Category Archives: Holiday

Glazed Pecans

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Oh goodness this is one of those things that are oh so easy yet oh so wonderful. Please try them and you will agree they are wonderful. I had a customer bring them in to us with the recipe and … Continue reading

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The Great Cookie Swap 2012

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I am participating in a blog cookie swap. I bake 3 dozen cookies and send one dozen to three different bloggers in different parts of the country. They do not know who has their name and I do not know … Continue reading

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Christmas Gingerbread House

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I wish you could be here, stop on by the house smells so wonderful the christmas music is playing loudly in the back ground…lovely. I love gingerbread houses….why it brings back such sweet memories. My sweet little granny would make … Continue reading

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Log Cabin Gingerbread House

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Isn’t this a great ginger bread house? See I have this sweet, wonderful girl in my life her name is Hannah. I was not lucky enough to have a little girl of my own, she is my God child. When … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Pumpkin Mousse with Ginger Snaps

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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 … Continue reading

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Happy Easter….

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Looks, like I have a family of blue song birds moving in to my house out back. Do you see him sicking his little head out of the hole? I do hope you are able to spend this wonderful spring … Continue reading

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Iced Easter Chicky Cookies

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Love the little Easter Cookies so cute…..Here comes Petter Cotton Tail Hoppin down the Bunny Trail….hippity ~ hoppity, Easter’s on it’s way. Remember that little song….smile smile I do! Want me to sing it ~ Naw Why not? Oh come … Continue reading

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Old Fashion Iced Easter Bunny Cookies

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Awwww aren’t they the cutest little things? I grew up in a little tiny town in Mississippi and there was an ole timey bakery there they had the best iced sugar cookies. This is a recipe I worked on for … Continue reading

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“The Cutest” Easter Cupcakes

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These are the cutest little cupcakes. I put the cupcakes in an ole timey cardboard egg carton and this just makes them so cute. I color them like Easter Eggs and the children go wild over them adults too because … Continue reading

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Christmas Day

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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 … Continue reading

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Old Fashioned English Toffee

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I have always loved toffee…a client of mine send me some from Enstrom’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 … Continue reading

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Tiny Gingerbread Houses

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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 … Continue reading

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Gingerbread Houses

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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 … Continue reading

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Gingerbread Men Recipe

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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 … Continue reading

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Ginger Pumpkin Puddin Cakes

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I am posting these in honor of dad it is his birthday. Happy Birthday Dad!! These are one cake my dad loves…each Thanksgiving he will ask “are you going to make those little pumpkin cakes” ~ Sure dad! This is … Continue reading

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Kiddy Treats for Trick or Treat

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These are rice krispy treats ~ cut into long rectangles with srinkles and then wraped in cello and tied with a cute bow.

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Homemade Marshmallows

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 Step # 1 4 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 … Continue reading

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