Love Chrismukkah! Thanks Joyce for all of your insights and commentary through these crazy times both here and on MSNBC. You ARE, a National Treasure!!!
Joyce, I have been so grateful for all your work during the past 3 years, especially. I am hoping you and your family all have some extra special moments of awareness. Thanks for helping me stayed tuned in to my own. It has been tough. I won’t lie. Parts of my life are in the amyloid flush that is happening, right now. Having to let go, and remember my own purpose for showing up.
I make my rugelach with seedless rasperry jam and fine chopped chocolate. I alternate between the traditional triangles and just rolling the filled dough into a log and cutting pieces like strudel. Happy Holiday season!
I love hearing about people's holiday traditions. Happy Chrismukkah!
In my home today was the fourth Sunday of Advent. We gather around together and light all four candles of the Adventswreath and sing and listen to holiday music and eat traditional German Christmas cookies. That includes Lebkuchen, Russichbrot, Zimtsterne, Spekulatius and other treats as well as the traditional Advent cake called Stollen. My friend from Vienna always bakes delicious Kipferl. We also have nuts and fruits and friends over.
I am here in the US, but before I left Germany I visited my local the Christmas market and drank Glühwein and had Bratwurst in a crispy bun. My heart goes out to those run over in the Magdeburg Christmas Market. Our world needs healing.
Yes, that was so tragic and heartbreaking! People want some joy in their lives and there is always a crazy Scrooge to mess things up. Have a lovely holiday, Linda!
Today was cookie day at our house with my friend, my daughter and her two girls. It was truly cookie chaos, making about 12 dozen cookies! Happy Holidays to all.
Hi Donna! I'm not sure if you were looking for the sugar cookie recipe from Joyce or the rugelach recipe. Just in case it is helpful, this is the latter one from Ina Garten and the cookies are delicious!
A grandmother's recipes are the absolute best. I inherited my the paper-clipped, overstuffed recipe book from my "Nons". I call them "a little of this, a little of that" recipes. So great to cook that way!
Thank you SO much, Joyce! You’ve given me some new ideas for this week since my family also celebrates both Christmas and Chanukah! You’ve really made me stay in this fight together with all of us, just when I’ve almost left staying up-to-date on politics due to the stress on my mental health it’s caused! I’m an artist, neonatal ICU nurse and mother of 3 married to a surgeon and staying engaged with the news became SO depressing after our Kamala lost the election, but YOU, Joyce, have gotten me re-engaged with your posts here that always include your beautiful, warm human spirit. Again, I thank you and wish you & your family a joyous end of year holiday season! XxxxxxxOoooooo🔯💜
Love Chrismukkah! Thanks Joyce for all of your insights and commentary through these crazy times both here and on MSNBC. You ARE, a National Treasure!!!
I’ll make a pizza.
She really is ❤️
We are in this mess together. Happy to be on your side.
Happy Holidays to all “Civil Discoursers”. Take a much needed mental break and enjoy this time. Don’t let you know who ruin the day!
Joyce, I have been so grateful for all your work during the past 3 years, especially. I am hoping you and your family all have some extra special moments of awareness. Thanks for helping me stayed tuned in to my own. It has been tough. I won’t lie. Parts of my life are in the amyloid flush that is happening, right now. Having to let go, and remember my own purpose for showing up.
Second all that... and wishing you strength and resolve to carry on and move forward with fresh purpose.🙏
I make my rugelach with seedless rasperry jam and fine chopped chocolate. I alternate between the traditional triangles and just rolling the filled dough into a log and cutting pieces like strudel. Happy Holiday season!
omg... that sounds sublime... any chance you have a recipe or link? 🙏
You can use any rugelach dough and change the filling to whatever you want. Just use good jam and chocolate.
Sounds like you've got a rugelach-hamentaschen thing going...
How do YOU have time to bake all day? Did you knit people stuff, too?
Nothing but love for Joyce Vance!
It’s necessary to do things like cooking, baking, knitting, sharing cookies to help maintain sanity in this insane time we live in.
And she’s an artiste!
I love hearing about people's holiday traditions. Happy Chrismukkah!
In my home today was the fourth Sunday of Advent. We gather around together and light all four candles of the Adventswreath and sing and listen to holiday music and eat traditional German Christmas cookies. That includes Lebkuchen, Russichbrot, Zimtsterne, Spekulatius and other treats as well as the traditional Advent cake called Stollen. My friend from Vienna always bakes delicious Kipferl. We also have nuts and fruits and friends over.
I am here in the US, but before I left Germany I visited my local the Christmas market and drank Glühwein and had Bratwurst in a crispy bun. My heart goes out to those run over in the Magdeburg Christmas Market. Our world needs healing.
Yes, that was so tragic and heartbreaking! People want some joy in their lives and there is always a crazy Scrooge to mess things up. Have a lovely holiday, Linda!
Marlene, you have a lovely holiday as well. ✌🏽
Today was cookie day at our house with my friend, my daughter and her two girls. It was truly cookie chaos, making about 12 dozen cookies! Happy Holidays to all.
Happy Holidays!
Can I get the recipe for the cookies? Thanks!
Hi Donna! I'm not sure if you were looking for the sugar cookie recipe from Joyce or the rugelach recipe. Just in case it is helpful, this is the latter one from Ina Garten and the cookies are delicious!
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/rugelach-recipe-1944318
Thank you for the link! They sound wonderful, even though they are something that is far outside my dietary guidelines.
Likewise Susan on my dietary guidelines as well :(
I'm sorry you have to deal with that, too, Ivan. Things like that are tempting, but in truth, I really don't miss them.
The gluten-free folks feel your pain, along with ours!
Thank you for the link, they’re much easier than I thought they would be.
You're very welcome. If you have the time, they are well worth it!
Thank you, CC!!
You're welcome!
Don't forget the Penzeys spices...best on the market!
I have my grandmother’s handwritten recipe card for sugar cookies (which were the absolute best). It is literally just a list of ingredients.🌟💕
Just like my grandmother and mother. I still carry that little file box I was give 45 years ago.
A grandmother's recipes are the absolute best. I inherited my the paper-clipped, overstuffed recipe book from my "Nons". I call them "a little of this, a little of that" recipes. So great to cook that way!
Thank you SO much, Joyce! You’ve given me some new ideas for this week since my family also celebrates both Christmas and Chanukah! You’ve really made me stay in this fight together with all of us, just when I’ve almost left staying up-to-date on politics due to the stress on my mental health it’s caused! I’m an artist, neonatal ICU nurse and mother of 3 married to a surgeon and staying engaged with the news became SO depressing after our Kamala lost the election, but YOU, Joyce, have gotten me re-engaged with your posts here that always include your beautiful, warm human spirit. Again, I thank you and wish you & your family a joyous end of year holiday season! XxxxxxxOoooooo🔯💜
Stop it! I’ve already gained three pounds since Thanksgiving!
🎄Merry/Happy Joyce.
Joyce: that is so funny! My mom made rugelach with sour cream & my aunt (her sister) made it with cream cheese! I make mine with greek yogurt.
Enjoy your holidays!! Good Health & Happiness & every good thing!
I have greek yoghurt that I need to use up. I'm going to try it!
Happy Hannukah this week! 💛
Chag Sameach, Joanne!
Chag Chanukah to all, and to all a good eight nights.
God bless. Keep up your important work
Please add latkes to the menu—always good, for any occasion.
Indeed.. I can't have just one... more like 5-6😋😋
Just five or six? Work up an appetite, Marc!
😆😆 I was being modest...
As befits you, no doubt …
I love latkes!!! Sour cream and strawberry jelly!
Strawberry jelly?!? On behalf of American Jewery I say, Oy!…. Whatever …
I’m from the apple sauce tribe. Chag Chanukah!
Yes! Apple sauce … I’m bringing my sleeping bag—what time’s breakfast?
It’s really good! Happy Chanukah! 🕎
To everyone!