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Holiday Fruit Drops
3 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup soft butter
2 cups lt brown sugar packed
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
2 cups halved candied cherries
2 cups pitted dates chopped
Sift together into bowl and reserve flour, baking soda and salt. Place butter in large bowl and add sugar and eggs. Beat with mixer until light and fluffy. Add buttermilk, vanilla and flour mixture. Mix well. Stir in walnuts, cherries and dates. Drop by tsp. on lightly greased cookie sheets (or pads on sheets, etc). Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Cool on rack and store in tins.
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Holiday House Cookies
Gather the family to bake and decorate gingerbread houses. It's sweet fun, made easy with cookie mix.
Prep Time: 1 hour 0 min
Total Time: 1 hour 30 min
Makes: 8 large cookies
Total Time: 1 hour 30 min
Makes: 8 large cookies
1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker gingerbread cookie mix
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tablespoon water
1 egg
1 container (1 lb) Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy creamy white or vanilla frosting, if desired
Assorted small candies, if desired
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tablespoon water
1 egg
1 container (1 lb) Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy creamy white or vanilla frosting, if desired
Assorted small candies, if desired
Heat oven to 375F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, water and egg until dough forms. Divide dough in half.
Working with half of dough at a time, roll out on floured surface into 9x6-inch rectangle. Cut rectangle into 6 (3-inch) squares. Place 4 squares on ungreased cookie sheet. Cut remaining 2 squares diagonally in half to form 4 triangles. Place 1 triangle on one side of each square for roof; press dough to seal.
Bake 8 to 11 minutes or until set. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Decorate with frosting and candies.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.
Nutrition Information:
1 Cookie (Undecorated): Calories 370 (Calories from Fat 150); Total Fat 17g (Saturated Fat 9g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 400mg; Total Carbohydrate 50g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 25g); Protein 3g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 8%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 10% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
1 Cookie (Undecorated): Calories 370 (Calories from Fat 150); Total Fat 17g (Saturated Fat 9g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 400mg; Total Carbohydrate 50g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 25g); Protein 3g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 8%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 10% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Source: Betty Crocker
Gather the family to bake and decorate gingerbread houses. It's sweet fun, made easy with cookie mix.
Prep Time: 1 hour 0 min
Total Time: 1 hour 30 min
Makes: 8 large cookies
Total Time: 1 hour 30 min
Makes: 8 large cookies
1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker gingerbread cookie mix
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tablespoon water
1 egg
1 container (1 lb) Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy creamy white or vanilla frosting, if desired
Assorted small candies, if desired
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tablespoon water
1 egg
1 container (1 lb) Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy creamy white or vanilla frosting, if desired
Assorted small candies, if desired
Heat oven to 375F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, water and egg until dough forms. Divide dough in half.
Working with half of dough at a time, roll out on floured surface into 9x6-inch rectangle. Cut rectangle into 6 (3-inch) squares. Place 4 squares on ungreased cookie sheet. Cut remaining 2 squares diagonally in half to form 4 triangles. Place 1 triangle on one side of each square for roof; press dough to seal.
Bake 8 to 11 minutes or until set. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Decorate with frosting and candies.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.
Nutrition Information:
1 Cookie (Undecorated): Calories 370 (Calories from Fat 150); Total Fat 17g (Saturated Fat 9g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 400mg; Total Carbohydrate 50g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 25g); Protein 3g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 8%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 10% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
1 Cookie (Undecorated): Calories 370 (Calories from Fat 150); Total Fat 17g (Saturated Fat 9g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 400mg; Total Carbohydrate 50g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 25g); Protein 3g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 8%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 10% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Source: Betty Crocker
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Bedtime for Toys
Close your eyes, beddy bye tin soldier
Mommy says that it's time for sleep
If my folks were wiser and older
They'd know kids and toys don't need sleep
Don't be bad little cotton dolly
See how nice Mickey Mouse sleeps now
Even my brass drummer boy has stopped all his noise
'Cause he knows it's past bedtime for toys
Ya know, every Christmas, Santa Claus goes all over the world
With his reindeer, sled and a big bag of toys
And he'll come to your house this year too
But sometimes, just sometimes
He doesn't have enough time
To see every little boy and girl because the world is so big
So maybe we should sing a song
For all the children that Santa didn't visit
Bless the child who has no tin soldier
No brass drummer boy to put to bed
He will still grow wiser and older
Loving one small rag doll instead
He won't have a cotton dolly
Mickey Mouse won't come to his house
Hold that rag doll to your heart, nothing can destroy
The beauty one shall find in one small toy
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Christmas Angels
Merry Christmas!
I wanted to pop in here quickly to share with you these cute little Christmas Angels I have been making! They are so fun and easy!!!
I found the tutorial for them while blog surfing HERE, she has a video tutorial that explains the process, they are really very easy. They can be embellished to the hilt are left simple, I just used supplies I had on hand, but I want to pick up some feathers and that pretty punch she used to make some more fancy ones, I am thinking of one for each month of the year would be adorable!
The base is half of a 7-3/4 inch circle and the arms are half of a 4 inch circle. The half circles are curled into a cone shape and glued. I used a small clothespin to hold it together while the glue dried.
On this one I used some confetti cream card stock and I stamped the image from the Stampin Up "Beautiful Season and colored it before assembling the angel.
The head is a small ornament and is glued to the cone after pushing in the point to make the place for it to sit.
I had some of this gold laced rick-rack that I got at JoAnns sometime last year and I added it around the bottom and the sleeves of the angel. I embossed her sleeves and wings with the dot embossing folder. the halo is some chenille pipe cleaners, and I wrapped some red string beads around the halo. I added a lace bow made with some SU crochet trim and a bit more of the red string beads. Love how this came out!
You know I had to try some of my favorite paper to make a Country Angel too:
I kept the embellishments to a minimum on this one, so the pretty music sheet paper could shine through :)
I used a polished gold ornament for her head and coffee dyed the chenille pipe cleaner to match her paper. The ribbon is more I had in my stash and matches the "country feel" I was going for on this one. I glittered her wings with some gold dust stickles.
Well, that is all from me for now, I know I will be making more of these cute little angels and I will show them to you as I do. Hope you all have a blessed Christmas and Enjoy it with all the ones you love the most.
HAPPY STAMPING!!
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Things to do at Christmas time,
If there is snow on the ground, go sledding. If no snow, then make felt snowballs, have a snow ball fight, outside where the neighbors can see you (yes be silly, make them laugh and you will laugh as well)(surprise you spouse with a fake snowball when he/she gets out of the car, when they get home)
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Billie C.
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