Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies have a comforting cake-like texture and are studded with dark chocolate chips. A chocolate chip cookie with vegetables is a parent’s dream. It’s what we’re all in search of: a lunchbox treat or after school snack with a bit of goodness in it. Use
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Coconut cranberry granola bars: a wholesome and nutritious granola bar topped with a wafer-thin coat of chocolate. High in fibre, calcium, folate and protein. Gluten-free.
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Cape Breton Molasses Biscuits are old fashioned thick-cut molasses cookies. Not-too-sweet. A little while ago, writer and photographer Kelly Neil wrote a lovely piece in the Halifax Chronicle Herald about two Cape Breton grandmothers. As you may have guessed (or assumed) an East Coast article about
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Peanut butter rice krispie squares are quick and easy. Made with pantry staples and ready in a flash they're much simpler than the marshmallow version, and more substantial. It's a simple recipe: sugar, syrup, peanut butter and crispy rice cereal. We usually frost them with a
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Ginger molasses crinkle cookies have that perfect texture that's not too soft and not too chewy. Just bake them longer if you'd like them a little crispy. This is on of those all-purpose ginger molasses cookie recipes -- satisfying any time of the year and perfectly
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Vegetable desserts are yummier than they may sound. Carrots, beets, zucchini and pumpkin are all easy to enjoy in baked goods. Are you eating three servings of vegetables each day? Maybe baking vegetable desserts is a solution :) Carrots, beets, zucchini and pumpkin are all easy to
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With this recipe for chocolate gingerbread cookies you can make three festive-looking holiday cookies using one easy batch of dough. Every year, we like to have one new cookie recipe to share with family and friends. This year, our new recipe is for Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
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Our Top 10 molasses recipes of the year: From bran muffins to baked beans, brown bread and more, these are reader's favourite recipes of 2020.
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Triple Ginger Cookies, a classic molasses crinkle cookie that gets added panache from fresh ginger and candied ginger (along with a generous dose of powdered ginger). Chewy triple ginger cookies have a delicious hit of ginger flavour and heat. The recipe comes from the October 2017 issue of
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Lassy (or Lassie) buns are a satisfying cross between a soft molasses cookie and a molasses biscuit. Not too sweet, these molasses buns are perfect with a bowl of soup or a cup of tea. There’s a reason why so many old-fashioned recipes are still around
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These soft molasses cookies deliver on flavour, spice, and delicious, warming comfort. This is one of those classic old fashioned soft (but not too soft) molasses cookies. They're the famous Pubnico molasses cookies, also known as Long Johns, Moose Hunters, Fat Archie's & Lumberjacks. Soft but sturdy
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No-bake treats are the best thing for summer. They’re quick and easy so kids can make them on their own and they don’t heat up the house on warm days. A recipe we recently rediscovered is for no-bake cookies that we called "frogs". Made with cocoa,
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Make a healthy version of an old-time favourite: Fudgy brownies, filled with zucchini, flax and whole wheat flour. These are healthy compromise brownies. They’re sweet and fudgy but made healthier with zucchini, ground flax, whole wheat flour and much less sugar than your average brownie recipe.
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Low sugar oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are a wholesome and hearty lunchbox treat. They're filling, relatively low calorie and low in sugar, a good source of fibre and full of healthy stuff. These cookies are compact and filling. Lots of cookies and snacks are high in
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Bakery style molasses cookies are the easiest cookie recipe ever. You mix everything in a single pot and the dough requires no chilling. These gorgeous crinkle cookies travel well so make great lunch box cookies. And it's the perfect recipe for kids to bake on
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These soft molasses cookies are along the lines of the lovable Bear Paws cookies. We are not sure if it’s the cake-like softness of Bear Paws that draws me to these cookies or the cute name. Whatever, it is they’re irresistible. These are definitely good lunchbox and after
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Turn these healthy-ish carrot cake cookies into Whoopie Pies for an easy-as-pie treat.
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Feeding a crowd this weekend? Here are 5 helpful tips, and lots of recipes, to help make your gathering easier and more fun. These are the perfect food for a crowd to make ahead. Beach and backyard meals and snacks don’t need to be complicated. After
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Chewy molasses crinkle cookies, the cookie recipe that won't let you down. Perfectly spiced and quick to prepare and bake, the molasses keeps them irresistibly chewy for days. These Chewy Molasses Crinkle Cookies have that perfect combination of crispy on the outside (in a buttery sort
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They’re a classic ginger molasses cookie with a great spice blend and lots of candied ginger. In fact, the original recipe called for more than a cup of candied ginger. I cut it back to 1/3 of a cup but feel free to add more
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A tender molasses cookie dressed up for the holidays with festive cookie stamps. There’s something about a tender molasses spice cookie that can make people swoon, especially at Christmastime. Most festive molasses cookies are firm or chewy, which is delicious too but sometimes it’s a treat to
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Pumpkin oatmeal cookies are thick, soft and wholesome. Made extra delicious with the addition of chocolate chips, dried cranberries and a touch of molasses.
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These indoor s’mores with chocolatey marshmallow graham squares require neither fire nor oven. You can still put the pan in the oven for a 1-2 minutes just to broil the marshmallow a bit but it is optional. This recipe celebrates what most kids love most
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It’s a classic chocolate chip cookie made rich, delicious and extra flavourful with molasses. There is no brown sugar in the recipe but the texture is characteristic of a good brown sugar cookie -- All that flavour that you just can’t get from plain white
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