Sunday Guides, Christmas

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This Sunday Guides Issue is filled with Christmas inspiration. We love this time of year & creating a festive home filled with delicious food, a cozy fire, gingerbread spices filling the home & of course our loved ones. In this issue we have our Buche de Noël recipe, It can also make a fabulous centerpiece on your dessert table!  No time to bake?! No worries- Coco Luxe Fine Pastries in Gladstone NJ can make you a BEAUTIFUL & DELICIOUS Buche de Noël along with many other delicious desserts!  Place your order asap!!! If you are local & looking for beautiful flowers for your home, Paris House will be delivering until December 23rd! We rounded up a few of our favorite holiday red lipsticks, outfits & tablescape inspiration! You can shop our looks here too! For those looking for a holiday getaway please see our quick video on Old Montreal Canada. Our fabulous travel agents featured below can help plan the perfect getaway! We have a wonderful tour & class in the NYC Flower District & join us in Paris this May! We hope to inspire you to add Christmas merriment to your home this season!

xoxo

Michele

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We have a fabulous 20 minute Fall Foliage episode. It features hotels in the Adirondacks, Montreal Canada, Fun Fall things to do with the family ( best cider donuts ever! Candy witches, & cozy hayrides too & more) And to watch our fall foliage show in its entirety please visit via link & use code MICHELE10

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We love every season of the year. However, there is something poetic about Fall Foliage in the Adirondacks, New England and Canada. There is a reason people travel from around the World to visit during the Autumn months. Having grown up in Upstate New York, close to the Vermont border, was the most idyllic childhood. The scent of Cider Donuts, Apple orchards, Hot Cider and more perfumed the air. I still can’t believe how lucky I was to be surrounded by this beauty my entire life, and it never ever gets old.  The mild sunny days enhance the brilliant colors of the Foliage, shimmering onto lakes, rivers and ocean. Evenings are cozy, bundled up in chunky sweaters, wrapped in plaid Pendleton blankets and Fall Fashions on moonlit hay rides.  Sitting by the outdoor fireplace, sipping hot mulled cider spiked with a little Bourbon remains one of my favorite things to do.

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Homemade Apple Cider Glazed Dumplings

Our apple dumplings are one of my family and friends favorite Autumn dessert I make!

We use Dufour puff pastry, local apples & local apple cider. I live in the countryside of New Jersey with several wonderful farms & cider mills.

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Recipe:

Core apples ( we typically make 6 dumplings)

Add a small Pat of salted butter & 1 heaping tablespoon of light brown sugar

Add a very small pinch of ground cinnamon

Roll out thawed Dufour puff pastry

Wrap each apple

We typically can make 4 dumplings per one sheet of puff pastry

Bake in pre heated oven check around 20 minutes so they don’t over brown

cool and add icing

Apple cider icing:

Combine

2 tablespoons apple cider

1 cup confectionery sugar

1 tablespoon of heavy cream

(You can easily double the icing- add more apple cider or more powdered sugar to get the consistency you want)

Serve with scope vanilla ice ream

Preheat oven to 400 degrees (all ovens are different so be careful not to burn or overcook your dumplings. We used an ovenproof ceramic casserole dish to bake in. We only put 4 dumplings per baking dish as to NOT overcrowd them and allow them for o puff up into a beautifully delicious buttery dessert.

*** please note the buttery brown sugar filling will not make your puff pastry soggy & will be incredible while warm melting into the side of vanilla ice cream. you can certainly omit that but it’s what makes these delicate pastries more unique, mouthwatering & irresistible!

Milk Chocolate Covered Raisin Oatmeal Cookies (with sea salt)

Our spin on the classic Quaker Oats recipe for oatmeal raisin cookies

(There are no chocolate chips in our version)

The combination is mouthwatering & the hit of sea salt is the perfect balance.

Please make sure not to over bake them & check on them BEFORE the timer goes off!

Ingredients

I cup of butter (= 2 sticks of butter - 1 salted & 1 unsalted) at room temperature

3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs (room temperature)

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon sea salt (we love the flavor it adds)

1 cup milk chocolate covered raisins

3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned uncooked)

Baking Instructions

“Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat butter and sugars on medium speed of electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well. Add oats and raisins; mix well. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.“

*** bakers note we like ours on the large side, moist & chewy

For crispier make a little smaller and bake a little bit longer

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