Blueberry Pie is Matt's favorite pie but in Alberta Saskatoons are the local berry. They're very similar to a blueberry so you can substitute these berries in everything. Matt also enjoys rhubarb and it grows well in Alberta. My rhubarb plant is out of control and prehistoric looking.

Normally I...

Apple pie is the pie that I think of when I think of a classic pie.

Crust Ingredients

2 Tbsp Sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup lard
6-7 Tbsp Ice cold vodka

Filling Ingredients

3/4 cup granulated sugar (or just sprinkle until well coated)
1 tsp lemon zest from 1 medium lemon
1...

These cookies are my most memorable baking memory. My Mom & I would bake these cookies at Christmas and have fun decorating. My cookie press is a little more modern than hers but the cookies look and taste just like the memories.

Yield: 4 dozen

Ingredients

1 teaspoon Clear Vanilla Extract
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These cookies always make me think of my Grandmother. She had a cookie jar that seemed to have an endless bottom, unless Uncle Paul and Uncle John were there.

Yield: 6 dozen

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Sugar
1 1/8 cups shortening/butter/margarine
1-2 eggs (Use 2 most of time, unless using XL e...

My students love making these nutty snappers. They're fun to make and fun to eat.

Yield: 4 dozen

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
144 small...