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 CREAM WAFERS |
| Our recipe is a favorite of both of us and it’s a bit of work, but the outcome is simply delicious! Round, delicate cookies with a delicious filling. Worth the effort, it will be everyone’s favorite holiday cookie! |
| Ingredients |
| Wafer Ingredients1 cup butter 1/3 cup whipping cream (don’t skimp, it should have 35% butterfat!) 2 cups all-purpose flour Sugar for sprinkling |
| Butter Filling Ingredients1/4 cup soft butter 3/4 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar 1 tsp. vanilla. If desired, red or green food coloring. |
| Step by Step |
| Wafer Instructions1) Sift flour before measuring, combine flour with butter and cream and mix thoroughly. 2) Chill one hour. Preheat oven to 375 F 3) Roll chilled dough 1/8″ thick on lightly floured board. 4) Cut into 1 1/2″ rounds. 5) Transfer to waxed paper heavily sprinkled with sugar, turning to coat both sides. 6) Place on ungreased baking sheet. Prick in four places with a fork. Bake 7 to 9 minutes, or until slightly puffy. 7) Put two cooled cookies together with filling recipe below. |
| Creamy Butter Filling: 1) Blend 1/4 cup soft butter, 3/4 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar, and 1 tsp. vanilla. 2) If desired, tint with red or green food coloring. 3) Spread on one wafer and gently press second wafer, creating a cookie sandwich! 4) Serve and Enjoy! |
| Beach Garden Quilts |
| My name is Lynnette Sandbloom and my business partner is Laura Jones. We are pattern designers for Beach Garden Quilts. We live and work on Bainbridge Island, 30 minutes by ferry from downtown Seattle, in Washington. We began our business in 2003. Laura and I took a quilt class together and enjoyed quilting but it wasn’t until I was painting a table with a quilt design for my studio (on our adjoining properties) that the discussion of a design business began. Beach Garden Quilts was born! Please visit our website at www.beachgardenquilts.com or contact us at Beach Garden Quilts, 9723 Olympus Beach Road NE, Bainbridge Island, WA  98110, (206) 842-5118. Our designs range from traditional to contemporary and we always share a little about our inspiration for each quilt. http://www.beachgardenquilts.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 JEWELED CHRISTMAS TREE COOKIES |
| Ever since I can remember the Holidays have always centered around the family making crafts. Each year my grandmother would have a newly crocheted red and white hat and sweater set for all her grandchildren (she started with 2 and now she has 23 grandchildren and 12 great grand children). We would make cookie ornaments and hang them on the tree. My mom and grandmother would pull out our Christmas blankets, we would draw our Christmas cards and make our presents. Till this day I still make each of my aunts and uncles an ornament for their tree. Now instead of using glue and construction paper I design a family ornament for each year and stitch it. It is so amazing to me to see everyone so excited to receive their ornament and place each one lovingly on their tree. My whole family has continued our crafting traditions within their immediate families and I encourage you to do the same. |
| Ingredients |
| 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/3 cup butter, chopped 3 tablespoons sugar 1 egg white 2 tablespoons orange juice 8 ounces colored fruit candies colored ribbons to decorate |
| Step by Step |
| Â Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment. 1) Sift flour into a mixing bowl. 2) Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs. 3) Stir in the sugar, egg white and enough orange juice to form a soft dough. 4) Knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth. 5) Roll out thinly and stamp out as many shapes as possible, using a floured Christmas tree cutter. 6) Transfer the shapes to the prepared baking sheets, spacing them well apart. knead the trimmings together. 7) Using a 1/2 inch round cutter or the end of a large plain pastry nozzle, stamp out and remove six rounds from each tree shape.  Cut each candy into 3 and place a piece in each hole of the trees.9) Make a small hole at the top of each tree to thread through the ribbon. 10) Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the cookies are slightly golden in color and the candies have melted and filled the holes. 11) Cool on a baking sheet. 12) Repeat until you have used up the remaining cookie dough and candies. 13) Thread short lengths of ribbon through the holes so the cookies can be hung up. 14) Serve (or display!) and Enjoy! |
| Follow the Leader Designs |
| Versatility best describes Follow the Leader Designs fresh designs which reflect Colleen’s unique approach to needlework: “I have changed patterns my entire life. Every time I purchased a chart or read a magazine I always found myself tweaking the design just a bit…add some specialty stitches; change the threads, different count linen. It got to a point where my finished pieces looked nothing like the chart!†Each FTL design packet contains two charts: the design can be finished entirely in counted cross stitch but also includes a second chart to complete the design using the many specialty stitches that Colleen enjoys stitching in hand dyed fibers and floss. Since the stitcher is at liberty to choose how and which specialty stitches will be integrated into the overall design, each piece becomes a unique expression of that stitcher’s skills and personality. http://followtheleaderdesigns.blogspot.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 CANDY CANE COOKIES |
| My friend JoAnn has been helping me out by giving me her awesome recipes for years. This one is one from her family’s ‘Personal Favorites’ file, I think it will become your favorite too! |
| Ingredients |
| 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy (I use candy canes) 1/2 cup sugar |
| Step by Step |
| Preheat oven to 375 1) Thoroughly mix butter, shortening, confectioners’ sugar, egg and flavorings together. 2) Blend in flour and salt. 3) Divide dough in half, and add food color to one half, blending well. 4) Shape 1 teaspoon of dough from each half into a four inch rope, by rolling the dough back and forth on a lightly floured surface. 5) Place ropes side by side, press together lightly and twist to form candy cane. 6) Place cookies on an ungreased baking sheet, curving the top down to form the handle of the cane. 7) Bake about 9 minutes, or until set and lightly golden brown. While cookies are baking, mix crushed peppermint candy and sugar.9) Sprinkle cookies with candy mixture as soon as you remove them from the oven. 10) Then remove from baking sheet to a rack to cool completely. 11) Serve and Enjoy!Makes about 4 dozen cookies. |
| Pat Sloan & Co. |
| Isn’t it true that making ‘stuff’ and eating go together? What a fun website this is!! Once you finish up your baking I hope you’ll come over to hang out with me at my blog. I chat about all kinds of things, from quilting, gardening, decorating and being inspired. Cruise my website and sign up for my email newsletter, that way you won’t miss a thing.website – http://www.QuiltersHome.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 DATE ROLLUPS |
| The following recipe is one that I have made for my family every Christmas season because they request it each year. This recipe is handed down from my husband’s mother because he wanted it in our family baking memories too. |
| Ingredients |
| 1 cup butter or margarine 8 oz. cream cheese 2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt Add to the creamed mixture above 2 lbs. pitted dates confectioners suger |
| Step by Step |
| 1) Blend and cream together the butter and cream cheese. 2) Add the flour and salt to the creamed mixture above 3) Chill cookie dough several hours. Preheat oven to 375 F 4) Roll to 1/8″ thickness. 5) Sprinkle with confectioners sugar. 6) Cut dough into 1″ x 3″ strips. 7) Put a date on the end of each strip and roll up. Put the folded side down on the ungreased cookie sheet.9) Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. 10) Remove from cookie sheet and sprinkle with more confectioners sugar. 11) Serve and Enjoy! Makes 5-6 dozen cookies |
| Cottage Quilt Designs |
| Cottage Quilt Designs is a quilt pattern company that has designs for every quilter in every skill level! Our website is a place where you can find quilting treasures! The patterns range from applique vintage designs to baby and children’s designs to pieced quilts that are fun and easy. Ordering is easy and secure with paypal. Also included on the website is a newsletter and blog page so read it and find out even more about the designer and what she’s up to! http://www.cottagequiltdesigns.com/ |
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I realize that there are a lot of special commemorative days on the calendar, so I was tickled to find out that there is an offiicial *Pumkin Pie Day*
WHEW! I almost missed celebrating it! (Rest assured, it is marked on my calendar for next year! LOL)
Here is a fun recipe… I also posted two others, in the spirit of this important day. They can be found at TheArmchairChef.com and ILoveToBakePies.com
Enjoy!
| ILovetoBake.com APPLE PUMPKIN PIE |
| Here is another *different* Pumpkin Pie Recipe, all part of my quest to celebrate *Pumpkin Pie Day* on November 21! |
| Ingredients |
| 3/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup canned pumpkin 1 egg 2 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract 2 teaspoons McCormick® Pumpkin Pie Spice 2 cups Granny Smith apples, chopped and peeled 1 (9-inch) unbaked pie crust |
| Crumb Topping 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Cinnamon 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened |
| Step by Step |
| Preheat oven to 375 F 1) Combine sugar, flour, and salt in a large bowl. 2) With electric mixer, beat in pumpkin, egg, vanilla and pumpkin pie spice until smooth. 3) Stir in apples gently with a spoon. 4) Pour mixture into pie crust and cover edges with foil. 5) Bake at 375°F for 45 minutes. 6) Combine flour, sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl. 7) Mix in softened butter using a fork. Sprinkle over pie. Bake an additional 15 minutes.9) Serve and Enjoy! |
| Celebrate *Pumpkin Pie Day*, November 21 with these fine recipes:
TheArmchairChef.com ILoveToBakePies.com |
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*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist…*
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Use this Pie Crust recipe when you want to add ZING!
| ILoveToBake.com Baked Pecan Crumble Crust |
| I first found this recipe combined with a wonderfully decadent Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe, but I know that it would work with MANY other recipes! |
| Ingredients |
| Baked Pecan Crumble Crust Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup chopped pecans |
| Step by Step |
| Baked Pecan Crumble Crust Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F 1) In a medium mixing bowl combine flour, butter or margarine, and 1 cup chopped pecans. 2) Beat until thoroughly combined. 3) Press mixture into a 9×13 inch baking dish. 4) Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Set aside to cool. |
| Check out today’s Halloween Countdown recipe at TheArmchairChef.com |
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