When I was growing up my mother loved to bake during the holidays. I remember one year she got a little carried away while doing her Christmas baking, she had stirred up almost 50 different Christmas cookie recipes and candies! Out of all of her recipes for holiday cookies my favorite was always her sugar …
Christmas is my favorite season. For years, I’d start mixing Christmas cookies and creating candies around Thanksgiving, keeping busy all the way until Christmas. I’d make and freeze dough and cookies, decorating as I had time. Hours went into each cookie tray I made for friends, family, and coworkers, and they appreciated them. I did …
For years, diabetics believed they had to avoid sweets and desserts while everyone else around them enjoyed a festive food-filled holiday season. This is no longer the case for two reasons. For one thing, research is proving that sugar is not the culprit for those who develop type 1 or type 2 diabetes. In fact, …
Our grandmothers are probably rolling in their graves at the thought of a pumpkin pie NOT including eggs or milk. After all, pumpkin pie filling is essentially custard – a thickened concoction of milk, sweetener, eggs and occasionally a thickening agent. The results of a 2006 Harris Poll published in the New York Times states …
Over the Christmas holidays I do a lot of baking and one of the most popular Christmas goodies I make for my family and friends are Ginger Snap cookies….They are so flavorful and with each bite, a taste of Christmas bursts into your mouth as the Ginger permeates your taste buds. But to make these …