Christmas

These easy Christmas peanut butter cup cookies are the perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter. Great for holiday or Christmas cookie exchanges! These easy Christmas peanut butter cup cookies are the perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter. Great for holiday or Christmas cookie exchanges!

I love baking cookies during the holidays. These peanut butter cup cookies are the perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter. They are great for holiday or Christmas cookie exchanges!   Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Ingredients: 1 3/4 c. flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 c. butter, softened 1/2 c. sugar 1/2…

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Expert tips for writing the perfect Christmas letter to send out to friends and family during the holiday season. Expert tips for writing the perfect Christmas letter to send out to friends and family during the holiday season.

I don’t know about you, but I always look forward to receiving Christmas letters from family and friends during the holiday season. Often it is the only news you receive from some of them throughout the year.   I started sending out our family Christmas letter the year after I got married. Some adult children…

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The best Christmas cookies for holiday cookie exchanges. The best Christmas cookies for holiday cookie exchanges.

I love cookie exchanges. Whether you are organizing or participating in a cookie exchange with family or friends or for a women’s church get together, these cookie recipes will give you some inspiration to try something new or try an old-fashioned favorite.   At our Christmas cookie exchanges we always brought extra cookies to put…

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These gum drop cookies are a great treat for the holidays or any time. They make a great addition to Christmas cookie exchanges! These gum drop cookies are a great treat for the holidays or any time. They make a great addition to Christmas cookie exchanges!

Gum drop cookies are an old-fashioned kind of bar cookie. You can make them in a jelly roll pan or in a 13×9-inch baking dish, but a jelly roll pan will give you nice straight edges to your bar cookies. I was skeptical with how these would turn out, but it turns out they are…

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