Christmas recipe

November 10, 2020 by Kirstin

cookie exchange idea- orange drop cookies

orange drop cookies (a not-chocolate cookie exchange option!)

(Orange drop cookies are the perfect not-chocolate-chip holiday treat and my go-to recipe for holiday cookie exchanges!)

So Cookie Exchange Parties are not really a thing in New Zealand, but I’m thinking about hosting one this year.

When we lived in Colorado, we went to my mother-in-laws cookie party every year and LOVED trading yummies and then having a whole smorgasbord of holiday treats leading up to Christmas.

I love making my mama’s fudge recipe for cookie exchanges! And I also feel like Cookie Exchange parties are the perfect opportunity to make not-chocolate-chip cookies (which admittedly, is 75% of my baking- and that number would be way higher if we weren’t on such a rhubarb crumble/banana bread kick).

These Orange Drop Cookies are the PERFECT solution.

A friend brought them to a baby shower years ago and they are still so high on my list- totally Cookie Exchange recipe material!

December 18, 2014 by Kirstin

the easiest holiday dessert- buttermilk chess pie

Before I met Adam, I had never even heard of buttermilk pie (or any chess pie, actually). But it is so yummy, and so very easy to make. It’s the perfect holiday dessert because homemade but with so little effort! Also, it’s Burke’s favorite dessert (well, tied with Texas Sheet Cake, yet another never-tried-before-Adam treat). […]

December 16, 2014 by Kirstin

christmas wassail- our family’s recipe

If I had to pick a smell that is Christmas to me, I think wassail would be at the top of my list. It may be even higher than the smell of evergreen? Just maybe, though- haha. We’ve shared our wassail recipe before, but as I was making up a batch, I thought I’d highlight […]