Twelve Cookies of Christmas #1: Screaming Ginger Cookies

These cookies really don't need an introduction, as they are a perennial on my holiday baking repertoire ever since I first made them a few years ago. Nothing screams more like the holidays to me than a warm oven filling your home with scents of sugar, ginger, molasses, and spices. While I'm not the biggest gingerbread fan, these ginger cookies are one of my personal favourites, and I think it's the chewiness of these cookies that is the major highlight for me.

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Twelve Cookies of Christmas

It's the most wonderful time of the year...when I go super holiday-baking-mode crazy. Like last year, I decided on an ambitious list of twelve varieties of cookies and treats for the holiday season—which would give me a chance to make some old favourites, and test out some new recipes as well.

It's quite the mix of things I made this year, from bar cookies, to biscotti, to hand-shaped cookies, to confections, and more. So I hope you follow along in these next twelve days to get your fill of holiday cookies and treats. And hopefully you'll try your hand at making a few of these cookies to share with your family and friends (or you know...keep them to yourself).


Day 1 – Screaming Ginger Cookies
Day 2 – Raspberry Cream Thumbprints
Day 3 – Peppermint Marshmallows
Day 4 – Pecan Cocoa-Nib Florentines
Day 5 – Gooey Turtle Bars
Day 6 – Orange Creamsicle Sandwich Cookies
Day 7 – Walnut White Chocolate Snowballs
Day 8 – Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti
Day 9 – Salted Orange Toffee Slices
Day 10 – Sablés Viennois
Day 11 – Candied Cardamom-Coconut Cashews
Day 12 – Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies

Wordless Wednesday #92: Chocolate Foie Gras Macarons & Bacon Jam Shortbread

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Broiled Eggs with Kale and Roasted Kabocha

I love kale, but I've been particularly crazy for them this season. For the past few weeks, I've been eating kale non-stop—in salads and in soups; roasted as chips or simply sauteed. And just when I thought it couldn't get any better, it did. All thanks to a perfectly cooked egg on top.

I've made this dish of Broiled Eggs with Kale and Roasted Kabocha several times now. You get the crunchy bits from some of the charred kale bits, and then the creaminess of the egg yolk. The saltiness of the cheese and the sweetness of the kabocha. It's a fantastic vegetarian brunch option, but also lovely as a light dinner entree. It tastes so fresh and doesn't weigh your stomach down, yet it's a surprisingly hearty dish that won't leave you famished an hour later.

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Wordless Wednesday #91: Santouka Ramen

Santouka Ramen
91 Dundas Street East
Toronto, ON
Tel: 647-748-1717