Archive for Holiday Recipes

Cookie in a jar

Quick Christmas Gift Idea


 December 24, 2009  2 Comments

Quick Christmas gift idea - a cookie in a jar. Write out your favorite cookie recipe on a card, then layer all of the dry ingredients in a clean mason jar. Cut out some festive fabric or tissue paper and tie a bow around it.

Brown sugar shortbread cookies

Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookie Recipe


 December 22, 2009  4 Comments

If you have butter, brown sugar and flour, then you have the ingredients to make one of the best shortbread cookie recipes out there.

Chocolate dipped candy canes

Chocolate Dipped Candy Cane Recipe


 December 20, 2009  2 Comments

Looking for something quick and easy to make for the holidays? Then these chocolate dipped candy canes are here to the rescue!

Pumpkin bread

Toasted Pecan Pumpkin Bread Recipe


 November 25, 2009  2 Comments

This bread will knock your socks off. A combination of fresh pumpkin, applesauce, toasted pecans and plump raisins makes way for the best tasting pumpkin bread you will ever sink your teeth into.

Sweet Potato and Leek Recipe

Sweet Potato and Leek Recipe


 November 24, 2009  2 Comments

Mini sweet potatoes and yams side dish for Thanksgiving. Add fresh sage and leeks to make this dish a fitting addition for any holiday meal.

Cinnamon pumpkin pancakes

Pumpkin-Cinnamon Pancake Recipe


 November 22, 2009  2 Comments

Pumpkin cinnamon pancake recipe. If you want to feel in the spirit of the holidays, make this on Thanksgiving morning for breakfast. I topped these pancakes with cinnamon-honey butter, toasted pecans and raisins.

Homemade pumpkin spice ice cream

Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream Recipe


 November 9, 2009  1 Comment

I’ve never run into an ice cream I didn’t like. This custard-based pumpkin ice cream is spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Optionally you can add a pinch of instant coffee to make it pumpkin spice latte ice cream.

Spiced cider

Spiced Cider Recipe


 November 1, 2009  

Spiced cider is similar to mulled wine, or at least the spices are. It adds an aromatic fragrance that seeps into every room and smells delightful. Perfect cold weather drink.

I made a ponocchio nose using a carrot stick. It was too cute not to share.

Halloween-Themed Baby Shower


 October 31, 2009  2 Comments

I hosted a baby shower on Halloween for some good friends. Food served included ghost pumpkin cupcakes, homemade pumpkin spice ice cream, caramel apples, spiced cider, cinnamon apple tart, and more.

Roasted Winter Squash Seeds

Roasted Winter Squash Seeds Recipe


 October 28, 2009  4 Comments

Halloween is the time for carving pumpkins and roasting the seeds afterwards. Here I am mixing the seeds of winter squash, acorn squash, white pumpkins and sugar pumpkins.