Thank you for sharing your recipes! I especially love seeing your videos where you cook. I love basic recipes, and I enjoy these relatively short but frequent videos.
Peanut butter blossoms are my husband's favorite. Well anything with peanut butter is going to melt his heart. I love the farmhouse apron. Another favorite in our house is chili. I always make double. It freezes well for a quick meal for another day.
Peanut blossom cookies are one of those that I make more than just at Christmas time as we love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate! Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful treats and ideas I always enjoy watching you❤️
Oh Mary, these all look so yummy! I think the party mix will make great gifts for the guys I work with. I'm hungry now! Thank you for all of your wonderful videos and content. You inspire me tremendously!
Love your videos and the wholesomeness of your channel. I also appreciated your silent shout-out to Garden Answers. I move between the 2 of your channels. Thank you for sharing your recipes!
Mary, not only are your videos informative and inspiring but they are not lengthy! I love a shorter video that doesn't throw in gratuitous footage...you edit wonderfully! Thank you!
I forget which comments I’ve actually left and which ones I’ve just thought, so in case I’ve never told you, I really enjoy your videos. You remind me of my cousin who I had all sorts of adventures with growing up. We were both farm girls and loved exploring the outdoors and making things. I really miss those times and think that she would really love this channel.
Peanut butter blossoms are so good, we started putting a reeses peanut butter cup in the center instead of a kiss and OMG its a game changer if you love peanut butter 🤤
Hi beautiful Mary , you look as pretty as a picture as always , waw what lovely things you 've made , thank you for sharing and so nice to hear your calming voice , take care
Our family loves Chex Party Mix. Over the years we have customized our favorite mix. We do the original recipe for the sauce but use lots of salted mixed nuts or just cashews, gold fish crackers, mini pretzels, bagel chips and of course the 3 Chex cereals. I usually make a double or sometimes a triple batch during the season. My kids would disown me if they came home and there wasn’t any Chex mix!!! 😂
Something to consider in the late winter/early spring, is a weekly routine for young ladies who are choosing to stay home as their full time job (Proverbs 31:27).I think there is a need for resources for young ladies. Perhaps your mother and sister would help put together a series of the best routines you carry on from your Amish roots that are useful to everyone. I think you are such a wonderful teacher and example of a Proverb 31 wife and mother.
I make peanut butter blossoms yearly, but I started making them with Brachs milk chocolate stars from Walmart. They are flat and store easier. Love the apron. Enjoy the day
Love that. I’ve used Wilbur buds or I turn my kisses upside down (point first) so they stack better and also stay put easier. I hate unwrapping the kisses for days..
Using my turkey roasting pan for something other than my turkey once a year!!!! Mind Blown! Had never thought to use it for anything else....LOVE homemade snack/chex mix!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful recipes. They all look delicious. I also want to say, I just love your music in the background. I could listen to it all day. Thanks for your lovely videos. I always enjoy them.
I make dozens of the chocolate covered Ritz crackers every year for family and friends. A few years ago I read where someone suggested using one of the smaller (2 quart) crock pots to melt the chocolate. I've been doing this ever since, so easy.
I agree with you on the making up a batch of hot chocolate and having it ready for whenever. I make a non-dairy version which uses the blender to mix up. Then I just shake the bottle, pour out what I want and reheat in the microwave. Instant enough for me! Yum!
Made your chili soup tonight for dinner, added a cup or so of cooked organic wild rice. Hubs not home from work text but I know he will love it. Serving with organic white cheddar cheese. 😋
I remember my Grandma fixing this hot chocolate on her old wood cook stove when I was a lil girl.... It tasted so delicious.... I'm gonna make me some like it.... Sure miss her....
We always got those little hat cookies from my grandmother so never knew how they were made, now I want to go to town putting them together, Thanks for the reminder of my Grandma Kate!
The peanut butter Ritz dipped in white chocolate is a whole new game, you'll have to try it. I always sprinkle some edible beads or jimmies on before chocolate sets for a festive touch.
I always make the peanut blossom cookies every year too. Our family are homemade soup eaters also. Our favorite is chicken and vegetables. I make this soup with a bag of mixed frozen vegetables and add potatoes and onions in a large pot filled with chicken broth and water. I add some different spices like Italian seasoning or anything I might have that is good for chicken. I will add a can of white chicken breast drain to the mixture just before the soup is ready. If it is too runny I will add a little corn starch in a small bowl mixed with cold water and slowly add it to the finish soup. Every year I think I will try your recipe for the party mix and I never get around to trying it. Maybe this year……. Thank you for sharing. Ann from Va.
I make party mix every year and add lots of nuts. I put it in a large roaster and after the time and mixing it up I leave it in the oven overnight turning the oven off. Makes it really crispy.
For family that doesn't like much dipped in chocolate melts, I use white chocolate and add flavoring in. So orange, mints, raspberries flavors are just a few
Thank you for your recipes! My mother always made hot cocoa that same way except with sugar instead of the maple syrup. I have very fond memories of coming in from playing in the snow 50+ years ago in southwest Ohio and enjoying warming up with a steaming cup!
Lovely recipes! I've been making my mother's chocolate chunk cookies & oatmeal pecan cookies for 50 years. They bring back so many good memories. I can't wait to try your hot cocoa recipe. I have all the ingredients, just need a really cold day!
I just finished making the party mix. I found my big bacon roasting pan from Costco worked perfectly. I just removed the grate and used the pan. I think this just may be a Christmas Eve tradition. Tastes delicious! Thank you for the recipe Mary and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I make a similar soup. I add small potato chunks and carrots. We call it hamburger chowder. I'll have to try the ritz/peanut butter crackers. I think my family will like them.
I cant wait to try your cookie recipe. I thicken my chili with a can of tomato paste. Hot chocolate, I use a 1/2 tsp of vanilla and a tiny bit of sugar. Never thought of maple syrup. Ill have to try that.
Thanks so much! it really makes it a happier Christmas season to spend with friends far and wide, great recipes. I'm gonna start some cookies, That's what I give for my Christmas gifts each yr. ...I make snowballs(Russian tea cakes) peanut butter,danish butter spritz, English cookies.This yr I'm gonna try two new recipes maple walnut and carrot. num! anyways great vid 🍪⛪️ The Joy Of The Lord Is My Strength
I continue to enjoy your videos! I have made peanut butter blossoms before but I tried your recipe and they are WAY better and look beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing these recipes. I do the cookies too but the hot chocolate sounds delicious. Merry Christmas to you and your family! God bless you this holiday season as we celebrate Jesus birth. 🎄🎄🎄
Yeah, Mary cookies! My Mom never made these but when I first tasted them, I was hooked. I also never had a dishwasher...just did them as I cooked then placed fresh HOT dishwater in the sink just before eating, for doing dishes right after supper. We also are not big chocolate lovers...my husband loved the old world German cookies with anise or any molasses cookies.
Greetings Mary from mid Missouri! The ritz peanut butter cookies we call Aunt Josie cookies in our family because it was my ex husbands aunt Josie who first made them for us nearly 35 years ago. I make them (by demand lol) every year since for Christmas…but as several have mentioned , I make half with white chocolate and I actually prefer those to milk chocolate. I also make hot cocoa rather than buying the store bought . Always use milk , never water! That’s sacrilegious lol
I add salted peanuts to our party mix. I made hot cocoa from scratch for my granddaughters when they ran out of the packaged mix. They were amazed and loved it!
Love the simple and delicious recipes I can’t wait to make that hot chocolate when the family is here gathering around the fireplace. Happy holidays to you Mary and your family from all of us that have become a part of a family thanks to you.
It was really neat to see someone else than my family make chili soup. We were born and raised in the UP and that was an all time favorite. We moved to Ok in 1981 and in time discovered their chili is a little different. It is not a soup and is thicker and is put on top of pasta or Fritos etc. It was just a nice surprise when you made chili soup. I always enjoy your videos and look forward to “ visiting” you. 😊
I hand wash dishes too. When we remodeled our kitchen, everyone was shocked that I didn’t add a dishwasher. Lol. There is a cabinet that can be removed if a future owner wants to add a dishwasher.
Simple and homemade are 2 of the greatest ingredients for any cook. Thank you so much for sharing these recipes 🤗 They may be simple but they're amazing 🤩
Mary it was so heart warming to see this video. Brought me back some lovely memories. Especially the cocoa. I remember our neighbour coocking cocoa milk every Friday night for his son and I was watching him from the second floor peaking into his kitchen on the first floor. I wish I have my family around. Maybe next year. Loved the bean soup also. I might try it. Thank you for inviting me to your kitchen.😍
Peanut butter blossoms are my husbands favorite during the holidays.
Thank you for your videos. I’m from Ohio. About 1 hour north east of you. The videos remind me of home. God Bless!
Thank you for sharing your recipes! I especially love seeing your videos where you cook. I love basic recipes, and I enjoy these relatively short but frequent videos.
Love your channel! Thanks for sharing your crafts, recipe, and the Lord! Merry Christmas! ❤️✝️🎄
Peanut butter blossoms are my husband's favorite. Well anything with peanut butter is going to melt his heart. I love the farmhouse apron. Another favorite in our house is chili. I always make double. It freezes well for a quick meal for another day.
In our family too. Can't do Christmas goodies without them. Blessings to you and your family.
Peanut blossom cookies are one of those that I make more than just at Christmas time as we love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate! Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful treats and ideas I always enjoy watching you❤️
Oh Mary, these all look so yummy! I think the party mix will make great gifts for the guys I work with. I'm hungry now! Thank you for all of your wonderful videos and content. You inspire me tremendously!
Beautiful as always . I so enjoy everything you do . Merry Christmas from Ireland .
Love your videos and the wholesomeness of your channel. I also appreciated your silent shout-out to Garden Answers. I move between the 2 of your channels. Thank you for sharing your recipes!
Blessings to you and your family
I do not have my own recipes yet. So thank you for these!
Mary, not only are your videos informative and inspiring but they are not lengthy! I love a shorter video that doesn't throw in gratuitous footage...you edit wonderfully! Thank you!
I love the polka dots! Very cute dress.
I love Wednesday morning!!! So good to see you. I enjoy you so much Mary😘🎄
I forget which comments I’ve actually left and which ones I’ve just thought, so in case I’ve never told you, I really enjoy your videos. You remind me of my cousin who I had all sorts of adventures with growing up. We were both farm girls and loved exploring the outdoors and making things. I really miss those times and think that she would really love this channel.
Peanut butter blossoms are so good, we started putting a reeses peanut butter cup in the center instead of a kiss and OMG its a game changer if you love peanut butter 🤤
Hi beautiful Mary , you look as pretty as a picture as always , waw what lovely things you 've made , thank you for sharing and so nice to hear your calming voice , take care
Our family loves Chex Party Mix. Over the years we have customized our favorite mix. We do the original recipe for the sauce but use lots of salted mixed nuts or just cashews, gold fish crackers, mini pretzels, bagel chips and of course the 3 Chex cereals. I usually make a double or sometimes a triple batch during the season. My kids would disown me if they came home and there wasn’t any Chex mix!!! 😂
Something to consider in the late winter/early spring, is a weekly routine for young ladies who are choosing to stay home as their full time job (Proverbs 31:27).I think there is a need for resources for young ladies. Perhaps your mother and sister would help put together a series of the best routines you carry on from your Amish roots that are useful to everyone. I think you are such a wonderful teacher and example of a Proverb 31 wife and mother.
Agreed! Mary is very much ‘a Proverbs 31 Woman!’ She is so inspiring! 😎
Synchronicity.
Homemaking is a virtuous ministry.
Staying at home raising my children was THE BEST time of my life❣️
Mary, I just love watching your videos. They are very calming, yet, intriguiging.
I make peanut butter blossoms yearly, but I started making them with Brachs milk chocolate stars from Walmart. They are flat and store easier. Love the apron. Enjoy the day
Great idea!
Great tip! Thank you🤗
Love that. I’ve used Wilbur buds or I turn my kisses upside down (point first) so they stack better and also stay put easier. I hate unwrapping the kisses for days..
I've been doing that trick for years! So much time taking off foils for sure
Using my turkey roasting pan for something other than my turkey once a year!!!! Mind Blown! Had never thought to use it for anything else....LOVE homemade snack/chex mix!
And using the lid?? 🤯
Always fun to watch you cooking in your bright and beautiful kitchen.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful recipes. They all look delicious. I also want to say, I just love your music in the background. I could listen to it all day. Thanks for your lovely videos. I always enjoy them.
Love how bright your kitchen is…
Love watching you in the kitchen Mary. We also enjoy the bits and bites mix and often add peanuts. Thanks for the recipes.
I make dozens of the chocolate covered Ritz crackers every year for family and friends. A few years ago I read where someone suggested using one of the smaller (2 quart) crock pots to melt the chocolate. I've been doing this ever since, so easy.
Your videos bring such joy to the holidays. Take care. Happy Holidays!
I agree with you on the making up a batch of hot chocolate and having it ready for whenever. I make a non-dairy version which uses the blender to mix up. Then I just shake the bottle, pour out what I want and reheat in the microwave. Instant enough for me! Yum!
Made your chili soup tonight for dinner, added a cup or so of cooked organic wild rice. Hubs not home from work text but I know he will love it. Serving with organic white cheddar cheese. 😋
I’ll be trying these recipes out! I just love watching your channel Mary!
The chocolate kiss cookies are a very classic Christmas cookie. They are very yummy ! tfs 🥰🎄🌞🌛🍭🍬☕🏜️🎅💝✝️🥰🎄🌞🌛🍭🍬☕🏜️🎅💝✝️
Muchas gracias beautiful lady. . Thank you for the recipes. . Greetings from Guadalajara, México.
Thank you for sharing Mary! Merry Christmas!
I remember my Grandma fixing this hot chocolate on her old wood cook stove when I was a lil girl.... It tasted so delicious.... I'm gonna make me some like it.... Sure miss her....
Those are some cute hoofs paws? you have! The dress and apron are both very cute but them socks really sets everything off!! LOL
Of course the aprons are sold out!!!! Darn.....Everything looks yummy! Ty for all the recipes....
We always got those little hat cookies from my grandmother so never knew how they were made, now I want to go to town putting them together, Thanks for the reminder of my Grandma Kate!
The peanut butter Ritz dipped in white chocolate is a whole new game, you'll have to try it. I always sprinkle some edible beads or jimmies on before chocolate sets for a festive touch.
This year I’m making peanut butter blossoms, vanilla chip and birds nest cookies.
Busy day!!! Preparing for Christmas is quite the task..thanks for sharing these easy recipes...the hot chocolate is a "must" to try....🎄☕❤🤗
Sometimes I just sit and binge watch your videos! Over and over!!! I love your home, ideas, and talents.🥰
I love watching you cook. ❤ It is the way I like to cook.
Thanks Mary I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! I always appreciate all you share with us!!
Looks so good! 🎄🎅🧑🏻🎄🎄. ⛄️❄️☃️. 🦌🦌🦌
Looks so yummy.. The hot chocolate looks real good. The chocolate covered crackers and PeanutButter, that's different, looks good. Thank you...
Thanks for the recipes. All looks yummy. Love your socks 😀🎄
I always make the peanut blossom cookies every year too. Our family are homemade soup eaters also. Our favorite is chicken and vegetables. I make this soup with a bag of mixed frozen vegetables and add potatoes and onions in a large pot filled with chicken broth and water. I add some different spices like Italian seasoning or anything I might have that is good for chicken. I will add a can of white chicken breast drain to the mixture just before the soup is ready. If it is too runny I will add a little corn starch in a small bowl mixed with cold water and slowly add it to the finish soup. Every year I think I will try your recipe for the party mix and I never get around to trying it. Maybe this year……. Thank you for sharing. Ann from Va.
I make party mix every year and add lots of nuts. I put it in a large roaster and after the time and mixing it up I leave it in the oven overnight turning the oven off. Makes it really crispy.
For family that doesn't like much dipped in chocolate melts, I use white chocolate and add flavoring in. So orange, mints, raspberries flavors are just a few
Enjoyed cooking and baking with you!
Thank you for your recipes! My mother always made hot cocoa that same way except with sugar instead of the maple syrup. I have very fond memories of coming in from playing in the snow 50+ years ago in southwest Ohio and enjoying warming up with a steaming cup!
Those Ohio winters do warrant bringing on the hot cocoa!
Thank you for sharing sweet girl. You are a special part of my life!
Lovely recipes! I've been making my mother's chocolate chunk cookies & oatmeal pecan cookies for 50 years. They bring back so many good memories. I can't wait to try your hot cocoa recipe. I have all the ingredients, just need a really cold day!
Cute socks!!
Thank you for sharing with us. Looked delicious. Apron is so cute.
Good morning Mary!!
Love your pretty apron, and everything looked delicious ❤️
Have a Blessed Week 🙂
The party mix really takes me back. My mother used to make it every Christmas season.
Good old Paul Revere ware pan! Its what we have used forever along with our cast iron! Thanks for another great video 💕
I still use Paul Revere cookware. 🙂
@@annh. me too! Am always filling in pieces I find at thrift stores & get their copper bottoms shiny!
@@lindahill3 👍
Peanut blossoms are our family’s favorite too! It’s a “must make” every year!
My tiny Frazier Fir candles arrived just on the time you said, and yes!!!-they are the perfect smell for Christmas AND winter! Thank you, MB!!!!
"Basic" is fine by me. Love yummy comfort food during Christmas. I'm gonna try making your peanut butter cracker treats.
Everything looks amazing. I would add a tot of brandy to the hot cocoa for the adults on very cold days.
I make peanut blossoms too and use instead of white sugar the red and green kind for Christmas 🎄.
I just finished making the party mix. I found my big bacon roasting pan from Costco worked perfectly. I just removed the grate and used the pan. I think this just may be a Christmas Eve tradition.
Tastes delicious! Thank you for the recipe Mary and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I make peanut blossoms every year…it’s tradition! Yes, using the cookie scoop helps them all bake at the same time since they’re the same size!
I make a similar soup. I add small potato chunks and carrots. We call it hamburger chowder. I'll have to try the ritz/peanut butter crackers. I think my family will like them.
Hola soy de colombia me encanta todo lo q haces..
Thank you so much for recipes. Cant wait.
Hi Mary, I always look forward to Wednesday morning video, definitely will make one of them, thank you for sharing Mary.
Everything looks so delicious!!!!God bless you Mary and your family!!!!
I cant wait to try your cookie recipe. I thicken my chili with a can of tomato paste.
Hot chocolate, I use a 1/2 tsp of vanilla and a tiny bit of sugar. Never thought of maple syrup. Ill have to try that.
Thank you Mary, I love your videos and ideas. Happy holidays to you and your family!
Everything looks so yummy! ♥♥
We love lots of beans in our chili . I use pinto beans and white beans.
Thanks so much! it really makes it a happier Christmas season to spend with friends far and wide, great recipes. I'm gonna start some cookies, That's what I give for my Christmas gifts each yr. ...I make snowballs(Russian tea cakes) peanut butter,danish butter spritz, English cookies.This yr I'm gonna try two new recipes maple walnut and carrot. num! anyways great vid 🍪⛪️ The Joy Of The Lord Is My Strength
Everything looks delicious!! 😋
We make the peanut butter blossoms every Christmas season!
Everything looks so yummy!😋🎄
I continue to enjoy your videos! I have made peanut butter blossoms before but I tried your recipe and they are WAY better and look beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
I will definitely try Coco for my girls. Thank you💕👍🏻👏🏼
Just about the same as I make . So I know your family is looking forward to their Christmas treats.
Great recipes and simple for the holiday. 🎄
Thanks for sharing these recipes. I do the cookies too but the hot chocolate sounds delicious. Merry Christmas to you and your family! God bless you this holiday season as we celebrate Jesus birth. 🎄🎄🎄
Yeah, Mary cookies! My Mom never made these but when I first tasted them, I was hooked.
I also never had a dishwasher...just did them as I cooked then placed fresh HOT dishwater in the sink just before eating, for doing dishes right after supper. We also are not big chocolate lovers...my husband loved the old world German cookies with anise or any molasses cookies.
Thanks Mary for sharing such yummy treats😋😋😋
We also enjoy the Chex muddy buddies, very nice holiday video.
Greetings Mary from mid Missouri! The ritz peanut butter cookies we call Aunt Josie cookies in our family because it was my ex husbands aunt Josie who first made them for us nearly 35 years ago. I make them (by demand lol) every year since for Christmas…but as several have mentioned , I make half with white chocolate and I actually prefer those to milk chocolate. I also make hot cocoa rather than buying the store bought . Always use milk , never water! That’s sacrilegious lol
I add salted peanuts to our party mix. I made hot cocoa from scratch for my granddaughters when they ran out of the packaged mix. They were amazed and loved it!
My mom use to use the brachs stars for the peanut butter blossom cookies. 🤩
Love the simple and delicious recipes I can’t wait to make that hot chocolate when the family is here gathering around the fireplace. Happy holidays to you Mary and your family from all of us that have become a part of a family thanks to you.
It was really neat to see someone else than my family make chili soup. We were born and raised in the UP and that was an all time favorite. We moved to Ok in 1981 and in time discovered their chili is a little different. It is not a soup and is thicker and is put on top of pasta or Fritos etc. It was just a nice surprise when you made chili soup. I always enjoy your videos and look forward to “ visiting” you. 😊
I hand wash dishes too. When we remodeled our kitchen, everyone was shocked that I didn’t add a dishwasher. Lol. There is a cabinet that can be removed if a future owner wants to add a dishwasher.
Everything looks yummy!
Simple and homemade are 2 of the greatest ingredients for any cook. Thank you so much for sharing these recipes 🤗 They may be simple but they're amazing 🤩
Mary it was so heart warming to see this video. Brought me back some lovely memories. Especially the cocoa. I remember our neighbour coocking cocoa milk every Friday night for his son and I was watching him from the second floor peaking into his kitchen on the first floor. I wish I have my family around. Maybe next year. Loved the bean soup also. I might try it. Thank you for inviting me to your kitchen.😍
Love it all ,thanks so much for sharing🙏
I love all of your videos. You're such an inspiration! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Enjoyed this video loved all the recipes. Thank you for sharing!
Love the recipes!! Thank you...definitely trying these