Category: Winter/Christmas
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Egg Nog-Cranberry Muffins
This muffin recipe is great for a holiday breakfast, brunch, or snack, and it also comes in handy if any of you happen to have eggnog left over after the holidays. I always buy eggnog every year—it doesn’t seem like the holidays without it—but I always end up with extra. And it’s so rich, you…
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Christmas Joy
Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for Me One who will be Ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. MICAH 5:2 NIV This Christmas, as we celebrate the One who came, may your heart be filled with joy!
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Christmas Greetings
© DaySpring Cards Have you sent out Christmas cards or e-cards this year? Or made your own personalized cards? Since I’m a greeting card designer, sometimes the cards I send are ones I’ve designed myself. Here are some of my DaySpring® card designs that were selling in stores this year…
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Pumpkin Bread with Pumpkin Buttercream
I make a lot of pumpkin bread in the fall and winter, and wanted to try out a new recipe. So I decided to try the Pumpkin Loaf from Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter (I made a few small changes, noted in the recipe below). It’s a great basic pumpkin bread recipe—the…
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Cranberry Banana Bread
If you love banana bread and cranberry bread, you’ll have to try this Cranberry Banana Bread recipe! It’s a really good, moist quick bread. A simple glaze is generously drizzled over the top, and pecans are sprinkled over the glaze (or you can use walnuts instead if you want). The glaze gives the bread a…
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Cranberry-Pecan Oatmeal
Here’s an easy way to make oatmeal a little more exciting…it’s called Cranberry-Pecan Oatmeal! I used old-fashioned oats, but you could use quick oats or instant oatmeal…whatever you like making best (just adjust the cooking time for the quick or instant oats, which will be less). The dried cranberries add some sweetness and the chopped pecans…
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Debbie’s Honey Pecan Granola
A friend and co-worker of mine, Denise, gave me a yummy homemade gift this past Christmas season…Honey Pecan Granola. And she included the recipe, too, which I was excited about, because I love this granola! Denise got this wonderful recipe from her daughter’s boyfriend’s mother Debbie. She had given Denise the granola last Christmas and…
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Chili from The Pioneer Woman
There’s nothing like a hot bowl of chili on a cold day! I recently made some, and I used the recipe from the cookbook The Pioneer Woman Cooks, which I had been wanting to try for some time. I really liked it! It’s a nice, thick chili, and the recipe says you can add some water…
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For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Christmas is a time of gift-giving, and a time to remember that we already have the greatest Gift anyone could have—the gift of God’s Son, Jesus! I had been thinking about including this Bible verse from Isaiah in my last Christmas post of the year. And then just today I received a Christmas card with the…
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