Good Lord.
I’m so full of food.
I probably won’t eat again until 2012.
But! Yesterday you attacked my comment section with the most lovely Christmas wishes and all sorts of excitement about the goodies coming out of your kitchen.
You reached back into my archives, put on your baking gloves (duh) and got goin’ in your kitchen to create some sugarlove for your families. I’m so glad I could be a part of that! Blame me for those tightening trousers. I totally think it’s worth it.
Here’s what you made! Ps. I’m proud of you.
Katie made this Creme Fraiche Quiche for her Christmas brunch.
She called it “flavorful and fluffy”. She’s totally right.
Lina made these Chocolate Brownie Cookies drizzled with white chocolate and dried cranberries.
She also greeted me with a “Sup, brah.”… which is totally uncommon.
These Sweet and Spicy Almonds were a big hit for Roohbaroo. She hogged all the compliments… well deserved.
These Parker House Rolls are yeasty and topped with butter. Ms. Wong said they were “AMAZING”. Caps lock means things are pretty serious.
Someone made a vegetable. That’s a miracle in itself. Lisa made vegetables with butter… and she says she’ll make it again. High five.
Joy in Amsterdam made these Egg Nog Pancakes for her first Christmas alone. That makes my heart feel good. Get it, girl.
This is the second year Mischa made this Cranberry Coffee Cake for her family. Um… sounds like a tradition to me!
Gina made this Vegetarian Chili for her family. She skipped the jalapeno and topped it with sour cream. Smartypants.
Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls are just about the best thing ever. Adrienne and her sister woke up at 5am Christmas morning to make these for their family. Wendy made these Christmas morning so her boys would wake up to yeasty cinnamony smells. Kim gave these a shot too. Am I the only one who didn’t have cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning?
Anne’s Kitchen made this Vegan Pumpkin Apple Cranberry Bread for her friend in an effort to get her vegan friend into baking. That’s sweet.
Um… ok. I have to go stop eating for like… the rest of my life.
Debbie
I happened across your blog and what a treat. I love your sense of humor. Thanks for sharing. I’ll check back in again as soon as I can (work is interrupting my fun!)
Jamie
I made the pumpkin bread, too! Once again used all whole wheat flour and a 1/2 c. of applesauce = perfection. Perfectly moist and dense, not dry or crumbly at all! Yum!
Nichole
I made the Brown Sugar Apple Cheesecake and it was a huge hit. I combined the original and your way of making it though – I made it like a regular cheesecake in a springform pan but put the apples over the top. So delicious. Stranded snow guests finished it off over the weekend!
Laura
Hey Joy!
I know all about the not eating until probably forever…
But I also made eggnog pancakes on Christmas Eve morning. The family loved them.
Thanks!
stacey
love your blog.. well I love you too but Im sure that sounds creepy.. anyways, made your buttermilk biscuits and they were a huge hit! thanks for making me look like an awesome baker!
Jacq
I made low-fat oatmeal banana bread, in muffin form and or course had to add chocolate chips!
They were a huge hit, my favorite go to recipe and I always add what I have lying around (mango, cranberries, m&ms…)
Not to toot my own horn but Joy, I’ve made fans of yours out of my grocery store cashier and my yoga teacher and especially my boyfriend! Thanks for all the inspiration!
Terri Carr
I too, made the Apple, pumpkin Vegan bread for 2 friends & they loved it. One is my neice and she is always asking me to make her something vegan & this is the first time I ever did & she loved it. Thank you.
Amy B.
Oh, I didn’t know we were chiming in about all the deliciousness we’ve indulged in from your website! I have to add, because I hand made all my gifts this year, and two of them came from here!
I made my mom cinnamon sugar biscotti to go along with the Honduran Microloan Coffee I got her. Reminiscent of the cinnamon sugar toast we’d make her for breakfast in bed as kids!
I made my brother the maple bacon kettle corn. It was so delicious that I actually gave him the second batch after my friends and I devoured the first.
Also, in going through and tagging all the recipes I was interested in, I got my rooommate hooked on your blog. There are many more recipes I didn’t get to that I can’t wait to try after the holidays!
Gina
:D Making it again when I visit some friends for new years eve this week! Wonderful blog, Joy!
Erin
We LOVED the honey vanilla bean marshmallows! They were a perfect gift for all of our nieces and nephews, and I can assure you that my husband, our 2-year olds, and myself sampled plenty as well!
http://bananablueberries.blogspot.com/2010/12/marshmallow-follow-up.html
Darcie
I made your vegan pumpkin bread, like, 100 times. Everybody luuurved it. And it’s SO dang easy to make. Must. stop. eating.
Lisa {With Style and Grace}
BEST surprise, seeing Joy the Baker in my incoming links! Wow, thank you for the mention and like I said, I will certainly be making this again. High five.
The Feast Beast
You are the only one who didn’t have cinnamon rolls Christmas morning. Big mistake.
Dana
I made the lemon souffle pudding for my annual Christmas reunion dinner with my besties from high school. It was absolutely perfect after a huge meal–creamy and dessert-y enough for the chocolate lovers, but light and intensely lemony and refreshing. Will absolutely make again. And again. Happy Holidays!
Tamara
This year I made the Oatmeal Blueberry Applesauce Muffins, Orange Poppy Seed Muffins (using your lemon recipe as a template), Toasted Coconut Cookies and the Giant Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies as the base for my Key Lime Ice Cream Sandwiches. Your recipes are easy to follow and have yielded awesome results for me, particularly the poppy seed muffins and the coconut cookies. And I look forward to more of your recipes.
Natalia - a side of simple
Everything looks delicious, so I say, “Who’s up for round two?”
Rachel
My family has cinnamon rolls every Christmas morning, too. :) That tradition is my favorite. I also made your apple crisp recipe for dessert that night– first try and everyone loved it! You’re awesome.
Natasha @ Saved by the Egg Timer
I think I am going to start those Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls right now so I can have them for dinner :)
Baking Serendipity
I’m so full of holiday foods and yet these all look so fantastic! Thanks for a constant supply of awesome recipes :) Hope you had a great Christms and are still enjoying the holiday season!
Emma
There’s some talented cooks out there – these all look lovely.
Candice
I made your kettle corn (me and my girl’s new favorite snack) to eat while we watched Little Women and made your lemon poppy seed muffins for a pre-gift snack on Christmas morning- soooo yummy- loved that real lemon flavor. Thanks!!!!
Mary
For the holidays, I made 14 different kinds of candies, and 3 different kinds of cookies…does that count?
hannah @ bake five
what great food to mark off a fantastic 2010. happy holidays!
Anita
I made your Kale and Sweet-Potato Soup for Christmas. It was quite delicious…and one of my favorite recipes.
Amanda
I too made cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning….guess you missed the memo…oops
hannah alyse
I just made your pumpkin pie poptarts!!!!!! they disappeared in like 6 minutes. (but that was because I made my facebook status “Just Baked Pumpkin Pie Poptarts” which caused my whole apartment building to come over and eat them all…)
But it was worth it. They were delightfully wonderful.
ana in arizona
your website is one of the most exciting things that happened to me this year! even though i found you near the end of the year i have put your tasty recipes to good use!
i made your PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES and they were… AMAZING! my mom, who isn’t a big fan of peanut butter cookies, said they were delicious!
thank you!! you’re AMAZING! <3
~ana
Rebekah
I have family visiting this week. They are totally getting your ‘chewy molasses cookies’ and my favorite ‘cranberry coffee cake’.
Marissa
I made the peppermint meringues and they were a huge hit. My dad loves peppermint anything and I think he ate the whole tin that I brought. Thanks for a wonderful recipe that will be used over and over again.
Tamy
Hi, I love this blog very much. Even thought I don’t speak english, I love to look to all the pics. They are inspiring!
Kisses,
Tamy
Marie Baars
umm…eggnog pancakes…sounds like a great two-days-after christmas morning breakfast. YUM
Martine
As requested by my kids I made the buttermilk chocolate chip pancakes for “pre-Christmas morning” – as we were heading out to Mexico on Christmas eve.
I must say we enjoy your recipes weekly at our house.
Thanks Joy.
mireya
How wonderful to have such a dedicated following. Yay!
When Pigs Fly
Like I said before, I love your Ginger persimmon bread. I’ve made it at least five times this month for gifts.
GrapeApe
LOL! A friend and I did the cream cheese cinnamon rolls also the day before Christmas and refridgerated them overnight. Popped them in the oven Christmas morning! Deeeeelish!
Love those things! Thanks so much for all the great recipes… What’s the status on the baking retreat?
Sues
Happy New Year! I can’t wait to see everything you come up with in 2011 :) :)
Emmy
I tested my new bundt pan with your All-Purpose Holiday Cake, and it was a hit, both for Christmas Eve dessert and for Christmas morning breakfast! Thanks!
Erma
That’s such a compliment for your readers to bake your recipes!! You’re awesome Joy!
Allieush
Hi Joy!
I hope you had an absolutely amazing Christmas and that your trousers feel less tight very soon :)
Thank you for all of your posts, they never cease to make my day and that is something that I am truly thankful for. Best wishes as you finish this year and move towards 2011-I look forward to what you’ll post in the future!
Sincerely,
Allieush
Sasha @ Global Table Adventure
I normally do overnight cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning, but this year I tried overnight French Toast.. oh my … found the recipe in an old cookbook … doctored it up a little and… after serving… I had to give my husband smelling salts. He totally LOVED it. Which I LOVED. :) Cooking for family is my favorite way to give them a hug, from the inside lol.
Amanda
My kids and I make the apple cinnamon oatmeal cookies and they were TDF. Seriously, we are making another batch today!
Sarah-Anne
yes. yes, you are the only person that doesn’t have cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning. as much as i hate to say this, i made the ones out of the can. although, i convinced my mom to buy the brand name and not some knock off. yay for me (and for cinnamon rolls)!
Sarah-Anne
Amy @ Serve At Once
Making vegetables is quite a feat on Christmas day. I made green beans, corn, and peas…and I noticed at the end of the meal that none of them ended up on my plate.
Oops.
Joy, I gotta try your cinnamon rolls someday. Geez Louise.
tracy
CARBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Justeen @ Blissful Baking
seriously, i feel like i am also the only person that didn’t have cinnamon rolls on christmas morning!! this is going to change next year fosho!
Jannell
Oh, and your red velvet cupcakes for christmas dessert!
Jannell
I totally made your Apple crisp for Christmas day dessert.
Also I made tons o the spicy roasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds and gave them ads presents to people we work with. Everyone loved both! Oh, I forgot, I brought your giant vanilla sugar cookies to a christmas eve party. This is totally my go-to recipe site. If I have something in my head, I check your index to see if you’ve done it already! It’s always fabulous!
Erin E
I just found your website and this post makes me so disappointed that I didn’t find it BEFORE Christmas! Can’t wait to look through your recent posts!
EileenQ
I made the Vegan Pumpkin Apple Cranberry Bread, too! I put pecans in one loaf and walnuts in the other and they were BOTH fabulous!
Christyna
Made your buttermilk pie for thanksgiving & then my beat friend Made it for Christmas dinner (along with lobster). We have many requests for your buttermilk pie lil lady! You’re awesome and my life got a lot a bit better when I discovered your blog! Keep up the great work Joy!! You totally deserve a Nobel peace prize for all the Joy you spread around the world (pun intended) with your delectable goodies. Can’t wait to see what the new year brings. Have a great rest of your 2010!
Christyna
Not my “beat” friend (that’s just weird) my best friend. Lol!
Khara
Um, these all look delicious. My mouth is watering. Excuse me, I must go eat . . . again :)
joymama
I found your site thru voknits.com. I made the black pepper cheddar biscuits for xmas morning! They were beautiful and yummy. I am excited to look up and try more of your recipes.
Dawn P
Joy,
I made your cranberry coffee cake for our Christmas brunch and it was wonderful. Everyone loved it and I will be making this again. Thank you so much for all your posts. Your site is always one of the first ones I go to when looking for recipes and ideas. Looking forward to the next year of recipes.
Thanks and have a happy new year!
Dawn
Eliz
Aww the Joy-the-baker-soldiers out in full force! I love! I’m up in NYC and for todays breakfast as all five members of my family are home for the rare snow day (we got 20+ inches!), I made each The Single Lady Pancake. Built for one and built to please. They all loved but, don’t worry I shared the credit with the ever lovin Joy! I truly love this post, like an extension of the joy and togetherness of xmas, but with some of the tastiest looking food know to man!
Molly
Hi Joy!
I’m lucky for two reasons. One: my Christmas gift this year was a KitchenAid Mixer. Two: My mom’s birthday is the day after Christmas. You know what that means right? TWO extravagant cakes in TWO nights. I made the Double Chocolate Devils Food Cake with Raspberries for Christmas (I’ve never received so many compliments in my life!) and the Vanilla Bean Cake with Vanilla Rosewater Buttercream (and 3 kinds of berries) for my mom’s birthday. It was so much fun, the cakes looked beautiful, and your recipes were flawless. Thank you again for being here and giving us fun recipes that we can do and we can trust.
Have a Happy New Year!
Ellen
I made your cranberry cornmeal bread for the second year. I am the only one who eats it, so boohoo for me, I get the whole loaf!!! My little personal tradition.
Take A Megabite
We had chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast on Christmas! I know you love pancakes. And I might’ve made pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes for dinner last night.
Rebecca@A Dusting of Sugar
I actually don’t think I ate uh…anything on Christmas morning. Maybe some cookies, haha. Your blog is probably my favorite thing, just so you know.
Joy in Amsterdam
you just made my day :)
Claudia
Hey, this is fun. It was a Joy the Baker weekend here too! Apple Crisp last night and roasted cauliflower with butter and garlic on Christmas. Thanks Joy, for the great recipes, wit and orange kitten photos!
Kelsey
Oh! And also made your chewy ginger cookies and oatmeal cookies with white chocolate and cherries for passing out to the neighbors. So you earned me gold stars with the neighbors AND the in-laws.
Kelsey
I also made your spicy veggie chili and pepper jack scones and served them with vegan tamales from a local restaurant on Christmas Eve! Earned lots of gold stars from the in-laws! Thanks Joy!
jules
yeah for homemade yummies. I made the oatmeal walnut cookie sandwiches for my sister who loves oatmeal cream pies. But these were better. Merry Christmas Joy. Thanks for all the recipes.
Marixxa
I brought “your” Carrot Cake to our famiy reunion on Christmas day and gave out “your” Oatmeal Walnut Chocolate Chips cookies as Christmas present to my friends and cousins — needless to say, both were a hit :-)
Merry Christmas Joy!
Rose
woohoo for spreading baking love!
i might just go and have some b&w cookies for breakfast now
‘scuse me.
Karen
I made your chocolate peanut butter pretzel brownies and they were a huge hit! Yum!!!!
Lynn Brown
I my very pretty and tasty treats!! I am with you, I am going to have to quit eating until 2012 too!!! nah, probably not, but…
peachkins
bookmarked the almonds!
Heather (Heather's Dish)
i almost felt gluttonous just reading this…in a good way!
Jean
I made your shrimp and grits for a party. Increased the amount 4 times and sweated blood over worrying about overcooking them but they turned out great! I got rave reviews for them. Love your website and your great recipes and comments.
Cheryl
I made vanilla extract to give as gifts, and vanilla vodka for myself (and some for gifts also) – we’ve had some delish vanilla/chocolatini’s with it!
Yum Yum Tables
Oh, to have one of the cinnamon rolls right now…
Alyssa
I am new to the blog world but your recipes look amazing! I will definitely be testing some out come 2011!!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is
I’ve made so many of your delicious cookie recipes, but the black and white cookies are my favorite!
celia
Wow!!! What a great yummy post this is!!!!
Love it!!!!
Beatriz
Ohhh, I made the jalapeño scones but with parmesan cheese, and they were delicious.
And I’m going to make them again for new years, they are addictive
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen
I’ve made those brownie cookies many, many times. They are awesome, especially when you sandwich some ice cream between them, or even better – vanilla buttercream!
Marina
Hey!!
Almost everyday I come to your website to look at the awsome recipes you have here, but today I have six apples, cinnamon, raisins, sugar and butter in my kitchen, so I came for inspiration. Thanks for your fantastic work, it means a lot to me, specially in super busy days, because it makes me happy.
Saludos desde Venezuela!
Sanjeeta kk
What a lovely spread out there! All the baked goodies look delicious. A real baked bonanza.
laura
you must be so proud of your readers/friends!
Nicole @ The Dirty Oven
What a great post… you forgot you lovely apple crisp… lovely, just lovely. Thank you for all of your eats..and eats and eats!!!
Stephanie @ The Travelling Tastebuds
Hi there! So glad I found you site… your photos are lovely and I love your writing style. Very personable… look forward to reading more :)