My favourite bakery

If you think these images are beautiful, you can only imagine the smell as you enter this bakery! This bakery is called Les Moulins La Fayette Lebourgneuf. They make amazing breads, pastries, patisserie, cookies, croissants, brioches, etc. Everything is so fresh. They also serve meals and offer catering to nearby offices. A little jewel!

My sister and I love to buy their uncooked Chocolatines (chocolate croissants). We get up in the morning and put them frozen in the over and we have them with our morning coffee. Heaven!

Anyone visiting Quebec city, I recommend you stop by - it is worth it! Les Moulins La Fayette Lebourgneuf is located at 305 Boulevard Lebourgneuf in Quebec city. Ask for the owner Dominique!

Christmas Cookies

I love baking Christmas cookies for friends and family. It makes such a thoughtful present which is appreciated by all. I also use these for Santa on Christmas Eve.

This year I baked three different types of cookies:

Nigella’s Totally chocolate chocolate chips cookies which are amazing.... I have been making these since the kids were little and they are our favourite. I prepare the dough and freeze it in balls and when I want to bake a few I simply put them on a baking tray and pop them into the oven... and voila!

I usually make some white chocolate chips & cranberries cookies but this year I decided to make white chocolate chip cookies alone. I used Martha Stewart’s recipe for White Chocolate Chunk Cookies but I used chips. Very soft a chewy cookies...yum!

And lastly, I baked Peanut Butter Blossoms which are another family favourite! My mother-in-law does not like the Hersheys so I did not put them.

I love making these lovely cookie boxes for everybody... I know that Christmas is around the corner and Santa will soon be coming!

Reindeer Dust

Making Reindeer Dust is easy! Mix equal amounts of uncooked oatmeal, granulated sugar, glitter and any green/red/silver sprinkles. You can store in any type of jar, plastic bags, etc and decorate with ribbons. There are so many printables available on the internet. I simply printed the labels and stuck them on the jars. Reindeer Dust/Food also makes great presents for teachers.

We also leave some carrots along side Santa’s cookies for the reindeers! 

Saajan's Birthday Cake

My son is turning 15 today and I prepared a simple chocolate cake for him! When the kids were little, I used to spend hours pipping their favourite tv characters! I made Spiderman, Dora the Explorer, Cookie Monster, a race car, a football and so many more! Now that the kids are teenagers, they are more interested in being sung happy birthday and the taste of their cake.

Saajan was extremely pleased! Happy 15th birthday!

I used the recipe from Marilou Champagne's '3 fois par jour' cookbook (Premier Tome).