

gingerbread
I am terrible about making gift lists. Birthday lists, Christmas lists, any-occasion-where-I-get-a-gift lists... you name it. Well, with...


date and walnut cookies
I've saved the best holiday cookies for last, guys. My childhood self would shriek "heresy!" if she heard me say that, but I tell you...


almond & mint candy cane cookies
And now back to our usual programming. One of the tried and true recipes we made each year was this wonderful, crunchy combination of...


DIY Candied Nuts Stocking Stuffer
Christmas is coming This writer's getting fat It's time to put the candied pecans In someone else's hat Or something like that. Point...


brown butter sugar cookies
It's a quick post today, but an oh so delicious one. Yesterday I told you all about our traditional sugar cookies that we decorate each...


holiday sugar cookies
Growing up, we really only had two Christmas albums we listened to: Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker and a crackly old cassette tape, copied...


cinnamon spiced nuts
The Christmas Baking Quest continues! Today's endeavour (<-- clearly my spelling has been watching too much PBS this week) is one of my...


it's lemon shortbread cookie thyme
Everyone! Everyone! It's here at last. It's the Most Wonderful Thyme of the Year! (Oh lord, even I hate myself a little for that one.)...