My favorite author sent to me:
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Twelve drummers drumming
Eleven pipers piping
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Eight maids a-milking
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree. ♫
(a chance to win an twelfth gift)
On the twelfth day of Christmas, I'm offering a chance to win a $20 Amazon or B&N Gift Card. ❤
How to win: Comment below or on Facebook Fan Page (leaving contact information) and have a chance to win a gift card (winner will be randomly selected by me).
For those who don't win, I'm including another recipe from Breaking Bread with Family: (free on Blurb)
Realizing the traditional meals of my family were in jeopardy of being lost to my children forever, I rolled up my sleeves and began organizing the chaos called my late mother-in-law's recipe folder. Weeding through scraps of paper, envelopes, thank you notes, and index cards, I discovered that the directions for my husband's favorite childhood meals were fading and -periodically - incomplete.
Breaking Bread with Family is a one-stop-shop where those very recipes have been preserved for the next generation. Making the book even more special is the fact that I sprinkled in a few of the dishes most loved and served by my father when he was alive.
These recipes are more southern than gourmet, but, for me, everything about them conjure memories of love, laughter, acceptance, and - above all else - home.
Ingredients:
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup white sugar
1 pinch salt
1/3 cup boiling water
3 1/2 cups milk
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup half-and-half cream
8 large marshmallows
Directions
Cocoa: Combine the cocoa, sugar and salt in saucepan. Blend
in the boiling water. Bring mixture to an easy boil, stirring constantly.
Simmer for 2 minutes. Stir in 3 1/2 cups of milk and heat until very hot. Do
not boil. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Divide between mugs (4). Add the
cream to the mugs of cocoa, cooling drink.
Marshmallows: Skewer marshmallows, roasting each over
campfire until puffed up, medium brown, and soft to the core. Top each mug with
two roasted marshmallows.
Serve. Enjoy.
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