The baking has begun.
I was a little late going this year but now I’m into it. We have our big extended family Christmas Eve (thereabouts) this weekend so no time to waste. This year, we added gingerbread cookies to our spread. This is how I decorated them (even though I hate raisins in baked items)
I love how some looked fierce + upset. It’s my mother’s old cookie cutter and it seems to be wearing a hat. Huh? Why I know not. However, the aunt in me couldn’t resist buying the bottled up icing and red hots for some deliciously sugar gross men, too.
Now for the neighbors and to send home with family folk this weekend, I made some homemade marshmallows. The plan is to give it away with some mixed up hot chocolate mix in another bag.
Yum. The very first ever homemade marshmallow I had was at Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, GA and they’re so much better. They were on Food Network and made them and it seemed too easy to not try. Grab a candy thermometer and you’re set. (Again went with Martha’s recipe.)
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1. hannah | December 14th, 2006 at 8:01 am
such good and yummy ideas! your marshmallows look perfect!
2. meredith | December 15th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
wow! they look amazing…like i’ve said before, you have such a talent for packaging things. i love the gingerbread fellows too.
3. patricia | December 15th, 2006 at 12:51 pm
i’ve been having the most fabulous hot chocolate this week with homemade peppermint marshmallows! totally celestial…i’ve blogged about it and took a pic but gotta wait for the tech half of my unit to upload the pic with the post…
4. chicadecanela | December 16th, 2006 at 5:39 am
Genious packaging! Genious idea! Genious you! :)
5. Heidi | December 16th, 2006 at 5:40 am
We used to do our gingerbread people with currants, which are a little smaller than raisin. We’ve since switched to hard decorator’s icing, but I sometimes miss the currant ones. Yours are cute!
6. Cindy | December 16th, 2006 at 8:53 am
Your marshmallows look yummy! What lucky friends! I would love to try your cool packaging. Will you share what font you used? Or better yet any chance you might share your label for download? Thanks for the great ideas!!! Happy Holidays!
7. Madeline | December 18th, 2006 at 11:38 am
I just saw the show where they made the marshmallows on Food Network! They looked amazing! I may have to try this.
8. Andrea | December 19th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
I’ll have to try the marshmallows. They look fantastic. My problem is that I already have too many ideas, and not enough time to do them. I added limoncello to my gift goodies, along with a cranberry almond biscotti.
9. kayte | December 22nd, 2006 at 7:20 pm
we did a similar thing for all of our friends! i made peppermint marshmellows which turned out to be really good in the hot cocoa. it was my first time making marshmellows but martha always gets me inspired to try crazy things!
i love your work!
I'm curious about your two cents. You smart cookie!
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