Christmas Cookie Recipe Party

Good Morning!

I am so glad that you came to my Christmas Cookie Recipe Party!!

I attended the Culinary & Craft School last weekend in Branson, Mo and we made these Apricot Nuggets. They were so easy and so yummy that I just had to share. Not a cookie, but I didn't think you would mind.

Apricot Nuggets

1 box (1 lb) powdered sugar
4 tablespoons melted butter
2 tablespoons orange juice or Grand Marnier
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
11 ounces dried apricots
1 cup pecans, fine chopped
Run apricots through food processor.
Mix sugar, butter, orange juice and vanilla extract. Put sugar mixture and ground apricots in a large bowl and knead until well blended. Form into 1-inch balls. Roll in chopped pecans.

**You can also dip these in melted chocolate to make them into truffles. I did that and it was heavenly! I used the candy coating called Almond Bark.

If you missed the christmas cookie recipe party last friday, don't worry you can check it out HERE.

Now it's your turn to share your Christmas Cookie Recipe. Remember we are doing this ever friday until Christmas. So get to baking!

Please link back to THIS post from your "Christmas Cookie Recipe" post, so that all your readers can get in on the party too. Be sure to add your permalink (the Christmas Cookie Recipe post url) and NOT just your blog link!

Please save the picture of the "Christmas Cookie Recipe Party button" and post it in your blog post. Please link back to the this blog, Our Creative Life. This is important because it helps those who are visiting your blog, find the other yummy Christmas Cookie Recipes that have been posted!

Christmas In The Ozarks

The family and I just got back from a weekend getaway to Branson, Missouri. Branson is a beautiful place to go for Christmas. There are Christmas lights everywhere, Christmas shows everywhere and Shopping everywhere. Perfect!

The deer was even adorned with a wreath at Branson Landing (shopping)

The crowd of shoppers. Boy, was it COLD!!

Festival of Lights

The Angel Tree at the Sight & Sound Theatre


My Family

Musical Tree at Silver Dollar City

The whole park was aglow with Christmas Lights...so pretty!

Culinary & Craft School (oldest daughter & I took a cooking class)
It was sooooo cold at Silver Dollar City that day, that we were happ to be indoors!

Debbie Uhrig is the instructor.

This is the kitchen at the culinary school...so pretty!

My daughter in the culinary kitchen.

Here's Moi

This cabinet is over a window, great idea to still have storage, but not cover the sunlight!

See that backsplash?? It is woven copper and it was cool!

I will be sharing a recipe we made at the school this friday at the Christmas Cookie Recipe Party...so please come back friday!

Merry Christmas!

Darlene

Christmas Cookie Recipe PARTY!!!

Welcome to the 2nd Annual
Christmas Cookie Recipe Party!

Come on in from the cold and let's share some cookies!

Would you like an Oreo Snowball Truffle?
They're YUMMY!!

To Make these all you need is 3 ingredients.

Oreo Snowball Truffles
(it's more a candy than a cookie, but it's made with cookies)

Yield: 20+ Truffles • Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
1 package Oreo cookies
8oz whipped cream cheese
1 package white candy coating or dipping chocolate

Directions: In a large mixing bowl, crush the entire package of Oreo cookies into small cookie crumbs. Add the cream cheese and thoroughly mix together with Oreo crumbs by hand or with mixer. Next, heat the white chocolate according to package directions. Once the chocolate is melted, roll Oreo mixture into small bite-sized balls then dip in & cover with chocolate. Let harden before eating.

Tip: Melt a few extra white chocolate squares, and then pour into a small plastic baggie. Cut a tiny hole in the bottom corner of the bag and then drizzle thin lines across the snowballs. You could use the same white chocolate used for dipping, or even red to make them look like peppermints, or any other festive color candy coating you prefer! Also, try sprinkling coconut on the truffles after dipping them in the white chocolate so that it will stick as the coating hardens. Colored sprinkles will also give you a fun look the kids will enjoy, or just add crystal clear sugar sprinkles for a sparkling finish!


Now it's your turn to share your Christmas Cookie Recipe. Remember we are doing this ever friday until Christmas. So get to baking!

Please link back to THIS post from your "Christmas Cookie Recipe" post, so that all your readers can get in on the party too. Be sure to add your permalink (the Christmas Cookie Recipe post url) and NOT just your blog link!

Please save the picture of the "Christmas Cookie Recipe Party button" and post it in your blog post. Please link back to the this blog, Our Creative Life. This is important because it helps those who are visiting your blog, find the other yummy Christmas Cookie Recipes that have been posted!

Hey Cookie....

Just a little reminder......

I am hosting our 2nd Annual Christmas Cookie Recipe Party every Friday the month of December until Dec. 25th. Please come share a Christmas Cookie Recipe at our linky party on fridays in December. Our first party will be December 4th...so please grab this button and spread the word.

Just save the photo as and post it on the sidebar of your blog.