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Spicy Molasses Crinkles are arranged on a shiny serving plate.
Christmas Cookies, Cookies and Candy

Spicy Molasses Crinkles

I used my small cookie scoop to form the dough for these half-sized ginger cookies, before dropping the balls into a pan of sugar to coat. The result was my idea of perfect Molasses Crinkles: small, fragrant, spicy, a bit crispy on the outside while still soft on the inside. These spicy gems offer a little taste of Christmas in every delicious bite.

Wooden bowl filled with chestnuts in an evergreen wreath
Appetizers

Chestnut Roasting

The Christmas Song “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose….” ~ Torme and Wells My knowledge of chestnuts is forever colored by the work of two men: my grandfather and Johnny Mathis. Johnny Mathis provides the atmosphere. When I was small my mother had a […]

Bread, Breakfast

Blueberries and Coconuts

Holiday Baking It’s cold outside. Winter has begun to bluster kindling a genuine appreciation for warm fires and hearty holiday meals this late November. The refrigerator is stocked with the traditional excess of the season and I am baking Blueberry Tropic Oat Muffins, with warm notes of coconut and ginger. […]