Food, Travel, and Cooking!
Getting a “leg-up” on my Christmas baking by starting with these buttery little morsels that have just a hint of anise flavour. They’re good keepers and freeze well! You can use either blanched or unblanched almonds to make the cookies. I’ve been baking these off and on for over 40 years…the original recipe is taped […]
Mom made these every Christmas and we loved them so much. No secret that we got caught with your hands in the cookie jar on more than one occasion! So buttery and delicious! When I worked as a corporate chef, come Christmas season I must have made thousands of them both for the dining room […]
For a printer friendly version of this recipe, click here. Making this bread is a tradition in our house & so is having some on Christmas morning, with coffee, sitting up in bed opening our Christmas stockings! It’s not hard to make and while things are rising, you can decorate your house! For years I […]
Making this bread is a tradition to enjoy on Christmas morning, with coffee, sitting up in bed opening Christmas stockings! It’s not difficult to make and while things are rising, you can decorate your house! For years I’ve been making two Stollen for the parents of a very good friend. They were all born in […]
All of us bakers are gearing up to get baking our Christmas goodies! Aah…I can smell those mince tarts right now! Every time one of my recipes specifies candied fruit I get really miffed! All we can get here these days, at least at retail level, are the chopped up drippy bits of candied fruits […]
Today is the big day, the Christmas cake I make every year for my San Diego cousin has just left the building! Fingers crossed it arrives safely, or should I say all in one piece, in a few days! And this now takes me to making a list of what Christmas baking will be taking […]
Well, the push is on! Phyllis, the elf, has been baking up a storm, menu planning for Christmas and New Years, making lists, inviting guests, accepting invitations, putting up the decorations and last and perhaps not the most fun, cleaning the house! Just a few stocking stuffers left to get and the gifts are ready […]
It’s the time of the year I always look forward to so I can head to the kitchen and bake my traditional goodies for Christmas, plus a few new things to change it up a bit. Memories always arise when the house fills with the aroma of Mom’s shortbread, mince tarts, Christmas cakes, and stollen […]