Paletas are Latin American ice pops made with fresh fruit along with fresh fruit juice and sometimes cream and served on a stick, just like a popsicle. I used to only see these pops sold from small ice cream carts in parks, but they have really exploded in popularity over the past few years …
Brown Butter Brown Sugar Muffins
Muffins are usually studded with berries, speckled with chocolate or laced with generous amounts of spices. They are rarely left plain because, well, plain muffins can be pretty boring. These muffins look plain and don’t have anything like berries or coconut or chocolate mixed into the batter, but when you take a …
5 Great Recipes to Beat the Heat during a Heat Wave
During a heat wave, most of us aren’t thinking about turning on our ovens and baking up a couple of batches of cookies. That prospect is not nearly as appealing as it is during the winter, when the idea of working in front of a warm oven sounds very appealing. In the …
What is a banana split?
A banana split is the quintessential soda fountain sundae and probably the best thing that you can do with ice cream. They were first introduced in the early 1900s, when bananas were still a relatively new and exotic fruit for Americans. The original recipe calls for a split banana (hence the …
Corners Brownie Pan
When faced with a freshly baked batch of brownies, which piece do you reach for first: the fudgy center or a chewy corner piece? If you are in the corner camp of brownie lovers – as several members of my family are – there is a new pan out that is designed to …
Homemade Rocky Road Ice Cream
Rocky Road ice cream is a flavor with a great story behind it. It was created in March of 1929 by ice cream makers Joseph Edy and William Dreyer, who put marshmallows and walnuts into chocolate ice cream. After the big Stock Market Crash in December of 1929 (which started …
Bites from other Blogs
- A caprese salad is a great use of fresh-from-the-vine tomatoes. The salad is made by stacking thick slices of tomato with rounds of mozzarella cheese and fresh basil leaves. The Cookin Canuck turned this salad into a bread recipe that is just as suitable for summertime. Caprese Olive Oil Bread …
Can I use fat free sweetened condensed milk in place of full fat?
Sweetened condensed milk is evaporated milk that has a significant amount of sugar added back to it to make a very thick, sweet product that is often used in ice creams, pies and other creamy desserts. It comes in full fat, low fat and fat free varieties. Most recipes simply call …
