Christmas Treat Recipe Blog Hop!

Several members of the Center Stage Spotlight Team have joined together to share a special Christmas Treat Recipe Blog Hop event with everyone tonight! They have whipped up some treats in their kitchens and their stamp rooms over the past few weeks so we could compile our very first Recipe Book for StampTV!

So I decided to create a quick, easy and yummy recipe! Soft Christmas Cookies. I have to confess that this kind of cookies are always a challenge for me because I never get them soft, always hard and crunchy, LOL, but this recipe is a MUST HAVE, your cookies are going to be soft and delicious!

Here is the recipe:
Soft Christmas Cookies

Ingredients
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions
1.Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together, set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Gradually blend in the sifted ingredients until fully absorbed. Cover dough, and chill for 2 hours.
2.Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. On a clean floured surface, roll out small portions of chilled dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters.
3.Bake 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are barely brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.


Here is a close- up of my card:

Here the card and yummy cookies I put in a quick and simple box I made.

Material I used:
Card Stock:Pure Luxury White , Pure Luxury Good as Gold
Ink: Stazon Black, Real Red, Ginger, White craft.
Stamps:A Year of Flowers, A Very Merry Christmas both by Gina K. Designs.
Accessories: Square and Circle Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing folder, Gold embossing powder, Dauber, Dimensionals.
Embellishments: Gold Stickles, Pure Luxury gold Cording, Pure Luxury White Organdy ribbon,


Check out these designer's blogs for the sweet projects they've designed around their treats:

Carolina Buchting
Carla Suto
Deb Felts
Donna Baker
Giovana Smith -----> You are HERE
Jennie Harper
Jessica Fick
Joy Hadden
Karen Knegten
Kay Simmons
Lee Murphy
Linda Payne
Lori McAree
Melissa Cash
Pam Imholz
Selma Stevenson
Sue Morris
Sue VanDeVusse
Sue Walsh
Vicki Dutcher

Then, stop by GinaK's blog for a super sweet give-away she has tonight in honor of the hop!

The Recipe Book will be available as a free download PDF on StampTV tonight as well. Look for it on the Freebie Tab link.

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Christmas Treat Recipe Blog Hop!