Today, we’re making Springerle! Skip to the Recipe Springerle are traditional Christmas cookies from southwestern Germany with embossed tops and light feet. They are butter-free and crisp yet airy cookies…
HOLIDAY FEATURES
Advent Day 1, 2021: Make Springerle
The Perfect Eggnog Cocktail for One
Last year….Was it just last year? It feels like ages past!…I received the secret eggnog recipe from a restaurant I [used to] frequent and whose cocktails are outstanding. I’ve since…
Vanillekipferl : Vanilla Crescent Moon Cookies
A fabulously stylish woman I follow on social media recently posted a photo from a “German baking book that most German people know who were born in the 80s:” a…
Santa Baby Cookies a.k.a. Santa Babies
In the run-up to my 2017 Advent Calendar, which starts December 1st, I’ve got 12 Days of Holiday Baking for you. Today’s recipe? Santa Babies! I came up with this…
THE JOURNAL
SSJ ADVENT 2021: GIVING TUESDAY, SUPPORT THE BRUCE TRAIL CONSERVANCY
ON THIS GIVING TUESDAY WE WILL MAKE A DONATION TO THE BRUCE TRAIL CONSERVANCY The Bruce Trail Conservancy is one of Ontario’s largest land trusts and the steward of Canada’s longest marked ...
Advent 2021, Make-Ahead Monday: SSJ’s Best Mulling Spices
Jump to Recipe Today we're making mulling spices! Every few years, around the holidays, I make mulling spices in bulk to give to friends. I'll place a large cupful of the spices in a mason jar ...
ADVENT 2021 KICK-OFF : CHOOSE A TREE & FREEZE THE COOKIE DOUGH
Welcome to SSJ Advent 2021! It's the first Sunday of Advent, and we're kicking off the season with two very important tasks! Today, we'll be choosing a Christmas tree from the local Scouts Lot ...
Put up the Allspice Dram, SSJ Advent is Coming!
Skip to the Dram! I don't know what's gotten into me. Last night, I was making dinner with my spouse, and I suddenly felt excited about the weeks and, yes, the year to come. I looked down at our ...
Fall Planner 2021
If you thought SSJ was largely made of Love-To-Do-Lists, you were right. Here are 47 things I'm looking forward to fitting in to Fall 2021. Why 47? Because it's an excellent number! I've thrown in a ...
24 Jars, Serendipity
Summer has finally summered, here. Translation? I've made pickles ... and cocktail cherries. Also, perhaps, I've turned into a spiritualist, or a tarot enthusiast, or a believer in the numbers? ...
Boozy Sour Cocktail Cherries
One of my goals for 2021 was to do something with fresh, local, Ontario Sour Cherries. Of course, my first impulse [And wasn't it the best of impulses? I think so!] was to make a batch of cocktail ...
SSJ’s Best Bread and Butter Pickle Slices
Last year, in my quest to make spicy dill pickle spears out of all of the cucumbers in sight, I completely flaked on a family staple, Bread and Butter Pickle Slices. What was I thinking? Our ...
Turkish Pide, Two Ways
Back in 2014, I hosted a Mediterranean themed March Break for the kids, and these Turkish Pizzas, a.k.a. Pide, were our favourite recipe of the week! Back by popular demand, here's a gently revised ...
