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Christmas Cocktails – White Chocolate Peppermint Martini

Christmas Cocktails – White Chocolate Peppermint Martini

Christmas time and the holidays are a great time to get creative for parties and get-togethers and this cocktail is the perfect fit. I love serving these pretty peppermint drinks before or after dinner. It combines the smooth taste of white chocolate with the spicy […]

Christmas Cookie Recipes – Snowball Christmas Cookies

Christmas Cookie Recipes – Snowball Christmas Cookies

Forget your normal Christmas Cookies! These shortbread cookies, that I call snowball cookies, are also called wedding cookies and vienna cookies or even powdered nutballs. No matter what you call them, these cookies are perfect for Christmas or any holiday baking and giving, but they […]

Hostess Gift – Jarred Vanilla Bean Sugar – Great Christmas and Holiday Party Ideas and Tips

Hostess Gift – Jarred Vanilla Bean Sugar – Great Christmas and Holiday Party Ideas and Tips

During the holidays, whether its for Christmas, Hannukah or really any holiday party, it’s nice to be invited to someone’s home for dinner or drinks. It’s also the perfect time to bring a thoughtful Hostess Gift. We all like to show up with something that […]

Sugar’s Spice Rub – The Perfect Holiday Gift From Your Kitchen

Sugar’s Spice Rub – The Perfect Holiday Gift From Your Kitchen

How about a homemade holiday gift from your kitchen that takes only minutes to make? Most of us want to send some love from our kitchen during Christmas or Hanukkah by way of a home made gift. But the problem is usually that it takes […]

Cream Cheese Cookies – Mom’s Favorite Christmas Cookies

Cream Cheese Cookies – Mom’s Favorite Christmas Cookies

My mom Gloria has been making these cream cheese and jam Christmas cookies since I was a little girl. I think the Polish name for them is Kolaczkis. We would wait all year for the Holidays to roll around so we could enjoy these little treats. I […]

Christmas or Easter Honey Baked Ham with Pineapple — A Retro Recipe for the Holidays

Christmas or Easter Honey Baked Ham with Pineapple — A Retro Recipe for the Holidays

A honey baked ham with pineapple and brown sugar glaze is the perfect easy dish to make for holiday entertaining. This Christmas recipe reminds me so much of being a kid and smelling ham cooking in the oven while I played with my toys that […]

Italian Bocconotti Cookies with Chocolate, Jam and Nut filling

Italian Bocconotti Cookies with Chocolate, Jam and Nut filling

Italian Bocconotti cookies can be found in southern Italy and are made a little different depending on where you eat them. They are pretty popular at Christmas time but actually perfect for any time of the year. They can be made coved with dough or […]

Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Tart – An Easy Holiday Recipe Idea

Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Tart – An Easy Holiday Recipe Idea

Peppermint says that it’s holiday time and Pillsbury’s Peppermint Sugar Cookie Dough makes it so easy to get that wonderful flavor into some of your favorite recipes. I recently used the sugar cookie dough to create the crust for one of my traditional tarts. This […]