Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange Day Two

The Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange is such fun!
Every year we have the best of the best sharing their Christmas goodies.


Check them out!

 DECEMBER 4


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Sunday, December 3, 2023

Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange 2023

The Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange is my favorite blog hop of the year.
Okay, I really love them all, but this one is a tradition on my blog.
It started in 2013 and I missed only one year for reasons I don't remember.


The challenge was to share any of the items listed below:

Christmas recipe (cookies or something else food related)
A favorite Christmas memory
Christmas quilt/project or gift idea

My project is a remake of a different quilt pattern from a few years ago. 
I made this one a little bigger and changed the fabrics.

A TOUCH OF CHRISTMAS
65" X 65"


Fabrics are Benartex's "Peace On Earth" by Amanda Murphy









This year my recipe/baking adventure was done a gazillion miles away in Ohio without me.
It seems that far anyway, now that the Monkey Boys and Monkey Girl moved there.
Thank you to my beautiful daughter and Monkey Boy #4 for helping me out!

CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW COOKIES

Makes 24 cookies

One Devil’s Food cake mix (I used Duncan Hines)
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil (canola or vegetable oil)
12 large marshmallows
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk

INSTRUCTIONS:

Combine cake mix, eggs, and oil in bowl and mix well. 

Scoop tablespoon sized dough balls onto a baking sheet that has been sprayed with cooking 
spray or lined with parchment paper, then roll the dough in your hands to make smoother balls.


Bake at 350 degrees for about 9 minutes.

While the cookies are baking, cut each marshmallow in half with cooking shears. 
You can spray the shears with cooking spray so the marshmallows don’t stick. 
When the cookies are done, place a marshmallow half, cut side down, on each cookie 
and bake in the oven for another 2 minutes. 


Remove cookies from the oven and lightly flatten each marshmallow down.


While the cookies cool, make the frosting. Melt the butter and mix in the cocoa powder and 
vanilla. Add the powdered sugar and milk and mix with a hand mixer or stand mixer 
on high for a few minutes until smooth.

 Frost the cookies with a piping bag or spread the frosting over the cookies with a knife 
or spatula to cover the marshmallows completely.


Examine what they look after taking a bite.


Enjoy the rest of the cookie!


Please take a peek at all the other wonderful sweets, treats, quilts, bags, and
gift ideas. Comments are always appreciated!

The Pinterest page for this hop can be found HERE.

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

It's The Last Day And My Day Of The Turkey Trot

What a fabulous week of turkeys, fall fabrics, and cozy looking projects!
Joan at Moosestash Quilting did a super job with hosting on this one.


It's my day to share what I made to meet Joan's challenge:

Think Turkeys, thankfulness, or Thanksgiving fabric. November also means beautiful colors
 of fall, so sew something with orange, golds, browns, greens or cranberry reds.

The fabrics are "Harvest Festival" by Benartex.
There are turkeys, feathers, and rich fall colors, plus metallic highlights.
Solid fabrics in the quilt are Benartex's New Hue.


The finished quilt measures 58" x 74"
The center block is a "Folded Corners" design with a star and pinwheel in the middle.


The pantograph for quilting was "Feathers in Bloom" by Urban Elementz.




Dresdens are one of my favorite blocks to create. They are great for scraps!


The leaves in our yard start turning brown in the fall, not rosy red or orange. 


There is a sparkle in the fabrics, but it was hard to photograph.
I love the feather fabric!


Our lemon tree stays green all year and by Christmas those lemons are totally ripe.


I used "Harvest Festival" to make a table runner earlier this year.
This pattern is in my Etsy store HERE.

Thanksgiving Turkey Escape


The next blog hop will be the annual Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange blog hop.
There will be some recipes and Christmas projects to get you in the mood for the holidays.
I hope you'll join us!


Sign-ups are happening right now for the January blog hop.
You can find info on it HERE.


I hope you have a lovely Thanksgiving!
My family will all be here...yay!

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Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange Day Two

The Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange is such fun! Every year we have the best of the best sharing their Christmas goodies. Check them out! ...