Everyday Food for Busy People
Still looking for a Christmas breakfast idea? You might want to make this french toast. The prep is all done the day before, so that in the morning all you need to do is slice the bread and fry it.
It’s really a cranberry bread pudding that is then sliced and dipped in eggs and half&half and then fried. The recipe is adapted from the Country Living Country Morning cookbook. [Read more...]
This is another recipe from Recipe Girl’s cookie list. Hers are Sparkling Butter Toffee Cookies. Mine didn’t come out sparkly, but they are good. I thought these would be a soft cookie, which is what I prefer, but they are a bit crisp. They would be a great choice if you need to mail them.
I did double the recipe and added the whole bag of toffee chips, rather than just 1 cup.
Please forgive all the sweets this week. I’m trying to post plenty of holiday treat recipes in case you’re still looking for baking inspiration. Tomorrow, I’ll post an appetizer but then it will be back to a few more sweet treats.
You can’t go wrong with sweet-salty candy. I found these on Mommy’s Kitchen. Tina always has such yummy things on her blog. These candies are easy to make, and taste great. Tina also made some with pecan halves pressed in the top, which sounds great to me, but I decided to go with M&Ms to make the kids happy. [Read more...]
These cookies taste like old-fashioned Christmas. The flavor combination of molasses, ginger and orange is wonderful. I found the recipe on Recipe Girl. She has an awesome list of Christmas cookies.
I did make a couple of adjustments to the recipe. I doubled it, because I wanted to end up with more than 2 dozen cookies. I didn’t count how many I had, but it was a lot and it took quite a while to bake them. They’re so good though, I’m glad I doubled it. I made a few other adjustments too. [Read more...]
Have you ever been wandering the mall at this time of year and popped into a Williams Sonoma store? They often give out samples of their Peppermint Bark. Delicious stuff, and at $22 a pound it should be. But you can make it at home for much less. I found a copy cat recipe at this site. [Read more...]
I think I make more candy at Christmas than cookies. I like to dip things in chocolate.
Peppermint Patties are easy to make, but they do take a bit of time. It’s worth the effort. The recipe makes a lot of candy, plenty to give some away and keep some for yourself. [Read more...]
Please make these and share them with a group of people. If you don’t, you’ll eat the whole pan yourself. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
These cake-like dessert bars combine the tart cranberry flavor with sweet cake and the crunch of pecans. Oh my! I can’t stay out of them. [Read more...]
Buying extra ingredients for holiday baking and cooking can really add up. Here are a few ideas to keep Christmas and Thanksgiving adventures in the kitchen affordable.
Make a list of your “must make” recipes.
Make a list of all the foods that you know you want to make. Start buying those ingredients now a few at a time, until you’ve gathered them all up. That way you won’t have a huge amount hit your grocery bill at one time. [Read more...]
Everyone has their favorite foods for the holidays. That box of chocolate is one of my favorite Christmas treats. My parents have ordered Anthony Thomas candy for so many years it’s almost unthinkable that we could have Christmas without that candy.
But there are lots of other foods I like to make too. This is a list of recipes that are already posted here on Eat at Home. I’ll be adding other recipes as we move into Thanksgiving and Christmas. (Look for Cranberry Nut Bars very soon.) I’m also going to be sharing ideas for budgeting for holiday foods.
I’ve broken this list into categories of Main Dish, Breakfast, Dessert and Cookies. Admittedly, it’s heavy on the desserts and cookies. [Read more...]
