Gruyère Potato Gratin is the perfect side dish for any holiday meal–or even just Sunday dinner. Rich, creamy, and tangy from the gruyère, it is sure to be a hit! Merry Christmas, A Joyous Solstice and Happy Holidays in general! I have a good blogging friend who takes this week and next week off from…
Italian Chifferi Cookies with Espresso and Cinnamon-Sugar
Italian Chifferi Cookies with Espresso and Cinnamon-Sugar are a sophisticated and delicious twist on crescent cookies. They are perfect for Christmas cookie exchanges and Holiday cookie tins! The minute I saw these Italian Chifferi Cookies I knew I was making them. Actually, if I am honest, I felt that way about these cookies and another one in…
Cranberry Stuffing with Apples, Mushrooms and Wild Rice
Cranberry Stuffing with Apples, Mushrooms and Wild Rice will be the vegetarian hit of your holiday meal! The fresh cranberries really elevate this casserole into something special. This post was sponsored by Hurst’s Berry Farm, who sent me some fabulous Pacific Northwest cranberries to create a recipe with, and all opinions are my own. I…
Browned Butter Lemon Cookies with Macadamia Nuts: #CreativeCookieExchange
Browned Butter Lemon Cookies with Macadamia Nuts are addictive low sugar cookies that are extra rich from the browning of the butter and the nuts, yet bright from the lemon. And they are plenty sweet from the Turbinado coating. Keep reading to the bottom to check out everything the other Creative Cookie Exchange hosts baked…
Cookie Press Cookies in 3 Flavors for Your Holiday Tray
The same simple dough for the cookie press flavored 3 different ways for the Holidays: Peppermint Christmas Trees; Salt and Pepper Maple Wreaths; Fiori di Sicilia and Orange Snowflakes. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. I am determined to slide these cookies in right before Creative…
Parsi Gosht Ni Curry (Parsi Beef Curry)
I am pretty sure that I have mentioned before that every Christmas I make a big Indian meal for my in laws. Only some dishes ever make it on here, however, because, well, it is a holiday meal with guests, so food photography is the last thing on my mind. And I really like to make…
Potato Chip Oven Brittle
I swear I meant to have a savory dish for you today. And I even do have one, a very tasty fish curry. But I am currently in Columbus celebrating Christmas with my family, and I forgot to bring the recipe I adapted from. I have my notes about my myriad changes, but no recipe…
Cocoa Peppermint Cookie Bark: Creative Cookie Exchange
Cocoa Peppermint Cookie Bark is a play on traditional chocolate bark, but make with crispy cocoa cookies instead. Perfect for the holidays and you Christmas cookie tray! Keep reading to check out everyone else’s fabulous peppermint cookie creations from Creative Cookie Exchange. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I…
#Bundtamonth: Double Chocolate Glazed Peppermint Bundt Cake
I have a baking public service announcement: do not use a white chocolate glaze to try to emulate snow. It will just make your wonderful stump de noel look like a modern art volcano.