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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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  • Chocolate Kiss Sugar Cookies

    Here’s a yummy little chocolate sugar cookie with a Hershey’s Kiss tucked in the middle! As you can see in the photo above, you can decorate these cookies with candy cane kisses, milk chocolate kisses, or dark chocolate kisses. Or, you can use 3 chocolate chips pressed into the center of each cookie, and they’re yummy…

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  • Pumpkin Pecan Squares

    If you’re a fan of pumpkin pie, you’ll have to try these Pumpkin Pecan Squares! They have a yummy pumpkin pie-type filling with a cookie-like crust. A crumbly mixture of flour, sugar, brown sugar, and butter make up the crust, and you use part of that mixture (with chopped pecans added in) to sprinkle on…

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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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  • Ideas for a Christmas Gathering

    Yesterday I went to my first Christmas party of the season! It was a gathering with coworkers, and it was at our department manager’s home. The entire house was so beautifully decorated for the holidays! I wanted to share some photos with you to give you some holiday decorating inspiration and entertaining ideas! Their front…

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