Category: food gifts

Novel Baking: ‘Tis the Season for Hot Cocoa Party Recipes and Tablescape

I’ve had visions of Candy Canes and Snowflakes dancing in my head with Nigella Christmas and The Novel Bakers this week! ‘Tis the Season for Hot Cocoa. . . Snowflakes. . . ❄❄❄ Candy Canes. . . and Warm Plaid Layers. With our recent wintry weather, I was craving Nigella’s Hot Schnocolate. . . A delicious concoction of Hot…

Holiday Spirits: DIY Autumn Flavor-Infused Bourbon

Create an autumn infusion of flavor in a specialty bourbon for gifting or for mixing cocktails for the holiday season. In my search for recipes for apple week with The Novel Bakers I ran across Autumn Flavor-Infused Bourbon. Apple Pie-Infused Bourbon and a variation, Orange, Clove, and Cranberry-Infused Bourbon, were in the food gift section of Southern Living Magazine.…

Pumpkin Pie Spice Nuts

Pumpkin Pie Spice Nuts are a flavorful, sweet treat for your Thanksgiving table or make an easy and delicious hostess gift! They come together quickly, you can make several batches in 30 minutes and your kitchen will smell wonderful too. I adapted a recipe from Food Network substituting pumpkin pie spice for a mixture of…

Melted Snowmen Cookies

These Melted Snowmen Cookies are fun to ‘build’! Start with your favorite cookie as a base. Add melted white chocolate chips or almond bark for ‘snow’. Mini peanut butter cups provide a snowman top hat with mini chocolate chips eyes and an orange sprinkle for a carrot nose! I made these Melted Snowmen Cookies during…

Savor the Flavor of Summer with Basil Salt

Infuse the flavor of summer with your harvest of basil in this easy recipe to enjoy in your tomato-based recipes this winter. Since I already have pesto in the fridge and freezer, I thought I’d make some basil salt to preserve the flavor of summer and enjoy with the last of the summer tomatoes since my basil runneth…