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Boozy Book Bites
These boozy bites are the perfect party food! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google Death By Chocolate Brownies with Merlot Glaze Addictive Peanut Butter Whiskey Chocolate Sauce Screwdriver Orange Sticky Buns with Vodka Glaze Grown Up Pop Tarts Apple Cider Donut Holes with Apple, Salted Caramel or Maple Whiskey Filling Champagne Soaked Strawberries Dipped in Chocolate Manhattan Cheesecake Dirty Martini Flatbread Strawberry Cupcakes with Champagne Buttercream Cape Codder Crostini Looking for the real deal? Check out my Literary Cocktail Collection
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Novel Cocktails ~ Drinks with a Literary Twist
To me, the holidays are a cozy time, filled with warm memories, good food, family traditions and special beverages. These are great for entertaining anyone but especially fellow book lovers. If you like these, check out my Boozy Book Bites. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google Thriller Merlot Sangria The Woman in the Window, AJ Flinn Recipe The Darkling Shadow and Bone, Leigh Bardugo Recipe Sun Summoner Shadow and Bone, Leigh Bardugo Recipe The Elain ACOTAR, Sarah J Maas Recipe The Cassian ACOTAR, Sarah J Maas Recipe The Nesta Silver Flame ACOTAR, Sarah J Maas Recipe The Amren…
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Party Cheese Balls
This recipe is the perfect base for all of your cheese ball needs. Go crazy mixing cheeses and outer coatings! Featured here are: Goat Cheese and Pistachio, Sharp Cheddar and Dill, and Feta with Red Pepper and Pecans. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google “Forget the gold standard—the hood operated on the cheese standard. Cheese on anything was money. If you got a burger, that was cool, but if you got a cheeseburger, that meant you had more money than a guy who just got a hamburger. Cheese on a sandwich, cheese in your fridge, that meant you…
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Cream Wafers
Every Christmas, my aunt would make these pretty cream wafers. They quickly became one of my favorite holiday treats and I now make them every year. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google These take a little effort but they are such delicious little bites. Looking for more holiday recipes? Click below to see my full collection.
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Extra Minty Peppermint Bark
The trick to this is to use Peppermint Hershey Kisses. I discovered this because I had lots leftover after making my Peppermint Mocha Cookies. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google “Peppermint. He placed it into the cup of hot water he’d taken from the coffee machine. Then he handed it to Nora. She had never drunk peppermint tea in her life. ‘That’s for me?’ ‘Well, yeah. It was the only herbal they had.’ He had a coffee for himself that Nora secretly craved. Maybe in this life she didn’t drink caffeine.” Matt Haig, The Midnight Library Tweet Delicious…
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Peanut Butter Blossom Kisses
My mother always makes these for Christmas. Peanut butter cookie goodness with dark chocolate kisses make the perfect bite. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google It's impossible to have just one! “Teddy leaned on the talkback button and said, “Julia would like to know if she may have a cookie.” Billy leaned in and said, “Yes, she may.” And then he added, “Just make sure it’s a…normal one.” I took Julia by the hand and we went to the kitchen and we split a peanut butter cookie.” Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones Tweet If you like these, check…
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12 Christmas Recipes from a Book Nerd
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google 1. Snowed In One By One, Ruth Ware The warmth of childhood nostalgia with a kick of grown up peppermint schnapps. 2. Peppermint Mocha Cookies In A Holidaze, Christina Lauren My two very favorite flavors of the holiday season come together in this fun Christmas cookie! 3. Sven’s Swedish Ginger Cookies The Giver of Stars, Jojo Moyes These traditional Scandinavian cookies taste like Christmas. Buttery with hints of warm spices, they go perfectly with a hot beverage. I took the liberty of decorating with white piping which I believe is more of…
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Cherry Pie Bites (Kolaches)
These Czechoslovakian desserts have been in my family for generations. At my home, it just isn’t Christmas without them. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google This cookie is a family holiday tradition passed down for generations. “Nina leaned her elbows on the iron balusters and gazed past the cherry orchards—the most popular stop on the palace tour, because of that old story about King George I and the cherry tree—to the city beyond. Washington, the nation’s capital.” Katharine McGee, American Royals Tweet
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Christmas Sugar Cookies
Is it really Christmas if you don’t have sugar cookies?? I love a pretty, perfectly decorated sugar cookie, but for the holidays, the more frosting and sprinkles, the better! My four year old agrees with me. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google Sweet and simple, these cookies are the perfect base for all of your creativity! Every Saturday, she couldn’t wait to get to the glass display case and look at the giant sugar cookies decorated like frosted animal faces and flowers. Kali White, The Monsters We Make Tweet If you like this recipe, check out the book…
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M&M Christmas Cookie Bars
This are the easiest cookies you will make for Christmas! Mix, dump in a pan, bake and enjoy!! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google So EASY!! Unedited- just me and my kids baking Christmas cookies!
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Peppermint Mocha Cookies
My two very favorite flavors of the holiday season come together in this fun Christmas cookie! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google Andrew tastes like peppermint and chocolate, smells like the smoke from the wood in the fireplace, and feels like sunshine. Christina Lauren, In A Holidaze Tweet Peppermint and mocha- my favorite holiday drink of the year in one delicious Christmas cookie! If you like this recipe, check out the book that inspired it! You can purchase In A Holidaze here from Amazon or if you’d like to support small bookstores, it’s also available at…
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Snowed In
All the warmth of childhood nostalgia with a kick of grown up peppermint schnapps. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google “I look out of the tall windows that span the double-height lobby. It’s the middle of the afternoon, but the air is so dark with whirling snow that it looks like twilight, and I can’t see the lights of St. Antoine le Lac below, let alone the far-off mountain ranges.” Ruth Ware, One by One Tweet An adult twist on a classic childhood favorite, this hot cocoa is spiked with peppermint schnapps. It will warm your soul. If…
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Holiday Recipes
Cookie Recipes Christmas Sugar Cookies Peppermint Mocha Cookies Swedish Christmas Cookies Cherry Pie Bites (Kolaches) Cream Wafers Peanut Butter Blossom Kisses Innocent Meringue Cookies Apricot Thumbprints Bar Recipes M&M Christmas Cookie Bars Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Treats Candy Recipes Extra Minty Peppermint Bark Killer Truffles Breakfast Ideas Sticky Buns Cocktail Recipes Snowed In Killer Chardonnay Spritzer Holidaze Spiked Cider Appetizer Party Cheese Ball
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Holidaze Spiked Cider
Apple cider and smoked maple bourbon create a warming holiday beverage that smells like maple syrup and tastes like Christmas. https://youtu.be/OGpPUB09ADY I take a deep drink and wow, Andrew does not mess around– this is not “heavy on the juice.” I’m surprised that flames don’t flicker off my tongue when I exhale. Next reboot, I’ll have to ask him to make one that tastes slightly less like fire.” Christina Lauren, In A Holidaze Tweet Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google who says cider is only for fall? If you liked this recipe, check out the book that inspired…
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In A Holidaze Book Review ~ Christmas Love on Repeat
In A Holidaze is a delightful Christmas twist. Romance, family, a snowy cabin in the woods and a time loop. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google Christina Lauren Romcom, Fantasy Salt Lake City, UT Patti Murin Book Review In A Holidaze 4/5 Mae is 26. The highlight of her depressing life is the annual Christmas gathering in Utah where she gets to see the love of her life one week a year and ogle him from afar. Only this year, Mae keeps reliving the same day until she can discover what makes her happy. The Groundhog Day…
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Killer Truffles
One bite of these truffles and you will never believe they are so easy to make!! The best part is the topping possibilities are endless! Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Share on email Share on google Reid appears at my side. I smell the sugary morsels before I spot the platter of truffles in his outstretched hand. So. Many. Truffles. Kate Lansing, Killer Chardonnay Tweet Decadant and easy- my two favorite descriptions of a recipe. Psssst. These go great with the Killer Chardonnay Spritzer…… You can purchase Killer Chardonnay here from Amazon or if you’d like to support small bookstores, it’s also available…
