Farmhouse Kitchen, December 2024
Ladies and gentlemen, start your ovens, and heat up those stove tops! If you’re anything like me, you know it’s time to transform your kitchen into holiday mode. In these fast-paced days, homemade treats are more appreciated than ever. There is nothing I love more than gifting tins and baskets of treasured family recipes to show my love and appreciation to those who play such important roles in the lives of my family members. I’m sharing a handful of recipes that will find their way into those baskets this year so, in spirit, we can be in the kitchen together.
First up is one of my favorites, Easy Peanut Butter Fudge. Now, I’ve never met a fudge I didn’t like, but the peanut butter variety takes that creamy texture to an all-new level. I like to top mine with chopped peanuts to take it over the top with additional crunch.
Surprisingly few people these days have ever made or enjoyed a homemade Pecan Log. They are available in all sorts of places this time of year. Those are wonderful, but I am a big fan of the ones you make yourself. My recipe is easy and will quickly shoot to the top of your holiday recipe list. My best advice is to plan on making more than one to avoid the temptation not to share.
Last but not least, we have a beloved recipe from one of the Alabama Federation’s own, Wilene Sherer of Walker County. Sherer’s Oatmeal Cookies are a heritage recipe sure to tug at your heartstrings with the first bite. Recipes that transport you back to a simpler time are near and dear to my heart.
It’s hard to believe we’re closing out another wonderful year. 2024 has been full of opportunities to make the world a kinder and more welcoming place for those we love and all we meet. My wish for all of us is that we will find more ways to do the same in the year ahead.
Best,
Stacey Little