MERRY things to do

Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown Exhibit Christmas Lights in The Orchard

Festival of Lights

Santa’s Family Holiday Market

AF’s Shop & Mingle on Main Street

Santa’s Village at University Place

$28.99

Luminaria 2022: Experience the Light Rudolph’s Red Nose Ranch

Pond Town Christmas Lighting Holiday Magic at the Park

Peteetneet Christmas Boutique

SCERA’s Christmas Maker’s Market and Cookie Contest

Aurora: Festive Holiday Experience Saturdays and 12/21/202212/23/2022 Grove Peaks Ice Arena Ice Skating

2022 Breakfast with Santa at Thanksgiving Point

Dip

Spice up Your Spices

• Toast your spices before using them. Throw them in a sauté pan for a quick minute on medium heat or pop them in the oven for a few minutes at 300350 degrees. You’ll smell the aromas as they come alive

Gingerbread Cookies

• To give a subtle and noticeable lift to the dried ginger, add ground black pepper to the dry recipes, use 1 to 1 1/2 tsp of fresh ground black pepper

3/4 cup milk

1 tsp. salt

3 tsp. vanilla • 1 tsp. lemon

3 tsp. baking powder

Ingredients • 1 cup butter

1 tsp. clear vanilla

4 cups powdered sugar

Most are too sweet, too hard, or not crumbly enough. This old fashioned recipe came from Gramma Maxine Berry, and if you follow it just right, you will become a sugar cookie expert.

Directions mix in. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients together and gradually add to the thick). Gramma always did ¼ inch, but I like the thicker ones! Cut into desired shapes and place on cookie sheet.

For harder cookies, add 1-2 minutes in the oven.

Directions

Christmas Tree

Ingredients

• 1 lb. refrigerated pizza dough

• Egg wash (1 egg whisked with 1 tbsp. water)

• 7 mozzarella sticks

• 1/4 cup melted butter

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• 1 tbsp. Thinly sliced basil

• 1 tbsp. chopped parsley

• 1 tbsp. chopped rosemary

• Marinara, warmed (for serving)

Directions

parchment paper. Cut mozzarella sticks into 1 inch pieces and set aside.

Stretch and roll each piece of dough into a long rectangle, then cut dough into 2” squares (you’ll need 33 total).

Wrap a dough square around each piece of mozzarella, on the baking sheet in the shape of a Christmas tree (they should be touching). Brush egg wash on dough balls and bake until golden (15 to 20 minutes).

Meanwhile, whisk together melted butter, parmesan and herbs. Brush on baked cheese balls. Serve warm with marinara for dipping.