Now that it's December, it is officially the holiday season! I'm not one of those people that like seeing Christmas decorations up before Thanksgiving, but by the start of December, I am ready for gingerbread, peppermint, and eggnog! Both my Aunt Kathleen and my mom really like to decorate for the holiday, so I guess it's in my genes. As my...

Yes, I know Christmas and eggnog season have passed. The Christmas decorations are long packed away, but we did have a small carton of eggnog hiding at the back of our fridge that didn't expire until the end of January. There was no way I could throw that carton away, so we've been using it as coffee creamer. Just a dash of eggnog in coffee is...

Here are some pictures from the holiday celebration we shared before we left Washington. This is how our morning started while we made our Top Pot Doughnut Bread Pudding, as per Dustin's Christmas tradition. Here is our tree, decorated mostly with Texas ornaments my mom bought for us after Christmas last year as well my large collection of...

What should you do when you have two cartons of unconsumed eggnog that was supposed to be served at your holiday, but you got so caught up decorating (and eating) cookies and playing Rock Band 2 until 2:30 in the morning that you forgot? You start baking like crazy with it. I spent a lot of time looking up fun eggnog recipes. I had been...

Easiest French toast we've made so far. Eggnog is so rich, creamy, and flavorful on it's own you don't have to have many ingredients to make a seemingly fancy and definitely seasonal breakfast. All you have to do to serve two people is mix one egg, 3/4 cup of eggnog, and some spices in a bowl then dip slices of six slices of French bread that...

As mentioned previously, I'm binging on gingerbread this holiday season. I want to eat so much gingerbread this month that I'm sick of it and don't end up craving it for the rest of the year. I believe I am well on my way to my goal with this cake. I made this to serve as dessert to our guests after our Tex-Mex baked pasta. I've been reminiscing...

Sugar cookies have a special place in my heart. Not just any sugar cookie though. Not sugar cookies from Pillsbury or sugar cookies purchased from the grocery store. I'm talking about homemade, rolled out sugar cookies cut into fun shapes. To me these cookies will forever be known as "Grandpa Cookies." I used to make sugar cookies with my...

I have been craving gingerbread so badly. I want it in all forms— cookie, cake, doughnut, anything with gingerbread— you name it, I want it. But I've been putting it off. Until now. Gingerbread is not a traditional Christmas thing for me. Apparently I am the only one in my family who really cares for it. My mom says she doesn't know where I...

Chick-Fil-A makes an amazing Peppermint Chocolate Chip Milkshake during the holiday season. For the last couple of years, Dustin and I have gotten exactly one (so we don't expand our waistlines too much) sometime during the month to satisfy our craving. Since we no longer live near a Chick-Fil-A (the nearest one is in Boise, ID according to the...

Let's face it. Over the next few weeks we will be stuffing our faces with lots of holiday cookies. I thought Bonnie should be able to join in on the Christmas fun, so I decided to bake her some puppy gingerbread cookies as yummy treats for her to snack on while we indulge. Plus she's supposed to be having a playdate with one of her friends, so I...