Tasty Bites: Double Chocolate Peppermint Chunk Cookies and Kiss Pies

By Beth V

If you are like me, the Christmas season presents a great opportunity to try a couple of new cookie recipes to supplement the old tried and true varieties. I stumbled upon two recently that were not only delicious-sounding, but also really cute visually, and pretty easy to pull off. One had a chewy, fudgy cookie with a melted peppermint/white chocolate Hershey’s Kiss melted on top. What a delicious flavor combination! The other uses refrigerated pie crust cut into circles and sealed around a Hershey’s kiss creating adorable little hand-held “kiss pies.” A recipe with less than five ingredients? Sure, why not supplement more complicated baking with something so easy and cute? I did find some delicious Mint Truffle kisses for my “kiss pies,” but my local stores were out of the peppermint-striped Candy Cane Kisses, so I was happy to find these delicious Andes Peppermint Crunch baking chips and I set to work creating my own version.

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Life Is Funny: 12 Crazy Days of Christmas

By MAD21

We heard/saw this at our church last week. It is hilarious. Thought I'd share. Hope you all are having a wonderful holiday! And not this crazy...

My friend and fellow blogger Wendy at Weight..What? has a fun carnival at her blog called "Life is Funny." Every Monday we talk about something in life that we find funny. Be sure to go visit her blog to read her post along with links to other blogs who are participating.

A Savior Is Born!

By Ginny (MAD21)

I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. I pray that each of you feels the amazing love and peace Christ gives, no matter what life has handed you this year.

Tasty Christmas Bites: Busily Baking...

By Beth V

First day of winter

Christmas parties

Three-year-old voices caroling the birth of our Lord.

Cute little snowmen

Sure to be gobbled

By those three-year-old boys and girls.

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Every Day Life: Snapshots of Christmas

By Lara

[Editor's Note: Lara wrote a fabulous post two weeks ago about trying to come up with something creative to write for her Christmas letter to her family and friends. Here is the rest of the story.]

A little girl in a yellow nightgown sits on her knees smiling at someone in the background. The frost has laced the window behind her with intricate fragile swirls. The early morning light brushes against her golden locks. Spread out on the floor, scattered amongst crumpled red wrappings, are pieces to a building set. Bright colored sticks with tiny plastic connectors. She is building a tower. It will be the tallest tower that she's ever built - taller than she is. Her eyes sparkle and her cheeks glow. Her father helps her reach higher and higher. Her mother takes pictures of this favorite gift the girl will almost remember that she loved.

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