Winter Showcase Goodies

Tomorrow is our school's Winter Showcase where we invite the parents to watch the students perform after school. This year we are including a bake sale and a hot chocolate/apple cider station. We are also auctioning off Gift Baskets that were donated by the school staff. Here are a few of the items that I will be donating.

December

The holidays are in full force and I have so many great baking ideas. I didn't do too much baking over Thanksgiving. I tried my hand at a pumpkin roll, but it didn't turn out too well, so I didn't post any pictures. I found this great recipe on Pinterist, so I rushed over to Michael's and used by 40% off coupon to buy a jelly roll pan.  After using it twice, I figured that it's just way too big for a "roll". I think I'm going to have to invest in a smaller pan over the holidays.

Here is a picture of my second attempt at a roll. It's devils food cake, with peppermint buttercream, covered in dark chocolate ganache. I added some peppermint Andes for decoration. I took this over to my friends house for dessert last night and though it was not "pretty" it still tasted really yummy.

25 Days of Christmas Giving

This month my church is kicking off 25 Days of Christmas Giving. It's a great service program where each day the church does something to serve the community. Today happens to be the day we are giving cookie baskets to local postal workers/letter carriers and garbage collectors.

I was emailed this recipe as part of the Food Network's 12 Days of Cookies. It was a super yummy and chewy cookie. Definitely a keeper.