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What goodies do you have to have at your home to make Christmas just right? At our house there are two things: Christmas Tree Coffee Cake and Chocolate Mint Brownies.
I used to teach bread making classes and I made and sold my "healthy" whole wheat coffee cakes at a folk art store in Los Gatos back in the 80’s. This version uses whole wheat pastry flour and is filled with dried cranberries, sugar, butter and cinnamon.
The brownies have mint flavoring and green, mint flavored frosting with a chocolate glaze. I also made sweet potato pecan tarts and peppermint candy puffs because Lisa had a craving for something with crushed peppermint sticks!
Lisa arrived yesterday and she is making her famous lasagna for supper tonight. Mark and girlfriend Jamie, who we have never met, are due to arrive soon. Tomorrow, we are having grilled tri-tip because it is so balmy here.
An update on Stephanie and family. She called from NC. The kids are doing fine, but she has pneumonia. they took her to the doctor, and she had a chest x-ray. I told her to stay in bed and let Jack and his family wait on her hand and foot!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH OR A CHEERY KWANZAA TO YOU AND YOURS!!
Gerrie,
Your whole wheat coffee bread sounds yummy. I make about 20 cream cheese coffee breads every year to give to neighbors and friends, but would love to give something more healthy. Would you share your recipe?
I hope Stephanie is better.
Whole wheat pastries – yum yum.
I do most of my baking (cookies, muffins, pie crust) with plain old whole wheat flour and most people don’t notice.
But I’ve never done the cinammon rolls this way – figured it would be too obvious. What a great idea though. Hm – I might have to try it…
O.K. – we are officially ready for the recipes….
I am technically allowed to have a donut today, commemorating Hanukkah, but my wedding dress says (screams) NO! I did have a few Latkeys (with apple sauce, so they were healtys, right?)…
For me, any winter holiday (Thanksgiving, xmas time or new year’s) means dried dates stuffed with half a walnut and rolled in granulated sugar.
Merry Christmas, Gerrie! Those brownies look yummy – how about a recipe???!!
Oh dear. I hope Stephanie gets better soon. Pneumonia is nothing to mess around with.
Your Christmas goodies look wonderful!