Rooted In Thyme

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

~Vintage Collectibles and Simple & Sweet Fridays #197~

I love vintage bottles and fell in love with some at

Vignettes Antiques in Ocean Beach.

At a recent Christmas shopping day I found these one of a kind findings!

Especially with vintage bleached bottle brush Christmas trees,

I had to have some this year!!

So pretty with some rhinestones!

Love this snowman with vintage jewelry.

A vintage porcelain baby shoe displaying an antique bottle tree.

A new treasure beaded ornament!

An angel lighting up a vignette.

I wanted to share my Christmas decorations.

Our mantel displaying some bottle brush vintage trees.

The miniature house decked out for the holiday season!!

A new recipe I tried for dinner.

~Parsley Pecorino Biscuits~

A Smitten Kitchen Recipe.

Delicious!

I started baking cookies for Christmas.

One of our family favorites.

Golden Thumbprints!

I have lots more baking to do.

Love the Christmas holiday!!

Last weeks features:

Simple Joys - Paper Christmas Tree

Living on Cloud Nine - RED VELVET WHITE CHOCOLATE TRIFLE

Little Brags - Project Challenge: Bead Board

Lemons fo Lulu - Samoa Cookie Bark

Karen's Up On the Hill - Holiday Home Tour 2015: Part 1

Delightful E Made - Ginger Snap Cocktail

Oh My Creative - CHOCOLATE PRETZEL CHRISTMAS TREES

Rosemary & Thyme - 2015 Christmas Home Tour - Part 1

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

~ The Christmas Holiday is Here with Gingerbread Biscotti and Simple & Sweet Fridays #196~

We love biscotti and wanted to try this recipe we saw online at

Starbucks Copycat Recipe for

~Gingerbread Biscotti~

I always love having fresh homemade cookies out,

when family and friends

come over for the holidays.

GINGERBREAD BISCOTTI

Starbucks Copycat Recipe

1 cup butter (softened)

2 cups sugar

5 eggs

grated rind from one orange

1/2 cup dark molasses

5 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cloves

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 teaspoons powdered ginger

4 cups toasted pecans (or hazelnuts)

melted white chocolate, later

In one bowl blend butter and sugar with a mixer until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and blend until smooth. Add orange peel and molasses and mix well. In another bowl stir well or sift flour, baking powder, salt, cloves, cinnamon and ginger. Slowly add the dry mixture to the wet mixture with the mixer running. Lightly toast and chop the nuts. Add them to the dough mixture. You'll probably have to use your hands to work them into the dough. Chill the dough for four hours.

Divide the dough into several portions. Roll it into logs about 1 1/2" in diameter a little shorter than the length of your cookie sheet. Flatten the logs a little with your hand and space them 2-3 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 325 degrees for 40-45 minutes until done inside. Remove and cool for 10 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 300 degrees.

Handling the baked "logs" carefully. With a sharp knife slice them at an angle into 1/2" to 3/4" slices. Place the slices cut side down on baking sheets and bake 10-15 minutes. Turn them over and bake another 10 - 15 minutes until dry. After they are completely cool dip them in melted white chocolate.