It's hard to believe that we are less than 2 weeks away from celebrating Christmas! We are planning to make some of the cookies you see here. Please try these recipes if you need some new ones as my Christmas gift to you! As soon as we make some, I'll post some pictures!
In His Love,
ChristmasCookies
Mom's Butter Cookies
These are so simple but they are my all time favorite!
1 1/2 level cup of flour
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix until a putty like consistency is obtained. Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown.
To make a simple but tasty icing, mix 2 cups of powered sugar with enough water until you have a spreadable consistency (it doesn't take much water). Add some food coloring and sprinkle with your favorite candy decorations.
Church Window Cookies Very good and pretty to look at!
12 oz. Chocolate chips (or 6 oz. mint & 6 oz. plain)
1 stick butter
1 pkg miniature marshmallows colored
1 cup chopped nuts
7 oz coconut flakes
Heat first 3 ingredients just enough to melt chips, let cool. then add marshmallows and nuts. Stir until marshmallows and nuts are covered with chocolate mixture. Put flaked coconut on waxed paper and put half of cookie mixture in a line and roll. Repeat with other half of mixture. Put in refrigerator until hardened. (approx 24 hrs. Slice into cookies.
Carmel Cups
Dough: 8 oz. Cream Cheese
2-2/3 sticks of butter
2-2/3 cups of flour
Press into the small size baking tins.
Bake 15 min. at 350
Filling:
1 lb of caramel
1/2 cup of sweetened condensed milk
Melt in double boiler then fill baked cups.
Frosting: 1 cup butter
1 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups evaporated milk (chilled)
2/3 cup powdered sugar
Mix well then top filled cups when cool. Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
Crunchy Christmas Wreaths These are sooooo cute!! 1/2 c. butter
1 pkg. 10 oz. large marshmallows (40)
green food coloring
6 cups Corn Flakes
cinnamon candies
red string licorice
In a large saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and cook stirring constantly until the marshmallows are melted and and the mixture is syrupy. Remove from heat and quickly stir in green food coloring. carefully add cereal and stir until thoroughly coated. Allow the mixture to cool enough to handle safely using buttered fingers, quickly shape the mixture into small wreaths and cool them on waxed paper. Adorn each wreath with cinnamon candies and a tiny licorice bow!
White Chocolate Fudge
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup butter
12 oz. white chocolate coarsely chopped
7-oz jar marshmallow cream
3/4 cup walnuts (chopped)
3/4 cup dried apricots (chopped)
Combine sugar, sour creme and butter in heavy saucepan, bring to full, rolling boil, stirring constantly. Continue boiling 7 min. over med. heat. or until candy thermometer reaches 234 degrees, keep stirring to prevent scorching. Remove from heat; stir in chocolate until melted. Add remaining ingredients, beat until well blended. Pour into greased 8 or 9 inch square baking pan. makes 2-1/2 pounds.
EASY Cranberry Snow Candy
Mmmmmmm
16 oz. pkg. white chocolate morsels
1-1/2 cup of dried cranberries
1-1/2 cup walnuts (chopped)
Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler. When melted, add cranberries and walnuts and drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper until set. makes several dozen.
Chocolate Covered Cherries Easy and Yummy!
60 marachino chrries with stems
3 tbsp butter or margarine, softened
3 tbsp. light corn syrup
1/4 tsp. salt
2 cups sifted confectioners sugar
chocolate for dipping
Drain cherries thoroughly. Place on paper towels. Combine butter, syrup and salt. Stir in sifted confectioners sugar. Knead mixture until smooth. Chill if mixture is too soft. Shape one teaspoon of sugar mixture around each cherry. Place on waxed paper lined baking sheet. Chill. Melt chocolate. Holding cherries by stem, dip one at a time into chocolate.
Mini Cheese Cakes
2 eggs
16 oz. cream cheese
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. vanillaCherry pie filling
Nilla Wafers
Beat eggs, cheese, sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Line mini cupcake pans with mini cupcake papers. Place Nilla wafer in each and top with cheese mixture. Bake at 350 for approx. 10-15 min. then allow to cool. Spoon cherry pie filling on top of each mini cheese cake!
Rudolph's Antlers
Another KID-FUN and Friendly Recipe!!!
1 6 oz. pkg semi-sweet choc. chips
1/2 cup butterscotch chips pieces
A bag or can of plain chow mein noodles
maraschino cherries (halved)
Melt chocolate and butterscotch pieces over low heat in a saucepan, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and add noodles. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a wax-paper lined baking sheet, and shape cookies into 2 inch long V-shaped antlers. Place half a cherry in the center of each cookie. Chill until firm. Yields 2 dozen cookies.
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So many families have been suffering from colds and flu-like syptoms lately. Here is a website was developed by a homeschool family as a business venture and a way to introduce people to the edible and medicinal properties of herbs. The site is called Learning Herbs
You
can take a virtual herb walk and also a 7-day e-course about
herbs. Below is a recipe from learningherbs.com called the
"Immune Soup". I made a soup very similar to this in the late
fall of this year and it put me back on my feet in a matter of days,
why I didn't make some last week is beyond me!
Immune Soup
8 cups (237 ml) water
1 tablespoon (15 ml) olive oil
1 onion, diced
1 bulb garlic (at least 10 cloves), minced
One 1 1⁄2 inch (3 1⁄2 cm) piece of fresh gingerroot grated
1 1⁄2 cups salted vegetable soup stock (I use chicken broth)
5 pieces sliced dried Astragalus Root
2 cups fresh, sliced shiitake mushrooms
1 large reishi mushroom
cayenne powder, if desired
Now, you can make variations. You can cut out the reishi if you cannot find it.
You can buy dried reishi mushrooms at Mountain Rose Herbs. Shiitake mushrooms are amazing for the immune system and are available at most supermarkets. Astagalus, as well as the mushrooms, are available at Asian groceries (as Huang qi), BUT you can also buy astragalus here
(root, not the powder). Mountain Rose Herbs is a high quality,
reputable herb company. I always have a big jar of astragalus
root by my stove. I throw a few pieces in practically every soup and
tea I make. It is the main herb you think about for “herbal immune
system nourishment.” Oh….back to the recipe!
Bring water to boil in large pot.
Heat
olive oil, sauté garlic, onions, and ginger until soft and aromatic.
Add contents of skillet to water. Add broth, shiitake, astragalus, and
reishi. Simmer covered for two hours.
Remove from heat, allow to sit for two more hours.
Remove astragalus and reishi mushrooms. Reheat.
Add salt and pepper to taste, and cayenne powder if desired. (just enough to bring out a light sweat)
WhO SaiD LeaRniNg CaN't Be FuN??
Welcome to our homeschooling treasure trove of learning and ideas. This is our place to share some of the exciting things that we are doing and learning together in our family's homeschooling adventure. We are Christians, and our goal is to yield to our Heavenly Father's will. We hope to encourage others who may be considering homeschooling and help to dismiss some of the misconceptions they may have about living a life of learning!
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We are planning to make some of the cookies you see here. Please try these recipes if you need some new ones as my Christmas gift to you! As soon as we make some, I'll post some pictures!
