Tag: christmas

Cranberry Orange Loaf

This year, I decided to make a Christmas themed bread. I tried this very quick and delicious recipe that worked very well. It tasted great and was perfect for a Christmas special. I really loved the loaf and decided to share it with you!

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • zest of an orange
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 Tbsp fresh orange juice
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped cranberries

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a loaf pan.
  2. Mix the flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar, then set aside.
  3. In a seperate bowl, stir the orange zest, buttermilk, oil, eggs, orange juice, and vanilla together.
  4. Slowly combine the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
  5. Add the cranberries and stir until just combined.
  6. Pour into the pan and bake for 55 minutes.
  7. Enjoy!

What’s your favorite Christmas recipe?

Merry Christmas and a recipe

Merry Christmas everyone! I decided to share a winter recipe to start off the holiday season, so here is how you make white chocolate and cranberry cookies!

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup softened butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ cup white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup dried cranberries 

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line the cookie sheets.
  2. In a bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar.
  3. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
  4. Combine the flour and baking soda in a different bowl, then stir into the first mixture.
  5. Mix in the white chocolate chips and cranberries.
  6. Roll into small balls and place them on the cookie sheets.
  7. Bake for 8 minutes in the oven. Allow cookies to cool on wire racks.
  8. Enjoy!

These cookies are really delicious and I loved making and eating them. I gifted these homemade cookies to our neighbors. It’s a perfect treat for the holidays. I hope you like them!

DIY Christmas Jars

This year, I made some really cool christmas craft projects. One of my favorites was the christmas jars.

Items needed:

  • some old jars (I used mason jars, but you can use any type you want)
  • epsom salt
  • ribbon (use colors that will pop out)
  • medium sized silver balls
  • fake greenery
  • mod podge (or clear glue)
  • hot glue (only use with adult supervision)

Instructions:

  1. Coat part of the exterior of the jar with the mod podge.
  2. Sprinkle the epsom salt on the mod podge.
  3. Repeat until you cover the whole jar.
  4. Do this to how many ever you want to do and set to dry.
  5. Once dry, measure and cut the ribbon you’ll need to wrap around the top of your jar.
  6. Using the hot glue, glue the ribbon around the top and let dry.
  7. Take two or more sprigs of the fake greenery and glue in the center of the ribbon.
  8. Glue one or two silver balls on the greenery with hot glue.
  9. Let dry.

Once they’re dry, you can use them as anything from a pen holder to a candy jar! The epsom salt looks just like snow and the greenery with the silver balls looks really nice. These jars are amazing and really cute too!

Please try this and leave a comment about how it went!