Stress-Free Holiday Short Cuts

Let’s Talk About Stress-Free Holiday Short Cuts with Felice Gerwitz

Felice analyzes what causes her stress and then she devised a plan to short-cut those holiday preparations. So even if you are out of time or have plenty of time ahead of you, you can use these ideas and tips!

Show Notes:

1. Order or buy prepared foods
2. Keep extras on hand
3. Fast appetizers that are crowd pleasers
4. Bake (if you must) and use these short-cuts (see mix below)
5. Decorations on a budget that look great

Felice’s all purpose Stress-Free Holiday Shortcuts– these make great cookie bars as well.

• Cream 1/4 cup of butter with 3/4 cup of coconut oil and 3/4 cup of white sugar and 3/4 cup of brown sugar
• Add two eggs and beat well
• Add 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• Slowly add 2 1/4 of unbleached flour (if the dough is very sticky, slowly add up to 1/4 of a cup of flour)

You can use this basic dough to make:

• 2 cups of White chocolate cookies with macadamia nuts
• 2 cups of Chocolate chip cookies with walnuts or pecans
• 1 cup of oatmeal with walnuts or pecans

Use this for cookies or for a short-cut use a pan and make pan cookies. Bake at 350 degrees.

🎓 Resources from Media Angels: For more on this, explore Christmas Planning Printables from Media Angels.