2012 is here! Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

     I hope that this year will be great for all. New trend reports and new fashion news will be coming soon. I can't wait to share with you all the fun fashion and hear from you. Please feel free to send me anything you "love" that is fashion related. I may feature it on my blog. 

Merry Christmas...

To all my readers:

     I want to thank all the readers for being patient with me on my journey into the blog world. I hope all of you are having a wonderful holiday season and wish all the luck and success for the new year.

     Merry Christmas and Happy Shopping!

Yours truly,

My Style A La Mode.

It's The Night Before Christmas!

Sugar Cookies

It’s the night before Christmas and all through the house,

The smell of sugar cookies are baking;

So Santa can snack on them,

Before leaving your home.

Ok so it didn't rhyme..LOL

Try this delicious and easy recipe for sugar cookies that I got from the Food Network, Alton Brown. It is yummy and easy.

Short Bread Cookies

     Here is another fun Christmas cookie recipe that won the hearts of my co-workers last year. It is great to have children help with this one.

Happy Baking and Happy Shopping!

Short Bread Cookies

Ingredients:

3 cups of all- purpose flour (a little extra for dusting)

½ cup of corn starch

¼ tea spoon of course salt

1 tea spoon of vanilla extract

1 cup of confectioner sugar

3 and ½ sticks of unsalted butter

1 hand full of Turbinado Sugar (sugar in the raw) for sprinkling on top of cookies

6 to 7 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate

Home-made Holiday Treats!

 It's Cookie Time!

      For the few that read my blog, I appologize for the lack of postings lately. With the holidays so close by, I have been busy with the usual Holiday shopping and gift wrapping.

     I hope you are all almost done with the gift buying, but should you want to continue the holiday cheer with some "holiday treats", why not bake some yourself. A plate a cookies is always welcome to any celebration and nothing says "Love" like home-made cookies.

Here is a recipe that is easy and yummy. Please enjoy!

Happy Baking and Happy Shopping!

Simple Almond Cookies

Ingredients:

For the cookie:

10 ounces (2 ½ sticks) unsalted butter

¾ cup of sugar

1 teaspoon of almond extract

2 cups of all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon of baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

Handful of Turbinado Sugar (Sugar in the raw)

For the glaze:

1 ½ powder sugar

1 teaspoon almond extract

4-5 teaspoons of water

Sliced almonds

Walking the Windows of NYC

Window Shopping!

During my travels in and out of the BIG CITY, I often forget how great and full of wonder is the city. This week I decided to take some time to be a tourist and look around MY GRAND CITY, New York.

The Holiday Hustle!

The Holiday Hustle!

Looking at the calendar, there are only 3 more weekends before Christmas and Hanukkah. So the race for the perfect gift is on and hearts are pumping.