Favorite Christmas Treats

I love making treats at Christmastime. This year we seem to be enjoying treats from other people with the baby coming, but I'm hoping to squeeze in a few of our favorite treats.

Let me tell you about some of them...

Every year I make Chocolate Covered Nuts...and I usually hide them in the back of the fridge hoping that no one will notice them so I can eat them all myself.

Delicious! And super easy! Just melt three kinds of chocolate chips in the microwave. Stir in nuts. Drop on a plate and refrigerate.

Microwave Peanut Brittle is another favorite that I make every year.

photo from here

It has worked out great everytime, except when I tried to make a double batch at the same time. That was disaster! And two years ago when I tried to half the batch and cracked my pyrex bowl. Just follow the recipe exactly and it will work out perfectly!

My kids love making Pretzel Hugs to give to their friends and teachers.

The last several years we've made my favorite Macadamia Nut cookies to leave out for Santa. He eats them everytime!

Two years ago I made Candied Cinnamon Sugar Almonds from Mel's Kitchen Cafe to give away to friends, but I think I ate them all myself. They were that good!

Every few years I make my childhood favorite recipe for fudge. No picture, but super good! Great for sharing.

We love to bag up Carmel Popcorn and give to friends.

One Hour Rolls

These rolls are amazing! I've been making these rolls since 2001 when I was a newlywed and my sister-in-law shared the recipe with me. The rolls are light, fluffy, easy to make and they only take one hour! And delicious too! I've made these rolls more times than I can count, so I've perfected the art of making them. Here are some step-by-step instructions with pictures for you. Here's what you'll need. I buy pretty much all of the ingredients in this recipe at Sam's club, thus the huge containers. You need warm water, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, egg and flour. In the mixer bowl, add warm water (not hot), oil, sugar and yeast. Mix together. After ten or fifteen minutes the yeast mixture should be puffed up like this. Time to add the salt and beaten egg. Then mix in the flour. (I've used a mixture of half wheat and half white flour successfully.) Keep adding flour until the dough is manageable. It will be a little sticky, b

Week 394 Menu

Hi there! This week is flying by! So excited that we've been having blue skies and warmer weather. Our snow is almost all melted and little bulbs are sprouting in the flower beds. However, we had our 10th snow/ice day last week!!! Hopefully it was the last one. Life has been busy, busy and I need to plan out the rest of our week's menus, even though it's already Thursday. Here's what we've eaten so far and what I'm planning: Monday: chicken stirfry, rice/quinoa Tuesday: breakfast for dinner Wednesday: flatbread pizzas Thursday: roasted butternut squash, pasta, chicken sausage Friday: tacos Saturday: leftovers Sunday: pot roast, mashed potatoes, one hour rolls Alrighty, that's what we're eating this week. How about you? What's on your menu this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do! More from Jenny:

Don't like your house to smell like food? I've got a kitchen tip for that!

I have a smallish, one story house and if I cook food that is kind of smelly, like onions, the smell tends to linger in every room. This is a pet peeve of mine and (also my husband's). Over the years I've found a few ways to cook smelly food without smelling up the kitchen. Use your garage! I use my garage quite often to cook things in. I open the window and it airs out, especially when you open the garage door. I'm sure my neighbors wonder what I'm cooking. I've used two different kitchen appliances in the garage: my crockpot and my food dehydrator. Crockpot - I did this very thing today since I'm simmering chicken, onions, carrots and celery to make chicken noodle soup tonight. I don't want my house to smell like onions all day, so I plugged it in on my husband's workbench. Food dehydrator - when I make jerky, I plug the food dehydrator in in the garage. I don't really want my house to smell like meat for hours

What is on your menu this week?

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