (From A Taste of Canada - A Culinary Journey by Rose Murray, 2008)

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Monster Cookies

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Monster Cookies
A few years ago we published a recipe courtesy of our customer Kathy (Nova Scotia Oatmeal Cookies). It's become one of our favourite oatmeal cookies so we decided to revisit the recipe and add a special Halloween twist. These cookies have a bumpy texture and subtle peanut butter flavour. We sometimes like to add healthy stuff like 2 tbsp of ground flax and hemp seeds to the batter. Whether you make them with the "healthy stuff" or not, all your trick-or-treaters will be sure to gobble them up!

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Apple Clafoutis

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Apple Clafoutis

 

Our delicious clafouti is a great way to showcase good juicy apples. This recipe is hard to resist, especially when topped with a generous dollop of English cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Easy to prepare, you'll want to serve it often.

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Blueberry Sauce

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Blueberry Sauce
Donna-Marie spent an afternoon blueberry picking at Berrylicious Farm near Woodstock, Ontario. While she will freeze most of them, this blueberry sauce will be on the breakfast menu in the coming days!

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