Almost 2 years ago, we went to Walt Disney World. Hubby got us reservations for Chef Mickey’s at the Contemporary so we could meet Mickey and the gang.
It was there that I discovered the breakfast pizza. Delicious! I’ve found recipes for the pizza but hadn’t tried to make the pizza until tonight.
In a previous post, I wrote about our Christmas traditions. Here are some pictures of our Christmas Day. I made collages of the pictures I took on Christmas Day.
Do you have any Christmas traditions? My family has a few traditions that we do every year.
First of all, we celebrate St. Nicholas Day on December 6. The boys put out their shoes for small treats. This year though, I forgot to get them, so I was at the mall getting them gifts. They did have Minions’ Peeps and a small coloring book to tide the Wee One over until I got them something. (The Imaginative One was away for the weekend, so he didn’t care.)
Next, we always make a birthday cake or brownies for Jesus. Then we sing to him. For a few years, we were unable to eat our cake or brownies because of some sort of disaster. One year the dog stepped in it when he was riding over to my mother-in-law’s house, and another year my father-in-law broke a glass dish, and glass shards ended up in the cake.
Here are this year’s brownies:
I used my homemade brownie recipe and added Christmas M&M’s. The end result was very rich but delicious brownies.
The boys are too excited on Christmas Eve, so I give them a gift to tide them over. This year the Wee One got some Pokemon cards, and the Imaginative One got a book to read. Last year, they each got a movie.
We also go to the Christmas Eve service and then to Hubby’s aunt’s house for family time. We usually stay until 10ish. The boys come home, put out the cookies and milk for Santa, and then head to bed.
We don’t do much on Christmas morning except for opening presents. I’ve tried to make a special Christmas morning breakfast. The boys are too excited to eat breakfast, so I’ve stopped doing that. This year we opened presents and watched the Disney parade before heading to their grandma’s house.
We open gifts at their grandma’s house and have a big Christmas Day dinner.
This year my mother and sister joined us. This was the first time in 3 years they’d come to Christmas dinner. It was nice to have them come.
The family either comes to my mother-in-law’s house, or we go to another relative’s house. Needless to say, Christmas is usually very busy for us. We enjoy spending time with each other and family.
Then on the 12th Day of Christmas, January 6, we celebrate King’s Day. King’s Day represents the Day the Wise men made their way to worship Jesus. My mother-in-law usually makes something homemade for the boys, Hubby, and me. I usually get something small for the boys.
The biggest tradition I took from when I was a teenager. My grandma and mom would make Christmas cookies and goodies. Grandma had a bench that she kept the goodies on after they made them. I now have that bench, and I put goodies on the bench. I also used the Kitchen Aid mixer that was my grandma’s to make the goodies.
The boys all have their favorites that I make every Christmas. I’ve written a post of their top 5 Christmas recipes.
This picture was taken many Christmases ago when the Wee One and the Imaginative One were still small. Now they are 10.5 and 12.5 years old. The Imaginative One asked me about his height. So he stood face to face with me. He is almost my height now.
Anyway, I’m wishing you and yours the Merriest of Christmas! Let us remember the reason for the season. Our Lord Jesus was born to save us from our sins!
My mom called me last night to tell me that she was going to come over to our house for Christmas. It’s been many years since she’s been at our house for Christmas, so it was a nice surprise. The one thing she asked for was homemade goodies. I’m almost finished with the Christmas making and baking. There are a few goodies left to make.
This eggnog bread was one of those things. It’s easy to put together and makes a lot.
I bought some eggnog to make eggnog bread. Since I had some of the eggnog left, I decided to find a recipe to make eggnog doughnuts. This recipe is moist and delicious. It paired well with my coffee flavored with my peppermint mocha creamer. It would also be delicious with my eggnog creamer.
I made these many years ago. This year I decided to make them once again.
Things you need to remember – Don’t use press and seal plastic wrap when you wrap the cookie dough in plastic wrap. That made it difficult to make a roll. The coconut will make a mess. Just keep the broom around. :)
I’m enjoying making new creamers now that I got the ratio of milk/ half & half/ or heavy whipping cream to condensed milk.
This creamer needs to be warmed up so that the cocoa is dissolved. I had to strain the nondissolved cocoa, so there weren’t any lumps left.
As you can see from my pictures, some of the cocoa did not dissolve.
I like peppermint mocha lattes from Starbucks. However, they use WAY too much mocha in the lattes. This creamer allows me to have a peppermint mocha latte without the extra cost. Plus, I can customize it to my liking.
Peppermint Mocha Creamer
Stars of the recipe:
1/2 c. condensed milk
1/2 c. milk, half and half, or whipping cream
1 to 2 Tbsp. maple syrup
1 tsp. peppermint extract
1 to 2 tsp. cocoa powder
Steps:
Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan.
Heat on medium-high heat until the cocoa is dissolved. Five or so minutes.
If the cocoa does not dissolve, strain the creamer to remove the lumps of cocoa.
