With the holidays approaching, it seems like almost every week a new event or invitation pops up. Whether its an end-of-season sports banquet, employee potluck or corporate holiday party, dinner invitation from the neighbor down the street, book club; the events are darn near endless and my list doesn’t even touch the half of it. And it would be easy to feel a little overwhelmed at what to bring as a small gift to many of these events.
Whether its a hostess gift or white elephant gift exchange or a neighbor brings over a holiday gift and you are left scrambling trying to think of what to offer in return; I’ve got just the idea. I call it my ‘back pocket recipe,’ where I have a couple tried and true recipes I feel confident making and sharing. Everyone needs a couple recipes (I’m talking no more than the fingers on your hand) that you can haphazardly make with your eyes closed.
Your back pocket recipes are the things you make time and time again for family and friends that they love and request. These recipes don’t need to be fancy. I’ve fallen for the trap of Pinterest overwhelm way too many times, feeling frustrated and a little defeated when the recipe I attempted ended up nothing like the photo.
I’m a big believer in leaning on those back pocket recipes, especially during the holidays. If you don’t have a back pocket cookie recipe, maybe this is the one for you this year. Butter is browned in a sauce pan until it smells a little like caramel.
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