AmyHere's a super easy recipe for holiday gift giving. I suppose I should have made this last week to give you all time to make it as gifts. My bad! I found this in the December Martha Stewart Living. It's in an advert for Stevia In the Raw. I choose to believe that it is diabetic friendly. This will be posted on Christmas Eve, I'd like to wish everyone who stop by and take a look-see at this blog Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. For those that choose not to celebrate the holidays, I wish you only love and positive vibes! Furthermore, for those that struggle at this time of the year, you may feel lonely but you are not alone. National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 For International Suicide Prevention Hotlines please go to: http://ibpf.org/resource/list-international-suicide-hotlines And now for the recipe: Dried Cherry and Orange Peel Bark 1 pound bittersweet chocolate 1/4 cup chopped dried cherries 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest Coat a 9"-by-12 1/2" rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray, and line with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on ends. Melt chocolate in a double boiler or a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring. Pour into baking sheet, and spread in an even layer. Immediately sprinkle toppings over chocolate. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Peel off parchment, and break bark into pieces. Delightful! GeorgiaWhere I failed with the bread this past week I succeeded with cookies. Last Sunday I hosted a tea / cookie decorating party. Where everyone noshed on scones, mini quiche Lorraine and mini chicken salad sandwiches, drank Earl Grey and decorated what would be there Christmas Cookies. I made the cookie dough up during the week. Kept in the fridge until cookie day.. Rolled them out and then cut them using several cookie cutter shapes. Now I started the process of rolling and cutting until Lexie got here (Husband's nephew's girlfriend) who immediately started going through the container of cookie cutters to choose which ones she wanted to use. She grabbed the rolling pin and I grabbed my camera. Several years ago I bought a smallish clear tub to hold nothing but my cookie and cake decorating supplies. From piping bags and tips to cookie cutters and sprinkles. (sorry no pic of the boring tub) Note the snowflake cookie above that is missing a piece.. Quality control I made two different types of cookies. Sugar and gingerbread. The two that I consider to be the best decorating cookies. Follow the links below for both recipes (both of which claim to be the best) The best Sugar Cookies Gingerbread Cookies Auntie made some royal icing. I added the food color.. The rest was magic. If you've never used royal icing for cookie decorating you don't know what you are missing. Super simple recipe. Pinterest is always my friend. The hands down winner of the cookie decorating was Michael (Randy's nephew, Lexie's boyfriend) I've decided if I ever need to bake a cake or make cookies again I'm recruiting Michael to decorate it. I had cookie boxes on hand for everyone to pack up their decorated cookies to take with them. The best part of the day. Everything.. Food, family, cookie decorating.. Lots of laughs. Maybe not perfection.. But the closest we will get to it here on earth. Thank you auntie, Angie, Annika, Lexie and Michael!! A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry Christmas! Christmas Eve, a perfect night to express affection for your family, to forgive those who failed you and to forget past mistakes. Amy and Georgia O Holy Night Josh Groban |
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