I love holiday traditions. There is something about the holidays that brings out so many family traditions.  I love to reminisce with my family about some of the traditions that we had when I was a kid.  Just the other day I was talking to my parents about how we always started Christmas morning.  My three sisters and I would sit on the stairs waiting for my dad to give the okay that we could come into the room with all the presents.  Every single year he’d say “Sorry girls, it looks like Santa didn’t come.”  Then we’d have some …

I hope you’re not sick of seeing cookie recipes here because I’ve been on a mad baking spree lately.  ‘Tis the season.  🙂 Are you a fan of eggnog?  I love the stuff.  I usually have only a glass or two of eggnog over the holiday season because I feel guilty having it.  It’s not exactly health food, but hey, it’s the holidays and calories don’t count, right?  😉 On a random side note, if you’re looking for a last minute stocking stuffer, I absolutely recommend the Oxo Good Grips Medium Cookie Scoop.  I have the small cookie scoop, too, but …

I love peppermint candies, chocolates, and assorted treats. There is something festive and comforting about eating peppermint around Christmas time.  Who else loves this stuff?  I think it’s one of those things that you either love or hate. Do you remember the candy cane chocolate sticks that I mentioned last week?  I have some leftovers sitting at my hot cocoa station in the kitchen.  I really should use them but they look so pretty that I don’t want to ruin the look.  (Typical T.) Anyway, since I have cookie baking on the brain, I decided to take one of my favorite chocolate cookie recipes and added white chocolate peppermint …

Have you ever had a cookie whoopie pie?!  It’s life changing.  (I may be being a bit dramatic, but I’m kinda right.  😉 ) First of all, let’s address the elephant in the room.  I took a little break from blogging because my husband and I went on vacation. We took a 9 day road trip from home to Maine, and then on to New Brunswick, Canada and finally to Prince Edward Island, Canada.  (And then obviously all those things backwards as we made our way home.)  We had a wonderful time and of course I’ll share all the details …