Yesterday I put the chocolate chips my mom sent me to good use. I baked a big batch of chocolate chip cookies. Enough to fit into 4 boxes. Instead of a chewy cookie, I opted for a crunchy recipe. Personally, I prefer the crispy cookie over the chewy cookie.
Fredrik will be going off to the [...]

I gave into my baking cravings last night. So I tried out the black bottom cupcakes recipe from JoyofBaking.com.
The recipes originally comes from David Lebovitz’s “The Great Book of Chocolate“.
Cream Cheese Filling:

8 ounces (227 [...]

I initially wanted to take a stab at making Jamaican patties. But since we have no mince meat and there hasn’t been any sales for it, I decided to use chicken instead. Last night I made curry chicken with peas, carrots and onions for dinner.

I used the leftover curry as filling for the turnovers. Instead [...]

Now that we have our kitchen back and functioning, I was thinking about doing some baking this week. But I can’t decide what to make. It would be nice to make some cupcakes. But there are so many different kinds of cupcakes to choose from. I even have a new cupcake/muffin tin. I used to [...]

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I do believe I will have to make these cookies as soon as the kitchen is in functional condition again. This time I will prepare my freezer so I can pop the dough back in as soon as it appears to be too soft. I’ll also give myself [...]

Fredrik and I went into the city yesterday to stock up on some ethnic foods. We needed to stock up on the frozen items because when I’m by myself, I have to take the subway and by the time I get home with the stuff, they’ll all be defrosted.
First we went to Taj Mahal Livs [...]

Christmas is coming and Christmas is time for some heavy duty baking. Although it not really tradition in MY family; my mother was not really a fan of cooking or baking. I have always been the one baking stuff but back then, my baking have not been so successful. But that didn’t deter my dad [...]