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DIY small Christmas coffee bar, using a red truck theme.
Blog | Christmas | Holiday and Seasonal

Red Truck Christmas Coffee Bar

Red Truck Christmas Coffee Bar A Christmas coffee bar and hot chocolate bar are fun for the Christmas holidays.  Everyone is home and lazing around enjoying a slower pace and sipping a beverage after the rush of Christmas preparations. This Christmas coffee station is small,  snuggles in beside the Keurig and uses  very little kitchen…

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Homemade payday candy bars sitting on a white plate. An easy to make no bake Christmas recipe. A chewy peanut butter budge surrounded by layers of salty peanuts.
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Homemade Payday Candy Bars Christmas Candy

An Easy No Boil Christmas Candy Recipe These easy homemade Payday candy bars are sweet and creamy on the inside and salty and crunchy on the outside. The best part? No boiling and no thermometer required, just melt, stir, pour, and chill. These bars are a wonderful sweet treat for Christmas gatherings and add variety…

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A tray of Cranberry Scones for Christmas
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Oh So Pretty Cranberry Scone Recipe for the Holidays

Cranberry Scone Recipe for Christmas This cranberry scone recipe is so pretty with a sparkly sugar top and a bright cranberry coloured center.   The cranberries make these scones perfect for the holidays.  In our home we only have one day when everyone is here, so its nice to have something in the freezer for a…

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Homemade Cranberry syrup recipe served on waffles
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Gingerbread Waffles for Christmas Morning.

Christmas morning is always a casual pajama-wearing coffee-drinking event at our home, and that means Mom too. This Gingerbread Waffle recipe can be made ahead and toasted warm on Christmas morning. I usually make a double batch of these before the festivities start, have some just me and Hubs, and then pop the rest in…

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Two coconut snowballs one is whole the other has a bite out of it showing a almond center. The coconut snowballs are sitting on a red fabric background.
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No Bake Coconut Snowballs — A Christmas Candy Recipe

Every Christmas I make a few no-bake recipes, and these coconut snowballs are always asked for every year. They remind me of the old-fashioned candies my mom used to make, soft and chewy with that unmistakable coconut flavor. I started adding an almond in the center years ago for a bit of crunch, and it…

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Adding ribbon to a Christmas fireplace mantel.
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How to Make Asymmetrical Christmas Mantel Decor

Traditional Christmas Mantel Decor I think a pretty Christmas mantel is almost as mesmerizing as the Christmas tree it is, especially if it has twinkly lights. In our home the fireplace mantel is in the small family room.  As the room is small it can easily get overdone in greenery when I decorate both a…

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Homemade Cranberry Syrup recipe a make ahead Christmas recipe.
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Easy Cranberry Syrup Recipe

Cranberry is such a traditional flavor for Christmas, and the color is so striking. This easy cranberry syrup recipe is fresh tasting with a little bit of spice so it’s not as sweet as regular syrup. It’s such an easy recipe to make, and perfect for a holiday breakfast anytime during the holiday season. Homemade…

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Apple Square with a Shortbread crust recipe for Christmas
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Apple Shortbread Square Recipe

Apple Shortbread Squares When dreaming up this  Apple Shortbread Square recipe, I wanted to create something with apple flavour, that wasn’t just a Fall recipe.  I mulled through all the traditional Christmas flavours like chocolate, cranberries, peppermint and cream cheese before thinking of shortbread.  Adding a shortbread crust makes this apple square recipe perfect for…

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