Cookie Exchange 2011
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
As I mentioned on Tuesday, I have something special in store for the 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies today – a cookie exchange! My three best friends and I got together over the weekend for an afternoon of lunch, chatting, and of course, cookie swapping. We each contributed 2-3 dozen of our favorite cookies. Some [...]
Tags: 12weeksofchristmascookies, chocolate, cookies, ginger
Gingerbread Truffles
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
Another item from the Christmas baskets – gingerbread truffles! The gingerbread cake recipe below makes a 13″ x 9″ cake (sorry about the lack of pictures, but I was really pressed for time while making all these Christmas goodies!), so you’ll get a good 90-100 truffles out of it depending on how big you make [...]
Tags: chocolate, ginger, truffles
Gingerbread Cookies
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
Well, I thought this month’s Flavor of the Month was going up today, but I guess I am a little late since it went up yesterday. In any case, here are the many gingerbread cookies I made using my leftover dough from the Daring Baker challenge this month (you can find the recipe and instructions [...]
Tags: chocolate, cookie, flavor of the month, ginger
Daring Baker Challenge: Gingerbread Houses
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and assemble a gingerbread house from scratch. They chose recipes from Good Housekeeping and from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book as the challenge recipes. I was [...]
Tags: cookie, daring baker, ginger
Gingerbread Pancakes
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breakfast & brunch
These pancakes are perfect for a weekend breakfast in a pinch yet still very much in the spirit of the holidays, which is why I love ‘em this time of year. Plus, the recipe can be easily be doubled or tripled if you’re feeding a crowd – a perfect addition to your Christmas brunch! 1 [...]
Tags: ginger
Cinnamon-Raisin and Ginger-Cranberry Bagels
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries, breakfast & brunch
This weekend got to be a lot more busy than I thought it was going to be, so (as you can see) I wasn’t able to post yesterday. To make it up to you though, I’ll be posting twice today! I’ll start off with what I’ve decided to have for breakfast on Thanksgiving Day: whole [...]
Tags: bread, cranberry, ginger
Pumpkin Ginger Cranberry Braid
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
Well I tried, and even succeeded for several posts to stay away from pumpkin, but I just can’t help myself. Hi, my name is Tracy, and I’m a pumpkin addict. The first step is admitting you have a problem, right? I made this bread a few weeks ago, adapted from this recipe from King Arthur [...]
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