Category: holiday

frosted sugar cookies

   Heeeeeey! Woah… that’s a big cookie on the screen.   Y’all know those sugar cookies that come in the plastic clamshell container? You know the ones whose name sound like “soft house”? Of course you do… anyway- I always had a love hate relationship with them. First bite: I love. Third bite-…

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Easter Recipe Round Up!

A sweet round up of Easter recipes

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sparking wine and glitter

Note: This is a sponsored post, however the opinions expressed are my own. This time of year, I tend to see random flecks of glitter…. everywhere. Be it that I have little girls, and nowadays it seems like all the clothing is embedded with glitter, and,  that every holiday card I get in…

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You can’t buy Christmas

Life lately has been full of promise. Promises once  forgotten, and promises fulfilled . Hope for the future and excitement glittering in the background, despite a darkening world. And, as dark as this world can be, it’s necessary to look for the bright spots that are still there, flickering quietly. Christmas is different…

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Thanksgiving wrap up!

I have to admit something: I’m a terrible food blogger. While  other food bloggers are prepping for Thanksgiving posts in the summer, I’m in full summer mode and simply cannot bring myself to make and photograph a Thanksgiving meal in 96F heat. And, every Thanksgiving, I intend to get great food shots and…

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glazed gingerbread scones

 glazed gingerbread scones- spicy pillows of fragrant bliss This is a re-visited post, I did this once before in the early days of this blog… you can see it here: gingerbread scones complete with crappy photographs. Now, the new, improved version has a printable recipe. Because you;re going to want to make these….

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perfect cut out cookies

Perfect cut out sugar cookies~ they hold their shape, stay chewy, and are delicious. You see… I have made lots of cut-outs in my time… sometimes they come out in blobs after they’re baked, and other times they hold their shape, but they are way too crisp and dry.  And I happen to…

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cocoa spiderweb bites

[print_this] This recipe came from a Cooking Light magazine, I bake them every year. The recipe is by Elizabeth Tallaferro 1 cup flour 1/3 c unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/3 c shortening 3/4 c sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1 egg white Mix the shortening and sugar until…

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