Category Archives: Breakfast and Brunch

quick breads, pancakes, coffee cakes

Banana Cocoa Coffee Cake

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    This excellent and easy cake is incredible  moist and very rich tasting.   Serve this for Sunday Easter brunch and the adults will forget to nibble the ears off the chocolate rabbits.  To be even more indulgent top the … Continue reading

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APPLE WALNUT CAKE

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  Applesauce makes this cake wonderfully moist.   It has a delicate fine crumb with a deliciously rich and crunchy walnut topping.  You can serve it warm  so it makes a lovely breakfast treat.  It’s an easy cake to make … Continue reading

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OATMEAL COCONUT RAISIN COOKIES

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  There must be a thousand recipes for Oatmeal cookies.  A thousand variations of this classic drop cookie.  This cookie recipe can be large, soft and chewy, or crisp and crunchy.  Use grade B maple syrup, which has a deeper … Continue reading

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CHERRY STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

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  Streusel coffee cakes are simple to make and deliver a lot of bang for the buck.   In this recipe sour cream gives a lovely tang and compliments the sour cherries.  Out of season you’ll find sour cherries, frozen or … Continue reading

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SAUSAGES WITH TOMATO-OLIVE RAGOUT AND POLENTA

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  “And men sit down to that nourishment which is called supper.”  (William Shakespeare) When it is a rainy January night and you live half way up a mountain one craves warming, simple comfort food.  Our nephew Brett and his … Continue reading

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EMMA LAKE SUMMERS …LEMON BUTTERMILK PANCAKES AND BREAKFAST ON THE BEACH

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Summer at the lake.  Every time you say those words  you conjure up memories of sunny days that lasted forever; floating  in the cool, green waters of a Northern lake, sand scrubbed bodies stretched out to the sun.  We spent … Continue reading

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