The Domestic Kitchen

gingerbread truffles~ a great way to recycle cookies Yes… I said recycle cookies. There’s a lot you can do with store bought cookies to make them divine. Like pulverize them. Yum.

eggnog pancakes~ festive breakfast bites These were breakfast today… so this picture is really fresh.  Taken just 35 minutes ago, to be exact.

cherry vanilla nougat~ think of it as chewy ice cream This is a new addition to my cookie/candy platters & boxes this year…every year I  give out an assortment of sugar cookies, gingerbread men, fudge, …

For the past few years, I have been trying to find that perfect stuffing… similar to my moms, but homemade. She’d always doctor up a box, which was yummy- but…. I wanted to think outside …

potato trees~ a fancy way to dress up your ‘taters It’s nice to get a bit fancy around the holidays… take an otherwise “plain” side dish and present it in a way that people exclaim …

butter mints~homemade version of the melt in your mouth minty buttery treat Butter mints… I have to admit, if I’m at a restaurant and they have a dish of these on the hostess stand, I …

black bean dip~and searching for lost items The other day my in-laws arrived in town. I had an idea floating around in my head to make some black bean dip from this Christmas recipe book. …

el cheapo gift ideas~ an array of inexpensive but awesome gifts! So… I realize that this economy sucks, and mass produced presents are sometimes not as meaningful as you’d like them to be; so here …

hash brown muffins~ get all your breakfast favorites in muffin form I have to admit… I have been slacking here lately. ‘Tis the season for cookie-making, craft-making, present-buying, fingerprinting and drug testing! Whhaaaat? Yep, I …

cookie bar trees~ cross between a cookie bar and a cookie tree Oh my have I been way super busy! Way super-duper fun busy, though. Going through Christmas  cookbooks, planning homemade gift ideas, shopping, making …

eggnog truffles~ quick easy and tasty recipe to make and share

I know I have been absent from here for a while, hopefully you had fun visiting some old posts while I was “away”.  Anyway, I’m back! And, I officially made my “holiday cook/bake list” – …