My kitchen gets quite the workout every December, since I spend most of my free time whipping up homemade gifts, crafting the perfect appetizer for that holiday party and baking entirely too many Christmas cookies.
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Cherry Cheesecake cookies fro everyone in my office…. Yum
Homemade creamy pumpkin pie with whipped cream
Fudge with lots of walnuts!
My traditional — homemade cinnamon rolls, with homemade sweet cream spread — and a new tradition homemade vanilla bean extract.
we have a tradition called Grandma's Cookie day. All of the grandkids greatgrandkids and even some great great grandkids come over to Grandmas for a full day of baking and decorating cookies and other yummy stuff. Grandma is no longer with us in body but she is remembered and loved everyday ,most especially on cookie day!!!!! We have a great time. We are getting so big in numbers that we now do it in shifts!!!!!
This Christmas I will make pumpkin pie from scratch, almond bark treats with one of each of the following peppermint, raisins,and nuts. Ginger bread houses from scratch. Ginger bread men from scratch, An assorted variety of other Christmas cookies and my specialty is my Rice Crispy carmel balls with coconut and pecans in them.
Pumpkin cookies and homemade chili and soup mixes are the theme for this year and any other cookie requests I get. Everyone seems to have a favorite they want.
sugr cookies
making snowball cookies only they are so heavy you really can say there paperweights..
I will be making my daughter's favorite Polish holiday pastry… apricot kolaczki. And, my son's favorite holiday chocolate almond bark.
Robot Coupe makes an awesome mixer that I use at work, I didn't even know they made them for home use – and cute too. I would love to have one for home use. The possibilities of what I can make are endless.
I'm making candles.
pumpkin pie, gingerbread cake, cookies-love baking
I will be making chocolate fudge with black walnuts and almond bark
Chocolate Fudge Cookies & Brownie with special ingredients.
Homemade fudge That I share with some people at my local Food Lion and my mail carrier and my UPS delivery man & fruitcake
I will be making YUMMY peanut butter pies!!
This year friends are getting pear,pineapple, and guava preserves.YUMMM
Veggie pancakes.
Cranberry bread from the recipe my mom always used when I was a kid………great memory eating cranberry bread w/butter!
I'm not really a baker but my sister is…so I'm sure there will be cookies galore….<3
Real pumpkin pies. Starting with a fresh pumpkin and going all the way to a homemade crust. Everyone on my list gets a slice packaged with a babyfood jar serving of whipped cream ~ decadent!
Love squash or pumpkin soup for the holidays!
Traditional Puerto Rican "Pasteles." My family knows that the Christmas celebration is on when they sit down to unwrap and eat Pasteles; these are savory rolls packaged and cooked in green banana leaves and made of green banana dough and meat stewed in herbs and spices.
I continue to get requests for Carrot Nut Bread, it's always been favorite for my family and friends…
I will be making Christmas cookies and some baked brie for holiday gifts for my family and friends.
Already done baking and freezing this season's nut breads and bar cookies. Next up are savory gifts like herbed cheese spread. Sure do miss my Oster Kitchen Center – this looks like a good next solution!
Scones and Christmas cookies. Never been a baker so this should be interesting! Check out The Art of the Cookie. Great recipes.
BRING ON THE SMOOTHIES!!
Dog biscuits for my dog loving friends!
I'm not cooking any gifts this holiday season but I am baking gifts – in the kiln! I'm making pottery gifts (bowls, mugs, plates) for my family and friends.
Homemade biscotti with my mother and sister
I am shopping on HSN and having them sent to my kids!! Great way to avoid the crowds!!
I'm making some baked goodies and homemade soup , meatloaf and sloppy joes then giving some to my Mother & Grandmother since they don't like cooking much anymore.
recent heart changes mean more need to make own foods….this would be wonderful!
Sugar cookies and chocolate chip cookies. Maybe even something with pumpkin this year.
Making my holiday chocolate lollipops, baking sum cakes n brownies
I make preserves from my own fruit trees and gift the labors of love to very special friends. A food processor is a must for many of the recipes.
Of course cookies, cakes, pies and candy, not to mention the holiday meal itself
Cookies and Pies! Awesome!
Banana Nut bread
fudge and fresh baked brownies with walnuts……….
An OLD Betty Crocker Recipe Contest Winner – Cherry Winks, has been my husband's favorite since childhood. Both our children don't think it is Christmas without them, so I have to make 3 batches – 1 for us & 1 for each of our children.
pumpkin pies, I have a great receipt that makes 4 pies. They freeze well too.
Mulled cider with ceramic cups. Hot!
Homemade knitted scarfs
Peppermint bark and a variety of cookies over here!
Since retiring, Christmas cooking and baking are enjoyable and stressless. Cookie parties, casseroles, freezer meals, etc. My mother-in-law thinks I don't cook. That's OK because she is 96, and still makes her own spaghetti sauce and noodles and she gives us an order or two because she worries about her son. HaHaHoHo!!!
I begged and begged my friends mother for her secret bourbon pecan truffle recipe. She always refused, but made them every Christmas. I finally "convinced" her son to steal it for me. This was over twenty years ago, and every time I make them I feel a little naughty, and no… I never give out the recipe.
Chocolate covered pretzels