Hot Chocolate

         Merry Christmas! I wish you all a very merry Christmas. Christmas is a time for family and friends so today I am going to show you a recipe that is quick and easy that everyone loves. Hot chocolate! This is a drink that you can curl up  on your couch and enjoy with everyone. Let's get started!

         You will need:

• one cup milk
• four teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• a small amount of cinnamon
• one fourth teaspoon vanilla extract
• two tablespoons of sugar

      Steps

1. In a mug/ jug combine two tablespoons of milk and cocoa powder
2. Add in the sugar and stir thoroughly
3. Warm the remaining milk in a microwave and add the vanilla extract
4. Pour the milk in your container and stir thoroughly
5. Sprinkle the cinnamon on the top
6. Enjoy with friends and family!

     I hope everyone enjoyed this recipe. Remeber, the comments section is always open for advice, suggestions, or questions. Bye and keep coming for more mouth watering recipes!

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Special Christmas Post!

        Hello everyone! How many places can you think of that have a special Christmas celebration every year? Today I am going to name and describe many places that have Christmas celebrations so if you're not going to go on a vacation, you can spend time with your family at some of these amazing sites. Let's get started!

           Rockefeller Center

        Rockefeller Center is famous for its annual Christmas tree lighting. This activity has been attracting viewers for more then 75 years! It was built by the Rockefeller family in 1933. John D. Rockefeller had built it during the Great Depression for the unemployed people. Over 40,000 people had found jobs with this amazing project. Rockefeller Center is now located in Manhattan, New York.

         Fun Facts

1. People have tried to climb the Christmas tree before
2. The Christmas tree is 75-90 feet tall and it takes over five miles of lights do decorate it
3. The tree is worth 1.5 million, with all the diamonds and crystals    on it

        Pierre, South Dakota

    Pierre, South Dakota is well- known for its "indoor forest". This is a over- hundred year old capital and hundreds of Christmas trees fill the hall with light each year. There is also an annual parade and all the politicians serve pie. Groups from all over the world come to provide entertainment and joy, so this seems like the finest place to be at Christmas. The atmosphere always includes joy, giving, and laughter.

                                         Fun Facts

1. There is a train ride which is called "Holiday Express" in which you get to meet Santa
2. There is a "Breakfast With Santa" event in which Santa joins you for breakfast
3. The parade goes on from six p.m. to twelve a.m.

        Santa Claus Village, Finland

      This area is excellent for kids and parents both to enjoy. Santa Claus comes out and shows you around his village. He is happy to take photos, hug your child, and give them his twinkling smile which is the life and soul of the visit. Then he leads you to Santa Park, which is an amazing amusement park that has amazing rides and more of Santa filled fun. Another part of the village is Santa's forest. Santa personally gives you a tour and you get a chance to meet Santa's reindeer. This place is a great one to visit and it leaves you with tons of happy memories and a big smile. 

                                           Fun Facts

1. The tour runs from April- December so you can go anytime you like. 
2. There are reindeer sled rides
3. There are many shops and arts and crafts centers

    I hope you all enjoyed this post and will definately visit some of these places for Christmas vacation. Bye!

                                      

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App of the Week

          Hello everyone! From now on, there will be a new segment called: App of the Week! In these posts, I will talk about some of the apps that relate to my blog. This way, if you can't bake at home, you can bake online! So let us waste no more time and let me introduce the app of the week.  

      This week's app is: Bakery Story. This game allows you to own a bakery...for free! This game is absolutely free although you can choose to buy gems with money. You can decorate, renovate, and do much much more to your bakery. There are a great variety of tables, chairs, decorations, tiles, wallpapers, and most important dishes that you can chose from. 

     Bakery Story is one of many games in the "story" series and it was produced by Team Lava. There are updates every week so there is always more to choose from!

     More about the game..........
      This game requires internet connection since there is a place on your wall to leave comments. The wall is basically like a chat box, except there will always be positive critisism in the comments. You can invite neighbors by creating a stormID. You're storm Id will be like your name in the game. 

       I hope you enjoyed this new segment and will come back for more. The comments section, like always, is open for everyone. Bye! (To find more cool apps, go to http://thenextcoco.blogspot.com/)

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Gingerbread Men!

     Hello readers! I am elated to say that from now till Christmas, I will be posting various Christmas recipes. So I decided to start with none other than gingerbread men! These are super simple to make and I make them every Christmas. So let's get started!

        You will need:

• ginger 
• cinnamon
• cloves
• nutmeg
• baking soda
• salt
• flour
• brown sugar
• molasses
• vanilla extract
• an egg
• butter
• gingerbread cookie cutter
• frosting 

   Steps

1. Combine the butter, brown sugar, and egg ina bowl. Stir thoroughly.
2. Add in the molasses and continue to mix until it is smooth. After that, add in the vanilla.
3. Add in the flour and smooth it once more (strictly using a wooden or silicone spatula).
4. Put the dough into the fridge for two hours.
5. Take it out and cut all the dough into gingerbread shapes using the cookie cutter.
6. Bake in the oven at 350 Degrees for fifteen minutes.
7. Decorate your gingerbread however you want.
8. Eat!

                                        

       I hope everyone enjoyed this recipe. Remeber, the comments section is always open for advice, suggestions, or questions. Bye and keep coming for more mouth watering recipes! I will add some pictures at the bottom for decorating ideas!

Here are the pictures for decorating ideas!

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Chocolate Chip Muffins

   Hello everyone! Have you ever gone frantic because you had a party to go to in a half an hour and you had procrastinated to make the dessert? I have the solution. Today I will show you how to make a dessert that is perfect for any occasion. Chocolate chip muffins! These muffins are great to enjoy at home or at a party. So let's get started!

  For these muffins you will need: 

• flour
• chocolate chips
• brown and white suugar
• milk 
• eggs
• melted butter
• baking powder
• cinnamon 
• salt
• sour cream
• vanilla extract

   Steps

1. Preheat your oven to 400 Degrees
2. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together. 
3. Take a fistful of the mixture and combine it with your chocolate. (DO NOT make the chocolate chips become liquid)
4. Combine the white sugar, milk, eggs, melted butter, milk, sour cream, vanilla extract, and the brown sugar together and stir thoroughly.
5. Add in the dry ingredients and chocolate chips. (DO NOT make the chocolate chips become liquid)
6. Pour the batter into paper cups and put them into the oven for fifteen minutes. 
7. Eat!

              I hope everyone enjoyed this recipe. Remeber, the comments section is always open for advice, suggestions, or questions. Bye and keep coming for more mouth watering recipes!

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Homemade Chocolate

      Hello everyone! I really appreciate the people who commented on my last post and one of the commenters suggested that I should show you how to make homemade chocolate today. So homemade chocolate it is! Today I am going to show you how to make chocolate in a simple, easy way. Chocolate is a snack that most people buy from stores. But why buy a box of chocolate when you can make it at home? Store bought chocolate has a lot of preservatives, so it is unhealthy. So today we are going to make preservative- free chocolate. The best part is, that it is delicious! So let's get started!
                             

     You will need:

• vegetable shortening
• powdered milk (as weird as that might sound)
• cocoa powder
• icing sugar
• salt

      Let's get started! The steps are listed below.

                         Steps

1. Add all the powdered ingredients including the salt and icing sugar together (don't put in the shortening).
2. Melt the shortening until it is like water and add that to the mixture and stir thoroughly.
3. Line a baking tray with with wax paper/ parchment paper and pour the mixture onto the tray.
4. Place the chocolate into the fridge for two- three hours
5. Eat!

     I hope everyone enjoyed this recipe. Remeber, the comments section is always open for advice, suggestions, or questions. Bye and keep coming for more mouth watering recipes!

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Sugar Cookies

           Hello readers! It autumn now, so I thought that I shoud share some awesome autumn recipes. Today we will be making sugar cookies. I don't like to eat sugar cookies when they are plain so I am going to be showing you how to make the icing as well. They are a great snack whether you are coming home from work, school, or even when you just want something sweet! Let's get started! 

      You will need:

• granulated sugar
• flour
• butter 
• sugar
• one egg
• baking soda
• baking powder
• salt
• vanilla extract

    Let's get started! I decided to try a different format today, so look below for the steps.

          Steps

1. Preheat your oven to 350 Degrees
2. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper/ wax paper
3. Combine the butter and sugar together and stir thoroughly
4. Add the vanillla and egg (stir thoroughly)
5. Add all the dry ingrediants to the mixture (except the sugar) and stir thoroughly
6. Roll the mixture into balls (roll them in the sugar too) and place them a reasonable distance apart from each other on the baking sheet
7. Put the cookies into the oven for about twenty minutes and then on a cooling rack for the same amount of time

     I bet you're wondering how this recipe has to relate with autumn at all. Well if you want to make autumn sugar cookies, stay tuned: there's more to come!

    For the frosting you will need: 

• confectioners sugar
• shortening
• milk
• vanilla
• orange food coloring

    Let's get started!

1. Combine your confectioners sugar and shortening together and stir thoroughly
2. Add in the milk and vanilla ans stir until you can dip your figer in and won't find any lumps
3. Add in the orange food coloring
4. Frost your sugar cookies
5. If you want, decorate with sprinkles
6. Eat!

         I hope everyone enjoyed this recipe. Remeber, the comments section is always open for advice, suggestions, or questions. Bye and keep coming for more mouth watering recipes!

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Thanksgiving Cake

        Hello readers and a very happy Thanksgiving! Today we are going to make a very special and simple recipe that I had been saving for Thanksgiving day. Today we will make a very special Thanksgiving cake. This should be fairly easy because almost everybody knows how to make a cake, so I will basically be showing you some ways to decorate cakes tht relate to Thanksgiving. Today I will go over two designs that are super easy and fun to decorate. The nice thing is that I will be showing you how to decorte a square and round cake. This is a recipe that your family is bound to love. So let's get started!

        For a round cake you will need:

• a baked cake (try to have it covered with white fondant)
• orange, green, brown, and pink frosting
• a fine and thick nozzle to put on your frosting bag

       Let's get started! Put on the thin nozzle on the brown frosting and make small swirls at the top of the cake (on the edge). Then place a thick nozzle on the orange icing and squirt large drops of frosting out. Leave a space between each drop. Take your green icing and put on the thick nozzle. Do the same thing as you did with the orange frosting, except place the dots where therer are spaces and don't leave a gap. Place a fine nozzle on the pink frosting and in the middle of the cake, write "Happy Thanksgiving". Lastly, relish with your family!

          For a square cake you will need:

• a baked cake covered with white frosting/ fondant
• brown frosting
• orange frosting
• a fine, thick, and medium sized nozzle

     Let's get started. Leave one fourth of the cake empty. Then, On the edge, take your thick nozzle and squirt little drops of orange icing on the edges (do not leave gaps). Take your brown frosting and avoiding the empty space, write "Happy Thanksgiving". Now starte working in the empty space. Use your slim nozzle and make an outline of a leaf in brown. Make a line vertically in the center of the leaf and and then, using your medium sized nozzle color in the leaf (do not color on top of the line). Take your slim nozzle and make small lines that attach to the center line. These lines should not be any longer than three quarters of an inch. Lastly, enjoy this sweet dish with your family!

       I hop everyone enjoyed this post. Once again, Happy Thanksgiving! 

Thanksgiving Facts: Did Pilgrims have the meals we have?

       Hello readers! Today I am going to share a few facts about Thanksgiving meals back then. This is a short, special post on Thanksgiving. What do you eat on Thanksgiving? Do you eat: Turkey? Potatoes? Pumpkin Pie? Cranberries? What if you had to eat venison? The pilgrims had to eat things like this and they had to eat their grown crops. Many people take their Thanksgiving meal for granted. If pilgrims didn't have the luxuries we do, what did they eat? Let's find out.

       First on their list would be the deer that they hunted. Capturing a deer is a big achievement, especially without modern technology. Most deer are fast and their eyesight is sharp. So naturally, deer would a prized meal.

        Second would be the cranberries and corn they grew. Are you surprised? Don't be! The cranberries they ate were much unlike the cranberries we eat today. They were not covered in the delicious sauce our cranberries are covered with. The pilgrims grew cranberries, wich they had to pick and eat ripe. 

        Thirdly, there was the grain. Since this feast was celebrated for the fact that the pilgrims had achieved a wonderful harvest season, the pilgrims and Indians feasted on grain. 

        Lastly there were the wildfowl. Wildfowl is any type of bird hunted by someone. In addition to the deer, wildfowl was the only thing there was for meat. 

         I hope everyone enjoyed these facts that I put up for Thanksgiving. If you have a fact to add, be sure to leave a comment! Once again, enjoy your Thanksgiving! 

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Thanksgiving Cookies

      Hello everyone! Today we are going to make another Thanksgiving recipe. Someone commented on my last post informing me that they wanted to see how turkey cookies are made.   So today's post is going to be a really simple one because these cookies require no effort and are fun to make with your family. These cookies can be taken to a party or eaten at home. The best part is that kids love these cookies and always want more. So let's get started!

          You will need: 

• candy corn
• Oreo cookies
• brown and yellow icing
• one chocolate candy (shaped as a ball)
• Reeses chocolate (three fourths)

         Let's get started! Separate your Oreo into two parts. Then, dip your candy corn into the brown frosting and line one of the creamy edges with five candy corn pieces. Take the other Oreo half and spread the brown frosting all over it and stick it on top of the other Oreo. Take one of your Resses pieces and smear the edges with the brown frosting. Take an Oreo and stick it to the bottom of the first Oreo. 

   Stick the Resees piece into the joint of the two Oreos. On top of the Reeses piece, stick the ball shaped candy, to make the turkey's head (use your brown frosting to stick everything). Cut  the tip of a candy corn and stick it on to the head. Use the yellow icing to make the eyes and feet. Lastly, eat!

 =This is how the cookies should look

      I hope everyone enjoyed this recipe. If you try it out, be sure to leave a commment on how the cookies tasted! Please don't forget to leave a comment if you have any suggestions. I'm running out of ideas.....Bye!

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Thanksgiving Cupcakes

     Hello everyone! Thanksgiving is just a few days away! Have you thought what you are going to make for dessert on the day? Well from now until Thanksgiving, I will show you how to make a variety of Thanksgiving desserts. These are fit for parties and you can enjoy them with your family and friends. Today we will be making turkey cupcakes. Don't worry! They do not contain meat and are very simple to make. So let's get started!

         You will need:

• a mini and regular cupcake tin
• cake mix
• candy corn
• mini and regular paper cups
• brown, white, and black frosting
• a flower shaped cookie
• fruit roll up
• brown sprinkles
• large marshmallows

      Let's get started. First, bake your cupcakes and allow them to cool. (I prefer five regular cupcakes and five large cupcakes). Take your brown frosting and spread it over your cupcakes. (Both mini and large). Then, take your large cupcake and roll the edges in the sprinkes. Take the mini cupcake and roll ONE edge in the sprinkles.  Take your candy corn and line the back with white frosting and stick it on to your cookie. (At the edge). Do this five times and the allow the cookie to sit for ten minutes. Take your mini cupcake and stick the candy corn in the middle. Take your black frosting and make the eyes. 

     (Make sure to make the eyes on the mini cupcake). Create a waddle with your fruit roll up and put it around the candy corn on the mini cupcake. Cut your marshmallow diagonally and place it on the edge of the big cupcake. Stick your cookie in front of the marshmallow and then put your mini cupcake in front of the cookie. Lastly, eat! 

 below is is how the cupcakes should look

    I hope everyone enjoyed this recipe. Remember to comment if you have any suggestions, advice, or questions. Stay tuned for more Thanksgiving recipes and enjoy!

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