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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Needlework and Quilting Pros |
| ILoveToBake.com SANTA’S WHISKERS |
|  I found these cookies in the Better Home’s & Gardens Homemade Cookies Cook Book. I worked for BH&G in the 1980’s. They had a home party plan where I taught customers needlecrafts in their home. This book was one of the hostess gifts from BH&G. This is where I learned to cross stitch. I was hooked!
I bake dozens and dozens of cookie for my families Holiday parties. Usually each person brings a dish. I’m ALWAYS elected to bring the cookies! Each year I look for a new cookie recipe to try, but I always ask my daughters and son-in-laws for their special request and these cookies are always included on the Christmas Cookie list! Enjoy! Happy Holidays! Karen              |
| Ingredients |
| 1 Cup Butter or Margarine, softened 1 Cup Sugar 2 Tablespoons Milk 1 teaspoon Vanilla 2 1/2 Cups All-purpose Flour 3/4 Cup finely chopped Candied Red Cherries (I used scissors to cut these, they are sticky, so wash scissors before and after cutting) 1/2 Cup finely chopped Pecans 3/4 Cup Flaked Coconut |
| Step by Step |
| 1) In mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, cream together butter, and sugar. 2) Blend in milk and vanilla. 3) Stir in flour, chopped candied cherries and chopped pecans. Dough will be stiff. 4) Form dough into two or more 8 inch rolls or logs. 5) Roll in flaked coconut to coat outside. 6) Wrap in waxed paper or clear plastic wrap; place in refrigerator to chill thoroughly (at least 1-2 hours). 7) Cut into about 1/4 inch slices with a sharp knife. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake at 375 degrees till edges are golden, about 12 minutes. Makes about 60.9) Serve and Enjoy! NOTE: You can use the green candied cherries also—I just love the bright color of the red ones for these cookies! |
| Rosewood Manor |
| ROSEWOOD MANOR features award winning Counted Cross Stitched designs by designer Karen Kluba. Cross stitch designs include pieces inspired by quilt blocks and samplers–both modern and old fashioned. Unusual and fun Quilt Patterns are now a part of Rosewood Manor’s lines. Karen always includes “BE CREATIVE!†ideas in her charts and patterns to inspire you to use them in more ways than what is pictured on the covers. There is always a new design to collect from ROSEWOOD MANOR!
Ask for Rosewood Manor charts and patterns at your local needlework shop or quilt shop or shop on line at www.rosewoodxstitch.com http://www.rosewoodxstitch.com/ |
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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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Needlework and Quilting Pros |
| ILoveToBake.com CHRISTMAS WREATH COOKIES No Bake Cookies |
| There is nothing that says Christmas like cornflakes and green food coloring! One of my fondest Holiday memories is making Holiday Wreath cookies at Christmas. This is my first memory of tasting Red Hot candies and I have loved them ever since despite getting caught at dinner with a stained red tongue that was a dead give away that I had been sneaking cookies. |
| Ingredients |
| 30 large marshmallows or 3 cups miniature marshmallows ¼ lb. Oleo 2 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. green food coloring 4 cups corn flakes red hot cinnamon candy |
| Step by Step |
| 1) Combine Marshmallows, oleo, and vanilla and melt in the microwave, watching it so it doesn’t burn. 2) Add 1 tsp. green food coloring 3) Add 4 cups corn flakes 4) Stir well. 5) Drop by teaspoons onto waxed paper. 6) Top with red hot cinnamon candy to make a wreath. |
| Angelic Crafts |
| We specialize in contemporary, whimsical counted cross stitch designs and unique wood framing. Our work is a joint effort of a mother and daughter team: Vicki Fisher and her daughter, Pamela Calkins. It took retirement to allow Vicki to combine her original college degree in Home Economics with her MBA and channel her creative energies back into her first loves of crafting, sewing and needlework. She instilled a love of handworks in her daughter and today they spend countless hours sharing their ideas, inspirations and dreams with each other through their designs. Their joint approach to designing capitalizes on each others strengths and combine them in each design project from thread selection to finishing. http://www.angeliccrafts.com/ |
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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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Needlework and Quilting Pros |
| ILoveToBake.com MACADAMIA TRUFFLES |
| I love naughty treats and chocolate truffles are a favourite. I also know that ALL my stitching friends and students also love chocolate truffles so when designing my stitchery book, Christmas Truffles, I decided to combine the two. However, we can’t lose too much stitching time slaving in the kitchen so all of the recipes in the book are quick and easy to make but produce mouth watering, irresistible treats. This one, Macadamia Truffles uses white chocolate – my favourite, but is quite sweet so the truffles can be shared by many. Helen Stubbings, designer and owner of Hugs ‘n Kisses. |
| Ingredients |
| 200g/7oz white chocolate 125g/4oz packet Philadelphia cream cheese 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon vanilla essence/extract 20 macadamia nuts 1/4 cup desiccated coconut 1/2 cup coconut extra for rolling |
| Step by Step |
| 1) Melt chocolate in double saucepan. 2) Beat chocolate, cream cheese, honey and vanilla with an electric beater until smooth. 3) Stir in coconut. 4) Refrigerate until firm. 5) Roll mixture around macadamia nut to form ball. 6) Roll in extra coconut and refrigerate again before serving. 7) Serve and Enjoy! |
| Hugs ‘n Kisses |
| Hugs ‘n Kisses – Feelgood stitcheries and associated thingys! Patchwork and stitchery patterns including gift box ranges, BOM’s, Bags of friendship, quilts, dolls and brooches and iron on transfers. Home of the Colourqueâ„¢ technique – appliqué using coloured pencils. Iron on transfer printing service, Snugglybug Rug Project and Charity Stitching days and retreats. http://www.hugsnkisses.net/ |
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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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Needlework and Quilting Pros |
| ILoveToBake.com NUTMEG LOGS |
| My mother-in-law used to make 17 kinds of Christmas cookies. This tradition has passed into our household, but I only make about 7 or 8, plus some chocolate-dipped pretzels or apricots or something easy like that. I put together big platters of cookies every year and deliver them to my local quilt shops, who are so wonderfully supportive of me throughout the year, plus the animal shelter where I volunteer, my printer, etc. This Christmas cookie recipe is very holiday-y and makes a nice addition to a platter because of its unusual shape, color, and flavor. |
| Ingredients |
| Cookies:1 cup butter or margarine, room temperature 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon rum extract 3 cups all-purpose flour extra nutmeg to sprinkle on top of icing |
| Icing:2 cups sifted powdered sugar 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, room temperature 1/2 teaspoon vanilla a little milk |
| Step by Step |
| Cookie Instructions:
1) Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer for 30 seconds. |
| Icing Instructions: 1) Stir together powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla until blended. 2) Add milk 1/2 teaspoon at a time until of spreading consistency. 3) Spread icing on top of each log so that it looks like drifts of snow. 4) Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg. Makes about 48. 5) Serve and Enjoy! |
| Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs |
| Fun books and patterns for the quilter.Kay Mackenzie’s Quilt Puppy Publications & Designs offers a variety of really fun books and patterns for your quilting pleasure, from theme quilts to kid quilts to appealing appliqué designs. Kay has created four collections of appliqué designs, each book created around a theme – teapots, baskets, hearts, and Christmas. Rather than putting an emphasis on making specific projects, these attractive little books encourage quilters to use the designs creatively as they wish, using their own favorite methods. Of added value are Kay’s tips for those interested in hand appliqué, including an excellent illustrated guide to points and notches. Visit the Quilt Puppy website often to find out the latest monthly special, or sign up for the newsletter to receive this information delivered to your in-box. |
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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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Needlework and Quilting Pros |
| ILoveToBake.com CATHEDRAL WINDOWS No Bake Recipe |
| One of my favorite cookbooks is called “In the Forks of Hanover”. Hanover is home to an historic Episcopal Church called Fork Church. In 1979 the members compiled a cookbook and offered it for sale through out the community. My copy is dated 1982 and was a Christmas gift to me from my mother. Whenever I need a recipe for anything this is the first book I reach for, and especially when I’m looking for Holiday treats to bake. I’d like to share a cookie recipe called “Cathedral Windows”. It was a big hit with our graddaughters when they came to visit last year and went to see the Nutcracker.My favorite thing about the recipe is that it doesn’t really require baking! |
| Ingredients |
| 12 ounce chocolate bits (I use Toll House Chocolate Chips) 1 stick butter 1/4 cup finely chopped nuts 10 ounces colored small marshmallows |
| Step by Step |
| 1) Melt the chocolate bits and butter. 2) Cool slightly and add marshmallows. 3) Divide into 4 parts, roll on waxed paper sprinkled with the finely chopped nuts, and put into the refrigerator to harden. 4) Cut into slices. What could be easier! 5) Serve and Enjoy! |
| Caroline’s Thread and Canvas |
| What is it about needlework and cooking? I guess it’s the fact that those of us who are stitchers need one more outlet for our creative tendencies. It’s much the same reason I had to open a needlework shop–I just couldn’t get enough needlework “stuff”. I just love needlepoint and all those yummy threads. I’m actually a one-person shop (well, 2 when you count my husband) located in a small town in Hanover County, Virginia. (Actually we’re pretty convenient to Williamsburg, Charlottesville, & our capital of Richmond). If you’re ever traveling Interstate 95 south from Washington D. C., our shop is only 2 miles from the Interstate! http://www.carolinesthreadandcanvas.com/ |
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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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Needlework and Quilting Pros |
| ILoveToBake.com CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY COOKIES |
| For the past 20 years, my best friends and I have gotten together during the first full weekend in December for our annual Great Cookie Bake! For 3 days solid, we eat, talk, laugh, and of course, BAKE *enormous* amounts of cookies. We bake so many cookies, in fact, that we now have a database containing our recipe ingredients and number of batches baked. We’re quite productive, considering there are only 4 of us baking! (To give you an idea, for the 2005 bake, we made 26 varieties, which required about 13 lbs. butter, 5 dozen eggs, and about 20 lbs. of flour!) About a month before the Bake, we get together and decide which cookies we feel like baking this time around, who will be bringing how much of what ingredients. Then we converge on the host’s house at the appointed time and the Games begin! For many years, we rotated between our three homes…then one of our group bought a new house with 2 wall ovens… talk about heaven for cookie baking! We have a great time getting together; the baking part is really just an excuse to do it! We give most of the finished product away as gifts.There are several types we simply *must* make every year, as people are disappointed if we don’t!
Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies have to be one of the all-time favorites. |
| Ingredients |
| Cookies:1-1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup cocoa 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup maraschino cherries, cut in half |
| Glaze: (melt together) 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 1/2 can sweetened condensed milk 3-1/2 teaspoons cherry juice |
| Step by Step |
| CookiesPreheat oven to 325 F 1) Mix cookie ingredients together. 2) The dough will mix easier if the butter is melted. 3) Do not chill the dough. 4) Form into 1″ balls, place on parchment paper-covered cookie sheet. 5) Make a deep depression with thumb in the center of each ball, and place a cherry half in the thumbprint. 6) Cover cherry and make sure to seal with the glaze. 7) Bake for @ 10 minutes. Cookies will be very soft right out of the oven; allow to cool for 2 to 3 minutes before removing from sheet. |
| GlazingThese cookies are tricky at first, but well worth the effort! 1) Make sure the glaze isn’t too thin… microwave only long enough to melt the chips. 2) The cookies turn out better if the depression in the middle of the cookie is uniform. 3) Try not to smash the cookie out; if you can make the depression deep and keep the cookie as close to ball form as possible, they won’t spread so much while baking. 4) As always, try to make all of the cookies on the same sheet as close to the same size as possible so they all cook to the same degree of done-ness! 5) One final tip: if you’re using dark cookie sheets, you may want to lower the temperature of your oven by 10 to 15 degrees as the cookies tend to get very dark on the bottom very quickly. 6) Using parchment paper will help keep them from getting too dark, and will make clean up a snap! |
| TW Designworks |
| TW Designworks: Specializing in fantasy-inspired counted cross stitch designs, sold through fine needlework retailers and via PatternsOnLine.com. Also now offering fine art prints and original artwork by Teresa Wentzler, sold consumer-direct via the TW Designworks website. Sign up for the TW Art Newsletter to stay updated about what’s new! Visit Artistic License, my blog, for glimpses into the life of the artist/designer. And visit the Teresa Wentzler Bulletin Board to network with other needlework enthusiasts. Stay tuned for some new developments as TW Designworks continues to grow! http://www.twdesignworks.com/ http://b33.ezboard.com/bteresawentzler |
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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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Needlework and Quilting Pros |
| ILoveToBake.com CARAMEL PECAN COOKIES (originally from Gourmet Magazine, published by Food Network) |
| I originally tried this recipe as a challenge to see if I could make caramel, one of my favorite flavors since childhood. My children were skeptical that it would turn out. My son was working on his car in the garage in the cold December weather and I ran into the garage from time to time with a spoonful of very hot caramel in progress for him to try. Of course, like most kids, he likes all kinds of cookies . Nevertheless, these came out particularly good and I now repeat them every year. They look great, and as a bonus, they freeze well. So make your own caramel ! Just don’t leave the stove while it is cooking. Betsy |
| Ingredients |
| Crust Ingredients:2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 lg. egg 1/2 tsp. vanilla |
| Caramel Ingredients:1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup heavy cream 3/4 stick (6 tbsp) unsalted butter, cut into bits 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 tsp salt 2 cups pecans (1/2 lb) toasted, cooled, and coarsely chopped. |
| Step by Step |
| Crust Instructions1) Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. 2) Beat together butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer until pale and fluffy. 3) Beat in egg and vanilla. 4) Add flour mixture and mix until just combined. 5) Grease 13 by 9 in. metal baking pan. Then line with foil, leaving a 2 in. overhang on both ends. Grease foil. 6) Press dough evenly into pan. Chill until firm. (about 20 min.) Preheat oven to 375. 7) Bake crust until golden brown, about 30 min. Cool in pan, keeping oven on.
While crust cools, make caramel: |
| Caramel Instructions1) Cook sugar in 2 1/2 to 3 qt heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until sugar begins to melt. 2)Â Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar is melted to a deep golden caramel. 3) Tilt pan and carefully pour in cream. 4) Caramel will harden and steam vigorously. 5) Cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved. 6) Remove from heat and stir in butter, vanilla, salt and pecans. 7) Immediately spread topping over cooled crust and bake until bubbling, about 20 minutes. Cool completely in pan on rack.9) Run a heavy knife under hot water, then wipe dry and cut confection. 10) Cookies will keep, layered between sheets of waxed paper or parchment, in an airtight container for 1 week. 11) Serve and Enjoy! |
| Cultured Purl |
| My company, Cultured Purl, specializes mostly in felted items. There are a variety of purses, some emphasizing the use of color and some with interesting shapes. There are a number of techniques used, like circular knitting, modular knits which you knit together as you go, or short rows. You can learn these techniques, which apply to lots of other items. I have felted totes, which are colorful and practical to carry your projects, and show off your skills ! I have some hats too. These projects are quick and make great gifts, which are always welcome. Get into the world of felting, and watch the magic happen as your project is transformed when you felt it. http://www.culturedpurl.com/ |
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