Category: christmas making and baking

  • Candied Cinnamon Pecans – Christmas Making and Baking

    Have you ever walked around the mall and smelled the delicious smells of roasted pecans or almonds?  Or walked around Walt Disney World and saw the carts of candied nuts?  You can now make candied pecans and pretend to be in WDW. Walt Disney World’s Cinnamon Candied Pecans I made these many years ago as…

  • Eggnog Creamer

    If I could describe this creamer, I would say yum! I made a batch of this on Monday evening.  The next morning, my coffee maker decided not to work.  :(  Finally, my husband was able to get it to work on Wednesday afternoon.  We don’t know why it stopped working and why it began to…

  • Gingerbread Coffee Creamer

    It costs $4.25 for a tall (small) Starbucks’ gingerbread latte.  You can make this creamer for half that price.  You’ll get the same great flavors found in gingerbread. Molasses, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger are flavors you associate with gingerbread.  So those are the flavors I put into my homemade creamer.

  • Mock Thin Mints

    I’ve been making mock thin mints for years. This is one of the Imaginative One’s favorite Christmas treats. I didn’t have any pictures for the original post, so I added one once I made a small batch of them today.

  • Lumps of Coal – Christmas Making and Baking

    This recipe made its rounds on Facebook last December.  When I made it last year, the boys absolutely loved it. Today I made a batch, and the Wee One told me it was as good as last year.  Score! Lumps of Coal Stars of the recipe: Steps: Happy Eating,Traci

  • The Boys’ Top 5 Favorite Christmas Treats

    We will start our annual Christmas-making and baking as soon as Thanksgiving is over. The boys look forward to this annual tradition. Hopefully, this tradition will become a favorite childhood memory. I know they look forward to the treats and have been begging for “test runs” of some of their favorite treats. Here are some…

  • Homemade Hot Chocolate – Christmas Making and Baking

    This is our family’s newest favorite hot chocolate.  The boys drink it with marshmallows or my homemade whipped cream.  The Imaginative One also loves to sprinkle cinnamon on his hot chocolate. I’m sure you will love this hot chocolate as much as my family. Homemade Hot Chocolate adapted from Add a Pinch Stars of the…