holiday

Gingersnap Cookie Recipe – Christmas Cookies

Gingersnaps cookies on a wooden table.Ginger snap cookies on a cooling rack.

Gingersnaps are one of my favorite cookie recipes.  They keep well and have a distinct molasses and ginger taste, perfect for the Holiday season. This recipe is a family recipe that was handed down from my Great Aunt Tina. I don’t remember ever meeting my Great Aunt Tina, but that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy her cookie recipe!

Ginger snap cookies on a wooden table.

Gingerbread Noah’s Ark

Gingerbread has been a traditional Christmas decoration for generations. My kids and I have enjoyed making gingerbread houses together for years, from basic graham cracker creations to more complicated designs.  But this is the most complicated one we have ever made, a Gingerbread Noah’s Ark!

Gingerbread Noah's Ark #gingerbread #christmas

Popular Family Holiday Traditions

A few weeks ago I posted about some of my holiday traditions and asked my readers to share their favorite family holiday traditions for a chance to win a Hickory Farms Tools of the Trade Gift Bag. The giveaway has ended and I wanted to share with you some of the holiday traditions that my readers enjoy!

The giveaway winner is Cindi D. and her favorite holiday tradition is a fantastic one, this is what she said,

My granddaughters and I make a gingerbread house.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMaking a gingerbread house is one of my favorite things also, and sharing it with children or grandchildren makes it extra fun.  My family and I are actually planning to start one tomorrow, and we are going to try to make a gingerbread Noah’s Ark this year. I think this has potential to either be a huge mess or a huge success, but either way we should enjoy making it.