I have received my order of three cookbooks for Christmas. They are beautifully done with large clear pictures, high quality binding, and they are so well organized. I bought 3 books two to give away and one for myself, but when a friend saw the cook book she wanted one, so I gave mine away as well. I will have to order another one. Great job on designing a beautiful cook book.
You putting your cookies outside in the snow to cool or chill up reminds me so much of how I did it back when I was young, before all the cooking shows that have you cool them on racks and have all your ingredients at room temperature. Thanks for the memories, Mary. 🎄
My grandmother made those filled cookies. I didnt like them as a child but would love them now! I received the new cookbook! Thank you i love it!! Merry Christmas to you and your family 💖
It’s bitter sweet to watch you using the porch as your refrigerator or freezer. My late husband and I would make the hard candy in about five flavors and we used our porch to get it to harden. I miss those days.
I have my Great-Grandfather's pan from Germany and make a cookie called Kipfel. It's similar to the tea balls you made, only they are rolled in vanilla sugar. My Great-Grandfather was a baker.
I love your channel Mary. A nice wholesome life….so cozy and warm. Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas. All the cookies look delicious 🌲🌲🌲🌟🌟🌟
Thank you for bringing a memory back to me. I always had that candy at my grandmother's house in Oil City pennsylvania. We lost her a few years back and it made me think of her. I'm so grateful I found your Channel. Merry Christmas to you and your family
Seeing that hard candy brought back a wonderful memory I had almost forgitten. A dear friend and coworker 40 years ago used to make candy like this every Christmas. It was the best!!!! She passed along her recipe, secrets, and where she bought her flavorings. I will have to hunt to see if I still have that, can't even remember if I made it or not. But I will definitely try your recipe and see if it tastes like what I remember!!! Thank you!!!
I love smelling the wood burn in a fire place or wood stove and hearing the crackling sound of the fire burning it just an extra layer of warmth somehow. It’s so simple but soothing
Oh gosh, we heated with wood for over 30 years . Had a free standing heater. It was the best heat ever. I miss it the most of all since moving. Merry Christmas
I love those cookies, so easy and delicious! The hard candy is so good! I always make the Chex mix, I love it! Merry Christmas, Mary and family!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Loved seeing these recipes. And I've never seen , or knew you could make hard tack candy. I thought yours turned out so pretty and they looked so good, I think I'm going to have to try making some. thanks so much Mary. I hope you and your family have a truly fun, and very blessed Christmas.
Oh, how I love your weekly videos! Thank you for inviting us over for a wonderful visit via youtube! Merry Christmas from northwest Florida (where it rarely snows)!
I love to make the Russian Tea Balls (we call them “Russian Tea Cakes” or Mexican Wedding Cookies. We use ground walnuts in them. Filling a decorative jar and giving them as gifts - they look like a jar of snowballs! I’m glad you and your family like them, too. Merry Christmas, Mary!🎄🎄🎄
It's fun to watch you in the kitchen. I came upon your channel by chance and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the different treats you made. I'll be trying all of your recipes except the finger jello. Have a blessed Christmas. May it glow with the goodness and grace of God.
When my grandparents moved to Tuscon Arizona my grandmother got the recipe for Mexican wedding cookies. They are so yummy. I still make them every year. I have all her recipes now. I hope you have a Blessed Christmas.
We had a fuel oil furnace, but we also used our we had a big wood burner and it all went through the ductwork and house. Sometimes the house got so hot. I had to open up the windows, but it smells so good.
Will be trying a few of your treats, I always make the little white cookies, my mother called Brazil nut snowballs, my mother was a polish cook and every thing was made from scratch. I pulled out her polish cook book and I love making her favorite cookies, which were chewy oatmeal date cookies,sugar cookies the Santa cookies, were her master piece done to perfection. Her passion was being in the kitchen,starting at 5 o’clock in the morning preparing nutritional meals for her family. At our home, friends and family members would stop by for the Christmas season and all our special events,just to gather and enjoy Rita’s Polish baked goods. Love your channel Mary. I am always! waiting for Wednesday mourning. Wishes for a Very Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year to you and your family. Marilyn from Mi. ❤️🌲🪵☃️🎁🙏🏻✝️
I remember putting fudge out to chill in the snow. My dad was fond of “snow ice cream” which was a rare treat living in the south! I enjoyed your holiday baking, Mary!
A lovely video Mary. Your perseverance is amazing. You inspire me while leaving me feeling calm. Thank you! Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas. 🎄🇨🇦
Dearest Mary, wanting to thank you for such valuable content over the years and to wish you and your loved ones a blessed and peaceful Christmas season. I wonder whether I am making it up, but you looked so tired today it made me pray for you. Take enough time to rest! ❤
I'm sitting here enjoying the crackle and warmth of my old-fashioned wood cooking stove. Thank you for these great recipes. I, too, love the Mexican wedding cookies at Christmas time. Grandma always makes the best. Merry Christmas from my family here in the Sangre de Cristo mountains to yours. ☃️
Thank you for sharing your baking with us! Love when you cook! My Mother made hard candy with Italian coffee..there are Ten kids in our family ❤ after eating that candy ..we were flying around the house...have a Merry Christmas 🎄✝️
For many years, my last chore before leaving the house for work in town every morning in the winter was to add wood to our woodstove. So many times I also added soot to my sleeves. 🙂
My aunt always made hard tack & getting a jar of it was like gold! It never lasted long. I’ve always been intimidated by a candy thermometer, but you made it look pretty easy🎄Merry Christmas to you and your family Merry🙏🏼
This was so much to watch ! Thank you for the enjoyable video , new recipes to try and your inspiration! 🎄⭐️😃 I’ve never seen anyone make that oh so pretty candy , good for you being determined ! 😊🌿❤️
I make those cookies in the mini muffin tray except I use 'chocolate chip' cookie dough. Oh my!! those are delicious. My niece loved them so much I named them 'Becca cookies'. Merry Christmas.
Thank you for the recipes , I want to try the peanut butter cup snacks and the protein balls . The date filled cookies looked like they’d be a mouthful.
Thanks for these great holiday recipes. I always enjoy watching your videos. I have a gas boiler system too. I sure wish I also had the fire burning boiler heater. Sounds toasty and wonderful!
What a beautiful bounty of goodies ❤ you make me laugh Mary with some of the things you say, the boiling sugar ' you felt like it was a bomb 😂😂😂 so funny. Thanks for sharing your recipes Mary ❤
I like that you always try to cook or bake healthy. Per google "Alternatives to Karo syrup: Maple syrup, honey, agave nectar, brown rice syrup." I've cooled cakes outside also, cold weather has a few perks. Love the wood heat as well except for lack of moisture in home. God bless and Merry Christmas!
I have received my order of three cookbooks for Christmas. They are beautifully done with large clear pictures, high quality binding, and they are so well organized. I bought 3 books two to give away and one for myself, but when a friend saw the cook book she wanted one, so I gave mine away as well. I will have to order another one. Great job on designing a beautiful cook book.
You putting your cookies outside in the snow to cool or chill up reminds me so much of how I did it back when I was young, before all the cooking shows that have you cool them on racks and have all your ingredients at room temperature. Thanks for the memories, Mary. 🎄
We often stored milk in the garage during holiday baking if the refrigerator was full.
I know it’s gonna be good when Mary puts on her apron and shows us the recipes she grew up with! Thank you for sharing!
A MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and your family. Thank you for bringing a calming element into our life. God bless, Susan
My grandmother is originally from Pennsylvania and made that candy every Christmas my entire childhood! So many precious memories!
My grandmother made those filled cookies. I didnt like them as a child but would love them now! I received the new cookbook! Thank you i love it!! Merry Christmas to you and your family 💖
Mary you are such a joy ! May Gods light shine upon your face you are such a blessing I love watching your channel! Merry Christmas!🎄
Merry Christmas Yoder Family from the Lindsay Family ✝️🌲✝️
It’s bitter sweet to watch you using the porch as your refrigerator or freezer. My late husband and I would make the hard candy in about five flavors and we used our porch to get it to harden. I miss those days.
I have my Great-Grandfather's pan from Germany and make a cookie called Kipfel. It's similar to the tea balls you made, only they are rolled in vanilla sugar. My Great-Grandfather was a baker.
Mary, Season's Blessings to you and your family! ❤🇨🇦
The color of those candies actually seems more on-brand than if they’d been brighter. Very pretty!
I love your channel. You make me feel happy when I watch anything you are doing!!! Thank you so much❄️❄️❄️
The hard candy is so pretty. The snowball cookies are one of my favorites.
I often chill outside also. All of the recipes look delicious. ❤
I got my cookbook and stand a few weeks ago. I got the unfinished stand and stained it to match my kitchen table. ❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing your recipes with us! Holiday baking is so fun! 🍪🫖🎄
Merry Christmas Mary, I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday!
I remember eating that candy when I was little, haven't seen it in years. Thanks for sharing with us.
I love all of your old fashioned loves! I’m with you on that totally! Your cookies turned out so beautifully! 🌲🌲🌲
Oh Miss Mary! You are so delightful! You make God smile!
She makes me smile
I love your channel Mary. A nice wholesome life….so cozy and warm. Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas.
All the cookies look delicious 🌲🌲🌲🌟🌟🌟
Thank you for bringing a memory back to me. I always had that candy at my grandmother's house in Oil City pennsylvania. We lost her a few years back and it made me think of her. I'm so grateful I found your Channel. Merry Christmas to you and your family
Seeing that hard candy brought back a wonderful memory I had almost forgitten. A dear friend and coworker 40 years ago used to make candy like this every Christmas. It was the best!!!! She passed along her recipe, secrets, and where she bought her flavorings. I will have to hunt to see if I still have that, can't even remember if I made it or not. But I will definitely try your recipe and see if it tastes like what I remember!!! Thank you!!!
I haven't baked for Christmas in years. You have inspired me to do it this year. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing! I make the wedding cookies every year too Wishing you and your beautiful family a blessed and wonderful Christmas! ❤
The hard tack colors are awesome! I love it. It looks very old fashion.
Yes we used to make this for Christmas too we did cinnamon in red, wintergreen in green,sassafras in orange, clove which is a favorite of mine in blue
I love smelling the wood burn in a fire place or wood stove and hearing the crackling sound of the fire burning it just an extra layer of warmth somehow. It’s so simple but soothing
Oh gosh, we heated with wood for over 30 years . Had a free standing heater. It was the best heat ever. I miss it the most of all since moving. Merry Christmas
I love those cookies, so easy and delicious! The hard candy is so good! I always make the Chex mix, I love it! Merry Christmas, Mary and family!❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love the Russian tea cakes!! So good!!!!
Loved seeing these recipes. And I've never seen , or knew you could make hard tack candy. I thought yours turned out so pretty and they looked so good, I think I'm going to have to try making some.
thanks so much Mary. I hope you and your family have a truly fun, and very blessed Christmas.
Oh, how I love your weekly videos! Thank you for inviting us over for a wonderful visit via youtube! Merry Christmas from northwest Florida (where it rarely snows)!
I love to make the Russian Tea Balls (we call them “Russian Tea Cakes” or Mexican Wedding Cookies. We use ground walnuts in them. Filling a decorative jar and giving them as gifts - they look like a jar of snowballs! I’m glad you and your family like them, too. Merry Christmas, Mary!🎄🎄🎄
It's fun to watch you in the kitchen. I came upon your channel by chance and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the different treats you made. I'll be trying all of your recipes except the finger jello. Have a blessed Christmas. May it glow with the goodness and grace of God.
When my grandparents moved to Tuscon Arizona my grandmother got the recipe for Mexican wedding cookies. They are so yummy. I still make them every year. I have all her recipes now. I hope you have a Blessed Christmas.
We had a fuel oil furnace, but we also used our we had a big wood burner and it all went through the ductwork and house. Sometimes the house got so hot. I had to open up the windows, but it smells so good.
Merry Christmas and I pray you and your family have a happy, healthy New Year!
Glad you stuck it out with the hard candy, it looked like beautiful sea glass in the jar. Merry Christmas Mary
Will be trying a few of your treats, I always make the little white cookies, my mother called Brazil nut snowballs, my mother was a polish cook and every thing was made from scratch. I pulled out her polish cook book and I love making her favorite cookies, which were chewy oatmeal date cookies,sugar cookies the Santa cookies, were her master piece done to perfection. Her passion was being in the kitchen,starting at 5 o’clock in the morning preparing nutritional meals for her family. At our home, friends and family members would stop by for the Christmas season and all our special events,just to gather and enjoy Rita’s Polish baked goods. Love your channel Mary. I am always! waiting for Wednesday mourning. Wishes for a Very Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year to you and your family. Marilyn from Mi. ❤️🌲🪵☃️🎁🙏🏻✝️
I remember putting fudge out to chill in the snow. My dad was fond of “snow ice cream” which was a rare treat living in the south! I enjoyed your holiday baking, Mary!
Thank you for the recipes. I wish you and your family a blessed Christmas and New year.
I tried your version of the Mexican cookies last year and my family loved them! Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🙏🙏🙏
A lovely video Mary. Your perseverance is amazing.
You inspire me while leaving me feeling calm. Thank you! Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas. 🎄🇨🇦
Thank you for showing some of your holiday recipes Mary!! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
Thank you so much for the recipes, Mary! Blessings. 💖💖💖💖
Great treats! Love your WV sweatshirt!
Happy Holidays to you Mary and Thank You for all the great recipes!!!!! Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!!
Dearest Mary, wanting to thank you for such valuable content over the years and to wish you and your loved ones a blessed and peaceful Christmas season. I wonder whether I am making it up, but you looked so tired today it made me pray for you. Take enough time to rest! ❤
Yummy! ❤ thank you for sharing these recipes. Merry Christmas to you and your family!🎄🎄❤️
These all look great!
Merry Christmas to Mary, and family!🎄
Got my cookbook Monday. Can’t wait to select some dishes after Christmas. Pray u and family will have a wonderful Christmas. From North Carolina.
I'm sitting here enjoying the crackle and warmth of my old-fashioned wood cooking stove. Thank you for these great recipes. I, too, love the Mexican wedding cookies at Christmas time. Grandma always makes the best. Merry Christmas from my family here in the Sangre de Cristo mountains to yours. ☃️
Thank you for sharing your baking with us! Love when you cook! My Mother made hard candy with Italian coffee..there are Ten kids in our family ❤ after eating that candy ..we were flying around the house...have a Merry Christmas 🎄✝️
For many years, my last chore before leaving the house for work in town every morning in the winter was to add wood to our woodstove. So many times I also added soot to my sleeves. 🙂
Never heard of these date filled cookies. Thanks for sharing them.
Mary it all looks so yummy! You did inspire me!
Everything looks delicious
My aunt always made hard tack & getting a jar of it was like gold! It never lasted long. I’ve always been intimidated by a candy thermometer, but you made it look pretty easy🎄Merry Christmas to you and your family Merry🙏🏼
I loved making that candy back in the day!
How timely! Thank you for sharing. I’m baking today and getting ideas for the Christmas gathering. I can’t wait to try the trilby cookies
Thank you for sharing your wonderful recipes! Have a Merry Christmas!🎄
Mary the hard tack candy is so beautiful in those jars. So glad you persevered 😜. Merry Christmas to you and your family and MB!❤️🇨🇦
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Mary. God Bless.
That is what our house was heated by...a wood burning furnace. The snacks look good....gotta try the trail mix for sure! Thanks for sharing!
This was so much to watch ! Thank you for the enjoyable video , new recipes to try and your inspiration! 🎄⭐️😃
I’ve never seen anyone make that oh so pretty candy , good for you being determined ! 😊🌿❤️
Yum. Merry Christmas!
Love Watching you cook!! 🤶🌲🎅
You made Grinch green! Perfect!
My husband would love the peanut butter cup cookies ♥️♥️♥️🙏🏻😘
Have a wonderful holiday, Mary! 🎄🎁
MERRY CHRISTMAS MARY AND TO YOUR FAMILY ❤️
So much fun thank you for sharing. Good job little mama.
Thank you for sharing.💗
I make a variation of the Snowball cookies. My family says that is when they know it is Christmas! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I make those cookies in the mini muffin tray except I use 'chocolate chip' cookie dough. Oh my!! those are delicious. My niece loved them so much I named them 'Becca cookies'. Merry Christmas.
Everything looks so YUMMY 😋 Merry Christmas to You and Your Family, and A Very Blessed and Healthy 2025.Thank you 🎄
Thanks Mary!
I’d love to try the candy❤ all they treats looked soooo good❤
Simply lovely!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thank you for sharing! Always look forward to your videos! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thank you for the recipes , I want to try the peanut butter cup snacks and the protein balls . The date filled cookies looked like they’d be a mouthful.
Merry Christmas Mary from South Australia! xx
Thank you for the fun recipes
Merry christmas to you and your family.God bless
Merry Christmas! 🙏❤️🙏
Your hard candies turned out beautiful!
Thanks for these great holiday recipes. I always enjoy watching your videos. I have a gas boiler system too. I sure wish I also had the fire burning boiler heater. Sounds toasty and wonderful!
Love the new cookbook,
Thanks for sharing Mary. Merry Christmas!
Cookies look yummy 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😇
Merry Christmas to you and your family ❤.
Una maravilla 🎉🎉🎉🎉excelente
What a beautiful bounty of goodies ❤ you make me laugh Mary with some of the things you say, the boiling sugar ' you felt like it was a bomb 😂😂😂 so funny.
Thanks for sharing your recipes Mary ❤
I used to make hard candy all the time when I was a kid. Haven't made it in years!
I like that you always try to cook or bake healthy. Per google "Alternatives to Karo syrup: Maple syrup, honey, agave nectar, brown rice syrup." I've cooled cakes outside also, cold weather has a few perks. Love the wood heat as well except for lack of moisture in home. God bless and Merry Christmas!
Have a wonderful holiday
When I Was Younger My Grandmother Would Make Them Powder Cookies They Would Call Them Wedding Cookies