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Baking Christmas Goodies 2019

Christmas is by far my favorite holiday and the one I prepare/bake for the most. The toughest decision each Christmas isn’t usually what presents to buy (although it is a tough one!) but what to make for each of the 4-5 Christmas’s we celebrate each year. Do we go with traditions? Try something new?

So this year, it was split. We made 2 traditional items, made some new things, and I made a traditional item of someone else who is no longer with us, as well as one in remembrance of her.  It’s always a collective effort to have everything for each Christmas and every year, I’m the sweets girl.

So here is the rundown of what I prepared for Christmas this year:

If that menu doesn’t put you in a sugar coma, I don’t know what will! And that’s only what I made. There will be an abundance of food from everyone else too.

It made so much food, I think we will be eating leftovers for weeks. Why is it there is always WAYYYY too much food every time we get together? Doesn’t matter if it’s a birthday, holiday, or just because. I always over estimate how much I will need.

So here are pictures of all my goodies. The only thing that I wasn’t crazy about was the Snowball cookies. They just seemed to dry and crumbly. I actually added an egg to the dough too, because it was all dry little crumbles. My daughter loves it, but that is something we probably won’t make again.

If you need any tips for your holiday baking, comment below!

Keto Peanut Butter Fudge

It wasn’t the holidays without having fudge, and my favorite kind is peanut butter. This is was my first Christmas that I was trying to stick to Keto (at least more than I did last year) so I wanted to make sure I had some of my favorites made so I could still feel like I was ‘splurging’. This fudge was incredibly easy to make, did NOT taste sugar free at all, and was KID APPROVED! As you can see, my daughter couldn’t get enough of it – she just had to lick the beaters from the mixer! (Don’t mind her mis-matched outfit – it’s pretty typical for this 4 year old little girl haha)
Licking beaters

This recipe was pretty simple, but one ingredient may surprise you – it’s more for texture than anything and doesn’t affect the flavor, but you can’t really tell the difference between this fudge and the regular sugary stuff. That ingredient is unflavored whey protein powder. If you try to mix it in while the fudge is too hot, it does NOT mix well and looks oily and separated, so you may have to let it cool a bit and try again. It will be smooth and creamy!

To start, you need to melt the butter and cream cheese together over medium heat.
Melting ingredients for fudge

Stir as it melts to combine, then add in peanut butter and stir until all combined. Add in vanilla and sweetener, remove from heat. Using a hand mixer, mix until ingredients are all combined. Lastly, add in the unflavored whey protein powder. If it separates and looks oily, wait a couple minutes, then mix again. Put in a greased 8×8 dish and cool. Once cool, you can cut and store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks in the fridge, or put in the freezer. Super simple, creamy, peanut butter Keto fudge that is kid approved!!

Peanut Butter Fudge

PRINTABLE RECIPE

Keto Peanut Butter Fudge

8 oz cream cheese
1 cup butter
1 cup natural peanut butter
1/2 c powdered Lakanto sweetener
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c unflavored whey protein powder

To start, you need to melt the butter and cream cheese together over medium heat.

Stir as it melts to combine, then add in peanut butter and stir until all combined. Add in vanilla and sweetener, remove from heat. Using a hand mixer, mix until ingredients are all combined. Lastly, add in the unflavored whey protein powder. If it separates and looks oily, wait a couple minutes, then mix again. Put in a greased 8×8 dish and cool. Once cool, you can cut and store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks in the fridge, or put in the freezer.

Nutrition PB Fudge.jpg

*Disclaimer: I am NOT a certified nutritionist and your nutritional information may vary depending on exact ingredients you use. I highly recommend you calculate your own and just use this as a guideline. The links for products are affiliate links so I may earn a very small commission if you purchase through them – but it doesn’t cost you anything additional!