Camilla Wynne

It's a cross-country road trip—via cookie!

Nougabricot, the classic Québécois jam, is based on common flavours in French nougat—apricot, almond, pistachio and candied orange peel. Here, it becomes a much simpler confection: rocky road. Just melt best-quality white chocolate with a little butter, fold in plump dried apricots, nuts and candied orange, and you’ve got a sophisticated treat in a matter of minutes (minus the chilling time). Bonus points for candying your own orange peel!

Based on Dorie Greenspan’s classic Jammers, these cookies take flavour inspiration from a Prairie classic: Saskatoon pie. Saskatoons (also known as service berries) have an almond flavour that is amplified by an almond-scented sablé Breton base and an almond crumble.

Let’s just say it was a challenge to transform this classic Prairie pie—which features a graham crust filled with custard and topped with meringue—into cookie form. The key is a dry meringue-based dacquoise cookie made with graham crumbs instead of the traditional nuts. A few hours after being sandwiched with custard filling they soften up for the perfect bite-sized treat.

The original recipe for the persian, a beloved Thunder Bay, Ont., delicacy, is a closely guarded secret. This cookie spin-off keeps the spirit of the original cinnamon-scented fried dough topped with berry-tinted icing.

Moon Mist is an iconic Atlantic Canada ice cream flavour that swirls together vibrant yellow banana, blue bubble gum and purple grape. Neither kids nor adults will be able to resist the cookie version of this childhood summer classic. If you use a scoop to portion them, they almost look like ice cream.

You’re sure to find this Canadian classic at any airport gift shop. They’re particularly popular in Quebec, the maple syrup province. Once you make your own using maple sugar and a little nutty whole-wheat flour, you'll never go back to store-bought. If you don’t have a maple leaf cookie cutter, use any shape of a similar size.

Undoubtedly the most classic Canadian bar cookie, Nanaimo bars hail, of course, from Nanaimo, B.C. Here, they are reimagined as sophisticated thumbprints. A rich cocoa base full of coconut, walnuts and graham crumbs is filled with the classic custard filling and finished with a drizzle of dark chocolate.

And an impressive orange treat you'll want to eat right away.

This household favourite came about when I was making mac and cheese and had some leftover tomato sauce to use up. It’s now the only mac and cheese I make. Fortunately, it’s endlessly customizable—perfect for cleaning out the fridge!—Camilla Wynne

These adorable citrusy cookies from recipe developer Camilla Wynne are based on Italian pesche dolci.

These delicious cookies from recipe developer Camilla Wynne have all the flavours of Black Forest cake—chocolate, cherry, kirsch and vanilla—in a hand-held treat.