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Mexican Wedding Cakes – Holiday Bake Along

The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILovetoBakeCookies.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!

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MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES
The receipt for Mexican Wedding Cakes comes from Sue’s family. We have always offered these cookies to family and friends during the holiday season, along with many other treats. We hope that you enjoy these as much as we do and wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season.
Ingredients
1 cup softened butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Step by Step
Preheat oven 325 F
1) Mix the softened butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and chopped walnuts
2) Form into small balls
3) Bake on un-greased cookie sheet for 35 to 40 minutes at 325 degrees
4) Roll while hot in powdered sugar
5) Roll again when cool
6) Serve and Enjoy!
Olde America Antiques
We are Jack and Susan Davis, owners of Olde America Antiques in Bozeman, Montana. We have been antique dealers and collectors for 30 years and have accumulated a large collection of vintage images. We offer vintage images from our collection for sale as quilt blocks printed on high-quality cotton sateen.Jack, Punkin, Sue, and Sweet PeWe are holding our two pug puppies. Jack is holding Punkin, a rare apricot colored male pug. Sue is holding Sweet Pea, a fawn colored female pug. Punkin and Sweet Pea are brother and sister and come to work with us every day to keep us company.

http://oldeamericaantiques.com/catalog/

Trudie’s Tea Cakes – Holiday Bake Along

The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILovetoBakeCookies.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!

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TRUDIE’S TEA CAKES
This is a recipe that my Swedish mother always made during the holidays. She usually called it “Russian Tea Cakes”, but when she learned and started to teach Spanish, she began calling it “Mexican Wedding Cakes”. I have now named them after her!
Ingredients
1 cup butter
6 Tbsp powdered sugar
2 Tbsp vanilla
2 cups cake flour (use 2 Tbsp less if using regular flour)
1 cup chopped walnuts (medium size pieces)
Step by Step
Preheat oven to 350 F
Do not grease baking sheet.
1) Cream butter and sugar.
2) Add flour, vanilla, walnuts.
3) Roll into a ball the size of a walnut.
4) Bake: 350 degrees 15-20 minutes or until light brown. Watch carefully – checking bottoms of cookies.
5) When cookies are still warm, roll in powdered sugar (in bowl or bag).
6) Serve and Enjoy!Makes 30-36 cookies.
Lancaster Quilt Works
Original Quilt Designs by me and people I love.Our designs are as varied as our personalities. We are a brand new company and new designs are arriving all the time, so look to see more of us in the future.

We originally met in a mini group which we named “Loose Threads” because sometimes we are not “all there”. In fact, I am having to PUSH these creative friends of mine to collect their original designs so I can publish them. This was my original inspiration for this company. At that time, I did not know that I, also, can design quilts.

We hope you like our designs!Web Site coming soon!

Vinaterta (Traditional Icelandic Prune Cake) – Holiday Bake Along

Holiday Bake Along – Needlework and Quilting!

The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILovetoBakeCookies.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!

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VINATERTA (Traditional Icelandic Prune Cake)
Knitwear designer Leanne Dyck reminisces:

Growing up in the heart of a large extended family meant that Christmas was a special event. Festivities began on December 24th. Mom or one of her sisters hosted the event. This gathering grew out of a need expressed by the patriarch and matriarch. So on the appointed day during the appointed hours the appointed house was packed to the rooftop with people, food and presents. We kids thrilled at the opportunity to open one present early and to party way past our usual bedtimes. Young and old ate and ate and ate way too much while Mom and her sisters glowed. Nothing gave them more joy than to hear the magic groans of, “Oh, I ate way too much!” Recipes were hunted down, faithfully recorded, privately shared, then tested and re-tested all in preparation for this special day.
Ingredients
Filling: 2 ½ cups pitted prunes (1 lb/ 454 g)
1 cup sugar
1 tsp ground cardamom (optional)
Layers: 1 ¼ cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 –3 ½ cups all-purpose flour (or more if needed)
3 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
½ cup milk
Almond icing (optional) 1 cup icing sugar
1 Tbsp butter, softened
1 ½ tsp milk
1 ¼ tsp almond extract
Cream ingredients together, in a small mixing bowl.
Step by Step
To prepare filling:1) Place prunes in a saucepan and add enough water to cover.
2)  Bring to a boil, simmer until prunes are very soft and most of the water has evaporated.
3) Put through a food mill or blender.
4) Add sugar and cardamom (optional), stir to combine and set aside to cool.
To prepare layers:1) In large mixing bowl,  cream butter and sugar.
2) Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3) Measure and combine dry ingredients; add alternately with milk to creamed mixture.
4) If dough is sticky, add a little more flavor to make rolling our easier.
To assemble:1) Divide dough into 8 equal portions.
2) On a floured surface, roll each out into a 8 inch round (Mom usually made 6 layers. She set a large dinner plate on top of the dough and traced around the plate with a butter knife.)
3) Dough should be very thin, about ¼ inches in thickness. Bake on cookie sheet.
4) Bake at 375 F for 8-10 minutes or until slightly golden and done.
5) Cool on a wire rack.
6) Assemble by spreading a thin layer of prunes over each layer.
7) Top with your best looking one.
8) The layers will be crisp but will soften with the filling.
9) Top with almond icing, if deserved.

Store in a tightly covered thin for a few days before cutting.
Olavia’s Hand Knitting Patterns
Olavia’s hand knitting patterns combines stylish design with basic knitting techniques.

My business was named to honor the memory of my Mom, Olavia. Although, she was not my first knitting teacher she did ensure that my knitting experiences remained fun and rewarding. It is this philosophy that inspires my designs. I seek to break all design components down to their simplest form so that all knitters regardless of their skill level can have a fun and rewarding knitting experience.

Novelty Yarn is my first book.  Novelty Yarn celebrates knitting in prose and poetry.

Web Site: http://www.oknitting.com/

Blogs: Leanneism: http://oknitting3.blogspot.com

Designer’s Note: http://oknitting2.blogspot.com

Meringue Cookies with Chocolate Chips – Holiday Bake Along

The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILovetoBakeCookies.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!

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MERINGUE COOKIES WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS
No Wheat Recipe!
We make these cookies all year long but especially at Christmas. They are my husband’s favorites. My mother–in-law always made a batch before he came home. Ellie liked them because she couldn’t have wheat products.
Ingredients
1 egg white
1/2 cup of sugar
1 handful of cornflakes crushed
1/2 cup of chocolate chips
Step by Step
Preheat oven to 350 F.
1) Beat 1 egg white until it is thick.
2) Add 1/2 cup of sugar gradually while continuing to beat the egg white.
3) Add the handful of crushed cornflakes and fold into the mix.
4) Add the chocolate chips and mix.
5) Drop by teaspoon onto a buttered cookie sheet.
6) Bake at 350 F for 15 minutes.
7) Cool.
8) Serve and Enjoy!
Ridgewood Needlepoint
Ridgewood Needlepoint is a needlepoint store that specializes in painted canvases, threads and classes. It is a warm and welcoming place where we enjoy teaching many different levels of stitching. This year, finished items have started to trickle in at Ridgewood Needlepoint. There are lots of ornaments and stockings. In addition, I finished a Tapestry Tent Stocking called “The Entourage.” The stitching is great and the finishing is unbelieveable. Instead of a stitched cuff, it has a fur cuff and a stitched nametag. That way it can really be an heirloom.

Customers are actively involved in classes on two Christmas themed items – Candy Village by Beau Geste and the Midtown Manhattan Stocking by DJ Designs. (We call it the Rockerfeller Center Stocking). Both projects are progressing nicely and should be finished in time for Christmas 2007. The Rockerfeller Center Stocking class can also be taken as a cyber class.

We will be seeing many of our customers as they pick up their finishing. It’s always exciting to have a box of finishing come in, especially at this time of year! We enjoy the holiday season at Ridgewood Needlepoint.
Unfortunately, our diets often suffer because of the delightful goodies brought in by our customers! http://www.ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/

Turtle Bars – Holiday Bake Along

Holiday Bake Along – Needlework and Quilting!

The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILovetoBakeCookies.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!

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TURTLE BARS
My holiday memories are mostly of my Grandmother and Great Aunt. They lived together, and everyone seemed to tower over them, but they gave me coffee (with saccharin and cream, of course), butterhorn rolls, homemade fudge, and apple pie. At holidays everyone would crowd into their tiny house but we never noticed how tiny it was because we enjoyed being with them. Then my Great Aunt would nod off in the chair, and she would always say, “I wasn’t asleep!” I would do anything for one more meal with them.
Ingredients
Crust:2 cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
Caramel Layer:2/3 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups pecan halves
1 cup milk chocolate chips
Step by Step
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
1) In large bowl, combine 3 crust ingredients well with a fork.
2) Pat firmly in an ungreased 9×13″ pan.
3) Sprinkle pecans evenly over crust.
Caramel Layer:
1) Cook butter and brown sugar over med.
2) Heat in heavy saucepan, stirring constantly.
3) Let boil, and continue boiling for 30-60 seconds. (Until all butter cooks in mixture).
4) Pour caramel layer evenly over pecans and crust.
5) Bake at 350 degrees 15-20 minutes, or until crust begins to turn light brown and caramel mixture is bubbly.
6) Immediately sprinkle on the cup of chocolate chips evenly.
7) Let sit to melt and lightly swirl chips, leaving some whole.
8) Cool
9) Serve and Enjoy!
Linen Flowers Designs
Linen Flowers Designs Capturing God’s handiwork on fabric with over 60 nature-inspired Cross-stitch Designs. Come see our large selection of charts when you are looking for a chart for a special occasion! http://linenflowers.com/

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies – Holiday Bake Along

The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILovetoBakeCookies.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!

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MOMMA SUE’S CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
Grandchildren and cookies—a perfect match!When my grandchildren come to visit one of their most requested treats from ‘Momma Sue’, is a twist on the perennial childhood favourite—the peanut butter sandwich—but using the brand new product of chocolate and peanut butter already mixed in a jar. As we prepared to make cookies together one afternoon, I satisfied their craving for chocolate peanut butter by substituting it in my cookie recipe. Mmmmm, maybe chopped peanuts would be good. A search of the pantry uncovered a jar of honey-roasted peanuts. WOW! are these ever good cookies! Enjoy. Now we will be making them for Christmas gifts.
Ingredients
1/2c chocolate peanut butter
1/2 c butter
1/2c white sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 c flour
1/2 c honey roasted peanuts, slightly crushed
Step by Step
Preheat oven to 375 F
1) Mix peanut butter and butter.
2) Add sugar, egg and vanilla.
3) Gradually add all remaining ingredients to sugar mixture.
4) Roll dough in 1” balls.
5) Place about 2” apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
6) Press flat with floured fork.
7) Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
8)  Remove from baking sheets immediately.
9) Serve and Enjoy!

36 cookies
Black Eyed Susan Designs
Stained glass Angels or appliqué Santas, Block of the Month Bears or quick to finish Horse Silhouette, table runners to totes —, there is something for everyone. Best of all are the “Christmas Poinsettia’s” that will light your home during this festive time of year! We are a pattern company with “sew” many techniques to keep you busy all year round. http://www.blackeyedsusandesigns.com/

Christmas Meringues – Holiday Bake Along

Holiday Bake Along – Needlework and Quilting!

The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILovetoBakeCookies.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!

Needlework and Quilting Pros
HOLIDAY Bake Along!
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CHRISTMAS MERINGUES
The Winter Holiday (or Christmas) Meringues have been a favorite of Janet Wagner, the owner of A Slice of Heritage, for over 30 years. She has made them for holiday gift baskets, parties, cookie exchanges, and family pleasure. The children always love to help. Friends say, “Ooooh! You made those wonderful little sweets!”
Ingredients
2 egg whites
food coloring
2/3 cup sugar
small package of bittersweet chocolate chips (or nuts, butterscotch, chocolate mint, white chocolate chips, etc.).
Step by Step
Preheat oven to 400º.
1) Beat 2 egg whites and drops of food coloring. (Add a lot, it fades). I use red and green to make pink and light green meringues for the Christmas holidays.
2) After it stiffens a bit, add 2/3 cup sugar. Continue beating.
3) When mixture reaches desired stiffness, fold in small package of bittersweet chocolate chips (or nuts, butterscotch, chocolate mint, white chocolate chips, etc.).
4) Drop by teaspoonful on ungreased cookie sheet.
5) Turn oven off. Place meringues in oven and leave in oven for at least 6 hours or overnight.

Makes 2 sheets full, around 4 dozen.

Can do 3 or 4 days in advance.6) Serve and Enjoy! Serve with ice cream as a dessert accompaniment, or as a festive candy.

HINT: I like to put them in holiday treat bags and tie with a festive ribbon. Great for friends, teachers, or hostess gifts
A Slice of Heritage
A Slice of Heritage specializes in primitive and folk art designs for penny rugs and miniature punchneedle embroidery. Her designs are reproductions and adaptations of historic textile pieces such as samplers, quilts, penny rugs, hooked rugs, and coverlets. Her penny rugs, miniature punchneedle embroidery, patterns, kits, and books are sold throughout the United States and Canada. She has written two books: Penny Rugs To Go is a collection of 12 patterns for small penny rug projects. Penny Rugs, Making Your Own Heirlooms, is a guide for making penny rugs from start to finish.

Janet Wagner has the honor to be chosen to join the distinguished group of 200 craftsmen who comprise both the juried 2005 and 2006 Directory of Traditional American Crafts® published for the 21st year by Early American Life Magazine.

If you’ve been wanting to try making a penny rug, or you’re looking for a small but sweet gift to make, please visit my website at www.asliceofheritage.com. I have a complimentary penny rug candle mat pattern that has been immensely popular. It is my pleasure to offer this as my holiday gift to you!http://www.asliceofheritage.com/
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