Tag: Christmas

Dark Chocolate Cherry Cranberry Pistachio Drops

Dark Chocolate Cherry Cranberry Pistachio Drops

Chocolate Cookies, Chocolate AND Cookies, Chocolate but no Cookies… that is how we have arrived at today’s No-Bake Chocolate Treat! All you need in some melted chocolate (hello microwave), some chopped pistachios and some dried cherries or cranberries. Wanna talk about easy + impressive + 

Peanut Butter Christmas Trees

Peanut Butter Christmas Trees

At Christmas Time, people are baking batch after batch after batch of cookies. All of those cookies are absolutely fantastic, but today I have an impressive change of pace from cookies! These Christmas Trees are made all from store-bought supplies (Reese’s Cups and Hershey Kisses). 

Homemade Cupcake Ornaments with a Giveaway

Homemade Cupcake Ornaments with a Giveaway

 ornaments DIY cupcakesBefore I got so into cooking, I was quite the crafty lady! I am now trying to find time in my life to balance my two loves (make that four loves, since I have to find time for the dogs and hubby in there too). These Cupcakes combine two of my favorite things – food (cupcakes to be exact) and crafts! Blogging is also near the top of the list for my favorite things with my family (and food). I love going to school and seeing my students grow into fantastic leaders, I enjoy teaching and hopefully making a positive impact on their lives. I enjoy being a big-kid at heart and making others smile. OH YEAH – making others smile… if you don’t want to whip up a batch of Cupcake Ornaments, you can WIN some at the bottom of this post 🙂

DIY Cupcake Ball Ornaments box of cupcake ornaments

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Eggnog Cookies

Eggnog Cookies

Welcome to December… the Season of Giving & Eating & Lights & Cookies & Shopping & Baking & Friends & Food & Family & Entertaining! During this busy season, many Cookies get baked and eaten. Another holiday Classic (which I just recently discovered many people 

Seven Layer Italian Cookie

Seven Layer Italian Cookie

Seven Layer Cookies, Rainbow Cookies, Tri-Color Cookies, Italian Layer Cookies… it doesn’t matter what you call them – if you have ever eaten them, you probably love them! Growing up, these always seemed to be one of my favorite cookies (as well as my Dad’s, 

Molasses Snickerdoodles

Molasses Snickerdoodles

Molasses Snickerdoodles

The Great Blogger Cookie Exchange was awesome! I baked 3 dozen cookies & sent them around the country and in return I received a dozen cookies from each of 3 different bloggers (more on that later).

Ginger Snickerdoodle presents

While we are all here & enjoying cookies, I have a confession to make… I am cookie challenged! Yes, I admit it, I struggle to make cookies (they always stick to the parchment paper or spread too thin or this or that). So I signed up to the Cookie Exchange partially to challenge myself to make a really good cookie! This recipe is everything that a Cookie Should be & even I could not mess it up!

exchange Molasses Snickerdoodles for Blogger Cookie Exchange

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