Butterscotch Dipped Oatcakes

Butterscotch Dipped Oatcakes with Dark Chocolate and Maldon Salt
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Growing up oatcakes were a celebrated treat, particularly the ones dipped in dark chocolate. I had no idea until I moved out of the province that oatcakes are considered an iconic Nova Scotia delicacy. I also had no idea that they were a riff on Scottish oatcakes, which are essentially the same only not as sweet. Nova Scotia oatcakes are not particularly sweet either, especially when you compare them to cookies. They have more of a salty, sweet vibe, so don’t go into this expecting oatmeal cookies. Oatcakes are more toothsome, less sugary, and far more substantial. I often describe them as breakfast cookies to the uninitiated. But because oatcakes are not quite a cookie, they do benefit from a little zhuzhing. That’s why I made these Butterscotch Dipped Oatcakes – everything delicious about the original dunked in butterscotch icing, drizzled with dark chocolate, and sprinkled with salt. 

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Chocolate Spice Cake with Cranberry Sorbet

Chocolate Spice Cake with Cranberry Sorbet
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One last hit of chocolate to close out 2024. This year has been a tough one but it hasn’t been without its sweet moments – today’s Chocolate Spice Cake with Cranberry Sorbet for instance. But like the year that is nearly done, this dessert doesn’t deliver unadulterated sweetness. The cranberry sorbet is tantalizingly tart, the chocolate cake is deep and dark with a slightly bitter hint of coffee. As in life, there’s a fair amount of complexity to counter the sweetness. So without further ado, let’s whip up this rather delicious metaphor.

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Salted Toffee Cashew Cookies

Salted Toffee Cashed Cookies on a large plate.
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Welcome to peak cookie season! I’m sure you need another cookie recipe like a hole in the head right now. But here I am with a recipe for these Salted Toffee Cashew Cookies. I’m sorry, they were too good not to share. These golden beauties are classic slice-and-bake shortbread cookies packed with butterscotch chips, Skor bits, and cashews. The cookies are then rolled in Maldon salt and raw sugar before being sliced and baked until golden. Loving this recipe requires having a taste for salty-sweet combos. So if that is your idea of a good time, let’s get into it!

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Rhubarb Lemonade Pie

Rhubarb Lemonade Pie with Ritz Cracker Crust
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I may be a summer person through and through, but I can’t deny the charms of spring. Particularly this chapter of spring. The lilacs outside my office window are in full bloom and my crisper is bursting with fresh rhubarb. And that can only mean one thing; Mother’s Day is nearly here. If that realization has you panicking, have no fear. While it may be too late to make that brunch reso for fifteen. You still have time to pull together a beautiful meal to celebrate Mom. It doesn’t have to be elaborate but it should conclude with this Rhubarb Lemonade Pie. A blushing tart beauty that will prove to your mom that she did a pretty good job raising you. 

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