This is one of the Christmas traditions at our house. The day after Thanksgiving we decorate the house for the holiday season. I always turn on the XM to the Christmas station oh I love it!! LOUD too ! Then I put on a large pot of the Christmas spiced tea. But, it is really not even a tea it is more … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Pumpkin Mousse with Ginger Snaps
Here is yet another take on the pumpkin thanksgiving dessert with the pumpkin jello pudding mix we tried this year. Now you have a choice to pick.....hummm which one do I like well? They are a lot a like and both have different flavors. This is really pretty easy and I topped it with homemade … [Read more...]
Southern Cornbread Dressing and Gravy
This is truly one of my favorites of the holiday season is cornbread dressing. I love...love it, the way my granny made it! I have never found a dressing, that I like any where near hers. Oh, my gosh granny yours is the best in the whole wide world...miss you and your cooking! This is one of the few … [Read more...]
Christmas Day
I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. I hope you are enjoying time with your family. I am baking you can bet. I will not be making any posts until I return home since I am so far in the sticks there is NO internet. This is my sweet, sweet dog Maggy. She is a funny dog she loves to … [Read more...]
Old Fashioned English Toffee
I have always loved toffee...a client of mine would send me toffee from Engstrom's Almond Toffee years and years ago, oh I was in love. For years I would send this as our gift to others. I loved it...well it is rather expensive. But, well worth it I will add. I love a buttery light crispy crunchy … [Read more...]
Tiny Gingerbread Houses
This came out so cute...These are kinda like the one I put in the bake shop large house, I posted yesterday but these do not have as much detail. I took the same pattern I used on the large house and reduced it some where around 75-78%. I made one for each place setting. Cute...Cute!! It takes a … [Read more...]
Gingerbread Houses
I can remember as a child my grandmother making gingerbread houses. I was just amazed by them each year. Not only did they look beautiful but they had the smell of Christmas, sweet and spicy. After Christmas she would let us eat them. Yuk! Is what I think now but oh my when I was a kid that was … [Read more...]
Gingerbread Men Recipe
I have had fun with these...I have a huge gingerbread man cutter...but the darn thing is too large for my commercial oven. Saw it on food network years ago ordered the large and the SMALL one. Oh my goodness the small takes a whole sheet pan to bake. It is huge ~ the large is the size of a small … [Read more...]
Ready… Set…. Decorate…..
I am ready are you? I am, I am, I have the Christmas tree up, lit and decorated. I have the wreaths on the front door. I have the Christmas music playing. I just love that part smile, smile. I have my Christmas cards completed and ready to mail out to all corners of the world. Got my … [Read more...]
Homemade Marshmallows
Step # 14 packages of unflavored gelation ~ Knox 3/4 cup water In a standing mixer pour 3/4 cup water and sprinkle gelation over water and let stand for 5 minutes while doing next steps. Have your whisk attachment on your mixer. Prepare a 13 x 9 baking pan with cover. Butter well and then put a … [Read more...]