Christmas dinner party ideas for hosting a crowd this holiday. Plus simple table decorations and ways to use leftovers for an easy breakfast! With all the running around during the holiday season, I’m a huge fan of cutting down on the shopping and errands. If you feel the same way, we are ...
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Pulla Bread – Finnish Cardamom Bread
Sweet cardamom bread called Pulla Bread is a staple in Finland. Soft and aromatic, it has a sprinkling of pearl sugar and almonds. These braided loaves of sweet cardamom bread are soft and light and disappear fast. This post may include affiliate links. For more information please see my ...
Honey Cinnamon Cut Out Cookies | Tara Teaspoon
Honey cinnamon cut out cookies are my new go-to holiday treat. A take on classic gingerbread but with a lighter flavor. They pack a festive punch. • • • AS SEEN ON FOOD NETWORK CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHALLENGE • • • Roll and cut cookies are the stuff of delicious holidays. Sugar cookies and gingerbread ...
Santa Face Sugar Cookies
Santa face sugar cookies are the cutest treats you've ever seen. With snow-white beards and bright red hats, they make any party much more fun. • • • I just dare you to nibble on one of these darling Santa face cookies. They are almost too cute to eat! Made from a simple raindrop shaped cookie ...
Peppermint Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies
Peppermint marshmallow sandwich cookies will be the most festive cookie on your table this holiday. Plus they are soft, delicious, pepperminty and chocolatey. All of my favorite things! I've mentioned that I load up on the chocolate and peppermint combo this time of year. I can't get enough. So ...
Dulce de Leche Cookie Bars
Dulce de leche cookie bars bring shortbread, chocolate and milky caramel cream together in the most delightful way! If dulce de leche didn't grab you, you must not know what it is! However, it's probably why you're here right now. You share my love of the milky caramel sauce. It's a staple in ...
The Best Classic Gingerbread Cookies
The best classic gingerbread cookies spice up the holiday season to perfection. This recipe has been featured on Bookroo Blog! Whether you're making gingerbread men, a candy-covered house or just delicious cut-outs, this recipe is your new go-to. With just enough spice, rich molasses ...
Christmas Tree Lollipop Cookies
Oh Christmas Tree Lollipop Cookies, Oh Christmas Tree Lollipop Cookies, bring to us such joy and glee Not only are these adorable cookies, snowy and charming, but they are delicious. A combination of orange essence and cream cheese make them soft and cakey, and festive. They make the perfect food ...
The Best Foodie Christmas Gifts Plus Coupon Codes
It's here! The best foodie Christmas gifts guide from me to you of hand-picked options for the food lovers in your life. I perused my favorite brands, new companies, artisan creations and covetable ideas so your holiday shopping is a breeze. I reached into the blogosphere to find unique products, ...
Mozzarella Sticks Reindeer Snacks
Mozzarella Sticks Reindeer Snacks are the cutest Rudolph lookalikes this side of the North Pole. Toasty and cheesy, they make the best holiday nibbles for those little hands. The one and only Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! I sure like that guy. Luckily there's not just one Rudolph in this bunch. ...
Clementine Almond Cookies
Clementine Almond Cookies are a delicious citrus version of a classic macaron. The cookie is light, crispy, chewy and flavorful. And don't get me started on the filling! A clementine is a hybrid between a mandarin and an orange. It’s grown to be seedless and super sweet, and the zest has amazing ...
Chocolate Snowman Cookies
The cutest little chocolate snowman cookies you've ever seen. And delicious too! If you are attending a cookie swap this year, and want to win, these snowman cookies are the ones to take. Wait, what was that? Cookie swaps aren't competitions? News to me! Totally kidding. I love cookie swaps for ...
Black Bottom Chocolate Cream Pie
Chocolate and Vanilla Cream Pie is the best of both worlds. No need to battle it out, this black bottom cream pie is for the entire crowd. It's pie season! It's really always pie season in my book. And that usually brings out all the pie opinions from Thanksgiving to spring and into summer. This ...
Holiday Recipes On Studio 5
Today on tv Brooke and I talked about holiday parties, holiday recipes, food buffets, how much to serve your guests and how to make food gifts at home that look like artisan delicacies! I love visiting the beautiful Brooke Walker on Studio 5, on KSL here in Utah. She is honestly such an amazing ...
Peanut Butter Bites
Peanut Butter Bites candy are like peanut butter caramel chews. Easy to make candy that is great to make with the kids, and fun for gift giving. I grew up making candy with my mom, especially around Christmas. But there would be times we'd make taffy or honey candy to pull at other times of the ...
Cheeseboard Tips for Entertaining
Use these expert Cheeseboard Tips to create an appetizer spread or cheese course your friends will love! Knowing some simple basics will help you serve the best variety. • • • I live on the upper west side of Manhattan. There are so many grocery stores and gourmet food markets right in my ...
Ginger Spice Button Cookies
These little button cookies are like mini bites of gingerbread bedazzled with jewels. The crystal sugar gives them a sweet little crunch. Tiny ginger cookies like these are perfect for gifting in a little bag. If you don't eat them all before they get out the door, that is. Happy ...
Mandarin & Prosciutto Bruschetta
Mandarin & Prosciutto Bruschetta make every guest sing a little song of love! Salty, sweet, crunchy and indulgent bites; perfect for gatherings, or anytime you need a glorious nibble. When I developed this recipe, I think I ate these for lunch and dinner that day. They are supposed to be ...
Pistachio Chocolate Bark (Palettes)
Chocolate bark gets a festive French makeover! If you wander around Paris and make your way through every chocolate shop you see (which is what every food-obsessed gal does, right?), you'll run across beautiful trays of little palettes. What you're looking at is essentially chocolate bark, made the ...
Ham and Gruyere Mini Turnovers
Ham and Gruyere mini turnovers make any gathering special. Puff pastry stuffed with cheese and salty ham with a mustard dip are the perfect little nibble. Having people over is one of my favorite things. Party!!I like feeding people, it's my thing, so having friends and family visit, or come for ...