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This time is my favorite time of year. I love to cook and the holidays gives me even more reason to bake some of my favorite sweets and treats. I have made some cookies and I have also made candy but another thing I love to make is cookie bars, especially ones with coconuts and almonds!
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Every year I love to make cookies for my family and friends. Another thing that I love to make to candy. It is fun and easy. Below I am sharing an easy Christmas candy recipe for you to try too!
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One of my favorite things to do during the holidays is bake cookies. Every year I like to make a variety of cookies for my family and friends to give as gifts. I LOVE cookies with Hershey Kisses and normally make the Peanut Butter Blossoms but this year I wanted to change things up a bit. This year I am making some yummy Snowball Kisses Cookies.
These are cookies that are delicious, easy to make and have some yummy Hershey Kisses in the inside. What I like about these cookies is just how easy they are to make. You only need three ingredients!
The first thing you will need is some dough. Instead of making my own I went the easy way and used the pre-made Pillsbury Pie Crusts. This package comes with 2 rolls that makes about 36 cookies. Roll out each of the pie crusts on a lightly floured surface.
Once you have your dough rolled out, cut it in 2″ x 2″ squares. The pie crust will be in a circle shape so take a pizza cutter and cut the sides to make a square, then make your 2″ squares. Use the leftover pieces to make more 2″ squares if needed. Place a Hershey Kiss on top of each square.
Fold the squares with the corners of the dough and pinch to make seal.
After you make sure the edges are sealed, roll lightly in your hand or pat to make a mound. Don’t worry about making them perfect as you will coating these in some snow. 🙂
Bake at 350° for 15-17 minutes or until lightly golden. Do no over bake. Remove from oven and allow to cool on wire rack.
Once the cookies are cool dredge these snowball cookies in some confectioners sugar.
The more powdered sugar the better! Don’t go easy, be sure to dredge those babies…
Until recently I had never used a rice cooker. I figured a rice cooker was to make rice and since I didn’t make rice that often I figured I really didn’t need one. I received a NEW Frigidaire Professional® Rice Cooker for review and now I know that a rice cooker can cook more than just rice.
Most people would probably start out making plain rice in their rice cooker. I decided I wanted to get creative with the rice cooker and made some delicious rice cooker fried rice with egg. The Frigidaire Professional® Rice Cooker has 11 cooking pre-sets and 3D heating for easy and even cooking. I used just two of these settings to make some fried rice that was ready in about 30 minutes.
My family loves fried rice and I love how easy it is to make in this rice cooker. I wish I would have doubled the recipe.
I didn’t add any meat to this rice dish but the next time I make the fried rice I am going to add some chicken to make it chicken fried rice.
Now that I had made some fried rice I wanted to see what else I could make in my new rice cooker. Everyone in my house happens to love macaroni and cheese so I decided to make some Rice Cooker Cheese Macaroni & Cheese. I was pretty impressed with the results and will definitely be making macaroni and cheese in my rice cooker again.
Since my kids really like macaroni and cheese I will admit that I do make it often from a box. I prefer to make oven baked macaroni and cheese but now I found another way to make a dish that I know my whole family will love.
You can use whatever cheese mix that you like but I went ahead and used a Colby and Monterey Jack blend. My macaroni and cheese came out real cheesey but I loved the flavor combo of the two cheeses.
Next I will be making some breakfast in my new rice cooker. There is a setting for Oatmeal and a timer so just may have to buy some steel oats and make some homemade oatmeal in my rice cooker for a little treat one of these mornings.
Here are some features of the Frigidaire Professional® Rice Cooker:
After making these two dishes I am hooked. I will be now using my new rice cooker on a regular basis to create delicious and nutritious meals for my family. I like that it has a timer so that you can plan ahead but it will also show you just how long your food has been done. Once the rice cooker beeps to let you know that your food it done, it goes into “Keep Warm” mode and will have a timer that shows just how long the food has been sitting there.
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I am always looking for new healthy snack ideas for the family. The mornings can be hectic and I like to have snacks on hand that the kids can eat before school, take to school and snacks for once they get home.
If you are looking for snack ideas that are great for the on the go lifestyle, UHC TV is featuring a yummy snack on their website, “Banana Nut Cereal Bars” from Chef Daniel Green that looks both easy and delicious.
These protein filled energy bars include whole grain nut cereal with bananas and nuts, dried cranberries, almonds, sunflower nuts and peanut butter. I have never made my own energy bars but with how easy the video looks, this will be something I plan on making. With the new year approaching I have decided to use the gym membership I signed up for and lose some weight. This means healthier meals and snacks!
Here is a video that shows you just how easy it is to make this healthy and delicious treat.
When you watch the Banana Nut Cereal Energy Bars video on the UHC TV website you have the chance to WIN $500 or weekly prizes of $25. When you watch two more videos you can earn a bonus entry for even more chances to win. This sweepstakes ends on December 19th so hurry and watch the video for your chance to win the grand prize.
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