Carrot Cake

This moist carrot cake is best the next day and is awesome with Cream Cheese Icing. Hint: Do not over-beat the ingredients. Stir just until blended. I bake this cake in two 10" round springform pans that have been lined with parchment paper. This recipe freezes well. Bake at 325 degrees F for one hour or until cake tester comes out clean.

Banana Pecan Muffins

Make a dozen of these moist muffins Sunday morning to stave off early morning hunger pangs. Or, better still, set out the ingredients the night before with the recipe and let the first person up bake a batch for everyone. The muffins can be made well in advance and frozen.

Nanny's Molasses Cookies

"My grandmother always made these cookies when we went to visit," says Jude. "My mother tried to make them but Nanny always made them best." These spicy cookies are perfect served with another favourite — frothy cold milk.

Anything-Goes Muffins

With this recipe, you can add in to your heart's content — fresh blueberries, currants, raspberries, raisins or chocolate chips.

Triple Chocolate Cookie Mix

Intensely flavoured cookies are just the thing when you want a chocolate fix. To avoid sifting when making them, separate the chocolate chips from the other ingredients with waxed paper. 

Easy Chocolate Cupcakes

Simple ingredients, just one bowl and minimal mixing miraculously add up to the moistest, richest chocolate cupcakes ever. This is a go-to cake batter for any occasion – and it's egg- and dairy-free.

Apple Spice Muffins

Apples bring a fruity flavour to tender, irresistible muffins.

Cranberry Seed Muffins

Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

Canadian Living has published many chocolate chip cookie recipes, but founding food editor Carol Ferguson's recipe, with a punchy hit of vanilla, is the standout. You can try making these cookies with all butter as well.

Seedy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies