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Have you been invited to yet another cookie exchange this holiday season? Racking your brain on which recipes to make? What if you could make just one batch of dough and then add in different things to make variations off of the basic recipe? Guess what? You can!
Read my post at Phoenix New Times Chow Bella: Basic Dough Makes Cookies 15 Ways.
Some variations I recommend:
1. Make shaped sugar cookies
2. Mini tart shells
3. Add 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder to make chocolate cookies
4. Add a few drops food coloring to make colored cookies such as green wreaths or red candy canes
5. Add 2 tablespoons of instant espresso powder or instant coffee to make coffee flavored cookies
6. Add 1 tablespoons of pumpkin pie spice to make spice cookies
7. Add essential oils such as 2 tablespoons of mint to make pepper mint flavored cookies
8. Add 2 tablespoons of maple syrup to make maple flavored cookies
9. Add ½ cup nuts to make nutty cookies
10. Add ½ cup dried cranberries or other dried fruit to make cranberry, date or fig cookies
11. Add ½ cup fruit jam to make a fresher fruit cookie (can dollop into the center)
12. Add 2 tablespoons of liquor to make an alcohol infused cookie
13. Add ½ cup peanut butter to make peanut butter cookies
14. Add ¼ cup marshmallows and ¼ cup chocolate chips to make a s’mores style cookie
15. 14. Add ½ cup of shredded, toasted coconut to make toasted coconut cookies
Want to hang a cool wreath up this holiday season but not finding exactly what you’re looking for? Try making your own by recycling an ugly one from a thrift store. The shelves at thrift stores are run over with ratty Christmas decorations at this time of the year. Take a look and make a pick using your imagination.
Learn how to make my thrift store wreath by jumping on over to Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch: Wreath Makeover: Holiday Edition
Time to get your holiday craftiness in gear with goods from the recycle bin. Have you ever noticed that the POM wonderful pomegranate bottle looks a little bit like a fat, round snowman? Well take a look; once the little plastic wonder is painted white you can clearly see the resemblance.
So snag a few bottles from friends, family and neighbors, because you’re about to decorate your own little frosty friend. For the how to jump over to my piece at Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch: A (POM) Wonderful Snowman
I made Pilgrim hat cookies as a test run for Thanksgiving. I am going to make them the day of Thanks for those who do not want pie. This would be a fun project to get the kids involved with too.
To get the recipe and full how to jump on over to my piece at Phoenix New Times Chow Bella: Pilgrim Cookie
It is Hello Kitty’s birthday this month and what better way to celebrate then to craft up something pink and saccharin sweet. Ms. Kitty’s founder, Sanrio, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with Small Gift — a tour complete with a pop up shop. Look for this today on Mill Avenue (in front of American Apparel) from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m..
Join the party and toast to Kitty’s birthday wearing a very Hello Kitty neon pink, side-angled bow. You can go online or to the pop up shop and buy a headband bow for $30 but this Thrifty Maker is after the look with out spending the dough.
To see the How To for this bow headband jump on over to Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch:Â A Hello Kitty Birthday Bow
