The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILoveToBake.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!

The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILoveToBake.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!

Needlework and Quilting Pros HOLIDAY Bake Along!

ILoveToBakeCookies.com CHOCOLATE CRINKLES

“Chocolate Crinkles” meant Christmas! These were the special cookies that were made in our home only once a year. Mom made lots of others during the year, but when the bowl of “powder sugar” came out, it was time to make Christmas cookies and that meant Crinkles. My job was to grease the baking sheets when I was little. Then I could roll the dough in the sugar after Mom dropped in each spoonful. I then carefully placed each snowball exactly the same space apart on the sheets. It was such a treat to sit in the living room that night and have a plateful of cookies with milk before the storage tin was hidden away until the holiday. The only thing that made them taste even better was if “Rudolph” was on TV that night!

Ingredients

1/2 c. vegetable oil 4 squares unsweetened chocolate (4 oz.), melted 2 c. granulated sugar 4 eggs 2 tsp. vanilla 2 c. flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1 c. confectioners sugar (at least), in shallow dish

Step by Step

1) Mix oil, chocolate and granulated sugar. 2) Blend in one egg at a time until well mixed. 3) Add vanilla. 4) Stir in flour, baking powder and salt into oil mixture. 5) Chill overnight. Preheat oven to 350 F 6) Drop by teaspoonfuls of dough into confectioners sugar and roll into balls. 7) Place 2″ apart on greased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 10 - 12 minutes. 9) Serve and Enjoy!(Makes about 6 dozen cookies)

The Wooden Needle

The Wooden Needle is a charming cross stitch and needlepoint shop located at the foot of the Green Mountains, near New England’s ski capital, Stowe, Vermont. Stitchers will marvel at the rainbow of threads — the full lines of overdyed cottons from The Gentle Art and Weeks Dye Works as well as Paternayan Persian wool, DMC and Anchor flosses. A lovely variety of Watercolours, Wildflowers, Waterlilies and Impressions from The Caron Collection will dazzle the needlecrafter’s eye. Also tucked in is a good selection of Pearl cottons, sizes 3 and 5, Kreinik metallics as well as fun fibers from Rainbow Gallery. This cozy shop boasts 150 bolts of cross stitch fabrics in a variety of counts — linens, cottons and blends. A splendid selection of needlepoint canvases and cross stitch charts will entice stitchers of all levels. Exclusive to The Wooden Needle are handpainted canvases of Vermont themes designed by a local artist. http://www.wooden-needle.com/

The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILoveToBake.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!
I realize that technically, these are NOT cookies… but they are good enough that I am declaring them *Honorary Cookies*!

Needlework and Quilting Pros HOLIDAY Bake Along!

ILoveToBakeCookies.com ORANGE CRESCENT ROLLS

The first time my father made these orange crescent rolls, I was disappointed. I was not a fan of orange. I didn’t like oranges, and I didn’t like orange juice. I drank Tang only because I was under the impression that an orange beverage was required at breakfast. Here it was Christmas and I thought Dad should make something that everyone would like, meaning me, of course—I was a kid! I helped him grate the orange, squish the dough, roll up the little wedges, and drizzle sugary glaze over them. They were awfully fun to make; too bad I hated them. And then I stuck my finger in a puddle of glaze. Mmmm. Maybe some orange things were okay after all, just not oranges and orange juice. Nowadays, I love oranges, but don’t ask me to drink a glass of orange juice. Still, if you ask me, the #1, all-time, best use of orange is in orange crescent rolls!

Ingredients

Crescent Roll Ingredients3 cups sifted flour 1 pkg active dry yeast 3/4 cup milk 1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice (or water) 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup shortening 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 teaspoon grated orange peel

Glaze Ingredients11/2 cups powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel enough orange juice to obtain desired consistency (Do you prefer to spread or drizzle?)

Step by Step

Crescent Roll Instructions1) Combine 1¾ cups flour and yeast in mixing bowl. 2) Heat milk, orange juice (or water), sugar, shortening, and salt in saucepan just until warm, stirring to melt shortening. 3) Add to flour mixture in bowl. 4) Add egg and orange peel. 5) Beat at low speed on electric mixer for 1/2 minute, then 3 minutes at high speed. If mixing by hand, stir until smooth or until your arms feel weak or until you’re mind-numb from boredom—or about 200 strokes. I don’t own an electric mixer. 6) Knead in remaining flour by hand. 7) Place dough in greased bowl, turning to grease surface of dough. Refrigerate 2-24 hours.  About 2 hours before serving: 1) Remove dough from fridge, divide in half. 2) Roll each half into a 9-inch circle and cut into 12 wedges. (That’s 24 total.) 3) Beginning at wide end, roll each wedge and place points down on baking sheet. 5) Let rise in warm place until double (about an hour) Preheat oven to 375 F 6) Bake at 375-degrees for 10-12 minutes. 7) Transfer to wire rack and drizzle with glaze while warm. Devour at will as soon as they are cool enough to handle. or as The Armchair Chef suggests, Serve and Enjoy! LOL

Glaze Instructions1) Mix powdered sugar, grated orange peel, and orange juice, for the desired consistency 2) Drizzle or spread over warm Crescent Rolls

Funk & Weber Designs

Colorful, clever, and unique needlework patterns and online classes. Playful designs and attention to detail provide surprises in the finished needlework that draw attention again and again. Creators of EmbroiderMe!â„¢ Bracelets: Personalized Needlework Accessories, and Tags for Bags, Clips for Zipsâ„¢. Identify your belongings and your sense of style! Both of which make excellent holiday gifts, by the way! http://www.funkandweber.com/

Holiday Bake Along - Needlework and Quilting!

The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILoveToBake.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!

Needlework and Quilting Pros HOLIDAY Bake Along!

ILoveToBakeCookies.com CANDY CANE COOKIES

My sister Colleen use to make these for the Christmas Holidays. They were my very favorite. The cookies bring back so many fond memories for me of when the whole family would gather at mom and dad’s. That does not happen anymore so these candy cane cookies have a very special meaning to me.

Ingredients

1 cup soft shortening (half butter) 1 cup sifted confectioners sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 1/2 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon salt red food coloring crushed peppermint stick 1/2 cup granulated sugar

Step by Step

Pre heat oven to 375 F 1) Mix together thoroughly 1 cup shortening (half butter), 1 cup sifted confectioners sugar, 1 egg,1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract, 1 teaspoon vanilla 2) Sift together 2 1/2 cups sifted flour, 1 teaspoon salt 3) Stir into the shortening mixture. 4) Divide dough into halves. Blend into one half 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring. 5) Roll 1 teaspoon of each color dough into strips about 4 inches long. 5) Place strips side by side and press lightly together and twist like rope. 6) Place on ungreased cookie sheet. 7) Bake 9 minutes at 375 degrees Sprinkle with mixture of crushed peppermint stick and 1/2 cup granulated sugar (do this while cookies are still warm) 9) Serve and Enjoy!

Creative Stitchery and Frame Richmond Texas.

Welcome to Creative Stitchery! We are your one-stop shop for cross stitch, counted cross stitch, embroidery and other stitching styles. Located in Richmond, Texas, we are an established needlework and cross stitch shop just waiting to fulfill your every stitching need. http://creativestitcheryandframe.com/

The joy of creation can result from doing beautiful needlework, creating a lovely quilt or simply baking and cooking delicious treats for your loved ones!

Professionals from the Quilting and Needlework Industries have joined together to share their holiday memories, a glimpse into their businesses, and MANY irresistible recipes!

Please visit ILoveToBake.com and TheArmchairChef.com for more fabulous holiday creations!