Super Easy Gift Idea to Make at Home

Peppermint Bark EASY !!!

This was so easy and fun, I can not wait to give it out on my cookie platters!

Ingredients:

1 Bag semisweet chocolate chip

1 Bag of semisweet white chocolate chips

olive oil or vegetable

6 candy canes smashed into crumbs with a hammer

In a double boiler over low heat melt chocolate chips and 1 tsp oil until smooth then spread out in a cookie sheet lined with wax paper and greased. Chill until firm. Next melt white chips with 1 tsp oil until smooth then spread evenly over hardened chocolate. Sprinkle candy cane crumbs onto the top while still soft. Chill for four hours and then remove from cake pan and break into bite size pieces. This will keep for 2 weeks in the fridge in a sealed container.

Christmas Cut Outs- Old Fashion Recipe

Ingredients:
3 3/4 cups flour sifted
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup margarine soft
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla





Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cream margarine and sugar,then mix in eggs. Add the rest of the ingredients and chill the dough for 2 hours. Roll out onto a floured surface and cut into 1/4 inch thick pieces. Bake for 6-8 minutes then cool for 5 minutes and decorate any way you see fit. Enjoy this recipe has been a family favorite for years. The thicker the dough the chewier the cookie.