You are the light of the world- Matthew 5:14
Hell0, sweet friend…
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I hope you are well and that you had a great Thanksgiving.
Joe & I spent a wonderful time with family in Bend, Oregon.
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Shortly after returning back home…
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Joe turned into Santa‘s Elf quickly stringing the Christmas lights all around the outside…
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I became the other elf helper…
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carefully placing bows and ribbons strategically…
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Before long together we had completed the decorating….
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for our sweet cozy home…
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just in time to light up this small corner of the world.
Happy December!
🎄
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What’s Cooking…
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This yummy very chocolate-y cookie is a favorite go to baking tradition for me. It’s almost as fun to bake as it is to eat…almost…
Candy Cane Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup candy canes, crushed
- 2 cups mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the sugar with a hand mixer.
- Add the egg and mix well into the butter mixture.
- Add the flour, salt, vanilla and 1/4 cup of crushed candy canes. Mix well to combine.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. I always use a half sheet pan, which is 18″x13″
- Turn the cookie mixture out onto the parchment paper and press with your hands to form a flat, rectangular-shape, about 1/4 inch thick.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly over the cookie base.
- Return the oven for 90 seconds.
- Remove from oven and smear the chocolate evenly with an offset spatula.
- Sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup crushed candy canes.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Using a pizza cutter, trim along the rough edges (those are for you to munch on right away!) and cut the entire cookie into 32 squares.
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My, your home certainly looks festive
Thank you for brightening up the world.
See you next time.