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Texas Pecan Butter Cookies
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Texas Pecan Butter Cookies

These buttery, crunchy, pecan filled, powdered sugar rolled cookies are a Texas tradition and Christmas cookie exchange must!

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30 days of Gifts from The Heart
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30 days of Gifts from The Heart

30 days of Handmade Holiday Gifts from your Kitchen. 30 delicious recipes, tutorials and ideas to give gifts from the heart, and home. From Homemade Biscotti to Mexican Hot Chocolate to Candied Pecans and Spiced Rum Cakes with Apple Cider Caramel Glaze. There are two weeks left until Christmas, and if you’re anything like me;…

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Feta and Olive Cheese Straws
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Feta and Olive Cheese Straws

Feta Olive Cheese Straws~ Tickled Red Hello, y’all I’m Shari known to some as Red and I am thoroughly honored to be rounding out Rachel’s month of amazing Handmade Holiday treats. I write over at Tickled Red about my impromptu surf life with my three guys. We are always up to something be it globetrotting,…

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Sweet and Spicy Snack Mix
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Sweet and Spicy Snack Mix

Hiya – I’m Julianne, aka The Ninja, and I’m thrilled to be helping Rachel wrap up this year’s Handmade Holiday series. I blog at Yankee Kitchen Ninja about what I call “stealthy homemaking” – reasonably healthy recipes that are also easy, gardening and tips and the occasional DIY project. Today I have a total winner…

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Homemade Candied Pecans
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Homemade Candied Pecans

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!! Hello! This is Jessica Erin from Stuck on Sweet! It’s so nice to meet you. I am super excited to be a part of Handmade Holidays: Bake, Craft & Sew – thank you Rachel!! Homemade gifts are the way to go! It’s not only a fun way to use your creative side, but…

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Texas Sheet Cake Cupcakes with Bourbon Glazed Pecans
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Texas Sheet Cake Cupcakes with Bourbon Glazed Pecans

Sugar. Bourbon. Pecans. Chocolate. All good things, yes?   One of my very favorite desserts of all time is my Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake, it was even featured on the Williams-Sonoma blog! Y’all know I can’t leave anything alone, and as much as I love the tradition of my family’s Sheet Cake recipe, and all…

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Paleo and Gluten Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies and Hot Cocoa
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Paleo and Gluten Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies and Hot Cocoa

This post in entitled “Diet Restricted” because depending on how you do it it can be for your friends on the Paleo diet or someone that is gluten free or just trying to cut down on carbs or no sugar or very little sugar. You’ll see when you read the recipe, but it is great…

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Great Grandma’s Fruit Salad
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Great Grandma’s Fruit Salad

One of my first holiday memories is of my great grandmother’s fruit salad. Known to some as ambrosia or 5 cup salad, it was always “grandma’s fruit salad” at my family get-togethers. It’s always meant the holidays to me.  This year I’ll be making it again, along with other traditional goodies, but it’s this recipe…

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Apple Spiced Rum Cake with Apple Cider Caramel Glaze
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Apple Spiced Rum Cake with Apple Cider Caramel Glaze

I know y’all clicked over today to see the recipe for these amazing Apple Spiced Rum Cakes with Apple Cider Caramel Glaze, but first I have to tell y’all about Meseidy. This past summer I spoke at BlogHer Food in Austin, while I was pacing the hallway running over 75 different things I remember eyes that…

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Salted Cashew Caramel Bark
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Salted Cashew Caramel Bark

Hi, everyone! I’m Courtney from Cook Like A Champion and I’m super excited to be here sharing a recipe today! I love baking and crafting (and sewing…sometimes), so clearly I was meant to join in on Handmade Holidays: Bake, Craft, Sew. This time of year can be hectic, even for those of us that try…

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Chai Chocolate Cupcake Mix Recipe
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Chai Chocolate Cupcake Mix Recipe

Hey everybody! I’m so excited to be a part of this year’s Bake, Craft, Sew. Blogging is relatively new for me, but being in the kitchen has been a part of my life since the beginning. Believe it or not, this is my first guest recipe post ever! What a great place to start, huh?…

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Homemade Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans
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Homemade Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

Hey all… I’m Tara from Unsophisticook, and I’m so thrilled that Rachel asked me to be part of Handmade Holidays #bakecraftsew this year! Unsophisticook is where I share my family’s favorite recipes and crafty ideas — hope you’ll check it out! Holidays are a hectic time of year for us all, and especially so for…

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