Christmas Cookies!!!!

Believe me...these taste just as good as they look!...




I don't have a name for these cookies but I can tell you that they are awesome!

I used Pillsbury's recipe altered slightly;

• 1 3/4 cups All Purpose Flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 Large bag of Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cups

1. Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, shortening, peanut butter, milk, vanilla and egg; mix with electric mixer on low speed until stiff dough forms.
2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place in a greased mini muffin pan.
3. Using a Tamper, press down on the balls to form a cup.
4. Bake at 375°F. for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately top each cookie with 1 Mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, pressing down firmly.
5. Allow cookies to cool before removing from mini muffin pan.
6. Enjoy!

Happy Hanukkah!

Today I will be celebrating my very first Hanukkah with my best friend Mindy and her husband Ryan. I am so excited to learn all about their family traditions and share this special holiday with them!

So this morning I made a Red Chrayn (pronounced khreyn). I found this recipe while looking through Nigela Lawson's book - Nigela Christmas

This book is actually a Christmas gift that I begged to open early :-)

I used;

• 1 Cup Horseradish Sauce
• 2 Tablespoons Sour Cream
• 1 Uncooked Red Beet - peeled

I whisked together the Horseradish Sauce and Sour Cream. Then (wearing latex gloves) I grated the red beet into the mixture. Here is my final product;

Chrayn is typically served as a condiment with fish...I can't wait to try it out!

I also made this yummy Monkey Bread for dessert;

Happy Hanukkah everyone!

Halloween Treats

A fun way to turn Rice Krispie treats into Halloween Rice Krispie treats is to add some colorful Halloween sprinkles into to the mix.

Use mini marshmellows to make the melting and stirring easier.

Garnish the top with extra marshmellows

I can say that there are NONE left after our Halloween party, not even a mini marshmellow! They were a big hit!

Happy Halloween!