Cranberry Orange Sugar Cookie – Gluten Free
Tara on Dec 6th 2015
Here’s a tasty holiday treat which I’m featuring gluten-free. Regular plain flour can also be substituted for the gluten-free flour. Either way, the combination of cranberry, orange, chocolate, and nuts is a special festive combination. 1 cup sugar 1 cup soft butter 2 egg yolks 2 1/4 cups gluten free flour blend 1/2 teaspoon vanilla […]
Christmas Cranberry Salsa
Tara on Dec 19th 2014
I enjoy creating new recipes for Christmas each year. This recipe was inspired by a photo I thought I pinned to Pinterest but never could find when I wanted to make the dish. So I have created my own recipe for Christmas Cranbery Salsa. It can be served with corn chips. But I like to […]
Cranberry Bliss Cookies
Tara on Dec 19th 2013
If you’ve ever had a Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar available only during the holidays – you will appreciate this recipe inspired from those tasty fruity bars. There is a lot of tounge pleasing flavors happening with this cookie. Cranberry. Candied Ginger bits. White Chocolate. Orange Zest. Cream Cheese Frosting! This year I created this recipe […]
12 Days of Christmas Jar Gifts – Whole Grain Waffle and Pancake Mix
Tara on Dec 18th 2012
This is a family favorite in our house. I make up the mix recipe below and have it on hand for an easy morning pancake or waffle breakfast. And this is also a frugal tasty gift as well. This recipe should fill 5 pint sized jars, and each pint jar would make 2 batches of […]
12 Days of Christmas Jar Gifts – Funnel Cake Mix
Tara on Dec 15th 2012
Funnel cakes are very simple to make and the mix is even simpler. Add the following together in a large bowl and whisk to blend. Then pour into a quart jar and seal with ring and lid. Attach a funnel (97 cents at Wal-mart) and you’ve got another gift that costs under 3$ to make. […]
12 Days of Christmas Jar Gifts – Mint Brownie Jars
Tara on Dec 13th 2012
These cute little jars are great for gift giving. Although I’ve baked a few things in jars before, I baked these brownies in a regular pan and used a 3″ biscuit cutter to cut cooled brownies. The brownie circles fit easily into these 4 oz jars. Next I piped some tinted green, mint flavored butter […]
12 Days of Christmas Jar Gifts – Hot Spiced Tea and Cider Mix
Tara on Dec 12th 2012
Here’s one of my hubby’s favorite fall/winter beverages. He asks me to make this mix so he can keep some at work to make whenever he wants. I also had a request for this recipe from an old friend Pam. The recipe is easy to make and can be stored in a pretty canning jar, […]
12 Days of Christmas Jar Gifts – Topless Snow Globes
Tara on Dec 11th 2012
Gift giving doesn’t have to be costly or complicated. I’ve got a surplus of old and new jars in various sizes. These little Christmas village trees cost between 75 cents and 1 dollar. I hot glued the bottoms of the trees and used tongs to place them in the jars. I added a little snow […]
12 Days of Christmas Jar Gifts – Apple Pie In a Jar
Tara on Dec 10th 2012
I think these Apple Pie in Jar gifts are my favorite so far – I’ve eaten a couple of them already. I had a set of these cute little 4 oz jars to use for this project. These babies can be baked and given as gifts right away or they can be assembled and frozen […]
12 Days of Christmas Jar Gifts – Peppermint Hand and Foot Scrub
Tara on Dec 8th 2012
I am excited about this recipe because it is easy to make, it is inexpensive, and it is so pretty in a jar as a gift. Since I already had some red food coloring and peppermint oil, the total cost to make this was basically the cost of 3 cups of sea salt and 3 […]
