★Cooking Recipes★

A recipe is merely words on paper; a guideline, a starting point from which to improvise. It cannot pretend to replace the practiced hand and telling glance of a watchful cook. For that reason feel f…

These tasty cookies are made with chocolate chips and crushed potato chips, baked in the oven and rolled out to resemble actual chips. Directions for: The Double Chip Cookie Ingredients cup but…

These individual Mini Oatmeal Cookie Cheesecakes, oatmeal cookie crust covered with creamy cheesecake filling, topped with a homemade oatmeal raisin cookie and drizzled with caramel sauce, are guaran…

Directions for: The Ultimate Peanut Butter Cookie Ingredients cup unsalted butter, room temperature cup sugar cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract cup peanut butter (smooth …

Sweet butter cookies with cocoa and white chocolate chips. Directions for: Double-Chocolate Butter Cookies Ingredients 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature cup confectioners&…

Directions for: Salted Butter Caramels Ingredients non-stick vegetable oil spray cup heavy cream 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise 2 cups sugar 2 Tbsp light corn syrup fleur de sel or…

This huge cookie is a fun project for kids around Easter. Directions for: Giant Easter Egg Cookie Ingredients 1 (16.5-oz) tube ready-made sugar cookie dough, at room temperature 3 Tbsp all-pur…

If you like soft and chewy oatmeal cookies, then this one is for you! Directions for: Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies Ingredients 10 Tbsp unsalted butter 2/3 cup light brown sugar, packed 1/3 s…

Directions for: Icing Sugar Cookies Ingredients Icing Sugar Cookies 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature 2 cup icing sugar, sifted 5 large egg yolks 1 tsp vanilla extract tsp al…

These dressed banana splits make a fun and filling treat for the whole family. Directions for: Campfire Banana Split Ingredients 8 bananas 16 Clbration Butter Cookies Milk Chocolate, finely ch…

Recipe from "Toronto Cooks: 100 Signature Recipes from the City's Best Restaurants" by Amy Rosen. Directions for: Confetti Cookies Ingredients Birthday Cake Crumb cup granulated …

Go big or go home! This elegant and intricate dessert is just as much a meal for the eyes as it is for the mouth. Directions for: Lemon-Rosemary Olive Oil Cake with Blackberry-Raspberry Ice Cream an…

These little crisp meringue cookies are tender and light and a treat on their own or used to decorate a cake, but when each is topped with a little whipped cream and a fresh raspberry, they are fanta…

The base for these cookies is a Breton-style of butter cookie, that is tender and delicate and has a noted little salt kick to them. Because they are so tender, decorating with a royal icing makes th…

Your guests will think this is just an ordinary birthday cake until it's time to cut it and discover the chewy, dense cookie on the bottom and fluffy confetti cake on top. Make the frosting ahead…

Directions for: Melted Snowman Peanut Butter Cookies Ingredients About 8 oz vanilla candy melting wafers 12 round peanut butter cookies (or sugar cookies) 4 marshmallows, cut crosswise into …

Directions for: Calorie-Wise Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Ingredients 4 Tbsp margarine, softened 2 Tbsp heat-stable sugar substitute equal to 3 tablespoons sugar cup egg substitute or 2 egg white…

Delicate French cookies with a touch of hazelnut and chocolate. Directions for: Chocolate-Hazelnut Madeleines Ingredients 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips cup chocolate-hazelnut spread, such…

The best part of these crispy-on-the-outside, soft-in-the-middle- cookies is they're ready in a snap; no oven preheating required. We prefer thicker waffle irons for these cookies, but if your ir…

Directions for: Oatmeal Cinnamon Raisin Cookies Ingredients 1 cup (250 ml) all-purpose flour cup (175 ml) whole wheat flour 1 tsp (5 ml) ground cinnamon 1 tsp (5 ml) baking soda tsp (2…