Baking on The Half-Assed Hobbyist

These cookies have Stollen my heart

Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I haven’t baked too terribly much in a long time. This winter is different though. I got bit bad by the baking bug. I have a lovely Solstice party coming up and I fully intend on…

All the Tin Foil: A Backcountry Apple Pie Story

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

The season on pie is upon us. And am So excited. This past July the Fiancé and I, with 6 of our lovely friendlies, went backcountry canoeing in Algonquin park for 9 days. For the…

Easy Cinnamon Buns

Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Here is a recipe for what the fiancé’s family calls “easy cinnamon buns” that I haven’t made in ages. The sad sad fact of reality is I totally forgot about them. As did my pant…

Always Pie.

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Historically speaking, I do not make pumpkin pie from scratch scratch. I much prefer buying a can of pureed pumpkin than making my own. This year however, I had a pumpkin sitting…

Pumpkin is a funny word

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

If there is any better excuse to eat pumpkin anything, it’s Autumn. I love this time of year. It houses my favourite food holiday (Thanksgiving) and makes it socially acceptable…

Plum'in It.

Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been super busy this past week at a new jobbins so here’s an oldie but a goodie recipe! I’ve done a similar recipe here but I changed it up a bit. I used blue plums (that…

Zoo-chi-nee

Mon, 03 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

So I suck at spelling. I’m one of ~~those~~ people that just really never got the hang of word ing. Definitely influenced by a family dyslexia disorder that no one really talks…

Tart the Second

Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Previously, I never understood the real desire to make a tart when you could easily make it be a pie instead. Pie Tart; Or so I thought. The first tart I ever made was a raspberry…

A Sweet Treat

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

It’s that time of year again! When I get bored and decide to torture myself with making meringue based desserts! This time though, instead of weeping over the smooshed sugary…

The Cheesecake

Thu, 16 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This past easter, I put on a dinner party. Main reason (we’re not religious in the slightest): I wanted turkey. So I cooked a 14lbs turkey with all the fixings and had some…

Past the Maybes, maybe...

Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

So I’ve been down the last couple weeks. A mix of lonely Toronto and ridiculous rain for a week straight. (I honest to gad didn’t know Edmonton was the sunniest city in Canada)…

Apricots and Oven Testing

Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

During the trip to the market last week I also bought a basket of apricots. The trouble with buying a basket of one thing is, with only two people around, typically whatever it is…

Jelly Flower Power

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

It was last year in mid December that my friend Lesley showed me a video about making edible flowers in gelatine. A) I was super blown away because I’d never seen anything like it…

Olympics for Dessert People

Sun, 16 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Everyone’s got the olympic fever! My friend Jess was having an olympic party to watch the opening ceremonies last week ish so I thought I’d spend that day playing with fondant. My…

Macarons: The 5 Pound Story

Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

For the last couple years macarons have taken the dessert world and sat on it. Like a rather fat child sits on it’s littler sibling so it can’t move. (True story.) I had some of…

The Baked Alaska

Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

As part of Christmas Baking 2013. The last sugar filled treat I made during the battle of Christmas 2013. This was the first dessert I actually ate and the last one I made. (I…

The Chiffon Cake

Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

As part of Christmas Baking 2013. My family has a whirlwind tradition of doing everything Christmasy on one day. Christmas Eve. It’s typically a very smoothly scheduled day where…

The Chocolate Hazelnut Tarts

Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

As part of Christmas Baking 2013. To make sure that I survive the Christmas season, I attempt to give myself diabetes with amazing homemade desserts. I had two Christmas and 13…

One down, 54 to go: A Brownie Challenge

Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I bake habitually. Whether it’s because I’m bored or stressed or both, I love to bake. I am not, however, incredibly good at baking. To this day I cannot make baking powder…

Thunder Thighs: The Pie Reckoning

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

When I was a kid we had this apple tree in our backyard. Every year my mother, sister and I would make pie after pie after pie. For about 2 weeks straight in the end of August…