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Winter Wassail

Have you ever heard of “wassail”? Traditionally wassail is a warm drink composed of fruit (usually apple) and spices and sometimes liquor. “Wassail” was an

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Italian Wedding Cookies

Italian Wedding Cookies, also known as Snowball Cookies, are one of my all time favorite Italian cookies. Ok, it’s so hard to choose just one

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Nutella Hot Chocolate

Things are finally starting to settle down over here. Presents are wrapped, grocery shopping is finished, gifts are delivered. We are ready to curl up

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Sweet Orange Cheese Ball

Cheese balls are essential for our family during the holidays. We usually have one at Thanksgiving, on Christmas Eve, and sometimes even New Years. This

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Coconut Macaroons

Macaroons (not be confused with the French ‘macaron’) are a quick and easy cookie to add to your collection. We love to make these any

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Italian Cookies

Have you ever tasted Italian cookies? Not just any Italian cookies but THE Italian Cookies. These beauties are an Italian classic that need no other

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Ricotta Cookies

Ricotta Cookies are my husband’s favorite Christmas cookie! They are soft and melt in your mouth! As always we prefer homemade ricotta but you can

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