I love wholewheat versions of cakes, cupcakes and bars and these bars have wholewheat flour in them. These wholewheat carrot cake bars are going to my hubby's office because I could eat the whole lot.  The list of ingredients are  applesauce, sugar, eggs, olive oil, vanilla, whole wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, grated carrots and walnuts.  Start by whisking the apple, sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla in a bowl until blended.  In ...

It's Fall and baking has changed to include spices. Harvest festivals and state fairs happen in the Fall. When I think of Harvest, I think of apples and when I think of apples, I think of apple pie, toffee apples and apple strudel. I like spicy muffins and cupcakes in the Fall so here's a cupcake that is Fall inspired with apples and a caramel topping.  The ingredients are pre-packaged carrot ...

Outside, the leaves are starting to turn yellow. The air is slightly cooler. The days are getting shorter. Autumn is here and I love it.  Inside, we have pumpkins and guords. These are the fake kind because the real ones haven't hit the stores yet. Fake ones last longer for some reason and I only had to pay once for these.  The red summery throw was replaced with a burnt orange one. ...

This biscotti has become a favourite at our Thanksgiving gathering. I made it today in preparation for the big day (which is in two days time). Cranberries belong to Thanksgiving. They just do. They also extend into Christmas. I love cranberries.  The ingredients are flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, eggs, almond extract, lemon zest (plus white chocolate and oil for the drizzle). Add the dry ingredients to the mixer.  In a different bowl, ...

Today was the perfect day to decorate the cookies I'd made this past weekend.  It snowed.  School was cancelled for the day.  The boys were ecstatic. Yesterday I went to the library to pick up a book and decided I'd better get some DVDs 'just in case'.  We watched Thor while decorating our cookies, each with our own tray of decorating stuff on our laps. Like a dunce, I didn't take photos. I ...

The lovely town of Boulder is always fun to go to.  Over the Labor Day weekend they have a market where everyone and their Japanese cousins sell their goods. Some sell junk (the bad kind) and other sell really nice things. There are food vendors, artists, wannabe artists and those looking to make a buck or two by doing things like face painting or selling you a massive zucchini to paint ...