There's nothing like fresh, local fruit and we were recently at the St Jacobs Farmers' Market to find Niagara peaches... oh, they're SO good!
Of course we brought home a lot, so our guests have been enjoying them with breakfast and also baked in this yummy peach cake...
St. Jacobs is a short 20 minute drive from our B&B and right now you'll find all the best the season has to offer, like these gorgeous blue berries. (Well, they're actually from BC; there are no Ontario blueberries this year we're told, due to the drought.)
Lots of these pretties got frozen, so I'll have summer berries in my winter baking!
I love to bake, our guests have applauded our breakfast desserts, and I enjoy using rich ingredients: real butter, fresh eggs (from a farm where we see the chickens), experimenting with different flours, etc... but I've never made cookies like this!!! These are Felix and Norton cookies... Delivered by Purolator from Markham, Ontario, the only reason why I indulged in this extravagant luxury is because I remember these cookies from my days back in Montreal and very important company was coming. So I ordered 6 dozen and we s-a-v-o-u-r-e-d these cookies. Yes, they are as good as they look!
Take a peak at the Felix and Norton website: http://www.fncookies.com/cookies.html and at the cookies with the rather subdued descriptions... Rich beyond description, flavourful, generous amounts of all the good stuff: if you need a real treat, take the plunge! (Thank you, Michele, for making ordering effortless!)
