My sister and I get together one day late November/early Dec for baking.  We’ve been doing this for 3 years now and it is a fun day that is very productive!

Here are a couple of the items on the agenda for the day:

Top left (feature item): Cake Balls

Top right: Peppermint Kiss cookies

Bottom left: Candy Cane bark

Bottom right: Magic squares

Cake Balls: Cook and cool a cake.  Fork it into small crumbs.  Add one can (or just less than) of  icing.  Form into balls.  Freeze single file on a wax lined cookie sheet.  Remove from freezer and dip into chocolate (melted wafers).   We found that melting the wafers in the microwave in a dish (not plastic) worked the best.  These are not difficult, but they are time consuming.  Kids & Adults LOVE them…so sweet and addictive!  There are so many ways you can prepare them too!

a link to Cake Balls

Peppermint kiss Cookies:  For these we used a favorite cookie dough recipe.  Omit the chocolate chips.  Baked in a mini muffin pan for about 10mins.  Then added the kisses to the top returned to oven for 2 mins.  Remember these times are approx since every oven is different.

Candy Cane Bark:  For this YUMMY snack you melt chocolate, we used white squares and chocolate chips (separately).  Pour the melted chocolate in rows (every other white/brown/white/brown) and then marble it (Lisa used a fork to criss cross the rows).  While it is still warm you sprinkle with broken candy cane pieces.

Magic Squares: I’ve used this recipe before (click here) but this time we used an additional can of sweetened condensed milk over the top, it worked out GREAT!

If you have any questions about these recipes please let me know!

Enjoy!