The Baking Medic

/cue groan at that awful pun.  But it must be said, that these rich bars do leave you wanting more.  It all started when I was at my cottage (big surprise there, eh?) and we made s’mores one evening.  Dutifully, we roasted our marshmallows over the goals of our bonfire until they were golden, bubbling, and deliciously gooey on the inside.  I’m not gonna lie: a few of my marshmallows ended up as blackened puffs of charcoal before I finally got a half decently roasted marshmallow.

So, two things inspired these bars, which if you haven’t guessed, are supposed to taste like s’mores.  Firstly, we had a *ton* of leftover marshmallows and a box full of graham crackers.  I knew they wouldn’t be even nibbled at by my parents at the cottage, so I crammed them into my suitcase and smuggled them back to Toronto. » Read the rest of this entry «

The combination chocolate and peanut butter is not a new concept. Since the mid-1920s, people have been enjoying the indulgent (but oh so delicious) Reese’s peanut butter cups.

These were a creation inspired the flavours of the famous peanut butter cups — my first baked good recipe made up entirely by myself. It must be said, that I was partly motivated by the sizeable bag of biscuits that my brother had brought home from work. He is a stock boy at a bulk food store, and since the majority of the cookies were broken, his manager was planning on throwing them away. I think he had me in mind when he salvaged the bag of cookies.

So, equipped with a bag of mostly broken biscuits and a craving for chocolate and peanut butter, I came up with these: Krissy’s Chocolate and Peanut Butter Squares. » Read the rest of this entry «

So, I’ve officially started my summer job! That’s exciting. ☺ Yesterday was full of safety videos, but today was definitely interesting. I’m learning how to do all sorts of testing for bacteria and other infectious diseases from samples from patients that are sent into the lab. Tomorrow, I’ll get to try one myself! (Under the watchful eye of my supervisor of course. :) )

Do you believe in pathetic fallacy? That is to say, that if the weather outside is frightening, then something frightening must be going on inside? Shakespeare…Twas a dark and stormy night and all that jazz. I only say this because I really hope it’s not true! These past two days it has bucketed with rain, and I just had my biology exam this afternoon. I definitely passed, but I’ll guess I’ll get back to you in a few weeks when the results are out. And we’ll see if really the weather mimics the state of the world.