caramel pecan pie bars

Caramel Pecan Shortbread Pie Bars

So I am DONE. No more school for me. Ever. I will never, ever, have to study again (unless I am crazy enough to go back to school at some stage in the future. Not that I think school is crazy. I loved school. But I need a break. Before I lose my mind). I will never have to sit a test or exam again. I will never have to … Continue reading →


pumpkin pie

Pumpkin Pie

Travelling is an interesting thing. I absolutely love it. I love the experiences it brings. The places I get to see. The people I meet along the way. A few years ago, when I finished high school, I moved overseas for a year. I lived in Poland, and travelled whenever I could. Then someone, I think it was my dad, suggested I go to New York and visit his second … Continue reading →


peanut butter

Homemade Peanut Butter

We are making peanut butter today! All by ourselves. And you need all of two things: 1) Peanuts 2) A food processor Easy! I made peanut butter for the first time in Berlin earlier this year when I had a baking day with Erin from Texanerin Baking. I was absolutely amazed as the food processor whizzed and whizzed and turned her peanuts into a spread. I couldn’t believe how easy … Continue reading →


maple pecan pie bars

Maple Pecan Pie Bars

These bars. Are. Amazing. I’m really sorry about the photos though. They aren’t great. Frankly, they’re quite boring. I was having a long day. I had baked quite a lot and needed to photograph a few things in succession. Any small fiber of creativeness I possess had been sucked out of me by this point, and I just wanted to get a few shots of these bars and pack up … Continue reading →


Pecan Brownies

So I have been on a bit of a brownie kick lately, but it has been the easy type of Nutella brownie. Which with their three ingredients, they are so easy it feels like they’re almost cheating. It feels like its hardly baking. It feels like they can’t be the real thing. Even though they are blow-your-mind-amazing. So I made some proper brownies. Some big girl brownies. Some from scratch, … Continue reading →


Homemade Muesli Bars

A girlfriend of mine came over for coffee yesterday and it was early enough for it to be considered breakfast time. And we are both trying to be healthy. So I made muesli (or granola) bars. They were delicious. Thick and chewy and filled with all my favourite muesli filling. Perfect with a coffee. I have great plans when I make things like muesli bars. Great plans. I plan to … Continue reading →


Pecan Sandies

I have a list of things I want to bake. I tear recipes out of magazines, I bookmark recipes I find on the internet and on other blogs (on all three computers that are in the house) and I have numerous baking cookbooks, all of which have little sticky post-it notes coming out of everywhere, marking every recipe I like. So I made a list. It is about two pages … Continue reading →


Pecan Pie Bars

A large amount of my baking occurs in the evenings. My favourite time to bake is actually on a rainy day – when it is cold and wet and grey outside there is nothing more I want to do than spend the day in the kitchen and bake a pie. Unfortunately for me, you can’t have everything you want in life and a free day off is a rarity. So … Continue reading →


Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies

Cookies, cookies, cookies. I can never get enough of cookies. I bake them all the time and will never ever say no to a cookie. I eat them (and crave them) all the time too. Sometimes if the cravings get desperate, I’ll even buy them from the supermarket bakery. Or from subway. Please don’t tell anyone. This recipe is another one of my favourites for cookies (they all seem to … Continue reading →


White Chocolate Chip and Macadamia Blondies

Any special (sometimes even not that special) occasion is an excuse for me to bake. This week it is my manager’s birthday and she requested white choc chip and macadamia nut cookies. So I decided to take it a little further (as I’m always taking cookies in to work, something different, you know?) and make her my blondies instead. This is one of my favourite recipes. All the butter and … Continue reading →