Archive for the ‘Holiday Food Gifts’ Category

Christmas Resources - Candy Cane Christmas Bouquet Craft

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Make your own candy cane Christmas bouquet, perfect as a centerpiece or a gift idea. The article has step by step instructions on how to make this cute candy cane bouquet. Use mini candy canes and holly to decorate this bouquet, this is a fun craft activity you can do with your kids for the [...]

Christmas Resources - Homemade Christmas Gift Baskets

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Here is a good list of ideas to make your own Christmas gift baskets. Suggestions include finding filler items at dollar stores, creating pre-fab “make your own recipes” in jars such as cookies or soups, adding small food items to fill out the baskets, candles, coffee and more. The writer suggests making a number of [...]

Christmas Resources - Cranberry-Pecan Rye Bread

Monday, October 26th, 2009

This is a unique easy to make bread that features cranberries in rye bread. The majority of the bread comes together in your mixer, use the mixing paddle then use the bread dough paddle to finish off the bread. A little rising and soon you’ll have delicious bread for the holidays.
Cranberry-Pecan Rye Bread

Christmas Resources - Cranberry Almond Chocolate Biscotti Recipe

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Biscotti is delicious and a bit of work but worth the effort. Homemade biscotti makes a great Christmas gift or dessert to take to parties, the crunchy cookie pairs well with coffee or hot chocolate. This biscotti recipe incorporates cranberries, almonds and white chocolate for a tasty version of this cookie, perfect for the holidays. [...]

Christmas Resources - Sour Cream Scones Recipe

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Scones are good anytime and this scone recipe will give you a fast and easy version of scones for your holiday breakfast. The difference with this scone recipe is the addition of sour cream. Instead of raisins try adding dried cranberries for a delicious seasonal scone version.
Sour Cream Scones Recipe

Christmas Resources - Candied Fruit Peel Recipe

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Remember candied fruit peel? I’ve always wanted to know how its made and this recipe tells you how. The ingredients are simple, just some time invested in boiling the peels and chopping them up, then a douse in sugar syrup and rolled in sugar for the finished product. There is a variation you can use [...]

Christmas Resources - Chocolate Kahlua Truffle Cookie Recipe

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Chocolate truffles are pretty easy to make and this particular recipe includes crushed chocolate cookies, coffee liqueur and chocolate! This is a fast and easy recipe you can make for special holiday parties and portable too.
Chocolate Kahlua Truffle Cookie Recipe

Christmas Resources - Food Network Ultimate Ginger Cookie Recipe

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

This recipe is from the Barefoot Contessa show on Food Network, seems like a perfect cookie to make for Christmas. With the addition of crystallized ginger there has to be extra ginger zing to the cookie and the sugar sprinkles makes the cookie even more appealing.
Food Network Ultimate Ginger Cookie Recipe

Christmas Resources - Christmas-cookies.com Christmas Cookie Recipes

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Christmas-cookies.com has over 540 Christmas cookie recipes for your holiday. The recipes include all sorts of bar, ball, chocolate, drop, filled, no-bake and decorated cookie recipes, as well as recipes for cookie icing, pies, holiday breads and candy. Check out the cookie recipes and pick your favorite to bake for the holidays.
Christmas-cookies.com Christmas Cookie Recipes

Christmas Resources - All Recipes Christmas Cookie Countdown

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

All Recipes has a Christmas cookie countdown every year. Check out the list of 25 international Christmas cookie recipes for 2008 here and check back in for the 2009 cookie list:
All Recipes Christmas Cookie Countdown