Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels

Recipe from Midwest Living Having simple snacks around at holiday parties and gatherings is a must. Some people prefer sweet, others salty, so these pretzels are the perfect combination of both. I am a huge lover of the chocolate and pretzel combination (remember these Pretzel M&M Cookies?), and I also love the cinnamon sugar combination [...]

Snickerdoodle Blondies

Recipe adapted from Brown Eyed Baker Snickerdoodles were one of the first Christmas cookies I made when I started doing my own holiday baking, so they will always have a special place in my baking heart. I am guaranteed to love anything with a cinnamon and sugar combination so anything with the word snickerdoodle really [...]

Candy Cane Cake

If you can believe it, I really don’t think I had a bundt cake until Christmas a few years ago when my sister-in-law made this fabulous dessert! I was a little leary at first, I mean, a cake should really have more frosting right? Certainly not with this cake! Not only does it look great [...]

Russian Tea Balls

Russian Tea Balls. Mexican Wedding Cookies. Whatever you’d like to call them I can guarantee you it will be followed by “yum”! I had always heard of these cute little shortbread-like cookies but never tried them until my sister-in-law made them for Christmas a few years ago. I just kept eating, and eating, and eating [...]