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Holiday Muffins

Whether you are celebrating with just your immediate family or you’re hosting a house full of relatives, it’s nice to serve up a few special recipes on Christmas morning. Growing up my mom always made sure that we had fresh warm muffins on Christmas morning. After we opened all of our gifts she would go into the kitchen to whip up some Gingerbread Muffins while we inspected our loot from Santa Claus. This year I am trying out a new muffin recipe that I’m sure my entire family will love. It contains chocolate so I have no doubt that the … Continue reading →

The Ultimate Christmas Cookie

What is your idea of the ultimate Christmas cookie? For most people the answer is—-Gingerbread Men (or Women). I’ll never forget the first time my then-toddler daughter bit into an intricately decorated Gingerbread Man cookie. The sweet treat was spectacularly detailed with gumdrops, icing, mini-chocolate chips and licorice. It looked too good to eat. But that didn’t stop my daughter, who prior to that moment had very limited exposure to cookies besides her favorite chocolate chip and the occasional sugar cookie. She sunk her teeth into the Gingerbread Man’s leg and the look on her face was priceless. Her eyes … Continue reading →

Make Your Own Gingerbread House

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If you read my previous blog on Gingerbread houses and found yourself agreeing with me, you’ll love this way of creating a tasty, moist and completely edible Gingerbread House! Cake 1 C Olive Oil 5 C Flour 2 C Hot Water 4 tsp Baking Soda 4 tsp Ground Ginger 4 tsp Ground Cinnamon 1.5 tsp Ground Cloves 1.5 tsp Ground Nutmeg 1 tsp Salt 4 tsp Baking Powder 1 C Brown Sugar 2 C Molasses ½ C Mayonaise (NOT Miracle Whip, just Mayo. Trust me on this.) 4 Eggs 2 Tubs Prepared Vanilla frosting Candy for decorating 1. Heat oven … Continue reading →

Gingerbread: Food or Art?

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I happened to tune in to the Food Channel tonight and saw a great program on the Grove Park Inn’s Annual Gingerbread Contest. As I watched these people constructing these amazingly ornate structures out of candy and confections alone, I had to wonder: Is gingerbread as art just a cruel joke? There is no doubt in my mind that the structures I saw built tonight were art. I even watched as one woman spent a good deal of time sculpting a perfect, tiny teapot out of almond paste to place on the similarly perfect and tiny stove in her gingerbread … Continue reading →