Pineapple Cookie / Kue Nenas

source I use this pic because I couldn't find mine from last year :)

I made this cookie last year for a cookie exchange in my church. This is one of my favorite cookie during Christmas time back in my country. This cookie very common during big holiday either for Christian or Muslim ( we are one of the biggest Muslim population country in the world ). I don't know why. I think because we have lots of pineapple around :)

You can make the shape in many different variety from leaves, little ball like above ( which I usually do ).

PINEAPPLE COOKIE /KUE NENAS (about 7 dozen cookies)

INGREDIENTS FOR PINEAPPLE FILLING:
1 pineapple (cut and coarsely chopped or grated)

1 cup sugar (depends on how sweet you want it)
1/2 Tbsps. cinnamon powder

COOKING METHOD FOR PINEAPPLE FILLING:

In a large pot, put in the coarsely chopped pineapple, sugar and cinnamon powder on low heat. Cook until thickened. This may take 2-3 hours. Let it completely cool before used for filling if you do not use up all the pineapple filling, save it in the jar and refrigerate it, it will last for at least a month I can say. Use it for your toast, yum J

INGREDIENTS FOR DOUGH:
3 cups  all-purpose flour  (you may need a little more)
1/2 cup  sugar
4 sticks butter

4 eggs yolks

½ Cheddar Cheese

2 teaspoons Vanilla extract

INGREDIENTS FOR EGG WASH
2 egg yolks (beaten)
1 teaspoon water
2 oz. shredded cheddar cheese for sprinkle
Cloves (for decoration) – optional

HOW TO MAKE IT:

1. Mix eggs  yolk, sugar and butter from low speed to high speed until  soft.  Add cheese and Vanilla Extract mix it in high speed until the cheese blended and  flour  until the  dough  quite oily and it should not stick on your hand. If you feel that the dough is still too wet, add more flour (a bit by a bit) until you get the consistency where you can work with the dough

2. Divide the dough into  7 dozens  equal size balls, depends on how big you want them. I suggest not too big as they will expand a bit when you bake. Flatten individual ball and fill about 1 tsp. of the filling  into the middle of the dough and wrap them around

3. You can shape them however you want them. Sometime you can make them shape like pineapple too but sure a lot of work so I just make the easy one J

4. Brush each cookie with the egg yolk wash

5. Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray the cookie sheet with non-stick spray and bake for  20-25  minutes or  until  golden brown.

ENJOY J

Our Home Christmas Decoration

Happy Wednesday All !! I hope you had a great day !

I used lots of green for this years Christmas decorations. Mostly, I used stuff I already had.

This is our view when we open the front door. I always try to keep the true meaning of Christmas as a focus. It's a nice reminder of what this time of year means to us. From the entry way , I just changed the flowers to berries and pine leaves. I used them in several spots throughout the house. This is a cheap way to decorate yet very festive.

Our coffee table is very simple. I just put bunch of ornaments inside this big bowl. Also pine cones, green and this beautiful manger ornament.

This is our dining room. I keep it simple too. I have another  nativity set I use here. The deer was a freebee from one of my shopping cart diving expeditions.

This center piece is very easy to do. I  used a cake stand and put a candle in the middle with little pine trees and a few ornaments. The cardinals are salt and pepper shakers.

This is our powder room or extra bathroom. I used the book wreath from last year that was in the dining room. Also, I kept the fresh green flowing into this room as well.

 

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Our Christmas Tree

Happy Monday All ! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Ours was great. We went to the big Apple NYC ! I will make another post about that.

Decorations are very common during this time of year. I think we can all agree that our favorite is the Christmas tree. It's festive and the star on top reminds us of Bethlehem, where Jesus was born.

When I was growing up. I can't remember my family ever having a Christmas tree. Not even a Charlie Brown tree. Why....because we couldn't afford it. Christmas trees were a luxury in my country back then, much less any other decoration. But we still celebrated the true meaning of Christmas. It is not about decorations or trees. It is about Jesus being born in a manger on a mission to save us from our sin. We celebrate "the Savior is born". John 3:16

Since, now, I can afford to have my very own Christmas tree, I love to decorate it with something very meaningful ornaments to us. We don't use a color theme, except for the ribbon around, so I think the tree decorations will be the same every year. All the ornament will be the same year after year, because each ornament we hang on the tree has sentimental value to us. 

 

We met in 2007 so this Lenox bell is very special.

 

 

My husband's favorite football team Redskin all the way :).

 

 

The first ornament we bought together snoopy is always a favorite.

 

 

The cutest little bird you will ever see. We chose this together.

 

 

This box tree ornament hand made by one of our church member who is disabled.

 

 

I hope you have fun and have a special way to decorate your tree !!!

 

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Weekend Blessing

 Luke 2 : 14

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Candy Cane Vase ( Affordable gift )

I did this candy cane vase last year as a gift to friends and just filled it with green and a bunch of roses. And they just loved it.

 

This weekend our church secretary asked me to make one for the speaker's wife at our church Christmas banquet.

I made one gladly. This project is really easy and affordable, yet it is very festive for this Christmas season. Who doesn't like flowers unless you have allergic to them, of course. I couldn't imagine people going through life with this problem. Having fresh flowers in my house always gives me a happy feeling. I told my husband the other day "God must know what makes women happy to create so many different kinds of flowers."

Back to my project. All you need is candy canes, a mason or sauce jar in my case :) hot glue, green and flowers ( I use roses ). You can use whatever flower is on sale at your grocery store.

Glue the candy canes around the jar until full and no empty spaces.

Roses from the grocery store and green from your yard or if you don't have one, just ask friends :)

Final touch... wrap the ribbon around and glue it. How easy is that :)

 

I printed this sign with Microsoft word and just used a sign holder for flowers and here you have a beautiful gift for Christmas !!!

 

 

Total cost for this project is $ 11 ( $9.99 roses + 2 boxes candy cane .50/each last year after Christmas sale + jar free + glue and ribbon already have )

 

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Christmas Wreath ( Not meant to be )

 

Happy Monday all ! I hope you have a better weather than us. Ours it's been freezing raining since Saturday night until tomorrow. We couldn't go to church yesterday because of the icy road. But we still have our devotion at home. And had nice Sunday. We just enjoy each other, did some final touch with Christmas decoration. And made nice chilly in the crockpot for dinner.

I made this wreath just want to try out how it looks like since I have all this stars ornament from last year. Also, this ribbon hole which I got for free, leftover from my friend wedding decoration. Basically I just wrap up the ribbon around the wreath. Slip the stars inside the ribbon. Adding some this little ball ornament. I didn't even use any glue or anything just secure it with the wreath itself. The finishing touch I put this Merry Christmas sign. I hang it by the door and I kind of like it. First I wasn't so sure about it. And I asked my husband he said not bad. So, I just leave it in our front door for our Christmas wreath.

 

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Our Weekend Blessing

Isaiah 11:1-2

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;