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Cake Mix Valentine Cookies
Sometimes during nap time, I like to whip up a little treat to greet the kiddos once they wake up. I made a batch of these on Monday afternoon, and they were a hit!Recipes for cake mix cookies abound in blogland, and the dough recipe for these is something you very well might have seen…
Advent Cookie Tree
Three or four years ago, I stumbled upon a charming idea in Southern Living to create a cookie tree for Advent. Instead of a typical calendar, the concept is to make a cookie to be enjoyed each day from December 1st through Christmas. This has become one of my favorite Christmas decorating traditions, as it…
Toffee Squares
There is a witching hour that occurs in our household each day around 4 o’clock. And I cannot blame it on my children (although they are admittedly prone to acting like little hooligans that time of day). Nope, this is all on me. It’s the hour when, without fail, I am most likely to head…