Posts tagged: holiday

Gingerbread Spice Cocktail

December is the one month every year that I feel like I can truly celebrate gingerbread. I will devour anything gingerbread-related, whether it’s cookies, cakes, or candy. This year, in anticipation of the holiday parties I knew I would be hosting, I decided the ultimate way to enjoy gingerbread would be a cocktail. Genius, right?

St. Patrick’s Day is only one week away… Are you ready to start celebrating? These Lucky Charms marshmallow treats are the perfect way to get in the festive Irish mood! Lucky Charms used to be my favorite cereal growing up and I would always pick out just the marshmallows. Now I have discovered the ultimate solution and no longer feel the need to pick out those marshmallows! The answer was so obvious – add more marshmallow deliciousness to the mix!

Let's agree that December, is a month to treat ourselves with nice homemade sweets. There is no better way to say thank you than by giving a little box of cookies prepared with love in your kitchen.

Get your apron on and choose a recipe!

Hot chocolate cookies - Almond chocolate and marshmallows

You can easily gift them, carefully sealed in a container. Even though they probably won't last too long, just know that you can store them up to one week in an airtight container. But who am I kidding, the cookies weren't even cooled, and half of the batch was already gone. I had to hide a few to be able to share these cuties with you!

Classic shortbread cookies

I know the statement "My diet starts next week." very well, I say it month after month. If that's the case for you, you might want to consider this quinoa salad. If not, here are some tasty recipes for you.

Spanish Mantecaos

If you are baking for a nut-free environment or want to stay classic, you can't go wrong with those shortbread cookies. The warmth of the sugary-buttery mix will make you eat them by the handful.

Classic shortbread cookies

Classic Shortbread cookies

(Yield 15-20)

Ingredients: -

1 cup of butter, diced

1/2 a cup of sugar

1 cup of flour, sifted

Vanilla, optional

Preparation: - Preheat oven to 370 degrees F. In a bowl, mix the butter, sugar, and flour until it holds together. Refrigerate 15-20 min. Roll the dough out half an inch thick. Using a cookie cutter, make squares. Repeat until finished. On a baking sheet, place the shaped cookies. Bake 25 minutes.

Is it cold outside? Are you are in a hot chocolate and marshmallows kind of mood? No problem, we got you covered with those oh so addictive almond-chocolate shortbread bites. Don't try to control yourself in front of those, you can't. They are a buttery treat with the perfect balance of chocolate and almond, plus a sweet touch of marshmallow. Irresistible.

Hot chocolate cookies - Almond chocolate and marshmallows

'Hot chocolate cookie', almond-chocolate and marshmallow

(Yield 15)

Ingredients: -

1 cup of flour

1/2 a cup of almond ground

1/4 a cup of sugar

A pinch of salt

2 tablespoon of cocoa powder

1 cup of soft butter, diced

1 egg yolk, medium size

Preparation: - Preheat oven to 325 F. In a bowl, put the flour, ground almond, sugar, salt and cocoa powder. Mixing well, add in the butter, it will be crumbly. Add the egg yolk and continue to mix. Roll into balls and place on cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes.

If you want to add a little European twist, with a world-flavored cookie, you'll impress your friends with your pronunciation of Maaantecaos, if you make these delicious cookies! You'll be the Christmas star of the evening... not the one on the tree! You'll love that little orange flavor... Close your eyes, you could be on the street of a little town in Andalucia, where Orange trees make the shadows on the sidewalk...

Spanish Mantecaos

Spanish Mantecaos (Yield 15)

Ingredients: -

1 and 1/2 half cups of flour

1/2 cup of sugar

100ml of oil

2 teaspoons of orange blossom water

1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon

Preparation: - Preheat oven to 370 degrees F. In a bowl, put the flour and the sugar. Mix. Pour the oil and the orange water. Mix well until it holds together. Make little balls of 1.5 inches diameters. Bake 25 minutes or until golden. Decorate with icing sugar and sprinkle with cinnamon on top.

Written and photographed by Melanie from Bon Appét'Eat.

{Apple Pie Bread Pudding with Bourbon Caramel Sauce}

There’s something about bread pudding that is so comforting, isn’t there? This bread pudding is made especially more inviting because of the addition of apples and a bourbon caramel sauce. It’s like we packed an entire apple pie into this bread pudding!

15 Spooky Grown-Up Halloween Recipes (Because We’re Adulting So Hard) | Sauce + Style

Halloween is one of those holidays that's mostly reserved for the kiddos. The dressing up, the trick-or-treating, the running all over the neighborhood like crazy gremlins - you start feeling a little silly about the whole thing as soon as you hit high school. Yea ok, you might be all grown up now. You might not see the fun in picking out a costume or staying out all night at a bar, but that doesn't mean you have to stop celebrating the holiday! Being a grown up means you get to do whatever the hell you want, and this year we wanna celebrate Halloween like the classy AF adults we are. Ditch that store-bought candy and whip up some tasty treats with a little spooky flair. It'll make that whole kids ringing your doorbell every 5 seconds thing SO much easier (or it'll take the edge of you running after your kiddos when they are all on crazy sugar highs). So grab the gang and have a party! Throw on a little Thriller and a witchy hat. Fill up those cocktail glasses and cheers to celebrating the holiday like the unbelievably mature adult you are. Just be sure to serve all of these spooky grown-up Halloween recipes, because that's how you really start adulting so hard.

15 Spooky Grown-Up Halloween Recipes (Because We’re Adulting So Hard) | Sauce + Style

Spiderweb Cake - Delish

15 Spooky Grown-Up Halloween Recipes (Because We’re Adulting So Hard) | Sauce + Style

Candied Apples - Delish Candy Corn Jello Shots - A Beautiful Mess

15 Spooky Grown-Up Halloween Recipes (Because We’re Adulting So Hard) | Sauce + Style

Strawberry Ghosts - Miss Candiquik

15 Spooky Grown-Up Halloween Recipes (Because We’re Adulting So Hard) | Sauce + Style

Dracula’s Dentures - The Girl Who Ate Everything Twilight Bloody Good Vampire Milkshake Shots - Frog Prince Paperie

15 Spooky Grown-Up Halloween Recipes (Because We’re Adulting So Hard) | Sauce + Style

Pumpkin Cheesecake Truffle Mummies - Creme de la Crumb Tombstone Taco Dip - Better Homes & Gardens

15 Spooky Grown-Up Halloween Recipes (Because We’re Adulting So Hard) | Sauce + Style

Spooky Fried Mozzarella Eyeballs - Foodie Crush Pumpkin-Shaped Cheese Ball - lol foodie

15 Spooky Grown-Up Halloween Recipes (Because We’re Adulting So Hard) | Sauce + Style

Poison Toffee Apples - Simply Delicious Pumpkin Cocktail - Punchbowl

15 Spooky Grown-Up Halloween Recipes (Because We’re Adulting So Hard) | Sauce + Style

Petri Dish Jell-O - Sugar & Cloth

15 Spooky Grown-Up Halloween Recipes (Because We’re Adulting So Hard) | Sauce + Style

Halloween Candy Bag Caramel Corn - Sauce + Style And for a final treat, try pairing booze with all that leftover candy you have!

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