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Christmas Goodies and The Food52 Cookbook Winners

By Judy on December 20, 2011 in Baking, Chocolate, Christmas, Cookbooks, Dessert, Recipes, Reviews & Features, Seasonal

Donna Lorrig and Bruce Valk are the lucky winners of The Food52 Cookbook giveaway! Thank you, everyone, who participated in the giveaway—it is great to be able to pass along new, inspiring cookbooks. Ancho Chili-Cinnamon Chocolate Bark was so inspiring, we included it in our holiday baking, one of the reasons you didn’t hear from [...]

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Merry Christmas

By Judy on December 24, 2010 in Christmas, Faith

Hosting Christmas Traditions has been fun this month, like sneaking a peek in the family room window of those who submitted stories for us to enjoy. It is such a treat to share holiday stories and recipes that create special memories. Gift-giving, baking, drawing near to family warms our hearts and homes as we celebrate [...]

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Cherry Christmas Stollen

By Judy on December 23, 2010 in Baking, Breakfast, Christmas, Recipes

For as long as I can remember, my mom made what she called Stollen every year at Christmas. Traditionalists would not recognize our family’s rendition since Stollen is similar to fruitcake. Ours would be described best as a pastry with tender sweet roll dough cradling fresh or canned fruit, nuts, spices and sweet glaze topping. [...]

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Blueberry Christmas Stollen

By Judy on December 23, 2010 in Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Christmas, Recipes

For as long as I can remember, my mom made what she called Stollen every year at Christmas. Traditionalists would not recognize our family’s rendition since Stollen is similar to fruitcake. Ours would be described best as a pastry with its tender sweet roll dough cradling fresh or canned fruit, nuts, and spices and sweet [...]

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Christmas Traditions: Christmas Stollen

By Judy on December 23, 2010 in Baking, Breakfast, Christmas, Family, Life, Recipes

For as long as I can remember, my mom made what she called Stollen every year at Christmas. Traditionalists would not recognize our family’s rendition of Stollen, which is similar to fruitcake. Ours would be described best as a tender sweet roll pastry cradling fresh or canned fruit, with nuts and a sweet glaze topping. [...]

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Christmas Traditions: Colorful Christmas Cookies

By Judy on December 21, 2010 in Christmas, Cookies, Guest Articles

Submitted by: Mark Riggs, Kansas City, MO When I think about Christmas traditions in my family (both the family I grew up with and my family of friends I’ve accumulated over the years), I think of lots of traditions that—for different reasons—aren’t long-standing ones. The up side to this is I have twelve ideas for [...]

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A Dunker’s Companion: Biscotti

By Judy on December 20, 2010 in Baking, Christmas, Cookies, Dessert, Guest Articles, Recipes

By Donna Helzer, Guest Author and Friend If you ask around there are dunkers and non-dunkers in life. Non-dunkers just do not understand dunkers and there is no convincing them. I am a dunker. Of course, I dunk cookies into milk, but my coffee with cream is host to various things…toast, muffins, cookies, scones, and [...]

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Christmas Traditions: A Birthday Cake

By Judy on December 19, 2010 in Christmas, Guest Articles

Submitted by: Mary Uhlemeyer Our cherished Christmas tradition is to bake a birthday cake and sing happy birthday to Jesus Christmas morning. Sometimes we decorate the cake, sometimes it’s plain, but we always put candles on it and our son, Steven, enjoys blowing them out. We then enjoy the cake for dessert after lunch.

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Christmas Traditions: Cookies, Candy, & Connection

By Judy on December 18, 2010 in Chocolate, Christmas, Cookies, Recipes

In an earlier post, Soul Food by my friend, Pati, she describes the connection she and I have had cooking together the past twelve years. In addition to the monthly cooking, we also set time aside to make cookies and candies each year at Christmas. My friend, Donna, who joined our cooking adventures along the [...]

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People Pennies (via Simple Seeds of Light & Joy)

By Judy on December 16, 2010 in Christmas, Guest Articles

A favorite expression in our house! Understanding “people pennies” has saved feelings from being bruised more than once. Thanks, Donna, for the way you share life and help the rest of us see things just a little more clearly. People Pennies Christmas can be an expensive time of celebration. When Jesus was born, which is [...]