Candy Cane Party

Today I had a candy cane party for my family. For the food we had white chocolate candy cane cupcakes, red striped finger sandwiches, and punch. For the activities we did a candy cane hunt, candy cane spoons, Christmas tongue twisters, and pictures with Santa. Sage was Santa. For the decorations, I will post pictures later.

White Chocolate Candy Cane cupcakes yield 9

3/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

2 2/3 tbsp. butter

6 tbsp. sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup candy cane kisses

1/2 cup + 1tsp. + 1/2 tsp. milk

Preheat oven to 325.

1. Chop kisses, put in a bowl, and set aside.
2. Beat eggs and sugar with electric mixer.
3. Add butter, and mix.
4. Pour milk into the bowl with the chopped kisses.
5. Heat in microwave for about 1 1/2 minutes. Stir half way through.
6. Add to the egg mixture, and blend.
7. In a separate bowl whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt.
8. Gradually add the flour mixture to the rest.
9. Put in baking cups and bake for 20 minutes,or until a toothpick comes out clean.
   

If you want to make fluffy cupcakes then get your ingredients out 20 minutes ahead of time.

White chocolate candy cane buttercream

3/4 cup candy cane kisses chopped

1/4 cup whipping cream

1 cup butter cut in pieces

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1.  Microwave kisses and cream in a bowl for 1 1/2 minutes, or until when stirred chocolate is melted
2.  Cool for a few minutes.
3.  Beat butter and sugar into the kiss mixture until fluffy.

Macaroni and cheese

Today I made homemade baked macaroni and cheese. It was good. Sage has been picky about food lately, but she really liked it.

Nutmeg

December 1st

Yay! It's the first day of my favorite month. I like the whole month of December. I'm not the kind of person that has a hard time waiting til Christmas Day. I have fun all throughout December.

Nutmeg