Cinnamon Scroll Cookies and Egg Nog

 

Make it MERRY with a fun Christmas family games night and supper.

Spend the evening having some good old fashioned fun...

Have a basket ready for all those phones and gadgets 

because they are banned for the night!

Enjoy card games.

Board Games.

And each others company.

When the games are over,

celebrate the season with a supper of cinnamon scroll cookies
 and a special, rich cinnamon Egg Nog.

Serve the Egg Nog alcohol-free for the children, or for the adults, be a little bit naughty with an added tot of whiskey or rum.

Make sure you enjoy the egg nog

with swirls of cream and cinnamon on top!

Egg Nog Recipe HERE.

Cinnamon Swirl Cookies

1 cup softened butter

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence extract

3/4 cup fine white sugar

1 large egg

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

Using a cake mixer, cream the butter, vanilla essence and white sugar together until pale in colour.

Then add the egg.

Mix again.

Add the flour and baking powder and mix a dough.

On a floured board, place the dough and roll out into a rectangle shape that is 10 x 14 inch/ 25 x 36 cm in size.

Mix the brown sugar and the cinnamon together in a bowl.

Spread on top of the rolled dough, but leave an inch free of sugar at the far right short side.

Roll tightly from the other short side.

Moisten the sugar-free strip with water and roll, pressing lightly.

Cut your rolls into slices.

Place the slices on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake for 10 minutes at  180 C / 350 F.

Leave to cool completely on the tray.

Store in an airtight container.

Yield: 15 Cookies.

Rich Egg Nog

4 large egg yolks
1/3 cup granulated sugar 
2 cups whole milk 
1 cup heavy cream 
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, plus more for garnish
Pinch of salt
Whiskey or rum  (optional, 1/2 to 1 cup, added after cooking) 

In a medium bowl, beat the egg yolks and sugar together until the mixture lightens in colour and the sugar is completely dissolved.

 In a large saucepan, combine the milk, cream, nutmeg, and salt. Heat over medium heat, stirring often, until the mixture just begins to simmer or steam (do not boil).

Temper the eggs: Slowly whisk about 1 cup of the hot milk mixture into the egg yolk mixture, a spoonful at a time, to temper the eggs and prevent them from scrambling.

 Pour the tempered egg mixture back into the saucepan with the remaining hot milk. Return the saucepan to medium heat and stir constantly until the mixture thickens slightly. 

Do not boil.

Remove the mixture from the heat immediately. Stir in the vanilla extract and alcohol (if using). 

Chill in the refrigerator for at least two hours or until cold.

 Whisk the eggnog and pour into glasses. Garnish each serving with fresh whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon before enjoying. 

Yield: 4 servings

You will find a printable recipe HERE.

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6 Wonderful Christmas Quotes & A Printable For YOU!

These are some of my favourite quotes:

May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.

- Martha Brook.

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Love  is the true spirit of Christmas!

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It's Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.

- W.T Ellis

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Christmas Magic is silent.

You don't hear it, you feel it.

You know it. You believe it.

- Kevin Alan Milne

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When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a JOY.

- Rumi

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I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

- Charles Dickens

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DIY 3D Bauble Christmas Tree Art

Let's create a beautiful DIY '3D Bauble Christmas Tree' artwork.

It's pretty without the fairy lights switched on.

And even more stunning with them on!

It takes a bit of time to create, but it is so very much worth the effort!

When people visit your home, I'm sure they'll adore it.

You can use whatever colour scheme you want.

I made mine as a gift, so I chose colours I knew the recipients would love.

I put a Christmas bird ornament as a focal point at the top of the tree, as they are bird people. They breed canaries.

But you could use a star, a Santa, a gingerbread house, or, actually, anything you want!

My friends just loved it.

They hung it on the wall, where it can make a statement with their china tea cup and vintage collection.

Doesn't it look stunning with the beautiful chandelier?

To make the 3D Bauble Christmas Tree Artwork, 

You will need.

A 16 x 12 inch/40x30cm stretched canvas

Glue gun and gluesticks

Scissors

9 large non-glass baubles (7 1/2 inch/19cm size)

10 medium non-glass baubles (6 1/2 inch/16cm size)

About 23 small baubles

Embellishments like mini pine cones, pine or holly leaves, fine tinsel, berries, bells, mini metal stars, etc.

A flat-backed focal ornament for the top of the tree.

A string of battery-operated mini fairy lights.

To put together:

The first step is to cut the tops off all the baubles.

Glue 5 large baubles about 1 1/2 inch/4cm up from the bottom edge of the canvas in a straight row.

Place another row of four above these, glueing to the canvas.

Do the same again with four medium sized baubles.

then above those four a row of three medium-sized baubles.

Then add two more medium-sized baubles above that.

Add one more for the top of the tree.

Next, we glue on small baubles to fill the gaps between the large and medium ones.

Glue on some Christmas greenery on your design. 

I used pine picks.

Add your focal point ornament.

Once that is done, you can add the other embellishments you have chosen, and finally weave the fairy lights around the 3D tree.

I used small drops of glue to hold them in place.

:)

I've turned the 3D Bauble Christmas Tree into a digitally manipulated artwork too.

Feel free to copy, paste and print.

The make great Christmas cards.

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