Category: Winter/Christmas
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Apple-Cranberry Muffins
Apple-Cranberry Muffins are a great winter muffin, and it definitely feels like winter right now! For those of you who are snowed-in or iced-in, baking muffins is a great way to pass the time and make your kitchen feel warm and cozy! Plus, you get to enjoy eating muffins! Win, win, win! 🙂
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Loaded Baked Potato Soup
I’m a big potato fan, so I’m not sure why it took me so long to get around to making this Loaded Baked Potato Soup! I’ve ordered this kind of soup many times at restaurants and each time I did I thought, “I really need to make this myself!” So here it is, finally! It…
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Cranberry Nut Cream Cheese Bread
I really like making quick breads in the cold weather months because, while they’re baking in the oven, my kitchen gets a little warmer and cozier. The aroma of something baking also adds to the coziness! So I made this Cranberry Nut Cream Cheese Bread—I’ve never made cranberry bread with cream cheese in it, but…
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Hot Cheese and Bacon Dip
This is a great time for making a yummy, cheesy dip, with all the game-watching going on! Even if you’re not game-watching, you may want to make a nice hot dip just to snack on! Like this Hot Cheese and Bacon Dip that’s baked in a bread bowl! It has onion, green chiles, garlic, and…
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Lentil Soup with Bacon
I first made this soup on a very a cold, cold, cold, cold day a few years back and it’s definitely a hearty soup that will warm you up! On that particular day, I had some lentils, and I found a soup recipe over at MarthaStewart.com that not only had lentils, but bacon, too—and that sounded really good!
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3-Ingredient Pumpkin Spice Mini Bundts
I still had a few cans of pumpkin puree in my cupboard, and I used one of them for this super-easy recipe! It’s probably the easiest mini bundt recipe ever! The 3 ingredients are a box of Spice cake mix, a can of pumpkin puree, and a teaspoon of vanilla, maple, or cinnamon extract. There’s…
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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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