Baking

When I was looking for holiday recipes on Pinterest, I ran across this great recipe for gingerbread roll cake. I’ve never made a roll cake before, but I thought I would try making this for Thanksgiving, and it was a big hit. It would be great for Christmas too.   I know pumpkin rolls are…

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…

These thumbprint cookies are easy to make and a great way to show off some of your homemade jam (although store bought jam is okay too!). These cookies also freeze well. You can use any kind of jam in these cookies. I made some with apricot jam (my favorite) and some with strawberry jam.  …

These North Pole cupcakes are really fun and easy to make. I had fun making them recently as a fundraiser for a holiday bazaar. Ingredients: Cake mix Can of frosting Candy canes Sprinkles North Pole labels To make these cupcakes you can either use your favorite flavor of cake mix or you can use a…

If you like the Hershey’s chocolate kiss cookies that a lot of people like to make for the holidays, then you will love these candy cane kiss cookies. They are a fun treat to make for holiday cookie exchanges.   The chocolate kiss cookies are normally made with a peanut butter cookie dough, but this…