The tentative kitchen gifts list for 2025

 

Yes, here is our tentative list of kitchen gifts for this Christmas.  As usual, it is likely to be added to or possibly subtracted from.

You may wonder why there are cookies on this list.  It's because we give gifts of specific cookies to certain people who love particular ones: Eggnog Logs and  Sacher Torte Cookies, and Chocolate Mint Crisps.  I put the cookies for nearby recipients on pretty Christmas or winter plates that I either pick up on after-Christmas clearance the year before, or at the thrift store throughout the year.  I found some beautiful ones for this year's cookies, and they are washed and stashed away ready for use.

Cookie recipients who don't live nearby get their cookies in festive tins I've purchased in similar fashion or saved from a previous year.

Holiday Special Fudge will be winging its way to Nevada as a seasonal kitchen gift.  This chocolate fudge contains nuts and raisins and tastes a bit like a Chunky candy bar.

 My walking partner loves the Golden Apricot Cakes so much that I will make them just for her.   These are fun to make in tiny loaf pans.  Then I will wrap them individually in something pretty: colored foil, or the printed parchment paper I recently found at Hobby Lobby.  Below you see wrapped loaves from a previous year.

 
Christmas Granola is just my Homemade Granola with dried cranberries and shelled pistachios added.

The Spicy Peanuts is a recipe I tried last year for some of the men on my gift list.  They were good but I may try to find something different for this year. 

I made a batch of our favorite Maple Barbecue Sauce as a kitchen gift last year, and it was well received.  So I am planning to make that again.  (Recipe coming soon to a Christmas blog near you.)

And one more possibility that I blogged about back in July: Pecan Pie Bark.  This didn't make it onto my list, but it looks so good.  I may try to adapt it using maple syrup; we will see.

That's why I always make a tentative list!