Delicious, tender shortbread, filled with buttery bits of toffee and drizzled with a yummy dark chocolate. I believe that Christmas baking always needs at least one good slice and bake cookie. It breaks up the messiness of cut out cookies and brings in something pretty but easy. I love these toffee shortbread cookies! This toffee […]
Chocolate and rum seem to be a bit of a comfort treat. There are so many favorite smells and tastes that remind us of Christmas. Chocolate Rum Balls are one of the treats of our Christmas cookie days, and rum extract is one of the smells. And, although we use real rum in the cookie,
I have a treat for you today, and I have to say that this is my favorite treat out of everything I’ve made this Christmas. If there is a candy I love to buy at Christmas it’s peppermint patties, but York peppermint patties can never compare to homemade peppermint patties. These peppermint patties are made
Since Christmas everything is up for wild sales right now… today is a good day to give you some fast, last-minute ornaments you can make with all of the cheap bounty that is currently available. I love making snowglobe ornaments! Empty glass ornaments and lots of little bits of sparkly things and you can have
This cookie of chocolate, caramel and shortbread is irresistible! Salted Chocolate Caramel Shortbread To make this even easier, I bought a 5lb block of caramel like a crazy lady. I’ll use it all this season, I’m sure. Our choice shop for so many speciality items is King Arthur Flour. Two ingredients in this recipe, Peter’s
Pumpkin Spice Whipped Cream. Made at home with sweetened whipping cream and spices. How could you not love something so simple as that? I love going to the grocery store at this time of year. So many yummy flavors of the season in foods and drinks. I noticed the pumpkin spiced whipped cream the other
Sweet, moist, fresh cranberry bread. I love cranberries… but you can only make so much cranberry sauce between Thanksgiving and Christmas, SO – Here is a simple recipe to make something sweet and yummy with all of those crispy, red berries. This bread was extra moist, with just the right amount orange zest, and the cranberries
The peach season seems to be here, and I was able to take advantage of a really good sale on them a couple of weeks ago. Hmm… plump, sweet, juicy peaches. Time for freezer peach pie filling! Unfortunately, I don’t have many canning supplies currently, and wasn’t ready to go out and buy it all. So,
Funnel cakes always make me think of summer. We used to buy them whenever we went to Busch Gardens when we lived in Virginia. Somehow adding strawberries and powdered sugar makes me think of July 4th. What a fun idea and these came out wonderful! Everyone needs to fry something now and then, so we tried
Our Favorite Fall Books for Children! From Joyous Home’s bookshelves… posting this makes me want to go to the library. 🙂 Too Many Pumpkins, by Linda White We found this treasure several years ago, and it has been a favorite ever since. The children want to read it over and over again!
Who posts a 4th of July dessert the night before? Me of course. Since moving, I don’t have a lot of kitchen supplies unpacked to get fancy. I couldn’t even find my good spatula today. So, this is a last-minute, fun one I came up with when I saw the Pepperidge Farm Coconut Cake on
THIS PART IS REALLY GOING TO BE FUN… OLD TIME RADIO THEATER! EVERY CHRISTMAS! Stay tuned for our 12 days of Christmas! Today is Christmas Cookie Day! Christmas Cookie Day! While I was sitting here putting this post together, I was thinking about all of the baking we’ve done and all of the cookies we’ve made over
