Guest Post: Aunt Jessie’s Fruitcake

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I love hearing about Christmas baking traditions. Some are very similar to my family’s traditions & some are very different. Every year, my mom, sister and I make Eatons gingerbread cookies and shortbread cookies. My mom also makes an incredible poppycock (caramel corn) recipe each year the week before Christmas. I look forward to my batch even more than I look forward to Christmas morning! I’ll be posting her fabulous recipe in a few weeks. In addition, I’ll be posting some new recipes that may become tradition in my family. It’s always fun to discover new favourites, as much as…

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Cranberry Hazelnut Fudge + Bonus Recipes

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One evening in mid-November after a long day at work, I was sitting inside my condo relaxing and watching a little bit of TV. I glanced out the window and I saw the prettiest of sights. Large fluffy snowflakes were dancing to the ground. It was the first snow fall of the year. Even though it was dark already, the sky was still a bright grey. The sky was heavy and felt as though it was closing in on the city. For a brief instance, I felt like I was living in a snow globe that someone had turned upside…

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Christmas Cookie Swap

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I recently had the chance to attend my first Christmas cookie exchange. And it was a lot of fun. It was full of delicious treats and lots of laughs.  Every Christmas I have the good intentions to host an exchange myself, but the season always seems to sneak up on me and I never get to actually planning a cookie swap. Thankfully, this year the planning was done for me and I only had to come up with a recipe, bake a few dozen cookies and write out my recipe on a few cards. I chose to make Pumpkin Snickerdoodles,…

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