The Christmas season is a busy time for everyone and we are no exception. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas is when I do "the baking." It's a stressful time for me - but I love doing it and I cannot imagine not doing it every year.
This year I tried a new chocolate crinkle recipe and it did not disappoint. You can find the recipe here. I quadrupled the amount as I like to have a good amount of every type of cookie that I make. I could have probably tripled the amount and been fine. In fact, these cookies are the only ones that we still have left. :)
For our Christmas day meal, I always make the same meal. It's one of my favorites to prepare and is quite nice to make a lot of the dishes ahead of time.
Menu:
Spiral cut ham with cloves and pineapple
Creamy Potluck Potatoes
Smashed Sweet potatoes
Rosemary and Sea Salt Rolls
Corn
Peas
COOKIES for Dessert
Since I am baking cookies for a month prior to Christmas, I don't see a point in making another extravagant dessert for Christmas Day. Instead I just put out a big plate of every kind of cookie and let my family graze on them.
I assemble both types of potatoes the day prior to Christmas or Christmas Eve so all I have to do on Christmas day is bake the ham (so simple), warm/bake the potatoes and rolls and cook the corn and peas.
I don't change much from year to year for the dinner menu because it works and it's SO good. With the leftover ham this year, I diced it up and stuck it in the freezer and now any time I'm making an omelette or frittata (which happens quite frequently), I grab a handful of ham to throw in. LOVE IT!
R-ster had a fabulous time opening gifts. The fact that he is the only nephew/grandchild in the family makes him QUITE spoiled, but hopefully we are doing an OK job of keeping him at bay in the spoiled brat category. He asked for a Spider-man Toy "like Joshua's" and a piggy bank this year. Santa did bring him the Spider-man Toy and thankfully it was JUST like Joshua's.
Happy New Year! I hope 2012 is a great year for everyone!
This year I tried a new chocolate crinkle recipe and it did not disappoint. You can find the recipe here. I quadrupled the amount as I like to have a good amount of every type of cookie that I make. I could have probably tripled the amount and been fine. In fact, these cookies are the only ones that we still have left. :)
For our Christmas day meal, I always make the same meal. It's one of my favorites to prepare and is quite nice to make a lot of the dishes ahead of time.
Menu:
Spiral cut ham with cloves and pineapple
Creamy Potluck Potatoes
Smashed Sweet potatoes
Rosemary and Sea Salt Rolls
Corn
Peas
COOKIES for Dessert
Since I am baking cookies for a month prior to Christmas, I don't see a point in making another extravagant dessert for Christmas Day. Instead I just put out a big plate of every kind of cookie and let my family graze on them.
I assemble both types of potatoes the day prior to Christmas or Christmas Eve so all I have to do on Christmas day is bake the ham (so simple), warm/bake the potatoes and rolls and cook the corn and peas.
I don't change much from year to year for the dinner menu because it works and it's SO good. With the leftover ham this year, I diced it up and stuck it in the freezer and now any time I'm making an omelette or frittata (which happens quite frequently), I grab a handful of ham to throw in. LOVE IT!
R-ster had a fabulous time opening gifts. The fact that he is the only nephew/grandchild in the family makes him QUITE spoiled, but hopefully we are doing an OK job of keeping him at bay in the spoiled brat category. He asked for a Spider-man Toy "like Joshua's" and a piggy bank this year. Santa did bring him the Spider-man Toy and thankfully it was JUST like Joshua's.
My youngest sister L made Reed this amazing piggy bank! (My middle sister J and I are insanely jealous of L's craftiness.)
R-ster insisted on wearing his new tie all day from Grandpa G and this Spider-man mask from Grammy made an appearance throughout the day - on numerous people naturally.
And lastly, my favorite picture from Christmas Day. :)
Happy New Year! I hope 2012 is a great year for everyone!
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