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These Kris Kringle cookies are really easy to make and great to give away as gifts for the holidays. Share them at a Christmas cookie exchange! These Kris Kringle cookies are really easy to make and great to give away as gifts for the holidays. Share them at a Christmas cookie exchange!

I have tried a lot of different Christmas cookie recipes over the years. Every year I like to try at least one or two new Christmas cookie recipes to add to my cookie collection.   This year I decided to try these Kris Kringle cookies. They are similar to chocolate chip cookies, with the milk…

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Quick and easy ham and bean soup that you can make in your crock pot with a leftover ham bone. Quick and easy ham and bean soup that you can make in your crock pot with a leftover ham bone.

After the holidays, I am always looking for ways to use up holiday leftovers, like ham bones from my Easter, Thanksgiving, or Christmas ham. I like to buy hams when they are on sale during the holidays and keep them in my freezer until I am ready to use them. After the holidays, it’s time…

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Crock pot soup recipes for easy dinners during your busy week. Crock pot soup recipes for easy dinners during your busy week.

Busy weeknights got you scrambling for dinner? Try one of these 10 easy crock pot soups, perfect for busy weeknight meals!   Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Basil Tortellini Soup   This is a delicious, classic homemade tomato soup recipe. It will take you about 15 minutes to prepare this recipe in the morning before you…

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Learn how to make homemade chokecherry jelly with this traditional canning recipe. Sweet, tart, and packed with wild fruit flavor, chokecherry jelly is a delicious way to preserve a seasonal harvest. Perfect for toast, biscuits, and gift giving. Learn how to make homemade chokecherry jelly with this traditional canning recipe. Sweet, tart, and packed with wild fruit flavor, chokecherry jelly is a delicious way to preserve a seasonal harvest. Perfect for toast, biscuits, and gift giving.

  If you have ever seen chokecherries, then you know that they are tiny pint sized cherries that are definitely too tart to eat off the tree. They make a great jelly or jam.   Our mothers and grandmothers often used chokecherries for canning chokecherry jelly in the old days. Chokecherry jelly is now one of…

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