Get the latest recipes from Canadianbakertoo http://www.grouprecipes.com/people/canadianbakertoo I will be catching up on some of the dishes that we have made over the last few months. Our overtime is starting to slow down. Here is a Pineapple Tart that we found on My Recipes that is so good. It is the first time we have used Mascarpone Cheese due to the fact that is is very expensive. We found that the Mascarpone Cheese a bit bland compared to the tang of cream cheese, however the tarts were great. We did not use the pink peppercorns http://www.grouprecipes.com/104188/coconut-tartlets-with-poached-pineapple-and-mascarpone-cheese.html This Cherry Bread recipe comes from the Protestant Ladies Chapel Guild RCAF Station La Macaza, Quebec. My step brother was in the air force and gave me this cookbook one Christmas. It was produced by the wives on the base. It has so many good recipes in it. Over time I will post them for all of you to enjoy as well. This is the only cherry bread recipe I use. Today, however, I add coconut and milk chocolate chips to it. It was a great addition to the recipe. Everyone that tried it really like it. http://www.grouprecipes.com/93824/cherry-bread.html We were watching Diner, Drive-ins and Dives and they made a Lemon-Ricotta pancake. It looked so good we searched and found this recipe which is very close to that recipe. It is the most tender and soft pancake we have ever had. It should be added to your collection of pancake recipes. http://www.grouprecipes.com/93534/lemon-ricotta-pancakes.html With the chicken skillet last week I also made Hurry up Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting. The recipe for the cake came from Cakes and Frostings with Schmecks Appeal by Edna Staebler. She was a Canadian author born in Berlin Ontario later more to Kitchener. In 2006 she died of a stroke. The recipes are from her mennonite neighbours, friends and family. This cake was very easy to make and the taste was so good, moist and the frosting with the coffee was perfect. http://www.grouprecipes.com/92461/hurry-up-chocolate-cake.html So I do not know if you have noticed but groceries are getting very expensive. Seems every time I go it is costing more. When they put sales on I am buying in bulk again. Which now means I have to have a storage area. In the eighties things were very expensive I bought a few cookbooks on low cost cooking and making your own mixes. They have come off the shelf again. This Recipe comes from Better Homes and Gardens Low-Cost Cooking. It is a nice easy dish to make on a week night or a weekend dinner. Great served with mashed potatoes or rice. When whole chickens were on sale bought 4, kept 2 whole, one cut in half and one cut up into pieces. http://www.grouprecipes.com/92091/chicken-skillet.html I found another recipe from the 1500 Best Bars, Cookies, Muffins, Cakes 7 More. It is actually on the cover of the book. This is a very tasty bar. I think you could make a rhubarb filling for it and a lemon and pineapple filling, even raisin. The sky would be the limit I would think. http://www.grouprecipes.com/92015/raspberry-coconut-bars.html While at the library I went through the homemakers magazines and in February/March 2008 this rice pudding caught my eye. It explains in the description that research has shown that chocolate with a high cocoa content contains a substance known as flavonoids, which appear to have antioxident and anti-inflammatory effects, reduce blood pressure, improve blood flow through the arteries and decrease the risk of blood clots that lead to heart attacks or stroke. Add the healthy effects of almonds and th whole grain rice your heart and taste buds will both be happy. http://www.grouprecipes.com/92014/chocolate-almond-brown-rice-pudding.html While at the library 1500 Best Bars, Cookies, Muffins, Cakes & More by Esther Brody caught my eye. This book is great, there are so many good recipes in it I am going to buy the book. The Krispie Toffee Triangles is the first recipe I decided to try. The rice krispies with the chocolate was a great combo on the top. We are thinking of where else you could use this in a recipe. It is a very nice bar. Would be a nice addition to your Christmas baking. http://www.grouprecipes.com/91212/krispie-toffee-triangles.html At our library I found a series of cookbooks by Edna Staebler: Cakes and Frostings with Schmecks Appeal. There are 12 cookbooks in this series. Rhubarb is my favorite fruit so when I saw this recipe and decided to try it. It was so worth the try. Moist with a hint of rhubarb and the crunch of the topping. I will be making this one again when the rhubarb is ready. Frozen was used for this cake. http://www.grouprecipes.com/90936/rhubarb-crumb-cake.html A couple of weekends ago we watched an episode of Diary of a Foodie: Hawaii’s Big Island. The Gourmet test kitchen made these cookies. They really looked good. I bought the ingredients I needed and made them today. They are really easy to put together. Instead of one large circle I put them in 2 8" round cake pans. The next day these are better than the first day. When I make them again I would add more chocolate chunks. http://www.grouprecipes.com/90753/macadamia-nut-chocolate-chunk-shortbread.html