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This post is sponsored by Eggland’s Best. All opinions are entirely my own. #EBGourdTimes, #Sponsored, #onlyfeedmeEB, #egglandsbest Brown Butter has a nutty flavor and is my all-time favorite savory ingredient. Your friends and family will go crazy over this brown…

Grinch Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a chewy, rich, festive recipe. These cookies are fun to make with your kids and will become your favorite Christmas recipes.   Those grinch desserts and Christmas cookies on the interwebs are the cutest! A…

This Slow Cooker Apricot Nectar Glazed Ham is sweet, tangy, and a great way to switch up your holiday ham.  This super easy recipe is family-friendly and is a great main entree for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, but easy enough…

  If you like making cream cheese mints for weddings and baby showers, then you NEED to try this cream cheese mint recipe using oreo cookies!  These candies were a huge hit with my kids.  This recipe will be a…

The sweet potato casserole with marshmallows often served at Thanksgiving inspired these  Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars with marshmallows on top.  These are the perfect dessert to bring to your holiday gathering this year, and they also are a…

If you like snickerdoodles cookies,  you will love this Christmas version made with Christmas sugar to make them festive! Christmas Snickerdoodles are a classic recipe popular in Minnesota and other parts of the midwest.   Instead of rolling your cookie…

 I love my Instant Pot because you can cook large meals in one pot without fuss, use fewer dishes and main meals,  specifically meat, taste mouthwatering and tender when pressure cooked. So many holiday classic recipes now have instructions for…

If you grew up eating Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies, you would love this peppermint version I have created just in time for the holidays!  These super fudgy, dense, and chocolaty brownies are super rich and topped off with chocolate ganache…

If you’re from the Midwest, you’ve probably had a cream cheese mint at a wedding or a baby shower. These Cream Cheese Mint Cookies are inspired by those cream cheese mints. This cookie recipe is rich and makes a delicious…

Need a last-minute Elf on the Shelf idea?  My kids love it when Santa sends our Elf to our house during the holiday season!  They always look forward to waking up in the morning to see where they might see…

Brown Butter ( Buerre Noisette) is a classic French staple in the kitchen.  Brown Butter is melted butter with accelerated flavor, can be made in less than 10 minutes, and has a nutty and bold flavor. This Slow Cooker Ham…

Do you have any holiday cranberry sauce to repurpose?   You will love the way your kitchen smells when you pull these Cranberry Cheesecake Cookie Bars out of the oven!  These cookie bars will melt in your mouth.  They are gooey…