I had never realized that “squares” were a Canadian thing. (I just Googled ‘squares recipe’ and the results were all Canadian sites.)You are all correct. Like cake, pie or cookies, ‘squares’ is the generic term for any dessert baked in a rectangular pan and cut into squares for serving: lemon squares, date squares, nanaimo bars, brownies, pecan pie squares, raspberry coconut squares and the bake sale favourite: Rice Krispies Squares…
My mother in law made the best cookies ever. I could never make them as well, because I can’t seem to stick to a recipe. First of all, I hate to measure. It means extra time and extra utensils. I like instructions which say “a dash of this or a knob of that.” When it comes to dinner, I’m a fairly good cook, but when it comes to the finer things like cookies and cakes, I defer to those who follow directions. This reminds me: my grandmother, when asked how she measured molasses would say: “two golollups and a drip”. I loved that expression!
I’ve been watching the Food Channel a lot lately since I’m having digestive problems and am always looking for new ideas. The experts there continuously say that you can cook ‘savory’ food with a ‘dash’ of this and a ‘bit’ of that, but with baking, exact measurements are needed.
OK, she got off easy on the off the wall remark.I remember the good old days when someone could make an off the wall remark, and everyone would have a muffled laugh, and life would go on.Fast foreward to 2015:Now, if someone dares make an off the wall remark, some AH with a video or voice recorder – well to make a long story short, that one clip will define him for the rest of his life!!
They don’t do EASTER bonnet bake sales anymore for fear of offending some jerko muslim.-—————And instead we get a jerko bringing politics into this. Go elsewhere, please. Maybe back under your rock.Or are you just the alternate troll, here to annoy people for fun and profit?
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
’Twon’t be much of a bake sale if all the kindergartners’ mothers make the same kind of cookies.
nickel_penny about 9 years ago
“Squares”? Is that “Canadian” for Brownies?
Gisele Kivinen Premium Member about 9 years ago
I had never realized that “squares” were a Canadian thing. (I just Googled ‘squares recipe’ and the results were all Canadian sites.)You are all correct. Like cake, pie or cookies, ‘squares’ is the generic term for any dessert baked in a rectangular pan and cut into squares for serving: lemon squares, date squares, nanaimo bars, brownies, pecan pie squares, raspberry coconut squares and the bake sale favourite: Rice Krispies Squares…
ladykat about 9 years ago
Lemon, raspberry, coconut, pecan, apple, oatmeal, caramel…..anything you can bake and cut into squares.
poodles27 about 9 years ago
Ever heard of cake mixes Lizzie? Or how about making nothing for that crack?
alondra about 9 years ago
Oh for heaven’s sake. I heard desserts referred to as “squares” when I lived in the states, all it means is you cut it into a square.
nickel_penny about 9 years ago
Religious holiday celebrations are available at religious schools. Where they belong.
Guilty Bystander about 9 years ago
Shoot, man, I’d buy four of those myself. Sounds like a great diet-killer of a cookie.
egyptlandpa about 9 years ago
The cookies from Walmart usually turn out okay.
summerdog86 about 9 years ago
I love those “no bake” oatmeal, peanut butter, chocolate patties (sort of a cookie type). Make those. : )
rfeinberg about 9 years ago
“They usually turn out”? Is this a Canadian expression?
JanLC about 9 years ago
Lynn’s Notes:
My mother in law made the best cookies ever. I could never make them as well, because I can’t seem to stick to a recipe. First of all, I hate to measure. It means extra time and extra utensils. I like instructions which say “a dash of this or a knob of that.” When it comes to dinner, I’m a fairly good cook, but when it comes to the finer things like cookies and cakes, I defer to those who follow directions. This reminds me: my grandmother, when asked how she measured molasses would say: “two golollups and a drip”. I loved that expression!
Argy.Bargy2 about 9 years ago
I’ve been watching the Food Channel a lot lately since I’m having digestive problems and am always looking for new ideas. The experts there continuously say that you can cook ‘savory’ food with a ‘dash’ of this and a ‘bit’ of that, but with baking, exact measurements are needed.
Fenshaw about 9 years ago
Go back under your bridge, little troll.
LV1951 about 9 years ago
She’s learned early! lol
tuslog64 about 9 years ago
OK, she got off easy on the off the wall remark.I remember the good old days when someone could make an off the wall remark, and everyone would have a muffled laugh, and life would go on.Fast foreward to 2015:Now, if someone dares make an off the wall remark, some AH with a video or voice recorder – well to make a long story short, that one clip will define him for the rest of his life!!
Can't Sleep about 9 years ago
They don’t do EASTER bonnet bake sales anymore for fear of offending some jerko muslim.-—————And instead we get a jerko bringing politics into this. Go elsewhere, please. Maybe back under your rock.Or are you just the alternate troll, here to annoy people for fun and profit?
hippogriff about 9 years ago
tom_wright: I notice you didn’t complain about bonnets. Are they forced on females in your cult?
Mickeylacey about 9 years ago
squares are any pastry that is cut into squares after baked.
hippogriff about 9 years ago
rich240: "They usually turn out” is hardly unknown in Texas, as in “That’s how…”.
nickel_penny about 9 years ago
So you want fairy tales in schools. Says a lot about your “intelligence”.