Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas!
Here's wishing you all the happiness that your heart can hold.
Much love,
Sara & Ian
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Angels by Mark Mabry
Friday, December 16, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Gingerbread Men
One year around Christmas time - I was living far away, missing my family and still several weeks away from going home for the holidays - My mom sent me her recipe for gingerbread men. I made them immediately and it felt like Christmas was just around the corner.
This year I made that same recipe for some friends and it was a big hit.
Here is the recipe exactly as my mother emailed it to me:
The Gingerbread Man and how he began
4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbs ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 c butter, softened
1/2 c packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
3/4 c molasses
red hots, raisins, frosting
1. In a medium-sized bowl, sift the flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and baking soda. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar with a wooden spoon or electric mixer. Add the eggs, one at a time, and then the molasses. Slowly add the flour mixture to the molasses mixture, sutffin after each addition with the wooden spoon or mixer (the dough should be stiff).
3. Divide the dough in half, flatten into a think pancake, and cover with plastic wrap (or put it in ziploc bags). Refrigerate for 2 hours, or until firm enough to roll out. (If dough becomes too stiff, soften for 10 minutes at room temperature for easy rolling).
4. Preheat oven to 350. Dust the counter generously with flour, roll out the dough to a 1/4 in thickness. Use cookie cutters to cut out gingerbread men and a spatula to transfer to a greased cookie sheet, spacing them 1 inch apart. Press in red hots and raisins.
5. Bake 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Be careful as you remove the gingerbread men from the oven, this is the time they are most likely to run away, at which time a terrible chase scene ensues.
"Run, run, run, fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"
Love my mom. Seriously.
Happy Baking!
This year I made that same recipe for some friends and it was a big hit.
Here is the recipe exactly as my mother emailed it to me:
The Gingerbread Man and how he began
4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbs ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 c butter, softened
1/2 c packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
3/4 c molasses
red hots, raisins, frosting
1. In a medium-sized bowl, sift the flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and baking soda. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar with a wooden spoon or electric mixer. Add the eggs, one at a time, and then the molasses. Slowly add the flour mixture to the molasses mixture, sutffin after each addition with the wooden spoon or mixer (the dough should be stiff).
3. Divide the dough in half, flatten into a think pancake, and cover with plastic wrap (or put it in ziploc bags). Refrigerate for 2 hours, or until firm enough to roll out. (If dough becomes too stiff, soften for 10 minutes at room temperature for easy rolling).
4. Preheat oven to 350. Dust the counter generously with flour, roll out the dough to a 1/4 in thickness. Use cookie cutters to cut out gingerbread men and a spatula to transfer to a greased cookie sheet, spacing them 1 inch apart. Press in red hots and raisins.
5. Bake 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Be careful as you remove the gingerbread men from the oven, this is the time they are most likely to run away, at which time a terrible chase scene ensues.
"Run, run, run, fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"
Love my mom. Seriously.
Happy Baking!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Felt Tree for Baby
I'm the oldest of 5 kids that are spread out over 13 years. Through my entire childhood there were toddlers about and at Christmas time, only the top two thirds of our tree got decorated, creating a "baby zone" at the bottom.
I love this idea for a felt tree that the baby can decorate and un-decorate as much as they please!
Of course, now we are all grown up and the bottom third of the tree still doesn't get decorated because its the "pet zone."
I love this idea for a felt tree that the baby can decorate and un-decorate as much as they please!
Of course, now we are all grown up and the bottom third of the tree still doesn't get decorated because its the "pet zone."
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Our 2010 Christmas Decorations
This was our first married Christmas, so I decided to show IKF just what he got himself into by marrying me, the Queen of Festive.
Channeling the creativity of these cute people, we set about cutting out letters for own caroling garlands, which didn't take as long as I expected... just a couple episodes of Bones and we had ourselves an abundant construction paper alphabet.
It was perfect - a little effort went a long way. Aaaand it was cheap - construction paper, twine and tape don't cost much.
Some extremely kind friends of my parents also let us pick up a tree at the "young-married-and-broke" discount price, so we actually got to have a live Christmas tree!
I'm so happy with how it all turned out! It was beautiful, inexpensive and IKF is building up a very high tolerance for "useless sparkly things." It was one of the highlights of my Christmas this year to have a little home to decorate and a husband to enjoy it with.
Channeling the creativity of these cute people, we set about cutting out letters for own caroling garlands, which didn't take as long as I expected... just a couple episodes of Bones and we had ourselves an abundant construction paper alphabet.
It was perfect - a little effort went a long way. Aaaand it was cheap - construction paper, twine and tape don't cost much.
Some extremely kind friends of my parents also let us pick up a tree at the "young-married-and-broke" discount price, so we actually got to have a live Christmas tree!
I'm so happy with how it all turned out! It was beautiful, inexpensive and IKF is building up a very high tolerance for "useless sparkly things." It was one of the highlights of my Christmas this year to have a little home to decorate and a husband to enjoy it with.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Blessed
"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."
-- Hamilton Wright Mabi
-- Hamilton Wright Mabi
Monday, December 20, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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