Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts

January 19, 2012

Valentine's Day Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies

I've noticed that the craze on the web is mixing rainbow colors in baked goods, here is a little twist for Valentine's day.

You'll Need

  • 1/2 c & 6 Tbsp butter (melted)
  • 1 c sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 c & 3 Tbsp all purpose flour
  • 1 c whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • Pink, Blue, and Red food coloring

Steps:
1. In a mixing bowl add: butter, sugar, egg and vanilla and mix well. 
2. Add the dry ingredients to the mixture: all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, salt and baking soda and mix well.
3. Separate the dough equally into three parts.
4. Add color to dough... 10 drops of pink for Pink dough, 12 drops of pink and 2 drops of Blue for Raspberry dough, and then 10 drops of red for Red dough.
5. Place dough in fridge for about an hour.
6. When you are ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
7. Remove dough from fridge and roll each dough color into a big ball.
8. Take all three dough balls and combine them. Roll them together into one big long log so the dough looks almost marbled.
9. Roll dough into long strings and shape them into pinwheels or any shape you prefer. (I don't have any cookie cutters so I made pinwheels).
10. Bake for 10-12 minutes, add sprinkles as soon as they are out of the oven.




November 21, 2010

Christmas Wreaths: Razzle Dazzle, Blue Christmas & Bring on the Lights

The Christmas spirit has entered the Kwille household!  This year I have decided to take my stab at creating Christmas wreaths. As usual I entered Hobby Lobby (my love Michael's craft store is equal), with no idea what-so-ever of what I was going to do. I decided to let the various isles of Christmas goodies inspire me!

My many trips around the store and the 2 hours I spent there led me to create three different wreaths:

Razzle Dazzle:


 Blue Christmas:



Bring on the Lights:




Hanging above my fireplace.




Lit up at night with a fire.

September 13, 2010

R.I.P Chic Apothocary

I recently became the proud owner of an apothocary and couldn't wait to create a spooky halloween scene to go with my fall decorations.

I love Michael's Craft Store, they seem to have the creepiest and cutest decorations for fall.  I usually leave Kwille and Boone at home when I go to Michael's since I end up walking down every aisle looking at everything and filling up my cart. Then I usually change my mind a few times and unload and reload my cart. Funny how you can spend your time coming up with different things, but in the end you return to your first idea.


Matierals:
  • Apothocary
  • Halloween garland - (black/purple grass)
  • Deep purple roses
  • Mini Tombstone
  • Pillar Candle Holder
  • 3 Sparkly spiders


Once I got all of the matierals laid out, I started with the pillar candle holder, since that will hold the tombstone up. Then I began adding my matierals to the apothocary and played with the positions of everything.






Here is the Finished Product:  R.I.P. Chic