{ Christmas Recipe Roundup }

I’m going to take a little time here and round up my favorite recipes for Christmas both from my blog… and from some of my favorite blogs.

Heres ya goes…

There’s my most recent post about the Cinnamon Rolls with Cinnamon Ice Cream linked here.

My 1.2.3. Cheeseball here.

Caramel Corn- great for Holiday Snacking or for Gifting! Linked here.

Caramel Apples, also good for eating or gifting. Find the link here.

Always a hit- Holy Moses Dip! Link is here.

Great for Christmas Eve, Christmas Parties, and after Christmas Caroling is my Warm Apple Pie Dessert Drink- find it here.

This Cinnamon Sugar Butter would be great on your Christmas Breakfast Table.

Also a great compliment to rolls at Christmas Dinner.

Mix up and put into cute containers, and you have an inexpensive and delicious gift! Link is here.

You can also drizzle this butter onto popcorn for a salty but sweet treat.

If you dare, you can make these huge, sugar overloaded marshmallow pretzel treats. Great for gifts! Link is here.

Peanut Butter Patties, great for gifting as well, found here.

I love, love, love this Saltine Toffee. A tin of this will add you to anyone’s nice list. Find out how to make it here.

Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies are always in fashion and Christmas is no exception. Find the Bean’s favorite here.

The hubster’s favorite cookie is this oatmeal, linked here.

My personal favorite cookie is the Snickerdoodle. Here is that recipe.

Now on to other sites

From Confessions of a Cook Book Queen we have these super fun cocoa stirrers

photo property of Confessions of a Cookbook Queen

The Bean’s FAVORITE Cake from The Pioneer Woman. We make it sans pecans, of course!

photo property of The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond

From Bakerella, I give you the hit of our Thanksgiving, the Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie, link here.

photo property of Bakerella

Since I’m always having issues with Sugar Cookies, under the ‘have to try in the next week’ category, we have these from Peppermint Plum.

photo property of Peppermint Plum

I can’t forget my pooches, Jingle and Luna

So, I’ll be making these, from Bakingdom (who has TONS of great human food & Harry Potter goodness too! check her out),

sometime in the next week as well! Link here.

photo property of Bakingdom

If I have time, I’ll come back and link more.. if not, have a beautiful Holiday Season!

Tina

{ Delicious 15 Minute Dessert }

It’s the Holiday Season. That’s a news flash, in case you didn’t know.

Consider yourself warned. You are welcome.

When this time of year rolls around, life gets a little hectic. 

So, if you are hosting a Christmas party and need a quick and easy and.. well, sinfully delicious dessert, give this a try.

I first thought of this 10+ years ago. I was having a party, had done all my shopping, and then realized I had NOTHING for sweeties.

What’s a girl to do? 

*rumble through cabients*

nada. 

*rumble through freezer*

zero. 

*rumble through fridge*

zilch.

Wait, a tube of Cinnamon Rolls? But, that’s lame, right?? 

That’s for breakfast, not dessert.

Hang on, I saw vanilla ice cream in freezer.

*DING*

Sweet Baby Ray, I just had a LIGHT BULB MOMENT!

I now offer you a bowl of gooey, cinnamony deliciousness, brought to you in 15 minutes.

How’s that for a Christmas gift?

All ya need is this

A tube of Cinnamon Rolls (shh… don’t tell, but we actually prefer the store brand over Pillsbury, but this is what I bought last night).

A cinnamon/sugar mixture. 

I used about 1/4 cup sugar to 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Add to your cinnamon preference.

I also threw a bit of white sugar crystals (like for topping cookies/cupcakes/etc) in there to make it prettier.

Then, bake rolls, and immediately put into serving dishes, add a scoop (or 2!) of ice cream. 

Sprinkle your cinnamon sugar mix over the ice cream, and…

that’s it! 

Yummness.

You can also top with whipped cream.

If you want to take it a step further, add a little apple pie filling to the bowl. 

My friend, Stephanie, was with me when I purchased the cinnamon rolls last night. 

 

When I told her what I was doing with them, I think she was a bit skeptical. 

Let me just tell you, she’s a convert.

Try it sometime… you won’t be sorry.

And you'll wonder why you didn't think of this earlier!

Tina