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Chock Full of Nuts Brittle
This peanut brittle is a must during the holiday season. It makes a great treat and a perfect gift for teachers and hostess gift giving.
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Merry Cheese Twists
This quick and easy holiday recipe is perfect to give as a gift to teachers or as a hostess gift.
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Festive Butter Cookies
Celebrate the taste of the season with these creative and festive butter cookies.
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Mini Graham Cracker House Kit
A project kids will love. You may want to make this a bit early in the season so kids can enjoy their prized centrepiece throughout the holiday. Let them gobble it up as a Boxing Day treat. A bit of parental help will make it fun for all!
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Lollipop Cookies
Make a cookie bouquet by wrapping these fun-to-eat, minty cookies in clear cellophane and tying the sticks together with a ribbon, or "plant" the cookies in a clay pot filled with colourful jelly beans!
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Basic Sugar Cookies
This versatile dough is perfect for Nutty Apple Swirls, Lollipop Cookies or Peppermint Patties — or you can simply cut out your favourite shapes and decorate with glaze or sprinkles.
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Chocolate Gingerbread Men
It's a tradition in our house to make these every Christmas as a family. You may also use a straw to make a hole in the top, tie a ribbon through the hole, and hang on the tree as an ornament.
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Gingerbread Figures
A treat for little (or big) kids! Leave as is or decorate with icing and small candy silver balls.
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Shortbread Cookies
My mom taught me to make these shortbread cookies when I was 10! The recipe is easy, but Yummmo!
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Luscious Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream Sauce
Sponge cake-like in texture but with considerably less fat, this moist lemon cake bursts with refreshing flavour in each bite. It serves six with yummy leftovers that can be packed for a lunchtime treat. Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of this cake, it’s a dazzling finish to a meal! Garnish with fresh mint if you like.
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Campfire Skillet Dinner
I pre-cut my chicken and ingredients before we leave and keep everything stored in ziplock bags in the cooler. We make this dinner our first night at camp because we can get unpacked and settled while it cooks.
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Campfire Muffins
You will be surprised at how fun it is to make muffins when you are camping. Make extras for snacking!
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Campfire Bananas
I remember making this dessert when I was in Girl Guides. It is a really easy and very tasty camp treat.
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Campfire Beans
Our kids saw an old movie where the cowboys were eating beans from a can and decided it would be fun to have beans on our last camping trip. We didn't cook the beans in the can but we enjoyed our own variation in a big cast iron pot.
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Campfire Pizza
This pizza is fun to make but you have to watch it doesn't burn. You can also make this on your BBQ using indirect heat, like an oven.
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