My husband’s favorite cookie is the snickerdoodle, and for good reason! They are full of delicious, cinnamon goodness. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
2 cups almond flour
1 1/4 cup granulated sugar/swerve
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
1/2 cup softened salted butter or unsalted + 1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
For the Cinnamon Sugar Mixture:
Note: granulated swerve or other alternative sweetener works fine, but you’ll have to dust your cookies in the cinnamon mix afterwards instead of before cooking. I’ve noticed erythritol just dissolves into the cookie if it’s coated on beforehand.
1/8 cup granulated sugar/sweetener
1 tbsp cinnamon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter with granulated sweetener until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Add in eggs and vanilla and mix for 1-2 minutes until incorporated.
Add in almond flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda and mix until well combined.
optional, but recommended: move dough to refrigerator for 20-30 minutes. This makes rolling balls easier.
In a smaller bowl combine sugar and cinnamon and mix. If you’re using regular sugar, you can roll into 1 inch balls and coat the cookies well in the mixture. If not, wait and coat after baking.
Place balls on parchment paper on 2 large baking sheets and bake for 14-17 minutes or until the edges are just starting to brown.
Some nights I just want to throw stuff into my small 2 quart crockpot and have a warm drink for the kids when we wake up. This recipe is a great, low effort take on a classic winter comfort drink, and so easy!
hug in a mug
Ingredients:
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup granulated sweetener
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
cream, milk, or nut milk
water
(optional) 1 tbsp honey, maple syrup, or date syrup for depth of flavor
(optional) 1/4 tsp beetroot powder–my kids like to have pink cocoa 🙂
Directions:
Combine cocoa powder, salt, sweetener, beet powder, and syrup/honey in crockpot.
Fill crockpot to the top with water. Whisk as well as you can (it won’t incorporate perfectly) and set crockpot on low overnight.
In the morning add vanilla extract. Blend in a bullet or use immersion blender for frothiness.
Spoon into mugs and serve with cream, milk, or nut milk and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
This little joyful thing is so easy that nearly anyone can do it and it utilizes the most basic of crafting supplies. It makes a cute table centerpiece, adorable window decoration, or fun pop of color among Christmas p resents. You can even give them away as gifts!
Supplies:
Tape
Cardstock
Scissors
Yarn
Beads (or other trinkets for decorating)
Hot glue gun + extra glue
Steps:
Form your cardstock into a cone shape. Tape in place and cut the bottom excess paper off so that it sits flat.
It doesn’t have to be perfect, good enough is fine.
Slowly wind your way around the cone, gluing as you wind. I like to do a small line of glue and then wind around, sinking the yarn into the same stripe of glue a few times as I go.
If you’re using a regular yarn don’t worry about gaps in between, since you’ll be winding back down to fill it in. If you’re using a textured or fuzzy yarn it can be a little harder to glue down, but it should look great without a second layer. Keep going!
2. Begin the yarn winding process by securing the tip of the yarn inside the cone with a bit of hot glue and pressing it in.
Around the outside on the base, glue down the yarn all the way around. This is to create a stable base.
Slowly wind your way around the cone, gluing as you wind. I like to do a small line of glue and then wind around, sinking the yarn into the same stripe of glue a few times as I go.
If you’re using a regular yarn don’t worry about gaps in between, since you’ll be winding back down to fill it in. If you’re using a textured or fuzzy yarn it can be a little harder to glue down, but it should look great without a second layer. Keep going!
3. When you get towards the top begin securing it with glue a little more often again. At the tip, glue it all the way around.
If you are satisfied with how your tree looks at this point without going back down then skip ahead to the next step. As you can see from my picture, I had some glaringly obvious blue gaps and hot glue, which I wasn’t happy with.
Wind back down the tree, filling in gaps, hiding glue, and fluffing out the tree. Be careful with how you glue now so you don’t need to worry about seeing it later! Secure around the base similarly to before, gluing around so it stays nicely.
Cut the yarn, wrap the tip around the base cone, and secure inside with a dab of hot glue.
4. It’s time to decorate your brand new Christmas tree! Whatever you have on hand as decoration is fair game. Beads, pom poms, bows, ribbons, buttons–whatever it is, have fun! I like to use broken jewelry pieces, too.
Hot glue decorative elements all over your tree to your heart’s content. Don’t forget to select a tree topper! We had these large star beads, so I glued 2 together for my tree topper. I’ve also used broken brooches and ribbon bows as toppers.
5. Decide where you want to display your new mini tree for maximum cheer!
