I hope each of you had a wonderful holiday! Our Christmas was wonderful! Filled with gifts, food, friendship, and togetherness! We had holiday ham, meamy potatoes (cross between mashed and creamy resulting in a creamy yet chunky mashed potato=DELISH), semi-homemade mac n cheese (boxed shells n cheese sauce w/some extra shredded cheese and velveeta mixed in=YUMMO), dinner rolls (YES-from scratch), baked beans, and cranberry sauce (both from a can-see my post from Thanksgiving) followed with prebaked pecan pie we bought from the local high school fundraiser and cake mix cookies! It was all so wonderfully flavorful from the sweetness of the brown sugar baked ham to the creamy and chucky texture of the taters (southern speak for potatoes ;)) to the over-the-top rich taste of the pecan pie. This is definately NOT the time for dieting-moderation, MAYBE but I say Christmas comes once a year so eat up today and make a resolution to loose the extra pounds next year! lol I think the healthiest thing on the table was the KaRaisin Cookies but they're still cookies so how healthy is that! They still look good, taste even better and make wonderful gifts (frugally done so if packaged in an empty coffee container with decoupaged labels or foodie pictures)!
KaRaisin Cookies
Carrot Cake Mix
1/2 cup Veg Oil
1/2 cup Cold Water
1 Egg
1 1/2 cup Raisins
3 squares Almond Bark
Preheat oven to 375. Mix top five ingredients by hand or with mixer at least 2 minutes. With greased teaspoon, spoon onto greased cookie dish. Bake 7 minutes. Allow to cool. Warm 3 Almond Bark squares in microwave on LOW in a Ziploc bag. Mix bark every 30 seconds to ensure even melting and to prevent it from scorching. Snip small corner off Ziploc bag and pipe onto cookie. Allow to cool throroughly before placing in cookie jars or eating!
May you all have a blessed new year!
Carrot Cake Mix
1/2 cup Veg Oil
1/2 cup Cold Water
1 Egg
1 1/2 cup Raisins
3 squares Almond Bark
Preheat oven to 375. Mix top five ingredients by hand or with mixer at least 2 minutes. With greased teaspoon, spoon onto greased cookie dish. Bake 7 minutes. Allow to cool. Warm 3 Almond Bark squares in microwave on LOW in a Ziploc bag. Mix bark every 30 seconds to ensure even melting and to prevent it from scorching. Snip small corner off Ziploc bag and pipe onto cookie. Allow to cool throroughly before placing in cookie jars or eating!
May you all have a blessed new year!
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