Welcome to day two of Mistletoe Make & Bake 2010! We're all back. . . with more goodies to share!
Today - the subject is 'holiday sanity savers'. . . & for me the biggest one is this. . .
. . . it's the shopping crowds. . . I avoid them. . . like the plague.
I don't mean so sound like Scrooge - but at times like the weekend after Thanksgiving - or the days just before Christmas. . . the last place you will find me is at the mall. I do like to see all the decorations that the stores display. . . but I always pick the least busy time I can think of to see them. I'd much rather be home decorating or making something for gifts. . . or baking(!)
Speaking of baking. . . here's today's recipe. . . Buttery Pecan Cookies!
Another classic. . . this time with pecans. Buttery, golden, crispy yummy-ness!
(click on recipe card for a pdf version you can download.)
Be sure to visit all of the Mistletoe Make & Bake designers blogs for more fun recipes (you can find them all listed here . . . & especially todays featured designers for their very special holiday projects as well!
Today's featured designers are:
Heidi Kaisand of Hen & Chicks Quilt Studio
Monique Dillard of Open Gate Blog
Happy Mistletoe-ing!
♥ Bren
63 comments:
Lovely! Mmh just love butter cookies! Thanks so much for sharing. And also for your tip!
MMM-mmm good!
I'm not a big fan of malls either, especially at the Holidays....I love Christmas and you can usually find me in the sewing room or the kitchen....
Wendy
These cookies look amazing! I love your tips! Thanks for sharing!
My mouth is watering just thinking about those cookies. Do you have any handy?
Thanks for the recipe. They look delicious. I try to avoid the crowds also. I do like to see all the decorations but they are up so early , I can see them in November!
Another great recipe to try. Thanks for the sanity tip too.
Sounds like a great recipe! Thanks so much for sharing.
I can't wait to try this pecan cookie recipe...it will go great with our Thanksgiving dinner!
I hate crowds like the one pictured so I do my shopping online. It sure saves my sanity.
Day #2 - Thank you!
Oh, the crowds, hopefully we are all humming Christmas tunes!
My husband will love these cookies. Now if I can just convince my sister to make them - I am a terrible baker! I look forward to your design later this week! Thanks for the tips and recipe!
Thank You for the cookie recipe and thanks again for the wonderful idea
ohhhhhh YUM! these sounds like the BEST cookies! I'll have to try them, tonight! Thanks for the recipe
yummy!
Thanks for sharing your recipe.
This looks like a great recipe. I avoid shopping too. (Does everyone take 15 kids with them when they shop or does it just feel like it?)
YUM! My mouth is watering. LOL
I love shopping on-line. I am totally with you on avoiding crowds :)
The cookies sound yummy! I'm not a crowd shopper either- Black Friday- NO THANKS!
Thank you for yet another great recipe!
Ooh, yummy recipe! Thanks!
I hate crowds and how rude people are to the cashiers during the Christmas season (they are just doing their jobs and trying to feed their families) - so I will try to be extra polite to everybody when I am shopping.
I love your recipe it sounds delicious and I look forward to trying it.
Yum, can't wait to give these a try, thanks for the recipe.
Yummy recipe, thanks! I avoid the mall the whole holiday season, too! LOL
Another wonderful recipe. Thanks for sharing.
I'm with you! I hate the crowds - I always have a list and a plan, and I get 'er done! Thanks for sharing! HUGS... and stitches
Thanks for the recipe.....these sound delish!
Yummy! Thanks!
I'm with you about the holiday crowds. Maybe it's because I'm older, but I don't like any place that's packed to the gills. Your recipe sounds delicious. Thanks!
Leslie S. in MN
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Mmm Mmm Good - These are one of my favorite cookies.
Hate crowds on one hand, but the energy can be contagious...thanks for the pecan recipe!
THese sound wonderful, and I love that they are 'slice and bake'.
Best thing I here at Christmas time for shopping? Free shipping on internet websites! Totally not a mallie :) Thank you for sharing and thank you for the recipe!!
The cookies sound wonderful, thanks so much for the recipe
You all must be having a great time posting all the nifty tips and yummy recipes... Thanks
Yum! Pecan butter cookies. Thanks for sharing.
So little time--so many good recipes.
One of my favorite cookies is a butter cookie. To add pecans puts it over the top for me. Thanks for sharing.
Looks good Brenda! Thanks
anything with this much butter has to be good
Slice and bake cookies are great. One could make 2 or 3 varieties and bake them fresh several days in a row.
Thanks for the great recipe! I just love pecans. I also enjoy avoiding the crowds--by shopping online :)
Still chuckling over the pix of the crowd! :) I avoid busy shopping times too. The recipe sounds delicious!
I love anything pecan! Can't wait to try these!
I avoid the malls too when they are busiest. Thanks for the nice recipe.
The cookies sound delicious. I love Pecan Sandies and they sound similar to them. Cant wait to make them.
Thanks for the recipe. I love pecans and plan to try this recipe
I'm sure having fun visiting all the blog on this Mistletoe Make & Bake Hop. Thank you for all of the great recipes, tips, and giveaways! ~Kathleen
OMGosh! Just reading the recipe makes my mouth water! Thanks!
YUMMY Cookies, thank you!
SheilaC
The cookies sound awesome. That picture of the shopping crowd kinda scares me!!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the cookie recipe. Yummm!
I'm in a wheelchair, and shopping can be difficult in the best of times. From mid-November to mid-January I do no shopping at all.
Slice and bake cookies are great. I can make the dough ahead of time and bake them when needed, Most of them can be frozen for even later use. Thank you.
I LOVE, LOVE pecannuts..... Thanks a lot.
You are so right. Oatmeal and Chocolate, my favorites, they're the best. Thanks for sharing.
We usually go mall shopping once during the Christmas season - usually before Thanksgiving. Cannot stand crowds! The recipe sounds great - we just finished shelling out our meager one tree crop of pecans. About 4 gallons unshelled.
Bren - What darling ornaments! And, your recipes all sound wonderful! I've copied them all & will enhance my holiday cookies plates with some new ones this year.
Thanks so much for sharing your creativity with us!
Sharen J
Your cookie recipe sounds good. I'm having a lot of fun with this blog hop. A sanity saver for me is to get all of my shopping done before everyone else.
Wonderful cookies
I avoid malls on the weekend too. A quiet weeknight, just after work is best for me. Also, I pick up gifts all year long when I see something, especially when it's on sale.
I am not a mall fan and rarely go to one!
this recipe is new to me. I will try it for the holidays. thank you. Judy S.
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