I love to bake and with the Holidays just around the corner, my kitchen has been a busy place. The smells of chocolate and vanilla have been warming my home. The Saturday after Thanksgiving is fondly known in my family as 'Cookie Day'. My mom started this tradition years ago after grandma passed away. My grandma loved to bake and is fondly known for all of the goodies she used to make. We loved her mocha bars and have yet to find a recipe that lives up to hers, hers wasn't written down, she cooked from memory as many good cooks did in her time... Cookie day is when my sisters and I all get together and bake at mom's house. (I have four sisters... so it's a houseful!) We all gather with our shopping bags of ingredients, mixers, baking pans and recipes. It's a marathon of baking! We get sooooo much done and it's such a thrill to see my nieces and nephews help with the baking and cookie decorating too. I am known for my caramel and that is the first thing I always make. I make 8 batches and my nieces and nephews help me wrap it all. Of coarse there's complimentary caramel tasting as they wrap. For many years I would toil over the oven stirring my caramel, praying to god that it wouldn't scorch. If it scorched, I'd throw in pecans. Needless to say, I had many batches with pecans. A few years ago I found my Microwave Caramel recipe and I love it! It doesn't scorch! A perfect batch every time!!! You may have to adjust your microwave time depending on the strength of your oven. For my mom's microwave I add 3 minutes...
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I hope that you have fun hopping around! So many wonderful recipes!
I get to share today with these lovely ladies!
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Cindy and Belvedere
Cindy and Belvedere
I love frosted sugar cookies.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Cindy,
ReplyDeleteYour cookie bake looks like a LOT of fun! I'll bet there is a bit of chatting and laughing going on and that you all love every minute of it. Thanks for the two recipes. I'm going to PIN them for later. ~smile~ Roseanne
Love the mug rug. It reminded me that I need to make a few for friends this year. Guess I had better get on that!
ReplyDeleteHubby and I bake together at the holidays. I usually stick with the "normal" cookies while he tries something new. My favorites are gooey butter cookies because they are hard to mess up!
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Your caramels recipe is one I am going to have to try. I love them! I enjoy mostly sugar cookies/ butter cookies and shortbread. My favorite though is the wedding cookie. Those pecans! Thanks for sharing! I am a follower as well :)
ReplyDeleteGreat recipes Cindy especially the wreaths! I think my granddaughters would love those. That is the cutest little mug rug, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love Norwegian Sunbakkels which are a sugar type cookie made in individual tins. The cornflake recipe looks easy and yummy. Luv the Frosty mug rug.
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We make Snowball cookies (which are Russian Teacakes). Thanks for the recipes and for the giveaway.
ReplyDeletemy favorite cookies are Spritz - we've been making them as long as I can remember. I always make a triple batch and ship them to my sister in Florida (she hides them from her husband...they are all hers!). My son's fiance's mom never heard of them, so she's getting a batch up in Buffalo this year! They rarely last a day in our house! I love your patterns and have several. This mug rug is adorable!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of easy caramels and using the microwave to make them is my kind of thing...love it! Making "blobs of goodness" sounds so much easier than forming them into wreathes. You made my day with two easy recipes! Yes, I'm a lazy baker. LOL Your family getting together to bake sounds so sweet and amazing. Thanks for playing along, sharing recipes and traditions, and having a great giveaway. Love that adorable mug rug, too!
ReplyDeleteThose caramels sound good :) And the description blob of goodness made me chuckle, thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI make a batch of sugar cookies each year that my family loves. Your caramels sound delicious! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower via email. I enjoy your BOMs each year.
ReplyDeleteCreme de menthe cookies are my favorite. I have been following you for years via Google friend connect. Love your sweet designs.
ReplyDeleteI should have waited to buy caramel for a cookie recipe I want to try. I never met a cookie I didn't like. I follow via e-mail.
ReplyDeleteFavorite is the buttery pecan and spritz cookies. I've been following you for a while via in my wordpress reader.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great day, Cookie Day. I love it that you use the microwave for fast and easy treats. Thank you! I love any cookie, any time. Your designs are so whimsy and fun!
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ReplyDeleteLove your cornflake wreath recipe. I like to make cut out cookies although it is time consuming. So much fun when the family gets together to decorate. Lots of joy and laughter.
ReplyDeleteI've printed out both recipes. :) I had forgotten about the corn flake wreaths. Ge,, just how many different cookies did my mom make when we were kids? I thought it was "only" 10 or 15. Must be more. M favourite was, and still is the cheese shortbread. I hope to find time to make some this weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks for some great memories and for the chance to win a nice prize.
I favorite Christmas goodie is what we called Cocoanut Candy Balls. It is an unbaked cookie made with Graham Cracker crumbs, chocolate chips, chopped dates, vanilla, and sweetened condensed milk. Then they are rolled in balls, rolled in cocoanut, and refrigerated.
ReplyDeleteI am a follower.
ReplyDeleteI had to chuckle over cooking from memory. Around here everyone remembers how terrible my cooking is. Unfortunately I didn't grow up with memories of anyone liking to cook. Love your caramel recipe. I've made them for years and the worse part was cutting them up. A pizza cutter you say...gheez that's just genius! Thanks for sharing that tip!!!!! Have a very Merry Christmas
ReplyDeleteOh and my favorite cookie...like I told Carol, it's anything that crunches. I'm a dedicated follower too! ;-)
ReplyDeleteLove snickerdoodles. The snowman mug rug is so cute,
ReplyDeleteMicrowave camels...be still my heart!!!
ReplyDeleteThis looks so much easier then my caramel recipe, I may have to give this a try. There may be candy in my home this Christmas after all. Thank you
ReplyDeleteSugar cookies, in Christmas shapes, of course - scratch, not packaged! Thank you for your recipes, Susan
ReplyDeleteI follow you by email! Thank you, Susan
ReplyDeleteI follow via email. Thank you for the chance to enter your giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI don't think there is a cookie I do not like. If so I haven't ate it yet....But my favorites I think..are shortbread and old fashioned peanut butter ones.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great tradition! And that caramel recipe sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteI make scones. Specifically white chocolate, cranberry, apricot scones. They never seem to last very long.
ReplyDeleteI love sugar cookies. They are the best.
ReplyDeleteI follow by E-mail.
ReplyDeleteOh, don't I know about Grandma's recipe that nobody can duplicate. My G-ma had a sugar cookie like that, we come close but NOT..doesn't happen...Merry Christmas to you and yours
ReplyDeleteCindy, you've never made a pattern I didn't; love!
ReplyDeleteI make Cherry Shortbread Cookies and they are delicious! Can't ever just eat one!
Merry Christmas Cindy!
Happy Holidays. Thanks for sharing such yummy recipes. I can't say I've ever had a Christmas cookie I haven't enjoyed, but I do feel I need a good shortbread cookie every Christmas.
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Love the caramels - every recipe has left me hungry for cookies!!! mumibrd3(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeletelove a ginger cookie with a cup of coffee or tea
ReplyDeleteI love a good gingerbread man cookie. But my favorite are the reindeer cookies I made this year for the virtual exchange. I've been making them for more than 30 years.
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I follow by email. Thanks. kthurn(at)bektel(dot)com
ReplyDeleteOh those cornflake cookies sound so good. Sounds that your family has a wonderful holiday tradition going on.
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate chip cookies as my favorite for christmas exchanges
ReplyDeleteYour cookies look delicious! I love your happy little mug rug too :)
ReplyDeleteSnickerdoodles are our favorite cookies. We always have to make several batches. Thanks for sharing the caramel recipe. I have wanted to make homemade caramels for years.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Sugar Cookies made with cookie cutters. My family always expected me to make them for years. I even got my son and his friends doing them when they were in HS. I finally stopped after he went to college. Now my family expects sausage balls from me :-).
ReplyDeleteCindy, I am tickled to find your microwave caramel recipe! I love home-made caramels and have toiled over a hot pan for what seems like forever waiting for the perfect temperature to appear on the candy thermometer. Your recipe will put an end to that horrendous tradition! Yeah! I have posted my favorite holiday cookie on my blog..Swedish Jam Shortbread....so yummy!
ReplyDeleteI am a happy Bloglovin' follower of yours!
ReplyDeleteI love any cookie with caramel in it. Thanks for giveaway
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun Christmas tradition! Thanks for sharing your recipes.
ReplyDeleteAnd I forgot to mention my favorite Christmas cookie- Magic Cookie Bars, with coconut and M & M's. Too yummy to resist, so I wait to make them until just before Christmas. Otherwise I have to make a 2nd batch. I'm already a follower. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteYum, yum, both recipes look scrumptious. Carmels take a special hand so congrats to you for knowing the trick. Thanks, too, for sharing your microwave recipe - perfect. Using a pizza cutter for cutting is a great tip. Merry Christmas
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas cookie is Fudge - usually only time we make it. Love the corn flake wreath idea. Thanks for the giveaway - kountrypat at Hotmail dot com (not sure about no- reply settings)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas cookie is oatmeal cookies with white chocolate chips, pecans, and dried cranberries. Yummy!!
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ReplyDeleteI love frosted butter/sugar cookies. Thank you for the amazing giveaway and the yummy caramel recipe!!
ReplyDeleteI am a long-time follower of your blog.
ReplyDeleteFun. I like the idea of caramel in the microwave. Great mug rug, too. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet mug rug and recipe!! I love thumbprint cookies!
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My favorite cookie is chocolate crinkles. The chocolate gooey cookie with powdered sugar everywhere. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas cookie is a simple cookie that starts with plain cookie batter - add peppermint flavoring, add red color to half. take a little of the white and roll into a snake, do the same with the red and then roll them together - shape into a candy cane and bake. Eat with brownies and milk for happiness! Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteI follow you so I get the emailed updates! Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteI think I will try your recipe. I it makes a small batch, and is microwave easy!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite recipe for Christmas cookies is for shortbread cookies. Nothing difficult, flour, corn starch butter and icing sugar. I really enjoy your blog offerings.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas cookie is pecan shortbread. Yummmm!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas cookie is krumkake. My grandma made them for me. -- soparkaveataoldotcom
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your recipes! Cookies are my favorite thing to eat, so it's hard to pick just one. But, if I was hard pressed to make a choice I guess I'd have to say Chocolate Chocolate Chip. I ran across the recipe several years ago in a little Hershey's cookbook. These soon became my go-to recipe for gift giving at Christmas time. Pair them with the fudge my mom and grandmother used to make and it's a chocolate lover's paradise around here:-). I do follow you already via e-mail.
ReplyDeleteI love your emails, there is always a nice thing.
ReplyDeleteBut my question is why I get the same one over and over again during the week?
Do I need to update my preference...?