Strawberry jam and marshmallows star in these little chocolate tartlets that your kids will enjoy making with you as much as they will eating! They’re easily transportable, making them ideal for packing up and taking to potlucks or cookie exchanges.
This Italian-style tart, called crostata, has a sandy cookie crust that you can also make in a food processor if you want. Use homemade jam or choose your favourite flavour from a market vendor. Serve with softly whipped cream.
For a shift from standard royal icing, we've topped these cookies with marzipan, a mixture of sugar and almond paste, which is easy to roll out and adds rich flavour. For the traditionalists out there, see our tip below for how to make Holly Leaves with royal icing.
Luscious is the perfect word to describe this no-bake dessert with its top cobbled with garnet red or pink-cheeked sweet fresh cherries. We like the dark cherries — Bing is a well-known variety. Use intensely gingered English-style cookies for the crust.
Chunks of buttery shortbread and a sweet butterscotch ripple make this ice cream taste just like Canada's favourite tart. If you like raisins or pecans in your butter tarts, swirl a small handful into the ice cream when you add the butterscotch and the cookies.
More fudge than cookie, these nuggets were a discovery food writer Linda Stephen made in New Zealand. Kids will love crushing the vanilla wafers to make crumbs – simply place in a resealable plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin until crumbly.
Make your own gold medal–winning curling stones by sandwiching a cool, minty filling between two soft, cakey, chocolaty cookies and topping them with a gummy handle. If the coating chocolate is a little too thick to spread, stir in a few drops of vegetable oil to thin it.
You can make these cookies using a microwave oven, so even little chefs can make them (with a little help from Mom in chopping the white chocolate.) Find more easy recipes kids can make in the April 2005 issue of Canadian Living.
Here's an elegant little dessert that's just fine on its own or dressed up with sliced strawberries macerated in a splash of dark rum and sugar. Or serve with maple syrup and a cookie or just by itself sprinkled with toasted sliced or chopped nuts.
