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Cinnamon buns in less than an hour?

Yes, completely do-able! Not only do-able, but made from scratch, too — no pre-made dough required! Most recipes for cinnamon buns take about two hours from assembling the ingredients to eating that first fresh-from-the-oven warm bun. This is because cinnamon buns are usually made from a yeast bread recipe, which requires time to rise before […]

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Been busy: catching up with some tasty treats!

August was a crazy month in the Eisner-Lafferty household. As those of you who read Rich’s blog are aware, he just started his MBA at U Ottawa. The last two weeks for him have been quite literally an intensive courseload: two classes completed in two weeks. Ouch. Needless to say, he has far less spare […]

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Giant Cupcake

Found via Tastespotting: a giant cupcake pan!  What could be better?

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Weekend cooking adventures

I have been unfortunate enough to be suffering from a summer cold over the last week. This has meant I’ve spent a lot of time sleeping and not so much time doing other things. The weather in Ottawa has been pretty dreary lately, but last weekend was really quite nice — sunny and warm, good […]

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A belated Valentine’s Dinner

Valentine’s day this year fell in the middle of the week, on the day of the worst storm so far this winter. So needless to say, it wasn’t a terribly good day for us to do much. Besides, we don’t really feel we need a specific day to say we love each other; we do […]

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