Category: Food and Recipes
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Turmeric Golden Milk Tea Latte
Did you know that the month of January is National Hot Tea Month and that January 12 is National Hot Tea Day? If you’re a tea-lover, that’s something to celebrate! And in honor of these events, I found a recipe for a Turmeric Golden Milk Tea Latte over at StashTea.com—it inspired me to make my…
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Cheesy Taters
This is a yummy comfort food recipe from a cookbook I reviewed some years ago, The Meatloaf Bakery Cookbook. It was written by Cynthia Kallile, founder of a bakery in Chicago that specialized in making meatloaf in creative ways (meatloaf cupcakes, little loafies, even meatloaf pastries!). I had tried this Cheesy Taters recipe from the…
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Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Muffins
Gingerbread is one of those treats I love making every winter. Even though it’s great any time of year, I typically think of making it in the late fall or winter. It’s just a habit, I guess. Winter just wouldn’t seem like winter without some gingerbread to enjoy!
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Cranberry Buttermilk Bread
This is a good basic cranberry bread, filled with chopped fresh cranberries and pecans. It’s good when it’s still warm from the oven, either on its own or spread with butter, cream cheese or jam—or you can cool it completely and serve it the same ways. I like the taste of the mildly tart cranberries…
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White Chocolate Peppermint Scones
If you have any extra candy canes, here’s a recipe you may want to try! These White Chocolate Peppermint Scones have crushed candy canes both in the batter and sprinkled on top. White chocolate chips are mixed into the batter too, and a creamy peppermint glaze is drizzled on top.
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Maple-Cranberry Cornbread
If you’re wanting to make cornbread during the holidays, this Maple-Cranberry Cornbread is perfect for this time of year! It has a light sweetness from the maple syrup and brown sugar mixed into the batter, plus the nice tartness of the fresh cranberries—so you have a combination of lightly-sweet and tart flavors!
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Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes
Chocolate and peppermint are a great combination for holiday treats and you can enjoy these two flavors in these Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes! When I saw this recipe over at BetterHomesandGardens.com, I just had to try it! I changed some of the ingredients in the recipe and prepared it slightly differently. One of the things I did…
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Peppermint Puppy Chow
NOTE: Just to clarify, this recipe is not intended for dogs—”puppy chow” is just the common name this snack goes by! This is for people, not animals! 🙂 This is a Christmasy snack mix that’s quick and easy to make! It’s basically white chocolate-and-powdered sugar-coated Rice Chex™ cereal with crushed candy canes mixed in, for…
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