Baking with Lauren

Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies! By: Lauren Tang Today I decided to make these Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies for my friend's birthday. I typically make recipes with a more adventurous ingredient list, but classics such as these cookies definitely hit home. There weren't too many modifications that I had to make for the recipe, but you could swap out the chocolate chips for white chocolate chips and cranberries or butterscotch. I liked how simple they were to make and how ther

Chocolate Chip Rice Krispies Cookies! June 2, 2026 By: Lauren Tang Today I decided to make these delicious Chocolate Chip Rice Krispies Cookies for my student's recital / last day of classes! These were a great treat for kids that incorporates a classic cereal with a traditional cookie recipe. Since I had to make quite a few cookies, I ended up tripling the recipe and made it twice for over 100 cookies. There weren't many modifications that I needed to make, but I would recom

Chocolate Blossom Cookies! By: Lauren Tang Today I decided to make these delicious Chocolate Blossom Cookies to celebrate the students' last day of classes for dance. I always enjoy making a new cookie flavour for them rather than sticking with just chocolate chip cookies. I try to find inspiration based on ingredients I find in the store and when I found packs of the hot cocoa and plain Hershey's kisses, I knew that I had to use them. I typically have made peanut butter blos

Mini Apple Pie Cheesecakes! By: Lauren Tang Today I decided to make these delicious Mini Apple Pie Cheesecakes as it was my friend's birthday and her two favourite desserts are cheesecake and apple pie, so I decided to combine them into one dessert. I had made a similar recipe years ago but it didn't turn out well, so I decided to make my own version using my favourite cheesecake recipe and my favourite crumble recipe combined together and I'm so glad I did! As it turned out

Tiramisu Cupcakes! January 13th, 2025 By: Lauren Tang Today I decided to make these delicious Tiramisu Cupcakes! I haven't made tiramisu cupcakes in a long time but for my friend's birthday I thought I'd try it out again but with a different recipe since tiramisu is their favourite. Making these cupcakes wasn't too difficult but there were a few alterations that I made. For instance, I used regular 2% milk mixed with 1tsp of lemon juice to make the buttermilk. For the heavy c