We love Peppermint Bark, but you know I just can’t leave a recipe alone. I decided to take my easy peppermint bark recipe and add mint morsels and colored morsels. As I expected, it tastes amazing! I was going for colorful, but I kind of exceeded my expectations. When my daughter saw my Double MintRead More
Peppermint Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
These Peppermint Chocolate Shortbread Cookies are not only pretty on your holiday cookie platters but they taste delicious, too! They are lightly sweet, rich, and buttery like traditional shortbread cookies with a holiday twist. Chocolate and peppermint are a wonderful combination and make the flavors of this cookie just “pop”. They will surely become aRead More
How to Make an Awesome & Frugal Holiday Roast Beef
This is the recipe I use to make an inexpensive roast taste like prime rib. You do not have to spend a fortune on an expensive roast to create an awesome roast for your dinner. I spent only $2.47 a pound on boneless beef chuck cross rib roast and made a roast that rivaled primeRead More
How to Set Up a Hot Cocoa Bar + 10 Hot Chocolate Recipes
When I was a kid, we would get together with friends and go caroling and then finish the evening with hot chocolate and cookies. Having friends over for cookies and hot cocoa is a frugal way to host a party during the holidays. It also happens to be a fun, delicious, and low-stress way toRead More
How to host a Holiday Cookie Swap + 31 Cookie Recipes
What is a Cookie Swap? Cookie Swaps are a fun and frugal way to get together with friends over the holidays. Over the years, we have hosted cookie parties a couple different ways. Traditional Cookie Exchange For a traditional cookie swap, everyone brings 1 dozen cookies for each person that attends the party, plus 1Read More
Easy Sugar Cookies and Butter Cream Frosting
Decorating Sugar Cookies is a traditional holiday activity. Below are tips to make decorating cookies a little easier. Tips for Decorating Sugar Cookies How to Make Colored Sugar: Put plain white sugar in bowls and then add a couple drops of food color to make colored sugar. I also make colored coconut in this manner.Read More
