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Marachino Cherry Shortbread Squares

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Marachino Cherry Shortbread Squares INGREDIENTSBase:1 cup pastry flour OR 1 cup minus 2 Tbsp all purpose flour1 Tbsp icing sugar1/2 cup butter Filling:1 cup brown sugar1/4 cup flour1/2 cup coconut1/2 tsp baking powder1 cup chopped cherries2 eggs well beaten Icing:1 cup icing sugar1 Tbsp butter1 tsp almond flavouring and a little cherry juice DIRECTIONS Mix the base ingredients and press into a 9 inch square baking pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes. Mix together filling ingredients and pour over cooked base. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes Once squares have cooled, mix icing ingredients together and ice … Continue reading →

#CanadianCookies Baking Tips

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This post has been written as part of #CanadianCookies Blog Event. To find out more about the event, please click on the button below. You can even link up your favourite recipes! Last Wednesday, November 9th 2011, @diduknowcanada and I co-hosted a Twitter Party. It was a huge success and one of our sponsors even started up an online Pampered Chef Party where proceeds will be donated to the CHILDREN’S MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION due to an interest in an “online Pampered Chef Party”. Thank you to all of our sponsors and to everyone that participated in the party! Here … Continue reading →

Chocolate Mint Cookies (#CanadianCookies)

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This post has been written as part of #CanadianCookies Blog Event. To find out more about the event, please click on the button below. You can even link up your favourite recipes! Chocolate and Mint together are my absolute favourite! That is why I absolutely LOVE these cookies! FYI: Be careful when measuring the peppermint extract! I once made grasshopper pie that tasted like mouthwash! Chocolate Mint Cookies INGREDIENTS3/4 cup butter, softened1/2 cup icing csugar2 squares (1 once each, unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled)1/4 tsp peppermint extract1 1/2 cups flour1 cup mini chocolate chips DIRECTIONS With an electric mixer, cream … Continue reading →

SINFUL Chocolate Mint Squares

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This post has been written as part of #CanadianCookies Blog Event. To find out more about the event, please click on the button below. You can even link up your favourite recipes! These squares literally get fought over among my family members every year at Christmas! My Mom now cuts these into mini squares so there is “more” to go around. Chocolate Mint Squares SQUARE INGREDIENTS2 squares unsweetened chocolate1/2 cup butter1 tsp vanilla2 eggs1 cup sugar1/2 cup flour1/4 tsp baking powder ICING INGREDIENTS1/4 cup butter, softened1 1/2 cups sifted icing sugar1 Tbsp cream (or milk)1/2 tsp peppermint flavouringgreen food colouring … Continue reading →

Check Out Pampered Patty’s Pampered Chef Holiday Fundraiser!

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Pampered Patty is an amazing and generous person. After sponsoring our #CanadianCookies Twitter Party this week, she has graciously offered to host an online Pampered Chef Party where ALL PROCEEDS GO TO CHILDREN’S MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION Be sure to use this previous link when making your orders to ensure that your order gets included in the Fundraising Event. Some people have asked me to make some recommendations of what products are good. I have to say that I own quite a few Pampered Chef Products and thy are all TOP QUALITY and I love each and every one of … Continue reading →

Like to Bake?! Want to Receive Cookies in a #CanadianCookies Exchange?!

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This post has been written as part of #CanadianCookies Blog Event. To find out more about the event, please click on the button below. You can even link up your favourite recipes! This is what both Did You Know Canada and Multi-Testing Mommy have been most excited about during this entire Blog Event called #CanadianCookes: The Cookie Exchange! Have you ever participated in a Cookie Exchange at work or amongst friends? Well, we have decided to host a Cookie Exchange over the internet AND in real life. How to participate: You must be Canadian (in order to keep shipping costs … Continue reading →

Pampered Chef Fundraising Party #CanadianCookies

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Last night, @DidUKnowCanada and I co-hosted #CanadianCookies Twitter party! If you came, thank you so much for coming and we hope you had a blast like we did. If you missed it, we are so sorry that you did. Many great tips, recipe ideas and memories were shared last night. Thank you! One of our sponsors, @PamperedPatty, a Pampered Chef Consultatnt has kindly offered to host an online Pampered Chef Party where ANYONE can purchase Pampered Chef items and all of the proceeds will go to Children’s Make a Wish Foundation this Holiday Season.I encourage you to browse through Pampered … Continue reading →

Rubbermaid Filter Fresh Water Bottle

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Our tap water has a very distinct taste. My daughter refuses to drink tap water. Instead, we fill up large glass water bottles at our local Reverse Osmosis water store and she drinks water from a water cooler. Recently we were sent a Rubbermaid FilterFresh Water Filtration Bottle to sample. It is a 20 oz plastic BPA FREE water bottle. The Filter removes chlorine and provides the equivalent of 300 bottles of water. I enjoy the water from this water bottle, but the most wonderful part is that so does my daughter. It is easy for her to drink out … Continue reading →

Cookbook: Company’s Coming – Cookies (#CanadianCookies)

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This post has been written as part of #CanadianCookies Blog Event. To find out more about the event, please click on the button below. You can even link up your favourite recipes! We were fortunate enough to review the Cookbook called Company’s ComingCookies. This book is written by Jean Pare and is a National Bestseller. There are so many cookie recipes in this cookbook. The recipes include your typical classics like Chocolate Chip Cookies, Gingersnaps and Snickerdoodles. There are also many fun and different recipes to try out like Fruit Cocktail Cookies, Zucchini Drops and Boiled Chocolate Cookies. There is … Continue reading →

On a Hunt for #EqualCanada at Boston Pizza #CBias

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Tonight I took my two young kids out for dinner by myself. I was feeling brave because typically my 3 year old doesn’t do too well in restaurants! We chose Boston Pizza as our destination. As I started driving out of our neighbourhood, I realized that I was heading in the opposite direction of the newest Boston Pizza that is close to our house. I took a slight detour and we were on route to a fairly new Boston Pizza location. When we arrived, the restaurant was completely empty. We were greeted by some very eager and friendly staff and … Continue reading →