Christmas

12 Days of Homemade Christmas: Chocolate Chunk-Peppermint Cookies

December 6, 2010
Peppermint Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Christmas ain’t Christmas without chocolate and peppermint. Christmas also ain’t Christmas until somebody cries… but that’s a different story Take a fudgey, confection-like cookie and add peppermint extract and a crushed peppermint garnish. What do you have? One of the most popular Christmas cookie I’ve ever made for our goodie baskets. Get the recipe: Chocolate-Peppermint [...]

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Project Black and White Cranberry Tarts

December 5, 2010

We interrupt the 12 Days of Homemade Christmas to bring you heavy cream, butter, chocolate, and cranberries. Josie selected this week’s Project Pastry Queen recipe: Black and White Cranberry Tarts. Three delicious ingredients rolled onto a single dessert: Oreo crusts and a white chocolate-cranberry filling. I made a couple of changes out of necessity… Because [...]

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12 Days of Homemade Christmas: Homemade Vanilla Extract

December 4, 2010
Tahitian Vanilla Beans

Another staple in our holiday goodie baskets are bottles of Homemade Vanilla Extract. Each bottle contains homemade vanilla extract and a fresh, split vanilla bean pod. Good vanilla is expensive and for good reason – vanilla beans are the second most expensive spice in the world. And vanilla extract is ridiculously easy to make. I [...]

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12 Days of Homemade Christmas: Diabetic-Friendly Chocolate Crackles

December 3, 2010
Chocolate Crackles

There are a handful of diabetics in my immediate and extended family. And every Christmas I get a little stressed because at the very last minute, I realize that my goodie baskets are not diabetic friendly. And when he’s the one you call when your air conditioner goes kaput in the middle of the Texas [...]

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12 Days of Homemade Christmas: Sea Salt Caramels with Vanilla Bean

December 2, 2010

These are my husband’s absolute, hands-down, no-contest favorite Christmas goodie. They’re also my favorite non-chocolate Christmas goodie. And they’re absolutely delicious: bite-sized, rich, buttery caramels studded with pretty flecks of vanilla bean. They’re sweet, buttery, and salty all at the same time. And addicting. Betcha can’t eat just 5. Every year, we make a few [...]

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Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas

December 1, 2010
Swirly Chocolate-Peppermint Bark

The 12 Days of Homemade Christmas 2010 Looking for recipes for your Christmas goodie baskets? We’ve got 12 Days of Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas coming your way! Up first? A recipe for Swirled Chocolate Peppermint Bark. The contrast is beautiful. 3 pounds total of white and dark chocolates, swirled together, and topped with crushed peppermint [...]

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