The Goldilocks Approach ❊ Classic Caramel Sauce
It took me three attempts to make a classic caramel sauce the other day. Not because caramel sauce is especially difficult to make, but because I still haven’t completely mastered the transition from...
View Article“A” Is for Autumn and Apples ❦ Caramel Apple Crumble Squares
I’m excited to be working with a new client, Middlesex County’s Economic Development department, helping them promote tourism via the addition of a food and recipe column to their quarterly...
View ArticleCrisp, Sweet & Enticing ❦ Apple Recipe Roundup
Pretty much anyone who knows me knows I love apples. In fact, five years ago, not long after I’d started blogging, I published an essay called Musings on Apple Madness, chronicling my lifelong passion...
View Article“Petje’s Cake”❤︎ Cinnamon Loaf Coffee Cake
Sometimes a cake is much more than a cake. This particular Cinnamon Loaf, which my family usually calls coffee cake, is a good case in point. I know that whenever I serve it to my children, someone...
View ArticleHoliday Baking Roundup 2016 ❅ 21 Sweet Recipes for the Festive Season
My annual holiday baking roundup is back, with some new additions from the past year in the Urban Cottage kitchen. This festive time of year always inspires me to bake, although I don’t do so nearly...
View ArticleCranberry Orange Walnut Loaf
I was doing some baking for a holiday gathering recently, and decided to make a selection of coffee cakes (infinitely easier than fiddling with individual cookies!). I used two tried and true recipes...
View ArticleA Pretty Birthday Cake
Growing up, my family all had birthdays in June, except for me, marooned alone in January. That changed two years ago, when not one, but two granddaughters arrived to share the sign of Capricorn and...
View ArticleChocolate Chia Seed Pudding
Chocolate pudding. Rich, sweet, vanilla-scented, creamy — indulgent … or not? I treated myself this week to a chocolate pudding that’s bang on the money for all the qualities above. Of course, that...
View ArticleCoconut Date Bites: Naturally Sweet & Satisfying
It doesn’t get much simpler than this, folks — these coconut date bites have only two ingredients! I know, some of my recipes seem far more complicated, but that’s usually due to my love of spices —...
View ArticleSugar Shack Maple Cupcakes
Oh, I’ve so been chomping at the bit to share these Sugar Shack Maple Cupcakes with you! But I developed the recipe for Middlesex County’s Economic Development department and was waiting for them to...
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