My mom passed away at the age 90. My four grown daughters adored their grandma! She was a collector of aprons and cookbooks! So, in honor of her, we have a cookie baking day in mid December AND wear her aprons❤️
Growing up in the Philippines , I remember we always do Noche Buena where we gather as a family at the table with good food and deserts at midnight before Christmas day . We give thanks for reason for the season!
Yesterday my daughter and I made homemade cookies, we started baking together when she was five now she is 48 years Young, she's a blessing in our lives,
One of the gifts we give our son is a hand written letter and what he means to us and how proud we are of him and our prayers for him. We've done this since he was 14 and he's now 26
My family started a new tradition for Christmas Eve. Everybody has to make a brand new recipe they've never made before. It can make for some interesting hits and misses.
Giveaway is closed!! Attn! I decided to pick 3 winners!! Some comments had been in my ‘held for review’ folder so they weren’t included in the count the first time. So I’m choosing a 3rd winner to make sure!! Thank you to all for entering! Kathy Morin and Ashlee Pryor, Carolyn Edwards! You have won the cookbooks!! 🎊🎊🎊
That is what my parents use to do for my sister, me, and my brother after Midnight Mass. The tradition I created with my kids was; Christmas Eve an early service then we all went to the movies to see a Christmas-themed movie. It was fun taking an aisle of seats or more to sit next to one another. Of course the way things are now...scratch that off, huh? 🤪😍🤗🎄
My favorite Christmas treat is definitely homemade cinnamon rolls! I learned to bake them the first Christmas that my husband and I were married and it has become our favorite holiday breakfast treat ❤️
We have a Christmas cookie recipe from my great grandmother that we always make and now my daughter has joined in on the fun. They are a must for us every Christmas.
My family started a tradition 30 plus yrs ago :) we go and look at Christmas Lights on Christmas Eve even tho my 4 kids are grown now they kept that tradition since I moved to Fl a yr ago. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night :)
We've shined up my grandma's silver candlesticks and have lighted them every night this week. I want my kids to have fun memories about 2020 besides the obvious!
I love cookbooks !! A friend once said .. Maureen YOU BUY cookbooks to just read em and look at the pictures sometimes..and I do. I’ll go thru each page and mark recipes I will make sooner than later and for what occasion. I have every single cookbook that I ever bought and especially cherish those that were given to me. I love em!
My family and I always celebrate Christmas Eve by having appetizers as a meal. We love trying new ones and I love looking for new recipes in the cookbooks I collect.
From Canada here. Everything looks good. Wishing you a Blessed Christmas and God bless you and your family in the New Year. You are a blessing! We love red pepper jelly and also eat it with cream cheese on a cracker. Delicious! I was making my own red pepper jelly as I was watching your video. I make it for teacher and sibling gifts. Super easy. I use the red pepper jelly recipe from the Hidden Ponies blog. You can add red pepper chillies to make it with a kick or admit to keep sweet. Try it! I will never buy it again
Every year we do a big cookie exchange with relatives! This year we aren’t gathering but we’re still dropping off cookies at family members houses. My daughter is 2 this year so she “helped” me make them. I absolutely love cooking with her. 😊
The expressions on the faces of the children were priceless, I have made Christmas rocks since my late husband's grandmother gave me the recipe when we were newlyweds. My children and grandchildren love them.
I’m pretty certain that Oakland responded “good” when asked how she was doing! & her trying to repeat “I have a cold!” So cute!! I love her little face ♥️✨I make “pigeon poop” (which is similar to your Chex mix that you made) & puppy chow every Christmas. I’ll usually make extra, so that kids can gift some for their teachers before Christmas break! 🎄✨
My daughter and I make gingerbread houses every Christmas, we also make and decorate cut outs for my neighbors. It is great mom and daughter time but at the same time an act of love for my neighbors 🥰
Everything looked so good! A family tradition for us growing up was my aunt making fudge for Christmas day at my grandmothers house. She made every kind of fudge you can think of! We would always have a contest and pick which one we liked best. I enjoyed watching the boys reaction!
Oh my, you brought back so many memories with that jello mold. My amazing Grandma has the same one that I remember as a child that’s at least 50 yrs old or more. Thanks for memory.
As a military family we were often unable to go home for Christmas. So we started a tradition of inviting single sailors, in the same situation, to celebrate with us and I would include their favorite dish at our holiday table, so they might feel a little bit of home. I now have so many cherished recipes with wonderful stories and memories!
Reading your comment has brought tears to my eyes!! Thank you for extending invitations to the sailors and so very thoughtful that you would make their favorite dish!!!!!! What a beautiful gesture!!
Everything looks so lovely, Lynette. Your boys reaction to the jello treats was awesome! My boys still expect peanutbutter fudge and what we call "preacher" cookies.(no bake oatmeal) I hope you have a very Merry Christmas celebrating Jesus birth. Love from Indiana.
One of the things I like to do is collect a new recipe from a friend each year and add it to my recipes in addition to the traditional things I normally make. It is a good way to connect with friends and make new memories. I have recipes from friends I have made over the last 30 plus years.
My family has a tradition that’s been going on for 47 years. We call it Christmas Tree Day. The entire extended family meets in the morning for coffee and donuts. Then we all bundle up and get in our cars and head to our favorite Christmas tree farm. Each family finds their perfect tree. We then head back and eat my grandmothers famous beef vegetable soup and have sandwiches as we talk and enjoy the day together. We are now 5 generations doing this. It’s a tradition we will continue forever!!!!
I'm from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. We French-Canadians make a traditional ''tourtière'' (meat pie) each holiday season. We also make ''ragoût de boulettes'' (meatball stew). The meatballs are simmered for hours in a sauce made of grilled flour, cloves, cinnamon, a dash of nutmeg and beef stock.
We always get together for Christmas dinner. We go to my daughter's house in the morning and watch the little ones open their gifts. Dinner is served at 2 so the kids can play before bed.
I actually grew up in Ohio (about 40 minutes from where you grew up!) and one tradition we started doing was letting the younger kids start cooking. By younger, I mean me, and I'm 22 haha. My grandma, mom, and aunt have always done the cooking for big family gatherings, but I recently moved out with my fiance, and have learned how to make homemade bread from scratch - which actually came from an Amish cookbook I have from Sugarcreek, as well as a whole turkey, stuffing, and lots of desserts. I've always loved to cook, but living with my fiance has taught me a whole other level of cooking that I didn't even know I was capable of. I'm in school to be a doctor, but baking and cooking are definitely a huge passion of mine. My mom, grandma, and aunt still love to cook and do it all the time, but now that I help out with family gatherings and cooking, I'm also starting to get my 19 year old cousin into it, as well as my sister who is 18. We've all had so much fun learning how to cook more meals from scratch and just being more involved. Family is everything and starting the tradition of involving the younger kids has been so special. Absolutely love you and your videos :) Merry Christmas!!
When I joined the conservative Mennonite church, I fell in love with a fruit dessert served at every fellowship meal. It has canned fruit (usually home-canned) in a fruity tapioca sort of base - it's all mixed together, needs to be spooned out of the serving dish. So good! And every Mennonite gathering will have a salty snack and a sweet snack. Oh - one more - "bars" are popular - all varieties of bar cookies. Thank you for sharing your kitchen fun with all of us!
When my grandpa died I found a cook book that the Louisiana side of the family had given to him and grandma years ago. I am a cook book girl and of course I went through it and found a recipe called Hello Dollies. I have made it every year in memory of my grandparents. So easy and so good. I love seeing everyone's traditions. TFS
Every year we make sugar cookies using the recipe that my grandmother used when we were growing up. Grandma passed away in 1975 but we still remember her every year with her cookies and pumpkin pies that she made. When my kids were young we started buying them an ornament each Christmas and put their name and year on it. When they got married they had some ornaments to start decorating their own trees. When the grand kids started coming we did the same thing. They will have "baby first Christmas" and every year after that for them to decorate their trees.
Like all families we have had certain food traditions. I remember taking over a few that my grandmother always made, now I am watching my grandchildren take them over, ages 8 to 16. As I watch this happen and they each having a certain item they now bring to the table has been such a blessing. Makes me wonder now how my grandmother felt. I watch my mother awe over each item as her great grandchildren paraded them in for her inspection and the joy on her face. Your recipes look wonderful, God bless
My mom recently passed away and my brother who lived with her is trying to learn how to cook so thought I would gift him a cook book and this sounds perfect! These treats look lovely.
I have very fond memories of Christmas breakfasts with my grandparents that included homemade cinnamon rolls, quiches and a slice of grapefruit sprinkled with red or green sugar. I’m not sure where the grapefruit tradition started or why, but as a child, I definitely enjoyed the cinnamon rolls and quiche a bit more than the fruit :) I love your channel! I’m from Ohio and also now live Florida so it’s great seeing the similarities in culture and your visits home. Happy Holidays!
@@cutesybunny3360 It is easy peasy to make and the kids love to help. A bunt pan works best. There are a gazillion recipes on line. Because there are a gazillion different things you can add. Basicly 4 regular size canisters of biskets, cut each bisket into fourths with scissors. Gallon size ziplock bag filled with about one or more cups cane sugar, two to three teaspoons of cinnamon. Toss the cut up biskets in batches into bag and shake them around. Place the biskets after tossing in the bag in a heavily buttered bunt pan. Mix in a packed cup of brown sugar into a saucepan with a stick of butter bring to boil. Pour over the top and bake at 350 about 30 minutes or until brown on top. Let cool for 5 to 10 minutes. Invert on a round pizza pan. Watch the fun as the kids pull pieces of the wonderful gooeyness! It's hot be careful. You can add nuts, raisins chocolate chips and whatever you can think up! We have always just done the cinnamon! Enjoy!
Lynette, I love all your tips, tricks and encouragement! Thank you for sharing Jesus with others throughout our world! Much love and God Bless from our family to yours from Australia xx
Baking cookies with my great nephews is my fun time celebration. They are nine and seven. Being in the kitchen brings joy and excitement to them. But eating their wares is the best part.
My husband grew up decorating gingerbread people every christmas eve and we've been doing it since we got married. We'll even make little gingerbread men for our toddlers to decorate themselves.
As a child we always had a tradition of having some of our favorite foods for supper on Christmas Eve, reading the Christmas story, then giving presents to each other. We now do that our house! Also I loved this festive video! It all looks so good!
Love your channel! We are from PA. One of our traditions is PA Dutch potato filling with Christmas dinner. We go to church on CHRISTMAS Eve. Our daughter sings worship. She is anointed with a beautiful voice to praise the Lord.
We make what we call Christmas stars each year for Christmas morning. It’s basically a cheese danish that you cut and fold in every other point to make it into a star. I grew up with them and have passed the tradition onto our family. Even my husband says it’s not Christmas unless we have stars. ⭐️
I grew up conservative Mennonite so many of the recipes you share are part of my childhood as well. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Merry Christmas to all!
You don't know half how blessed you are that you can make all these yummie things without having to worry about children with food allergies. I will have to bake my tradtional cakes again this year, dairy free and nut free. Wishing you and your family Merry christmas from The Netherlands.
My son and I love to plan menus,cook and enjoy our creations. There is just the two of us in Florida, the rest of our family is in Pennsylvania. We have a lot of fun watching movies ,football and snacking! I hope you have a great Christmas . Bless you all
One tradition that we finally let go...when I was a child my parents would allow us to open all presents on Christmas Eve, but only after the stroke of midnight so it would be technically Christmas morning. We continued this for a very few years after their first grandchildren came along. I was glad to let this tradition go. 😊
Oh Lynette..... seeing you do all these treats brings back such good memories for me. You kinda reminded of what I did as a young mom. I had two boys and then a little girl. So much fun watching you interact with your kids. I love it. I’m 72 years old now..... hoping for some great grandchildren..... 2 granddaughters still waiting for Mr. Right! Kids make life so much fun. Love your shows. Look forward to Tuesdays to see what you’ve been up to. Thanks for the memories.
We (or my boys and I) bake cookies during the holidays. We don’t bake any other time because we want to keep our holidays special with special cookies. It’s what we call making memories. We’ve been doing this for almost 30 years. Now we throw the grand kiddos in the mix.
A few traditions I started with my own family...me, my husband and 8 children (4 boys 4 girls♥️)... we have a Jesse tree throughout advent, we also have our own handmade Giving Manger, we do lots of baking and treat making. One favorite cookie to make with the children are Cut Out frosted cookies...with all the sprinkles of course🥰 Christmas is a big deal in our home and we love celebrating the birth of our King 🎄 Thank you Lynette for the opportunity of winning one of your loved cookbooks...I’m a cookbook/cooking/baking fanatic ♥️
Hi there, I grew up Mennonite and since my parents passed, I really miss all the traditional cooking. I need all the help I can get to cook like a Mennonite girl. Your channel helps a lot!
Your dishes always look so good. I have a Yoder's store near me. Love shopping there. You make Christmas baking look so easy. Baking is the true sign that the holidays have arrived at our house.
I've been making recipes from a journal that my great great aunt kept - they are amazing. I love really old recipes! She used to make cinnamon bread and I can't wait to try it next.
I love that jello mold. If you take the top lid off and invert on a plate & just let it sit for a few minutes then remove the center piece, the jello will just fall onto the plate. Don't need the hot water. This mold looks so good. TFS!
Hi, Lynette! A cozy, great smelling home decorated for Christmas is what I grew up with & influenced how I prepare my own home now. My parents made my childhood Christmas wonderful & I love doing the same for my family.
For many years , we have for Christmas Eve dinner. We have a Shrimp , with cocktail sauce , fruit, , cheese, olives, and fresh veggie plate. With all we are going to eat Christmas dinner this is a delicious meal. Try it .😊
I grew up in Mexico and what we did and still do during the holidays is Mexican wedding cookies, known also as russian tea cookies, I use walnuts, some use pecans, the other traditional foods are more for cold weather and since I have lived in Miami for 8 years as you may know the winter weather is non existent.. Love your channel.. and your home improvement projects.
We have been making pecan tassies since I was a very little girl with my Grannie. Since she has gone on to her heavenly home, we still make them and share lots of stories while making them. Merry Christmas!
Since I've been married and even the year before we were married we have spent Christmas eve with my in laws and they always do a feast of junk food appetizers. There are veggies and dip too but its mostly things like pizza rolls, egg rolls, hot wings, mozzarella sticks, and chicken strips! This will be our first Christmas as homeowners! We have only lived in apartments!
Just want to say your hard work on social media is greatly appreciated. My daughter and I watch your videos while enjoying our morning coffee. Your videos also encourage us both.
This Sunday my 4 girls and their husbands and a total of 12 grandkids (with another one due in Feb) will be at my house to celebrate Christmas. I always have finger foods and lots of sweets, but the main sweet treat we always have every year is Hello Dolly's. My Mom made these every year and I have continued to since she passed over 20 yrs ago. We love them! God Bless and Merry Christmas!!
I have made the same coffee cake for 42 years! I received the recipe from a teacher my senior year of high school. I give them to family and friends at Christmas time. It's one of my favorite Christmas traditions. I really enjoy your videos 😊
Hi lynette! Thanks for this video! I really enjoy watching and learning what others are making at Christmas time. I think that it's perfect that some of the things that you made weren't perfect. I believe nothing in this world truly is perfect - and that's the wonderful part! Lots of love to you and the family for a peaceful, safe and happy holiday. 🌲🥰😘♥️🍪🎂🍰🍭✌
I love helping my papaw cook at his house before Christmas eve when all our family comes over to his house where we have fellowship and food at a table he built himself big enough for all his family 😊 Hope you and your family have a blessed Christmas time!
Everything looks so good. Our biggest tradition is making Christmas donuts on Christmas morning. All they are is plain cake donuts heated in a 350 degree oven for 3-5 minutes and tossed in cinnamon sugar when they come out. So good and my kids look forward to them every year.
You are my hometown connection to Ohio. I am now living in Alabama the state I was born in for the last 29 years. I still love Ohio and the Amish/Mennonite communities there!! I really enjoy your vlogs Lynette Thank you.
My family has a couple of traditions. I bake a birthday cake that says Happy Birthday, Jesus. And my kids look for the pickle on the tree and whoever finds it gets an extra present. I lived in Berne Indiana after I was first married and quickly moved to the country there right on the Indiana - Ohio border. All of my neighbors in Berne were Mennonite and all of them in the country were Amish. I never got to get a cookbook when I lived there and I miss the Amish food since I've moved to the Arizona desert. (I enjoy seeing the baby afghan that I sent you in your videos!)
We have traveled and stayed in Walnutcreek several times. I love the area. Although I’m sort of shy about speaking to people I do love the Amish and Mennonite people. I myself was raised on a farm. Simple living is becoming a thing of the past yet that is the most satisfying and rewarding. I love your videos and family. I would love to go back and enjoy Amish country even more now that I have found and started following your video. God bless.
My mother always made homemade cinnamon bread at Christmas - I started doing that too last year. She would give a loaf away with her homemade raspberry jam. Although I don't have access to fresh raspberries this combination will always remind me of Christmas even though my mother passed away in 1997.
I can tell my mama loves me because she gave me the Mennonite cookbook she's had for more than fifty years. She's retired and doing some serious downsizing. I made my cousins' day when I sent them our grandma's Pennsylvania Dutch sugar cookies recipe. The kind that are fluffy and round ☺
Yearly for Christmas my stepdad makes his cranberry sauce. This is big for me because his eyes light up when he hears us tell him how delicious it is. Another thing that I have enjoyed is every year my kids draw a picture for me. I now have a big book full of Christmas drawings.
We are a Mennonite family who lives in Arkansas and we love watching your video's. All your cooking video's make me so hungry. We wish we were in Florida today its cold here..
Thank you for sharing all the yummy goodness with us. Very sweet of you to give away a cookbook. Our traditions have changed over the years, but once family is around, there is always board and card games to be played, and plenty of time spent in the kitchen.
I love Christmas!! I always make cookies to give to my coworkers and customers every year!! It makes them feel happy and appreciated!! They look forward to me making my cookies.I love what I do!!
I love to make candy and give it out at Christmas. My grandma did this every year. She didn’t have the money to buy presents, so every family received a platter of her homemade candies.
My mom passed away at the age 90. My four grown daughters adored their grandma! She was a collector of aprons and cookbooks!
So, in honor of her, we have a cookie baking day in mid December AND wear her aprons❤️
That’s a sweet way to honor her!
Growing up in the Philippines , I remember we always do Noche Buena where we gather as a family at the table with good food and deserts at midnight before Christmas day . We give thanks for reason for the season!
Yesterday my daughter and I made homemade cookies, we started baking together when she was five now she is 48 years Young, she's a blessing in our lives,
One of the gifts we give our son is a hand written letter and what he means to us and how proud we are of him and our prayers for him. We've done this since he was 14 and he's now 26
My family started a new tradition for Christmas Eve. Everybody has to make a brand new recipe they've never made before. It can make for some interesting hits and misses.
Thats sounds like so much fun!
Sounds awesome 🤩 Great memories in the making ❤️
So much fun!
Giveaway is closed!! Attn! I decided to pick 3 winners!! Some comments had been in my ‘held for review’ folder so they weren’t included in the count the first time. So I’m choosing a 3rd winner to make sure!! Thank you to all for entering! Kathy Morin and Ashlee Pryor, Carolyn Edwards! You have won the cookbooks!! 🎊🎊🎊
Thank you for being “real” and showing the mishaps that might happen when cooking and baking.
A tradition my family has is after church on Christmas Eve we go around looking at Christmas lights
That is what my parents use to do for my sister, me, and my brother after Midnight Mass. The tradition I created with my kids was; Christmas Eve an early service then we all went to the movies to see a Christmas-themed movie. It was fun taking an aisle of seats or more to sit next to one another. Of course the way things are now...scratch that off, huh? 🤪😍🤗🎄
I've been so blessed to have all my children and grandchildren home for Christmas! God is good. Love your channel.
You are truly blessed. Covid is rearing its ugly head here. Stay safe, have a blessed Christmas.
My favorite Christmas treat is definitely homemade cinnamon rolls! I learned to bake them the first Christmas that my husband and I were married and it has become our favorite holiday breakfast treat ❤️
We have a Christmas cookie recipe from my great grandmother that we always make and now my daughter has joined in on the fun. They are a must for us every Christmas.
My family started a tradition 30 plus yrs ago :) we go and look at Christmas Lights on Christmas Eve even tho my 4 kids are grown now they kept that tradition since I moved to Fl a yr ago. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night :)
We've shined up my grandma's silver candlesticks and have lighted them every night this week. I want my kids to have fun memories about 2020 besides the obvious!
I love cookbooks !!
A friend once said .. Maureen YOU BUY cookbooks to just read em and look at the pictures sometimes..and I do.
I’ll go thru each page and mark recipes I will make sooner than later and for what occasion. I have every single cookbook that I ever bought and especially cherish those that were given to me. I love em!
My family and I always celebrate Christmas Eve by having appetizers as a meal. We love trying new ones and I love looking for new recipes in the cookbooks I collect.
We do that also! I enjoy even more than Christmas dinner on Christmas Day!
From Canada here. Everything looks good. Wishing you a Blessed Christmas and God bless you and your family in the New Year. You are a blessing!
We love red pepper jelly and also eat it with cream cheese on a cracker. Delicious!
I was making my own red pepper jelly as I was watching your video. I make it for teacher and sibling gifts. Super easy. I use the red pepper jelly recipe from the Hidden Ponies blog. You can add red pepper chillies to make it with a kick or admit to keep sweet. Try it! I will never buy it again
Lynette , all looked so yummy and nice. The best - kid‘s reaction to all the goodies , have a wonderful Christmas 🎄🥰☃️🎄😘💕greetings from Germany
Every year we do a big cookie exchange with relatives! This year we aren’t gathering but we’re still dropping off cookies at family members houses. My daughter is 2 this year so she “helped” me make them. I absolutely love cooking with her. 😊
I wish we lived closer, you went all out and all the deserts looks so good
😩 I wish we did too!
@@LynetteYoder how did I miss this giveaway oh my how can I order one of those cook books also do u have a good recipe for cheese curds I love them
Oh if u ever come to bama near tenn shoot me a message on fb or ig
The expressions on the faces of the children were priceless, I have made Christmas rocks since my late husband's grandmother gave me the recipe when we were newlyweds. My children and grandchildren love them.
I’m pretty certain that Oakland responded “good” when asked how she was doing! & her trying to repeat “I have a cold!” So cute!! I love her little face ♥️✨I make “pigeon poop” (which is similar to your Chex mix that you made) & puppy chow every Christmas. I’ll usually make extra, so that kids can gift some for their teachers before Christmas break! 🎄✨
My daughter and I make gingerbread houses every Christmas, we also make and decorate cut outs for my neighbors. It is great mom and daughter time but at the same time an act of love for my neighbors 🥰
I'm in the UK and we always have Plumb pudding after the traditional Christmas Turkey lunch on Christmas day.
On yes, so goid, but you feel so full after it...
@@heatherj8520 true
Everything looked so good! A family tradition for us growing up was my aunt making fudge for Christmas day at my grandmothers house. She made every kind of fudge you can think of! We would always have a contest and pick which one we liked best. I enjoyed watching the boys reaction!
I’ve never seen a French cream before - looks delicious! My mom had that Tupperware mold! I really enjoy your cooking videos!
Oh my, you brought back so many memories with that jello mold. My amazing Grandma has the same one that I remember as a child that’s at least 50 yrs old or more. Thanks for memory.
I’ve been trying to duplicate my grandmother’s tollhouse cookie recipe for a long time! This year’s recipe is the closest I’ve come yet!
As a military family we were often unable to go home for Christmas. So we started a tradition of inviting single sailors, in the same situation, to celebrate with us and I would include their favorite dish at our holiday table, so they might feel a little bit of home.
I now have so many cherished recipes with wonderful stories and memories!
Reading your comment has brought tears to my eyes!! Thank you for extending invitations to the sailors and so very thoughtful that you would make their favorite dish!!!!!! What a beautiful gesture!!
Thank You!
Everything looks so lovely, Lynette. Your boys reaction to the jello treats was awesome! My boys still expect peanutbutter fudge and what we call "preacher" cookies.(no bake oatmeal) I hope you have a very Merry Christmas celebrating Jesus birth. Love from Indiana.
I have an Amish cookbook that I really like. I said I thought I could be Amish, and my son-in-law said,"I thought you were!" A compliment in my book
My sisters and I made candy today! That's something we do every year and sometimes cookies as well!
One of the things I like to do is collect a new recipe from a friend each year and add it to my recipes in addition to the traditional things I normally make. It is a good way to connect with friends and make new memories. I have recipes from friends I have made over the last 30 plus years.
I just love the tradition of baking, and wrapping gifts, while listening to Christmas music. Thank you for another great video, and Merry Christmas!
My family has a tradition that’s been going on for 47 years. We call it Christmas Tree Day. The entire extended family meets in the morning for coffee and donuts. Then we all bundle up and get in our cars and head to our favorite Christmas tree farm. Each family finds their perfect tree. We then head back and eat my grandmothers famous beef vegetable soup and have sandwiches as we talk and enjoy the day together. We are now 5 generations doing this. It’s a tradition we will continue forever!!!!
This year we are making almond toffee for those people we just don’t know what to get. So good!
I'm from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. We French-Canadians make a traditional ''tourtière'' (meat pie) each holiday season. We also make ''ragoût de boulettes'' (meatball stew). The meatballs are simmered for hours in a sauce made of grilled flour, cloves, cinnamon, a dash of nutmeg and beef stock.
Yes!!! I would love a cook book! Some of my favorites we traditionally make are Martha Washingtons and fudge!
We always get together for Christmas dinner. We go to my daughter's house in the morning and watch the little ones open their gifts. Dinner is served at 2 so the kids can play before bed.
One of my favorite Christmas sweets is oreo truffles. Crushed oreos mixed with cream cheese then shaped into small balls and dipped into chocolate.😋
Oh that sounds so good
Definitely trying this .. tfs
I actually grew up in Ohio (about 40 minutes from where you grew up!) and one tradition we started doing was letting the younger kids start cooking. By younger, I mean me, and I'm 22 haha. My grandma, mom, and aunt have always done the cooking for big family gatherings, but I recently moved out with my fiance, and have learned how to make homemade bread from scratch - which actually came from an Amish cookbook I have from Sugarcreek, as well as a whole turkey, stuffing, and lots of desserts. I've always loved to cook, but living with my fiance has taught me a whole other level of cooking that I didn't even know I was capable of. I'm in school to be a doctor, but baking and cooking are definitely a huge passion of mine. My mom, grandma, and aunt still love to cook and do it all the time, but now that I help out with family gatherings and cooking, I'm also starting to get my 19 year old cousin into it, as well as my sister who is 18. We've all had so much fun learning how to cook more meals from scratch and just being more involved. Family is everything and starting the tradition of involving the younger kids has been so special. Absolutely love you and your videos :) Merry Christmas!!
We make sugar cookie cutouts every Christmas season, such a fun tradition we do! Love this video! Thanks for the ideas 🎄
When I joined the conservative Mennonite church, I fell in love with a fruit dessert served at every fellowship meal. It has canned fruit (usually home-canned) in a fruity tapioca sort of base - it's all mixed together, needs to be spooned out of the serving dish. So good! And every Mennonite gathering will have a salty snack and a sweet snack. Oh - one more - "bars" are popular - all varieties of bar cookies. Thank you for sharing your kitchen fun with all of us!
I always try a new & “fancy” recipe on Christmas morning. It’s something fun for me 😊
When my grandpa died I found a cook book that the Louisiana side of the family had given to him and grandma years ago. I am a cook book girl and of course I went through it and found a recipe called Hello Dollies. I have made it every year in memory of my grandparents. So easy and so good. I love seeing everyone's traditions. TFS
It all looks so delicious!!! Love hearing about your faith. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Every year we make sugar cookies using the recipe that my grandmother used when we were growing up. Grandma passed away in 1975 but we still remember her every year with her cookies and pumpkin pies that she made. When my kids were young we started buying them an ornament each Christmas and put their name and year on it. When they got married they had some ornaments to start decorating their own trees. When the grand kids started coming we did the same thing. They will have "baby first Christmas" and every year after that for them to decorate their trees.
We always make homemade pizza for xmas eve, let everyone put on their own ingredients on the pizza
Like all families we have had certain food traditions. I remember taking over a few that my grandmother always made, now I am watching my grandchildren take them over, ages 8 to 16. As I watch this happen and they each having a certain item they now bring to the table has been such a blessing. Makes me wonder now how my grandmother felt. I watch my mother awe over each item as her great grandchildren paraded them in for her inspection and the joy on her face.
Your recipes look wonderful, God bless
Everything looks delicious, I wish I still had my jello mold! The cookbook would be amazing to have!
My mom recently passed away and my brother who lived with her is trying to learn how to cook so thought I would gift him a cook book and this sounds perfect! These treats look lovely.
We make something called "Bishop Bread" every Christmas. It's like a fruit cake but actually really good! 🤣
I have very fond memories of Christmas breakfasts with my grandparents that included homemade cinnamon rolls, quiches and a slice of grapefruit sprinkled with red or green sugar. I’m not sure where the grapefruit tradition started or why, but as a child, I definitely enjoyed the cinnamon rolls and quiche a bit more than the fruit :) I love your channel! I’m from Ohio and also now live Florida so it’s great seeing the similarities in culture and your visits home. Happy Holidays!
We make monkey bread every Christmas morning! The kids even insist on it before exchanging gifts!
May I ask you for the recipe??
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It is easy peasy to make and the kids love to help. A bunt pan works best. There are a gazillion recipes on line. Because there are a gazillion different things you can add. Basicly 4 regular size canisters of biskets, cut each bisket into fourths with scissors. Gallon size ziplock bag filled with about one or more cups cane sugar, two to three teaspoons of cinnamon. Toss the cut up biskets in batches into bag and shake them around. Place the biskets after tossing in the bag in a heavily buttered bunt pan. Mix in a packed cup of brown sugar into a saucepan with a stick of butter bring to boil. Pour over the top and bake at 350 about 30 minutes or until brown on top. Let cool for 5 to 10 minutes. Invert on a round pizza pan. Watch the fun as the kids pull pieces of the wonderful gooeyness! It's hot be careful. You can add nuts, raisins chocolate chips and whatever you can think up! We have always just done the cinnamon! Enjoy!
We make monkey bread as well! So yummy.
Lynette,
I love all your tips, tricks and encouragement! Thank you for sharing Jesus with others throughout our world!
Much love and God Bless from our family to yours from Australia xx
A “must”, Christmas lights in Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls Wisconsin! Look it up on CZcams. Incredible!!🎄🎄🎄
Baking cookies with my great nephews is my fun time celebration. They are nine and seven. Being in the kitchen brings joy and excitement to them. But eating their wares is the best part.
Christmas fudge is a must every year!!
Most definitely!
Can I get the recipe for the dessert. The white jelly one with the fruit in the middle. Looks so yummy.
My husband grew up decorating gingerbread people every christmas eve and we've been doing it since we got married. We'll even make little gingerbread men for our toddlers to decorate themselves.
Hi from Colorado. Lyn, you are such an awesome Mom. The proof is your happy children. God bless.
As a child we always had a tradition of having some of our favorite foods for supper on Christmas Eve, reading the Christmas story, then giving presents to each other. We now do that our house!
Also I loved this festive video! It all looks so good!
Love your channel! We are from PA. One of our traditions is PA Dutch potato filling with Christmas dinner. We go to church on CHRISTMAS Eve. Our daughter sings worship. She is anointed with a beautiful voice to praise the Lord.
We make what we call Christmas stars each year for Christmas morning. It’s basically a cheese danish that you cut and fold in every other point to make it into a star. I grew up with them and have passed the tradition onto our family. Even my husband says it’s not Christmas unless we have stars. ⭐️
I grew up conservative Mennonite so many of the recipes you share are part of my childhood as well. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Merry Christmas to all!
You don't know half how blessed you are that you can make all these yummie things without having to worry about children with food allergies. I will have to bake my tradtional cakes again this year, dairy free and nut free. Wishing you and your family Merry christmas from The Netherlands.
My son and I love to plan menus,cook and enjoy our creations. There is just the two of us in Florida, the rest of our family is in Pennsylvania. We have a lot of fun watching movies ,football and snacking! I hope you have a great Christmas . Bless you all
One tradition that we finally let go...when I was a child my parents would allow us to open all presents on Christmas Eve, but only after the stroke of midnight so it would be technically Christmas morning. We continued this for a very few years after their first grandchildren came along. I was glad to let this tradition go. 😊
Oh Lynette..... seeing you do all these treats brings back such good memories for me. You kinda reminded of what I did as a young mom. I had two boys and then a little girl. So much fun watching you interact with your kids. I love it. I’m 72 years old now..... hoping for some great grandchildren..... 2 granddaughters still waiting for Mr. Right! Kids make life so much fun. Love your shows. Look forward to Tuesdays to see what you’ve been up to. Thanks for the memories.
We (or my boys and I) bake cookies during the holidays. We don’t bake any other time because we want to keep our holidays special with special cookies. It’s what we call making memories. We’ve been doing this for almost 30 years. Now we throw the grand kiddos in the mix.
Your children excited over the dessert was so cute I remember those days they will have great memories.
I literally just sat down from an afternoon of baking cookies for my nephew's little boys who always expect cookies when I visit.
A few traditions I started with my own family...me, my husband and 8 children (4 boys 4 girls♥️)... we have a Jesse tree throughout advent, we also have our own handmade Giving Manger, we do lots of baking and treat making. One favorite cookie to make with the children are Cut Out frosted cookies...with all the sprinkles of course🥰 Christmas is a big deal in our home and we love celebrating the birth of our King 🎄
Thank you Lynette for the opportunity of winning one of your loved cookbooks...I’m a cookbook/cooking/baking fanatic ♥️
Hi there, I grew up Mennonite and since my parents passed, I really miss all the traditional cooking. I need all the help I can get to cook like a Mennonite girl. Your channel helps a lot!
Your dishes always look so good. I have a Yoder's store near me. Love shopping there. You make Christmas baking look so easy. Baking is the true sign that the holidays have arrived at our house.
I've been making recipes from a journal that my great great aunt kept - they are amazing. I love really old recipes! She used to make cinnamon bread and I can't wait to try it next.
I love that jello mold. If you take the top lid off and invert on a plate & just let it sit for a few minutes then remove the center piece, the jello will just fall onto the plate. Don't need the hot water. This mold looks so good. TFS!
Hi, Lynette! A cozy, great smelling home decorated for Christmas is what I grew up with & influenced how I prepare my own home now. My parents made my childhood Christmas wonderful & I love doing the same for my family.
For many years , we have for Christmas Eve dinner. We have a Shrimp , with cocktail sauce , fruit, , cheese, olives, and fresh veggie plate. With all we are going to eat Christmas dinner this is a delicious meal. Try it .😊
I grew up in Mexico and what we did and still do during the holidays is Mexican wedding cookies, known also as russian tea cookies, I use walnuts, some use pecans, the other traditional foods are more for cold weather and since I have lived in Miami for 8 years as you may know the winter weather is non existent.. Love your channel.. and your home improvement projects.
We have been making pecan tassies since I was a very little girl with my Grannie. Since she has gone on to her heavenly home, we still make them and share lots of stories while making them.
Merry Christmas!
Since I've been married and even the year before we were married we have spent Christmas eve with my in laws and they always do a feast of junk food appetizers. There are veggies and dip too but its mostly things like pizza rolls, egg rolls, hot wings, mozzarella sticks, and chicken strips! This will be our first Christmas as homeowners! We have only lived in apartments!
Every Christmas we decorate Christmas cookies using my husband's grandmother's recipe. I have done this with my children and now my grandchildren.
Just want to say your hard work on social media is greatly appreciated. My daughter and I watch your videos while enjoying our morning coffee. Your videos also encourage us both.
This Sunday my 4 girls and their husbands and a total of 12 grandkids (with another one due in Feb) will be at my house to celebrate Christmas. I always have finger foods and lots of sweets, but the main sweet treat we always have every year is Hello Dolly's. My Mom made these every year and I have continued to since she passed over 20 yrs ago. We love them! God Bless and Merry Christmas!!
I have made the same coffee cake for 42 years! I received the recipe from a teacher my senior year of high school. I give them to family and friends at Christmas time. It's one of my favorite Christmas traditions.
I really enjoy your videos 😊
Hi lynette! Thanks for this video! I really enjoy watching and learning what others are making at Christmas time. I think that it's perfect that some of the things that you made weren't perfect. I believe nothing in this world truly is perfect - and that's the wonderful part! Lots of love to you and the family for a peaceful, safe and happy holiday. 🌲🥰😘♥️🍪🎂🍰🍭✌
I love helping my papaw cook at his house before Christmas eve when all our family comes over to his house where we have fellowship and food at a table he built himself big enough for all his family 😊 Hope you and your family have a blessed Christmas time!
Everything looks so good. Our biggest tradition is making Christmas donuts on Christmas morning. All they are is plain cake donuts heated in a 350 degree oven for 3-5 minutes and tossed in cinnamon sugar when they come out. So good and my kids look forward to them every year.
I make poor man fruit cake for us for Christmas and we have been eating it all up. Simple to make. Old recipe from his grandmother.
You are my hometown connection to Ohio. I am now living in Alabama the state I was born in for the last 29 years. I still love Ohio and the Amish/Mennonite communities there!! I really enjoy your vlogs Lynette Thank you.
My family has a couple of traditions. I bake a birthday cake that says Happy Birthday, Jesus. And my kids look for the pickle on the tree and whoever finds it gets an extra present.
I lived in Berne Indiana after I was first married and quickly moved to the country there right on the Indiana - Ohio border. All of my neighbors in Berne were Mennonite and all of them in the country were Amish. I never got to get a cookbook when I lived there and I miss the Amish food since I've moved to the Arizona desert.
(I enjoy seeing the baby afghan that I sent you in your videos!)
We have traveled and stayed in Walnutcreek several times. I love the area. Although I’m sort of shy about speaking to people I do love the Amish and Mennonite people. I myself was raised on a farm. Simple living is becoming a thing of the past yet that is the most satisfying and rewarding. I love your videos and family. I would love to go back and enjoy Amish country even more now that I have found and started following your video. God bless.
My mother always made homemade cinnamon bread at Christmas - I started doing that too last year. She would give a loaf away with her homemade raspberry jam. Although I don't have access to fresh raspberries this combination will always remind me of Christmas even though my mother passed away in 1997.
I can tell my mama loves me because she gave me the Mennonite cookbook she's had for more than fifty years. She's retired and doing some serious downsizing.
I made my cousins' day when I sent them our grandma's Pennsylvania Dutch sugar cookies recipe. The kind that are fluffy and round ☺
Love your recipes. Fond memories of taking our 3 kids to Amish country in Ohio every year when they were younger. Our tradition.
Yearly for Christmas my stepdad makes his cranberry sauce. This is big for me because his eyes light up when he hears us tell him how delicious it is. Another thing that I have enjoyed is every year my kids draw a picture for me. I now have a big book full of Christmas drawings.
We are a Mennonite family who lives in Arkansas and we love watching your video's. All your cooking video's make me so hungry. We wish we were in Florida today its cold here..
Thank you for sharing all the yummy goodness with us. Very sweet of you to give away a cookbook. Our traditions have changed over the years, but once family is around, there is always board and card games to be played, and plenty of time spent in the kitchen.
I love Christmas!! I always make cookies to give to my coworkers and customers every year!! It makes them feel happy and appreciated!! They look forward to me making my cookies.I love what I do!!
I love to make candy and give it out at Christmas. My grandma did this every year. She didn’t have the money to buy presents, so every family received a platter of her homemade candies.
Everything you made looks so good! Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas! Have a blessed one with your family!