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Archive for the ‘Christmas Baking’ Category

December 22nd, 2007

Christmas 1910: Holiday Sweets

Since we live in a 1910 house, once in awhile I treat myself to something that was made in 1910. I have collected a series of magazines, Ladies World, all published in 1910. I put them out according to the month or holiday,and so this month is the Christmas Issue. Now, people lived very […]

By Marye -- 4 comments

December 21st, 2007

Christmas Baking Countdown: The BEST Sugar Cookies

My friend, Mary, makes the best sugar cookies ever. She got the recipe from her mother in law and I don’t know where it originally came from.
Now, Mary has been my best friend, side kick, and confidant…my counselor, my shoulder, and my sister for…uh….eighteen years. And every Christmas of those eighteen years she […]

By Marye -- 11 comments

December 15th, 2007

Easy, Make-Ahead Christmas Breakfast Recipe

Christmas morning. Visions of children with joyous expressions quietly opening their gifts in front of a crackling fire as the snow falls softly outside and Christmas carrols play quietly in the background. A beautiful table is set in the dining room with a delicious breakfast waiting for the family…
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By Marye -- 6 comments

December 13th, 2007

Fruitcake..It Was Inevitable

I am about to post a fruitcake recipe. Now..don’t click the X yet ….
I grew up loving fruitcake and i could never figure out why people didn’t like it..To me, there was nothing more delicious than a piece of the moist and chewy cake, slathered with cream cheese or butter and  resting next to a […]

By Marye -- 3 comments

December 12th, 2007

Cooking With Kids- Cookies and Cream Bark

Is there anything more cozy that blogging on the laptop next to the fire in the kitchen, watching the cold, gray drizzle and ..uhh..listening to the kids argue over the breakfast dishes?
Texas is such an odd climate. I spent the first 12 years of my life in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and I always have […]

By Marye -- 4 comments

December 12th, 2007

Christmas Countdown: Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

This Banana Chocolate Chip Bread recipe is my eldest daughter’s favorite. I usually give her a loaf of this along with a container of Russian Tea Mix ( you know, the kind with orange, clove, red hots, and tea?) and she is blissfully happy. Always a good thing.
It is a particularly moist and […]

By Marye -- 4 comments

December 8th, 2007

My Nice, Quiet Weekend

I thought I had better obey Jennifer before she put on her mad face and write about my nice quiet weekend.
I just wrote a LONG article about making chocolate from scratch. Yep. Scratch. Like buying green cacao beans, roasting them and then making chocolate. I DID love the move, Chocolat, but I am not […]

By Marye -- 5 comments

December 7th, 2007

Cooking WIth Kids: Gingerbread House Party

I don’t have much time but I wanted to check in and say..Marc, my brilliant, wonderful and extremely hot husband has yet again wheedled my computer into complete submission!
Today is our annual gingerbread house party. We have done this since..gosh…1993? Without missing a year. In 1998 I was in active labor and my midwife […]

By Marye -- 3 comments

December 3rd, 2007

Christmas Countdown: Gingerbread Men

I FORGOT to add the 1/4 c molasses ….sorry if this caused a problem..the recipe is fixed now…. :(

I am making these in the next day or so, so will post pictures then..I am about to run to the store because our pantry seems to be oddly empty. I can’t imagine why…except that my kids seem […]

By Marye -- 3 comments

November 28th, 2007

Christmas Countdown: Easy Egg Nog Quick Bread

This egg nog quick bread recipe is a wonderful hostess gift or as part of a Christmas gift basket with some homemade jams and preserves. Generally when I do a gift basket I like to use three different loaves, two bags of coffee beans, some tea, and a couple of small jars of […]

By Marye -- 5 comments