First Day of December!!!

Its the first day of December, and that means . . . *drum roll* there are only 25 more days until Christmas!!!!  This Christmas, like I have already mentioned in a previous post, our family is trying focus more on the real reason for this season . . . Christ's coming into this world!!!  We are planning on caroling for the nursing home up in Black Mountain, baking goodies for the neighbors, and showing more hospitality this year.  I am soooo excited!  It really makes Christmas so much more special and meaningful by celebrating it in this way.

I have decided to write a special Christmas post every week including one of our favorite holiday recipes and one of our traditional Christmas movies until the big day itself.  To start off, I figured that 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' just had to be first in the favorite Christmas movies.

*Favorite quote from the movie: - "I wan't to be a dentist." :)
Ever noticed how Rudolph sounds like he has a bad cold through the whole film?  :D

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For my first holiday recipe of the season, how about cheese pennies!

{picture from google}

These are one of my dad's favorite snacks for the winter.  They are quick, easy, and taste really good :)

Ingredients:

*2 sticks butter

*1/2 lb grated cheese (sharp)

*2 cups flour (sifted)

*1 tsp salt

*3/4 tsp cyanne pepper

*3 cups rice krispies

Directions:

*Mix butter & cheese at room temp, along with cyanne pepper.  

*Mix in flour & salt .

*Mix in the rice krispies.  

*Roll up into very small balls & flatten with a fork on an ungreased cookie sheet.  

*Cook at 400 Fahrenheit for 10 minutes, but be careful not to burn the bottoms!

*Makes 90 pennies.

Hope you enjoy!   I look forward to sharing more of our family traditions and recipes with you this Christmas!  

Love,

Hannah