Checkerboard Shorties

These two-toned checkerboard cookies may look complicated, but it's simply the result of straightforward assembly. They're a visual treat and often the first cookies to be snatched up at a cookie exchange. To achieve maximum black-to-white contrast, bake cookies until just pale golden at edges. To make the most of your dough, turn any scraps into swirl cookies.

Mini Black Forest Cakes

Basic Shortbread Cookie Dough

Use this basic shortbread dough to create four delicious variations,

Creepy Crawly Cauldron

This bubbly cauldron with creepy-crawly tentacles is fun for the whole family, and makes a show-stopping finale to a frightful Halloween party.

Black Forest Trifle

If you love the traditional Black Forest cake, this trifle is for you. We love the flavour and aroma of cherry brandy, but you can also use kirsch. 

Almond, Oat & Banana Smoothie Bowl

Bruti Ma Buoni

Cranberry Butter tart squares

Double this recipe to bake in 9x13 pan for 30-35 minutes. From The Best GF Family Cookbook

Boston Cream Pie

 There's a cake masquerading under this pie's name. Pie tins were commonly used as cake pans by New England colonists in the late 1800s, and the name stuck. Make sure you preheat your oven for this cake – if it's not up to temperature, the cake won't rise. 

Hiker's Happy Trail Mix

This is a great snack to throw in the lunchbox. It is also good sprinkled over yogurt in the morning or for the afternoon hunger pangs.