Day 5: Gifts From the Kitchen

Do you have all your
shopping done??

I wish I did...

I still have a few odds 

and ends to "wrap up"...
(see what I did there?)

If you still need a gift... 

or maybe a little something 
 for a

 neighbor or a teacher... 

a hostess gift...

Have I got a solution for you!

Luckily, it is Day 5 of the 

12 Days of Blue Ribbon Kitchen... 

and Day 5 is: Gifts from the Kitchen!!

A foolproof gift-giving idea... 

that's good any time of the year.

Here are 4 award-winning recipes for you to try.

The MOST popular recipe on the blog to date

is this blue ribbon winning

 banana bread.

If you're not sure...read some of the 

many comments... it's very good...gift-giving good.

Click the link below the photo to 

get the recipe and all the details.

BANANA BREAD RECIPE POST

Next... and very near and dear 

to my heart... 
this award-winning pecan pie...

This pie has won a handful of 

first-place ribbons over the years...

but this year...

this was the year and the pecan pie 

claimed the 100th blue ribbon.

It's like this little pecan pie 
just knew it was about to have

15 minutes of fame...

...and like the rock star pie that she is...

she swooped in to get that big ribbon!

I mean... if someone gave me a pie...

let alone this amazing pecan pie... 

I would no doubt have

a brand new BFF!!

Click below to get the link to the recipe.

PECAN PIE RECIPE POST

This chocolate fudge is a great last
 minute kitchen gift...

because... 

you make it in the microwave!

It's so easy and really good...

I bet you have most... if not all of

 the ingredients on hand right now!!

For a quick gift ... that looks and 

tastes like you spent a long time making it... 

Get the recipe for dark chocolate cherry fudge!!
If you are not a fan of cherries...leave them out.

Yes... you can also add nuts or whatever you like...

Click the link to get all the details!!

CHOCOLATE FUDGE RECIPE LINK

Here is a cookie recipe...

Because, I can't really leave
 a cookie off this Christmas gifts list...

and I thought a lot about 

which cookie recipe to share...

Drum roll please...

I chose the classic sugar cookie.

Why... ??

This simple sugar cookie is really lovely.

They look gorgeous packaged 
up in cellophane...

They look pretty next to tea or coffee..

you can do either red or green sugar ...or leave them plain...

...but the buttery taste... these cookies are too good.

Just the smell of them baking takes
 me back to childhood... and they are

soooo delicious.

 I cannot be trusted with these cookies...

the gold-standard to a 

cookie tray
...not too fancy and so perfect...

I love a really good sugar cookie... 

these are thin and chewy... buttery and sweet....

perfection.

Click the link below the photo
for the recipe and all the details.

SUGAR COOKIE RECIPE POST