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Christmas Baking

101 Days of Christmas: Oreo Bark

by Mandi on December 22, 2011

source: Mandi Ehman

Looking for an easy last-minute treat? It really doesn’t get easier than this one…

With just two ingredients and a few minutes of your time, you can make this delicious Oreo bark. It’s a great activity to do with the kids — one of my older girls stirred the melting chocolate while the other smashed Oreos — and it’s yummy too!

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101 Days of Christmas: Christmas Wassail

December 20, 2011

“Here we go a-wassailing among the leaves so green…” A few months after Sean and I got married, we picked up and moved to St. George, Utah, where we lived for two years before moving back East. We spent our first Christmas there with our next door neighbors, and they introduced me to wassail. I’ve [...]

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101 Days of Christmas: Chocolate-Covered Treats

December 15, 2011

At the beginning of the 101 Days of Christmas series, I shared one of my favorite homemade treats — chocolate covered pretzels and chips. Really, how can you go wrong with chocolate-covered anything? (Although I draw the line at things that move!) Here are 9 creative chocolate-covered treats to add to your last-minute holiday baking [...]

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101 Days of Christmas: Peanut Butter Cheeseball

December 11, 2011

Last year, Jennifer from Saving and Giving shared her Chocolate Chip Cheeseball recipe with us. This year, my mom discovered another version…the peanut butter cheeseball! With peanut butter and powdered sugar blended with cream cheese and covered in peanut butter and chocolate chips, what’s not to love! Serve with chocolate-dipped or plain pretzels, graham cracker [...]

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101 Days of Christmas: Muddy Buddies

December 8, 2011

My family was pretty excited when I mentioned that I was making chocolate-peanut butter Chex — also known as Muddy Buddies — for this post. It’s a favorite in our house but not something I make too often because it’s so addicting and we end up scarfing the whole batch down way too quickly. But [...]

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101 Days of Christmas: Chocolate Candy Cane Blossoms

December 6, 2011

A couple of years ago, I decided to dress up my chocolate crinkle cookies with a candy cane kiss, and the resulting cookie was a hit. It’s extremely rich, but the combination of chocolate and peppermint is downright addicting! Like peanut butter blossoms, these are really easy to make, although I have found that the [...]

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101 Days of Christmas: Free Holiday Treats eBook

December 5, 2011

I love Christmas baking, but I usually stick with simple and easy. To give you a little more variety than I could provide on my own, we put together the Holiday Treats ebook last year featuring more than 15 talented bloggers! In it, you’ll find quick and easy treats as well as more complicated recipes [...]

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101 Days of Christmas: Rice Krispies Treat Trees

December 4, 2011

Looking for a fun, easy treat for an advent activity, school Christmas party or afternoon snack? Rice Krispies treats are one of our favorite easy treats, and it only takes a couple extra minutes to make them nice and Christmas-y! The great thing about Rice Krispies treats is that there are so many variations. You [...]

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101 Days of Christmas: Gingerbread Snowflake Creams

December 1, 2011

The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: I love ginger. Beyond marinating chicken, spicing up my fried rice and making salad dressing zing, ginger is great for baking. It makes me instantly think of the holiday season, curled up in front of my *imaginary* fireplace (someday, someday) with [...]

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