Flavour of the Month: The holiday season’s eight best sweet treats
Flavour of the Month: The holiday season’s eight best sweet treats
Christmas cookies make fun party snacks and charming gifts, but not everyone’s cut out to be a baker. With Toronto’s pool of professional talent, it’s easy to throw together a slaved-all-day style cookie spread without breaking out the mixer. Here, eight holiday treats that are scrumptious and readymade—not that anyone has to know.
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- <strong>Desmond and Beatrice’</strong>s upscale take on the food-court Cinnabon is an airy cookie drizzled with a tangy cream cheese glaze. $2.50 each. <br /> <em>750A Queen St. E., 647-352-2257.</em>
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- Amaretti are native to Saronno, Italy. <strong>Forno Cultura’</strong>s are flavoured with amaretto and cacao, and dusted with powdered sugar. $1 each. <br /> <em>609 King St. W., 416-603-8305.</em>
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- Marshmallows and chocolate chips stud the graham-cracker dough of <strong>Sullivan and Bleeker’</strong>s s’more shortbreads. $22 a dozen. <br /> <em>877 Alness St., 416-961-3553. By appointment. </em>
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- <strong>Moo Milk Bar’</strong>s buttery red velvet cookie is shot through with hunks of sweet white chocolate and a bittersweet <br /> hit of cocoa. $2 each. <em>1918A Queen St. E., 647-343-4272.</em>
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- Nutmeggy Granny Smith filling is folded inside a sugar-dusted crust for <strong>Elm Hill’</strong>s cookiefied take on the classic apple pie. $1.95 each. <em>250 Kerr St., Oakville, 905-582-7400.</em>
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- <strong>Clafouti</strong> gussies up classic, buttery shortbread with exotic flavours: tart orange zest, fragrant saffron and hits of fiery candied ginger. $1.29 each. <em>915 Queen St. W., 416-603-1935.</em>
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- The gourmet Oreo from <strong>Sweet Flour Bake Shop</strong> squishes vanilla cream between rich, crumbly chocolate biscuits. <br /> $12 a half-dozen. <em>2352 Bloor St. W., 416-763-2253.</em><br />
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- Fleur de sel and cayenne lend sweet, spicy, salty synergy to the almond-flecked, Florentine-like pastry from <strong>Frangipane.</strong> 50¢ each. <em>215 Madison Ave., 416-926-0303.</em>
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Christmas cookies make fun party snacks and charming gifts, but not everyone’s cut out to be a baker. With Toronto’s pool of professional talent, it’s easy to throw together a slaved-all-day style cookie spread without breaking out the mixer. Here, eight holiday treats that are scrumptious and readymade—not that anyone has to know.
See all eight sweet treats »
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