This was our 25th Christmas Open House. We began with an open house to introduce a missionary family to our church family. The afternoon was so much fun that we decided to have another open house for our church family the next year. And the next. And so on. Each year we invited more poeple. […]
I have a “truffles” board on Pinterest where I save recipes I might want to try. One of the recipes I saved was for Cream Cheese Mints. I added extra butter to mine. Also a pinch of salt. Minty Cream Cheese Truffles 8-oz room temperature cream cheese 6 T room temperature butter (not margarine) pinch […]
Here is a quick peek at a few things we have going on. I made large Putz houses out of miscellaneous boxes. I’m hoping to get them painted and decorated for the cookie table. Made Brownie Biscotti. Drizzled it with white chocolate after it cooled. Made two big batches of Chex Mix. Made Holiday Petits […]
A few highlights… I baked. Cranberry Orange Cookies Rolled them in sugar mixed with orange zest. Then I shmooshed them with a fork. Shmooshed: technical term. On winter afternoons, the sun pours through our south-facing kitchen windows. It can be difficult to wash dishes between 1:30 and 4:30 because of the angle of the sun. […]
Thanksgiving was only three days ago, but it seems like a week. We have managed to get a lot done since then! Older Son and his family came on Wednesday evening to stay overnight. They do the bulk of the cooking for Thanksgiving and had prepared quite a bit at home. On Thursday morning, they […]
After making Minty Cream Cheese Truffles and Almond Truffles, I was hoping to bake Mint Meltaways today, but DH says the freezer is full. We’ll have to eat the turkey before I can get anything more in there. Minty Cream Cheese Truffles. Really good. You can find the recipe here: Minty Cream Cheese Truffles Almond […]
I managed to get a few more things done for the Open House. On Thursday, I finished the Raspberry Truffles and the Mocha Truffles. They are packed and in the freezer. Family came over Friday evening and they were a huge help, putting up two trees upstairs and helping with cleaning up the craft room. […]
Anyone feel a song coming on? Haven’t thought about “Rawhide” for a long time! But, (big surprise), I wasn’t moving cattle today. I was rolling truffles. First, I scooped them. Then I rolled them. Raspberry Truffles on the left and Mocha Truffles on the right. Tomorrow I will dip the mocha in chocolate and the […]