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Tag Archives: Bakery Life

Impossible Coconut Custard Mini Pies

Let’s kick it off with these custardy coconut mini-pies that somehow make their own “crust” in the oven. It’s a one-bowl recipe that requires minimal effort and few ingredients and pays off with something that tastes like hours of work.

Posted byAly Writes24th Jan 202324th Jan 2023Posted inRecipesTags:Baker, Bakery Life, Baking, Pastry, Recipes, Tart RecipeLeave a comment on Impossible Coconut Custard Mini Pies

Biscoff Chocolate Chip Sparklers

These sparkly little gems of cookies, made with my own speculaas spice blend, are reminiscent of those favourite childhood flavours.

Posted byAly Writes19th Jul 202219th Jul 2022Posted inRecipesTags:Baker, Bakery Life, Baking, Canadian Recipes, Childhood Memories, Cookie Recipe, Cookies, RecipesLeave a comment on Biscoff Chocolate Chip Sparklers

Bumbleberry Buckle

This recipe will have you feeling like summer and ready for strawberry season, which is fast approaching.

Posted byAly Writes17th May 202217th May 2022Posted inRecipesTags:Baker, Bakery Life, Baking, Canadian, Canadian Recipes, Coffee Cake, Recipe Development, Recipes1 Comment on Bumbleberry Buckle

All-Fruit Mincemeat

This recipe for homemade all-fruit mincemeat filling will make your kitchen smell absolutely sublime.

Posted byAly Writes15th Dec 202115th Dec 2021Posted inBaking, RecipesTags:Baker, Bakery Life, Baking, RecipesLeave a comment on All-Fruit Mincemeat

Baking Snobbery and Banana Oatmeal Muffins

So measure in cups, grams, or ounces, whatever you are comfortable with, and don’t let anyone’s snobbery stop you from baking your heart happy.

Posted byAly Writes5th Aug 20215th Aug 2021Posted inBaking, RecipesTags:Baker, Bakery Life, Baking, Brunch, Recipes2 Comments on Baking Snobbery and Banana Oatmeal Muffins

In Which Cake Becomes a Metaphor

A cake where the beauty is in the cake itself, exposed and unabashed, adorned by only the most carefully chosen elements that add to, rather than superseding, its flavour and appeal.

Posted byAly Writes1st Jun 202124th Jun 2021Posted inWriting TipsTags:Baker, Bakery Life, Baking, Flash, Prose, Writing TipsLeave a comment on In Which Cake Becomes a Metaphor

8 Steps to Miss the Sunrise

Open the door, for Pete’s sake, because this is real life and it’s the pizza delivery you ordered, not your Prince Charming.

Posted byAly Writes26th Apr 202126th Apr 2021Posted inFlash Fiction, Humor, ProseTags:Bakery Life, Flash, Funny, ProseLeave a comment on 8 Steps to Miss the Sunrise

Perfect Buttery Shortbread

You enjoy your shortbread any way you like, ’cause life’s too short to make rules about cookies.

Posted byAly Writes8th Feb 20219th Feb 2021Posted inBaking, RecipesTags:Baker, Bakery Life, Baking, Favourite Things, RecipesLeave a comment on Perfect Buttery Shortbread

Be Chill My Beating Heart

I thought about him all day, kicking myself for not asking his name. I had no idea I’d have another chance.

Posted byAly Writes17th Jan 202117th Jan 2021Posted inHumor, Micro FictionTags:Bakery Life, Flash, Funny, ProseLeave a comment on Be Chill My Beating Heart

Millicent’s Lebkuchen

Perhaps knowing that someone you love has made them makes a cookie taste better than one you made yourself.

Posted byAly Writes12th Jan 202112th Jan 2021Posted inBaking, Recipes, UncategorizedTags:Baker, Bakery Life, Baking, Books, Favourite Things, RecipesLeave a comment on Millicent’s Lebkuchen

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