Fennel Onion Tart

This Fennel Onion Tart is easy to make with store bought pastry and fresh produce. Fennel, if you have never tried it is taste similar to black licorice. Like lentils, I have been putting fennel in and on everything. I am very lucky, being a Produce Manager I have access to the freshest produce available and…

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Butter Tarts

Buttery pastry gives way to sweet, just so slightly runny brown sugar filling full of tender raisins in this Canadian classic Butter Tart. I use premade tart shells when I am making butter tarts. I do have a beautiful pie crust recipe, you can check it out here, but it is a lot of work…

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Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Cookies.

cream cheese puff pastry cookies

These Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Cookies are a must have cookie in your collection. I love working with puff pastry and though you can make it from scratch store bought is inexpensive and the quality is wonderful. It is so easy to work with and the finished product is always beautiful flakey and tender. I…

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Cream Puffs

cream puffs

These easy to make Cream Puffs are easy to whip up and everyone will think you put in a ton of effort. Simply a pate a choux made with water, butter and flour, baked until crisp, filled and topped they are perfect bit sized or for a full-sized dessert. Cream Puffs Cream Puffs   Save…

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Scratch Pumpkin Pie

This inexpensive and easy to make Scratch Pumpkin Pie features the best of season and common pantry ingredients for a shop stopping dessert! I have always wanted to make a pumpkin pie from scratch so when I spotted the baby pie pumpkins at work I bought some immediately. It is almost as easy as opening…

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