Now on to the good stuff! I'm giving away 2 different items. And we'll have 2 different winners. :)
First we have this full apron. I know lots of people like the full aprons to bake with. Especially at this time of year! I'm also going to include some dish towels and other kitchen gadgets.
And a cute cupcake purse for a little girl. I don't know if you can tell, but it's filled with lots of goodies too!
Now how do you win? Just leave me a comment with your favorite homemade holiday dessert. It can be a candy or a cookie. Whatever homemade dessert is your favorite. Get 5 extra entries for a link to a recipe. I LOVE to try new things. :)
You have until December 19th at 11:59PM PST. And I will draw 2 lucky names. Good luck! And have fun blog hopping this week. You might want to stop by a few of my friend's blogs too! They're also hosting a giveaway. Here are their links, My Mom, Cari, Gabi, Kate, and Manders. ♥
I guess I'm first! Hope one is a lucky number. This is a great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite? Only one? We make lots of cookies for Christmas- so- Danish Thins.
I'll be making those on Friday probably.
Here is the link to my mom's brownies! So yummy!
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Great giveaway! I love oreo balls!
ReplyDeleteI love cherry pie!
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Toffee from V's Chocolates. . sorry no recipe. Thanks for the chance to win (sukie80@gmail.com)
ReplyDeleteI love peanut butter balls. :) My aunt always makes them &7 they are so good. Thank you for the chance to win!
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http://www.citrusandcandy.com/2010/06/eves-chocolate-cake.html
ReplyDeleteThat cake is to die for!!!!
simple, only a handful of ingredients, quick, easy, super super yummy...you HAVE to give it a try...i am making it (again) for a christmas share.
Love your crochet..:)
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Chocolate dipped pretels... Mmmm.
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Love the cute cupcake bag! My favorite holiday dessert is my mom's lemon bars. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate crinkle cookies, they have to chill for 4+ hours and then be individually rolled in powerdered sugar but oh boy is it worth it! I'd love the apron and my daughter would love the purse so this is a great giveaway for me. mmcgowan at zoomtown dot com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite holiday treat would be sugar cookies with lots of frosting! Yum!
ReplyDeleteHere's a fun desert to make: scroll to the bottom of the post - its a recipe for a suzy Q cake (you can make a twinkie cake by substituting yellow cake)
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my favorite holiday dessert is my granmda's chess tarts.
ReplyDeleteAdorable! My fav dessert - molasses balls or pfefferneussens [...I can never spell that right]
ReplyDeleteAnd here's a fun recipe [you can just drop them or roll and cut :) ] - cranberry noels!
http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/cranberry-noels
Thanks for the giveaway. My favorite holiday dessert is cranberry almond orange cookies with orange glaze.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite new desert is chocolate oreo cheesecake pretzel bites: http://picky-palate.com/2010/08/26/oreo-cheesecake-pretzel-bites/
ReplyDeleteSuch cute crafts! My birthday is the 17th, and winning would make the day extra-special.
My daughter would LOVE the cupcake purse!!! As for desserts, I always make a traditional NZ pavlova. Since I live in the US now, a taste of home is always good at Christmas!
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Thanks for the chance to win! These are great prizes!! My favorite holiday dessert is Date Pudding with no bananas. :)
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I would like to enter! Thanks for having this! This recipe is awesome!
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Those are both so cute! My almost 3 yo daughter is OBSESSED with cupcakes, I genuinely think she would faint if I gave her that purse!
ReplyDeleteI love love love these cookies, I've made them 3 times in the past month or so: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Iced-Pumpkin-Cookies/Detail.aspx
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http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/my-grandmothers-ginger-jam-bread-and-butter-pudding-2565 <--I use this recipe a lot. I love the added ginger flavor the jam adds :D
ReplyDeleteAlso cute apron and bag!
Great giveaway. My favorite holiday cookies are peanut butter with hershey kisses. Yum!
ReplyDeleteThat cupcake purse is too cute.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite dessert for the holidays is Cake Balls! :)
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Great giveaway, love the apron and the cupcake bag both! My go to quick dessert recipe is peanut butter kiss cookies, my kids and I love them!
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i love love love sugar cookies! this is the best recipe i have found!
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i don't have a little girl but I do have a need for a full apron lol. My shirts get everything I promise. My fave holiday treat is Potato Candy and I will leave you a link to my own blog where I posted the recipe.
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My one that I make yearly is chocolate covered cherries..love them! I recently found this recipe that is quite delish!
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I don't have a link to the recipe, it was something a coworker made and I asked for the recipe.
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White cake mix (and the ingredients needed to bake it), eagle brand condensed milk, cool whip, bakers angel flake coconut
Bake white cake I( do the 9x13 version)according to directions and while still warm poke holes in cake and pour milk over it. Let cool. Cover with cool whip and then coconut and pat down a little to help coconut stay on.
I would love the apron for myself since I have a little boy. But I also have nieces if I'm the winner of the cupcake bag! Thanks for the chance to win. Happy Christmas. stephspitzer at gmail dot com
Cute cute! i love candy coffee creams :)
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These Buckeyes have been on my mind this season! I love peanut butter and chocolate! http://jif.com/Recipes/Details/392
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Lovely giveaway! I love a good Caramel Apple cake - moist & delicious!
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh my favorite holiday desert is pumpkin pie. always has been, always will be!!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite holiday cookie is this one...it combines my two favorite things, cheesecake and OREOS. You can follow the link and try them for yourself! http://www.multiplydelicious.com/thefood/2010/06/oreo-cheesecake-cookies/
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ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite holiday cookie ever; you can freeze it and it is still nice and soft when you pull it back out. Thanks for the giveaway!
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My favorite holiday dessert is chocolate pudding pie. It is easy-peasy but we only seem to make it during the holidays. Here's the super simple 3 step recipe:
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2. When the pudding is throughly heated, pour entire pot into a graham cracker pie crust and place in refrigerator to cool completely.
3. When the pie is firm (6-8 hours) top with fresh whipped cream and serve.
Seriously, it is embarrasingly simple, but really delish! ;)
Thank you for the chance to win!
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You can't go wrong with some burnt sugar almonds:
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Cheers!
Laura
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I love homemade Peppermint Oreos here is a link: http://iheartnaptime.blogspot.com/2010/11/crazy-christmas-crafter-girl-who-ate.html
ReplyDeletethat isn't the original link, but it is the same recipe i've been using for years! :)
I loooove this giveaway! An apron for me and an adorable cupcake purse for my daughter... LOVE it! And goodies inside?! Awesome! Thanks so much. Oh yes... fudge. Love love looooove me some fudge! Thanks for the great giveaway!
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The Pioneer Woman's Dreamy Apple Pie is a new favorite: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/11/dreamy-apple-pie/
ReplyDeleteMy grandpa's fudge is the best, but that recipe is known only to him. ;)
I love pie!!! Apple pie~
ReplyDeleteThose are so cute! I would love an apron and I know my niece would love the bag!!
ReplyDeleteHere is my favorite recipe for english toffee. http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/159/English-Toffee
I am having a giveaway too!! Come check it out if you like. http://hendrixville.blogspot.com/
This peppermint bark is wonderful!
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Thanks for the giveaway!
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i could definitely do with a nice apron like that! what a lot of work it must have taken to put that together! i'll copy my favorite christmas cookie recipe in here, since the only place i've put it up is facebook:
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Preparation time: 15 minutes
Servings: 50 cookies
Baking time: 10 to 12 minutes
Baking temperature: 350º
Cookie sheet: UNGREASED Chilled: YES –
1 hour + overnight
Ingredients:
2 squares (2 ounces) unsweetened chocolate
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening
½ cup butter
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons instant coffee
2 teaspoons water
1 egg
1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
3 tablespoons shortening
Instructions:
•Melt unsweetened chocolate, stir, and cool slightly.
•Mix flour, cinnamon, and salt.
•Beat shortening and butter with mixer; add sugar/brown sugar. Dissolve coffee in water and add. Add melted chocolate and egg, beat well. Add flour mixture and beat.
•Cover and chill 1 hour or more.
•Shape into two 7-inch rolls, wrap, and refrigerate overnight (6 hours).
•Cut into ¼ inch slices and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
•Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 350º.
•Melt chocolate chips and shortening, and dip half of each cookie; set on waxed paper to cool, set.
we love cranberries at this time of year in our house :)
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I think this is a GREAT giveaway!
Merry Christmas!
My fave is Cranberry Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies, link to follow :)
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thanks so much!
Maybe I am boring, but my favorite is chocolate chip cookies. BUT they have to be made with King Arthurs flour, and according to the Trader Joe's recipe!
ReplyDeleteI don't have a link, its a recipe from My Mom. I LOVE these cookies! I can't wait to make them this year!
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1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
36-48 maraschino cherries, well drained
In large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until light and fluffy. No need to sift flour. Add remaining ingredients. Blend at low speed until a dough forms, about 1 minute. Dough will be stiff. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, using a heaping teaspoon of dough for each. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Push one cherry halfway into each ball. When all cookies are molded and cherries are pushed in, prepare frosting and use immediately. Frost each cherry by spreading 1/2 teaspoon frosting over each cherry. Frosting will spread over cookie slightly during baking. Bake frosted cookies at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes until puffy. Store tightly covered.
FROSTING
1 cup (6 oz) chocolate chips
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/4 tsp salt
1-1 1/2 tsp maraschino cherry juice
In small heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate pieces with condensed milk, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Add remaining ingredients and stir until smooth.
Makes 36-48 cookies
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Great giveaway. One of our favorites is lemon pound cake which is baking right now. You can find the recipe on the side of the duncan hines box. Everyone loves it and thinks it takes a long time to make. Very easy and delicious. Merry CHristmas.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite cookies for special occasions: http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/white-chocolate-raspberry-bars/5035ff2f-1d61-49dc-8605-09ac3f0ae90d/
ReplyDeleteI could eat the whole batch if I don't watch myself! ;)
Thanks for the giveaway! Robyn (dot) Geddes (at) gmail (dot) com
Cute, cute! Love bar cookies with graham crackers, peanut butter chips, and chocolate chips. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI love love love this mint fudge!http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/layered-mint-chocolate-fudge/Detail.aspx
ReplyDeleteI love those seven layer cookies that sometimes are in Christmas cookie assortments.
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It's not quite a candy, but I love caramel apples, esp with nuts and things.
ReplyDeleteHere's a great recipe for organic caramel apples, yum.
http://deliciouslyorganic.net/caramel-apples/
If you'd like to enter my giveaway for Sewmamasew giveaway day, it's at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ananemone
I really like peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips. Not very Christmasy but still yummy.
ReplyDeletePumpkin pie is my favorite sweet.
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Such a wonderful giveaway. I love snickerdoodle cookies this time of year. texhelena(at)aol(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI like these chocolate chip cookie bars. So good!
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These lemon bars are my favorite. :)
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Great giveaway items! And good idea asking for recipes. This recipe is delicious: http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/12/grasshopper-brownies/. It's Grasshopper Brownies--chocolate and peppermint always feel like a holiday treat to me.
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ReplyDeleteBourbon Fudge is where it's at! I've never made it with the orange. It's always just straight bourbony goodness.
My favorite is meringues with chocolate chips. Thanks for the chance to win!
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Love Love Love this giveaway. I need an apron as I am going to be cooking a lot more with my husband-to-be ;) We are getting married o2.o5.2o11, and I will need all the help I can get in the cooking department. At least if I burn something I will look cute if I win this giveaway, (hint hint! haha!) Anyhow my delicious recipe for you to try out is: AMAZING. Here's a link for a great cranberry white chocolate recipe. Check it out, you will fall in love all over again! FYI... It is from Southern Living if you know what I am talking about <3 <3
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Happy Baking & Merry Christmas from one blogger to another...
~Thanks for this great giveaway~
best cookies ever! peanut butter kisses...I've been making these for as long as I can remember! yumm!
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only four ingredients, so easy!
Snowball cookies, just like my mama makes! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite holiday treat I bake is biscotti, and this year the recipe I am using is here - it's very good but I didn't include the white chocolate. I like to try new recipes and I found it in the magazine in a dr waiting room!
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My favorite holiday treat is cardamom butter cookies.
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Such cute stuff! Love the cupcake purse. My daughter would love it! aefdonner@yahoo.com
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Thanks for stopping by and entering my giveaway, too!
One of my favourite things to bake (not just at Christmas) is Blondies, white chocolate blondies, very easy but oh so yummy and they make great gifts. Here's a link to a blog post about them http://missnance.blogspot.com/search/label/Recipes
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Blessings
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ReplyDeleteOh that apron is cute! I do like me a full apron :)
ReplyDeleteA really good treat is Mama's Sweet and Saltines. Here's a link!
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Loving the retro styling of the apron -- super cute! Not sure if you made it over to my giveaway, but my new favorite holiday treat is actually the post below that. It is SO YUMMY! :)
ReplyDeleteI love all in one cookies at Matha Stewarts site. I would love the apron.
ReplyDeleteThese are so easy! And no bake. My favorite. :)
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These have to be my favorite cookie. The thumbprints.
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These peanut butter kiss cookies are my favorite. And my kids' favorite. We eat an entire batch in no time!
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These are some of my favorites. http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/apricot-filled-empanaditas/Detail.aspx
ReplyDeleteThese cream cheese cookies are so good! I really like making them.
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These tartlets are so yummy and different!
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I absolutely love to make sticky buns on Christmas morning. :)
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I really like biscochitos. They're super easy to bake!
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I really like these cookies. You can sub in dried cherries or drained, canned pineapple. Very tasty.
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Lola you know me! I love fudge!
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Chiquitita you have to try this dip! It's so yummy. And it goes with just about any kid of fruit. Right up your alley! :)
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I found this new recipe not long ago. I really like these cookies.
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These are my favorite sugar cookies!
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It's funny. I just tried this recipe after I got married. And I really do love it!
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These are so yummy!
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Lols you know this already, but I really enjoy peanut butter cookies.
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You have to try these yummy cookies!
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I love these cookies. Especially around Christmas.
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These are the best cookies ever!
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This is a very tasty recipe.
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