Gooseberry Patch (Firme) - Slow-Cooker Christmas Favorites

Today I purchasedGooseberry Patchcookbooks for my girls Christmas gifts. I do this every year and this year I selected your Hometown Christmas book. I am so excited to look through this book tonight and pick a page to write a special note for my girls to find as they look through their books on Christmas day. I love this tradition! Angela Dagenbach Harrison, OH I want to tell you how much I love your Christmas All Through the House book. I purchased the book last year and bought one for each of my daughters alsothey love it too. It is delightful! The recipes are wonderful and I especially love all the color photos and darling drawings.

Thank you for this beautiful keepsake! Victoria Blackwell Liverpool, NY I love yourGooseberry Patchwebsite and I love your graphics! Everything is charming and heartwarming, from the full-page screensavers to the cute little buttons. Thanks for all the freebies. I made the 3-ingredient pepperoni bread for dinner last night, paired with a salad using the last of the lettuce from the garden. The kids and I loved it! So simple and inexpensive. It was the perfect dinner at the end of a hectic day. Thanks from a fan! Peggy Lyden Woodbury, MN Dear Friend, The Christmas season brings swirling snowflakes, cookie swaps and caroling partiesnot to mention church programs, gifts to wrap and Christmas dinner with the whole family.

Youll need a helping hand, so why not put your slow cooker to work? Slow-Cooker Christmas Favoritesfeatures recipes for every holiday occasion from brunch to dinner, from party time to dessert. Invite your best friends for a hearty breakfast of Cinnamon-Raisin French Toast and Brown Sugar Sausages before an all-day shopping trip. Plum Good Sausages & Meatballs and Festive Cranberry Warmer will make your tree decorating party merry! As the days grow shorter, put dinner on the table in a jiffy with Busy-Day Spinach Lasagna, No-Fuss Chicken Dinner or Corn & Sausage Chowder. We havent forgotten Christmas dinneritll be one to remember with Honey-Dijon Ham, Old-Fashioned Scalloped Corn and Grandmas Cranberry Sauce! Cherry Chocolate Heaven, Apples & Cinnamon Bread Pudding and other desserts are sure to bring any meal to a scrumptious conclusionand theyre all slow-cooker simple. Weve added a chapter filled with sweet memories of Christmases past. Its sure to put you in the spirit of the season.

This year, take it easy and leave the work to your slow cooker while you have the merriest Christmas ever! Warmest Christmas wishes, Jo Ann & Vickie P.S. Want to see whats cooking in our kitchen? Subscribe to our emails and its like getting aGooseberry Patchmagazine, one page at a time! Find us wherever you are! www.gooseberrypatch.com Gooseberry Patch
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First Printing, June, 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Contents DedicationTo everyone who still loves making snowmen, mugs of hot cocoa and peeking under the Christmas tree.AppreciationOur heartiest thanks to the terrific cooks who shared their best slow-cooker recipeshappy holidays to you!Jessica DeliaMcGraw, NYMy father was one of sixteen children. Every Christmas, my parents and siblings would drive to Grandmas house for dinner. At least fifty of my aunts, uncles and cousins would be there.

The decorated Christmas tree was always perfect, with gifts for everyone underneath. The house would be filled with the delicious smells of the holidayhomemade pies and fruit breads, roast turkey, baked ham, potatoes, squash, pickles, all homegrown and made with love by my grandma. Everyone was happy, loving and laughing, having such a good time together. We never left hungry! My father has since passed on, but Grandma is still baking and making things from scratch. And we still gather as often as we can.At holiday dinners, use a special tablecloth and ask family members, friends and special visitors to sign it with fabric markers. Sure to become a cherished tradition!Stephani HatmakerWest Union, OHEvery year my grandma and I always baked cookies, pies and cakes together.

Our special time together was in the kitchen, and at Christmas it was so much more fun. We made all kinds of cookies, pies and cakes. With Christmas music playing in the background, we always made a big mess, with flour and sugar everywhere like fallen snow. I loved watching her cook. I remember saying, Grandma, I will never be able to cook as good as you. And she always said, Sis, youre my grandkid, I know you will be a good cook.

Well, Grandma is gone now, but her old cookbooks and love of cooking never diedthose she passed down to me. What fine memories I have of Grandma and me in her kitchen. Each Christmas I smile and think to myself, I bet those angels in heaven love her peanut butter pies!Dig into Moms or Grandmas recipe box for that extra-special dessert you rememberand then bake some to share with the whole family.Heather IngrahamBarrie, OntarioWhen I was a child, my grandparents owned Star Lake Lodge near Rosseau, Ontario. Every Christmas Eve, they would keep the store open late and invite everyone they knew to stop by! Santa would arrive sitting on the tailgate of a pick-up truck, with a sack of gifts for all of us kids. Games were set up for the kids too. Everyone would crowd into the diner part of the store to eat pie with ice cream, drink hot chocolate and sing Christmas carols.

Those were the best years and memories of my life!