TLC In The Kitchen

If I had known that I wouldn’t be able to post over the holidays, I would have let you know. Apparently, the Christmas season was busier than I thought it was going to be. We had a children’s Christmas pageant, two adult Christmas choir performances, my brother’s huge Christmas party, two Christmas Eve services, Christmas [...]

I have started my holiday baking. Mmmm, mmmm, do I love cookies? Yes, I do. We’ve been baking off and on for several days in between Christmas concert performances and Christmas parties with our family and friends. Here are a few more great Christmas cookies recipes with pictures.
CRANBERRY ALMOND BISCOTTI yield 24 cookies

Ingredients:

1-1/2 toasted almonds [...]

Have you ever attempted making a gingerbread house? I have. Even as an accomplished baker, I found it slightly overwhelming. A gingerbread house really requires a lot of planning, time, energy and commitment. With all that invested, I wasn’t truly happy with the results, so I now focus on other Christmas cookies and specialties.
My husband [...]

I really don’t know how it happened, but I’m glad it did. Somehow over the years I began collecting nativity sets. I probably have ten different nativity sets now. I love each one of them!
I remember my first nativity set. I was a young mother who wanted her children to understand [...]

It’s time for another of my favorite Christmas traditions. The Christmas tree! I don’t know what it is about the Christmas tree, but it says let’s celebrate loud and clear. As a child loved decorating our trees and as an adult I still love it.
My husband will only allow a “real” tree [...]

I am so excited.  Just like a little kid, I can’t wait to get our outdoor Christmas lights put up.  I think that the outdoor Christmas lights are one of my favorite Christmas traditions.  My dad always put up outdoor Christmas lights when I was growing up.  I don’t know if it is because they [...]

With the Christmas holiday season underway, I am frantically trying to get all my housekeeping done and organize my home, time and energy. Housekeeping is not my strong suit, but I do like to organize. The Christmas holiday season always gets me motivated to do both.

Like my mom, I like to do a [...]

I don’t know how I forgot to start my favorite and most important list. The holidays just wouldn’t be the same for me without our favorite Christmas cookies. Some make an appearance every year. Others are special editions. Some cookies I only make at Christmas.

My most favorite cookie of all times is the Italian [...]

It must be time to start making my lists and checking them twice.  List making is one of my most often used techniques for organization.  For the Christmas season I will have lots of lists: a gift list, a Christmas cards list, a To Do list for the house, a “list” for the Christmas Day [...]