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It's a natural for holiday gift-giving: Date Nut Bread!
Moist and fruity, this sweet quick bread makes a wonderful addition to holiday gift baskets. Double-wrapped in plastic food storage wrap, it freezes beautifully.
Toast and top with cream cheese for a Christmas morning treat!
Easy enough for children to make and so delicious! Rocky Road is just the thing for the chocoholic in your life.
Melt and mix chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and butter to form a chocolate base, then spark the candy with peanuts and miniature marshmallows.
You can vary the flavor by subsituting milk chocolate chips for semi-sweet. For a holiday touch, replace half the marshmallows with pink, peppermint-flavored marshmallows. Yum!
Moist and flavorful, this traditional nut bread freezes well ... and kids (of all ages) love it! Try it toasted and spread with peanut butter!
To make banana nut bread for holiday gifts, use mini- or small sized loaf pans. After baking, cool loaves completely, then wrap in plastic food storage wrap. Wrap with a second layer of food wrap, then freeze baked loaves in freezer food storage bags.
Frozen loaves thaw quickly, making it easy to assemble gift baskets or quick hostess gifts for holiday parties.
A tasty basic sugar cookie dough, this recipe has been kid-tested by three generations of the Ewer family.
Sturdy enough for decorating, these lemon-flavored cookies have a crisp, light taste.
Try Lemon Sugar Cookies rolled and cut into frosted Christmas shapes, or just flattened with a glass and sprinkled with sugar.
To freeze, stack baked--but undecorated--cookies in single layers, separating each layer with sheets of waxed paper. Freeze for up to four weeks. Thaw and decorate as desired.
Creamy and delicious. this Texas treat dates from the days when Christmas memories had to be made with little more than some nuts from the backyard trees.
Traditionally sent to our family by my grandmother, Mim Miller, these pecan patties spell "Christmas" to me!
Includes both conventional and microwave directions.
Golden and sweet, this cornbread mix is a perfect partner for Confetti Bean Soup! Packaged together in a pretty gift basket, they're perfect for thoughtful, frugal Christmas gifts.
Use free printable gift tags to decorate pint canning jars filled with Texas Cornbread Mix, or package the mix inside a holiday-colored paper bag. Instructions included for both packaging alternatives.
Capture the tastes of the holiday season with this easy Pumpkin Nut Bread recipe.
Moist pumpkin combines with crunchy walnuts and zesty spices for a delicious quick bread recipe for holiday giving.
Bake ahead and freeze in small or mini-sized loaves. A great addition to holiday gift baskets!
Double-wrapped with plastic food storage wrap, and tucked into a freezer food storage bag, this quick bread will stay fresh in the freezer for up to 8 weeks