"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...
> Heya folks..
>
> Well..it is time for another cookalong, if anyone wants to join in. On
> December 8th and 9th.
>
> There is a reason for this going over two days..and it started with
> me.. I will be making my fruitcake those two days...and a few of us
> started thinking along the same lines. Why not have a baking
> cookalong?
>
> For me, it will be my fruitcake..but if any of you want to fix
> something else, that is fine. A bit of holiday baking...? A
> fruitcake, a fruit bread? Stollen? What do you generally bake for
> the holidays?
>
> Or do you want to try something new to you? Want to try making a
> fruitcake? Want to try making stollen? Want to make something else?
>
> Anyway, this will start the afternoon of December 8th. I will finish
> up my fruitcake on December 9, so anyone that wants to join in..can do
> so both days, or either day.
>
> Christine
>
>I'm in. Gourmet magazine has this whole last issue dedicated to Christmas
>cookies. I'm sure I'll find SOMETHING to bake.
-ginny

PS: Little secret ingredient I found. When baking a pumpkin pie and the
recipe called for evaporated milk, substitute cocoanut milk, gives it a
slightly different flavor that no one 'can quite put their finger on' what
is different.