Do you have a holiday cookie tradition at home? Around here, December means shortbreads - and between gifting and eating, we can easily burn through 7 (double) batches of cookies between December first and January 31st. Now, our family is pretty simple when it comes to our
shortbreads - butter, icing sugar, flour and an egg yolk are all we need for perfection. Of course, shortbreads are
nothing without butter, and a lot of it (those aforementioned batches of cookies use up 7 lbs)! Over the years, we've tried different kinds based on availability and price, but we always seem to come back to the classic salted variety from Gay Lea. It not only packs our cookies with flavour, but has featured in many other recipes on this blog, from sweet to
savoury, holiday breakfast
brioche to Sunday
night dinner and (especially)
birthday desserts!
You may remember
back in 2010 that I featured some amazing recipes from Gay Lea right before the holidays. Well this year, the Ontarian butter-makers are back - with a spiffy
recipe website and their yearly
contest! While my family is hard pressed to eat anything but my mom's shortbreads at the holidays (even
my cookies are passed up!), that doesn't mean those on my giftee list miss out! There are
so many delectable-looking things on the recipe site that I wouldn't even know where to start, except that I saw
Butter Tart Shortbread Bars - one (of my many) kryptonite desserts listed. I haven't made them yet, but they are for sure on my shortlist! Other honourable mentions my family picked out were
Herbed Cottage Cheese Primavera with Pasta,
Light and Luscious Pasta Toss, and the
Heritage Triple Butter Sticky Cinnamon Buns.
For the holidays,
Asiago and Prosciutto Shortbread Crackers make a great appetizer, or you can cap off a meal with the decadent Chocolate Candy Cane Cheesecake. With the kids out of school for the holidays, Winter Wonderland Snowman Shortbreads make for a fun afternoon too! I know - how can you possibly choose?
Of course, Gay Lea is more than just (although if I had to choose, it would be my favourite product). The company also manufactures,,, and . What are you waiting for? There's a world of possibilities waiting for you to discover.
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| Crispy Cinnamon Twists (Coming Soon!) |
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| Caramel - Almond Latte Swirls (Coming Soon!) |
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| Nutella - Peanut Swirls (Coming Soon!) |
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| Cracker Jack Bread (Coming Soon!) |
Note: I was provided vouchers for free Gay Lea products for the purposes of this review. All opinions and photos expressed on this website are my own, however I am not responsible for the opinions expressed on the linked sites. I received no monetary compensation for my participation.
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