Last Minute Holiday Treats:
Peppermint Bark Coated Pretzels Recipe
Posted on December 22, 2009 - Filed Under Easy Recipes, Gifting Goodies, Great Gifts, Recipes, holiday | Leave a Comment
Peppermint. Dark chocolate. White chocolate. Those flavors together just scream winter and holidays and good times. It’s hard to believe that I went so many years without tasting this delightful combination, but ever since I did, I’ve been hooked. Love it.
In the past few years, I’ve made a delicious (and easy!) Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark, [...]
Perfect for Saturday Mornings: Raspberry White Chocolate Scones Recipe
Posted on December 14, 2009 - Filed Under Breakfasts, Easy Recipes, Gifting Goodies, Great Gifts, Recipes | 1 Comment
Saturday was going to be a busy day. I knew that before I went to bed on Friday. Will had a birthday party to go to. We had plans of getting a Christmas tree (which didn’t happen … who knew that tree sellers would close before 7 p.m. on a Saturday, two weeks before Christmas. [...]
Read More..>>How to Package Homemade Holiday Treats
Posted on December 11, 2009 - Filed Under Gifting Goodies, Great Gifts, holiday | 1 Comment
One of my favorite things to do every holiday season is to make tons and tons of treats to give to my friends and family. I literally spend days baking, and love every second of it. I typically will place each type of treat in its own treat bag and then put them all into [...]
Read More..>>Deconstructed Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Cookies, Gifting Goodies | 1 Comment
Christmas has come and gone. I did most of my shopping online this year, even though I love the crowds (gasp, I know) and the decorated stores with carols playing in the background. It just wasn’t possible with a newborn and a toddler this year . . .
Snow and ice prevented us from decorating for [...]
Homemade Gifts: Chocolate Chip Biscotti
Posted on December 19, 2007 - Filed Under Cookies, Gifting Goodies, dessert | 1 Comment
I spent Tuesday morning doing something I despise. Ironing. A sheet. It seems that despite the expensive price of this sheet set, the manufacturer couldn’t quite make something that would come out of the dryer without deeply embedded wrinkle lines. Ugh. So, section by section, I ironed, starched and ironed again until it was all [...]
Read More..>>Homemade Gifts: No Knead Cheddar Beer Bread
Posted on December 17, 2007 - Filed Under Bread, Gifting Goodies | 1 Comment
After giving birth to my daughter last month, I was in the hospital for several days. Thank goodness for magazines because I would have been bored out of my head – I only had a temperamental television and a newborn to keep me company over the long days (and sleepless nights). And yes, she is [...]
Read More..>>Homemade Gifts: Peppermint Bark
Posted on December 10, 2007 - Filed Under Gifting Goodies | 1 Comment
At Christmas time, I cook a lot. There are treat baskets for friends and family, cookies for Santa, desserts for holiday meals . . . and though it’s a lot, I have to confess that I love every minute of it. Cooking is a passion for me, pure and simple.
In a week or so, I [...]
Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Rods
Posted on December 28, 2006 - Filed Under Gifting Goodies, dessert | 2 Comments
Mmm, chocolate dipped pretzels. These could quite possibly be the easiest things I have ever, ever made. Seriously. And of all the treats I made to give away this season, they got the biggest wow. Go figure.
How did I do it? It all started with a bag of pretzel rods (be sure your bag has [...]
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