Today, we headed out into the winter landscape and selected our Christmas tree. It is a family tradition we have to head out North in our ol’ front wheel drive sleigh and cut one down ourselves. It is a lot of work (for my husband, since he’s the one who has to cut it… Continue reading Eggnog Bars
I have a love-hate relationship with fillo dough. One one hand, I absolutely hate working with it. It’s challenging, at best. It dries out so easily, it rips apart, I spend half the time I’m working with it swearing and “gluing” strips of it together with butter. On the other hand, I freaking LOVE homemade… Continue reading Absolutely Amazing Baklava
Happy Thanksgiving Week! I am feeling particularly jolly because Thanksgiving weekend is hands down my favorite 4 days of the year. Christmas Eve is my favorite day of the year, but if we’re going for quantity, it is definitely Thanksgiving weekend. First, there is the night before Thanksgiving, a day that is almost always… Continue reading Apple Slab Pie
I recently made a discovery about myself. I like coconut. It’s one of those things that I tried as a kid, didn’t like, and then just kind of avoided until I turned 32. Not all coconut, of course. I have always enjoyed a good pina colada. I’m talking about the flaked stuff that you put… Continue reading It’s a Wonderful Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookie
If you have been a reader of my blog for any amount of time, then you know one thing to be true. I. Love. Pie. Which is why it is very fitting that my only pie press is shaped like a heart. I bought this little baby back around Valentine’s Day at Target for $5.… Continue reading Homemade “Hostess” Cherry Hand Pies
This is a recipe that I have been constantly re-working and perfecting. Please see my most up to date (and closest to the original Disneyland cookie) recipe here: Disneyland’s Matterhorn Macaroons by Rumbly in my Tumbly Thank you!
Remember these babies? Mothers Iced Molasses Cookies? They were my favorite. I don’t know why they stopped making them, I guess they weren’t a big seller. I sure loved them though, and I set out to duplicate them today. I used parts of a few different recipes, including my own Frosted Molasses Cookie bars, and… Continue reading Iced Molasses Cookies
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