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Hank, we'll start
from the top.
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Okay.
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Holidays in California.
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-[Jack] Go!
-[both screaming]
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[Elizabeth] Obviously,
it doesn't snow
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on the Central Coast
of California,
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but it doesn't mean
we can't sled.
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-Three...
-Okay.
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-...two, one.
-[yelps]
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Ah! Coming!
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[laughs]
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Do you guys like sledding
better on the snow
or on the dirt?
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-Snow.
-Snow.
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[opening theme music playing]
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[Elizabeth] Welcome
to Rancho San Julian.
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I'm Elizabeth Poett.
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This place has been
my family's home
since the early 1800s,
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when my great, great,
great, great-grandfather
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first moved to
the Central Coast
of California.
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Eight generations later,
our family is still here,
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cooking, eating,
and living off the land
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from Ranch to Table.
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It's a huge job
and it's constant.
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Captain, come on!
There you go.
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This place grows and inspires
some amazing things.
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So delicious.
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I've been cooking
big ranch meals
since I was a kid.
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It's how I grew up.
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We've got all sorts of goodies
for dinner tonight.
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It's all about fresh,
seasonal, simple,
delicious food.
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And it's that philosophy
of food and life
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that inspires me every day.
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Today I am getting
the whole kitchen ready.
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I love decorating
for the holidays.
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I made this big bough
and I'm gonna put it up.
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Here we go.
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The thing I love
about the holidays
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is it's all about traditions,
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it's all about food
and coming together
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because especially
with young kids,
it's a magical time of year.
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I think we're done.
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I love the holidays for many,
many reasons,
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but mainly I love the holidays
for the food.
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I think that this
is the time of year
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that it's really nice
to be able to have, like,
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a really big,
hearty breakfast.
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So, today I am gonna
be making a strata.
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You can make different kinds,
but I am gonna be making
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a strata with sausage,
gruyere cheese, and mushrooms.
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It's almost like a casserole,
but it's in layers.
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And also this time of year,
I love making a million
different types of cookies.
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I can package them all up
and drop 'em off
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to neighbors
and friends' houses.
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It's something that,
kind of in this community,
we all do.
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So, I'm gonna be making
chocolate truffles.
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So simple, so delicious.
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And then my butter thumbprint
cookies with a jam filling.
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They're kind of the perfect
pairing to this season.
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But for right now,
I'm gonna be making
the strata.
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So, now I'm greasing the pan.
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Just with
a little bit of butter.
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Just wanna get a nice
French baguette bread
and cut the bread.
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And you wanna do it at about
a half an inch thickness.
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So, we've prepped the pan,
we've cut our bread,
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and now we're gonna cook up
a pound and a half
of pork sausage.
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I think during the holidays,
it's really a time
that we wanna
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kind of be home more
and hang out with the family,
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and so my mom always
used to have big breakfasts.
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She would make
a lot of different dishes,
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but the strata is something
that I've really come to love.
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All right,
so while this is browning,
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I am gonna start
cutting the onions.
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Just one yellow onion.
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Perfect.
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All right,
this is looking good.
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This is all brown.
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And as I scoop it out,
I'm keeping
all the oil in the pan.
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That's where you're gonna get
all of that delicious
breakfast sausage flavor.
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I'm gonna just add the onion.
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I'm gonna add about
two tablespoons of olive oil.
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Now I'm gonna add
a quarter teaspoon of salt.
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We're gonna just cook it
till it's nice and brown.
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It's about done.
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And we're gonna just put it in
with the breakfast sausage.
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The thing I love
about making this strata,
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is that you can do
all the work ahead of time.
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Throw it in the fridge,
let it sit overnight
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and then in the morning,
all you need to do
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is pull it out
and throw it into the oven.
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So, now we're gonna
cook up a half a pound
of sliced mushrooms.
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So, I'm gonna add in again
another two tablespoons
of olive oil
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and a quarter
teaspoon of salt,
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while I cook these
up together.
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Same thing, I'm just gonna
scoop 'em out,
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put 'em right in here
with this mixture.
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And last but not least,
I'm just gonna get
some baby spinach.
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Let that cook down.
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If it needs it,
looks like it does,
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could use a little bit
more olive oil,
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a little bit more salt.
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Just do a little pinch.
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Spinach is so fast to cook.
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I like to do it at the end.
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You wanna squeeze out
the excess juice
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so that you don't have
a longer cooking time
for the strata.
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I'm just gonna roughly chop.
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I'm gonna place it in.
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Okay.
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So, we're gonna mix this up.
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So, we've got all of this
delicious sausage mixture.
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Now we're gonna
mix up the eggs.
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Okay.
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Get those eggs out.
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Whoo!
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Strata calls for
a ton of eggs.
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Twelve of these bad boy eggs.
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All right, now we're gonna
add in three cups
of half and half.
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Two teaspoons of salt.
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About a quarter teaspoon
of pepper.
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Great.
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And I've already
got the gruyere cheese
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nicely shredded.
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Strata just, it means layers.
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So, we're gonna
start off with the bread.
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And basically we're just gonna
use half the bread
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and make one big layer.
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Oopsies, oh, man.
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It's fine, keep going.
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Take half of
the sausage mixture,
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we're just gonna
lay in that mixture.
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And now I'm gonna
put half the cheese.
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Okay, so we've done
our first layering,
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and now we're gonna
do it again.
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Take our bread,
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sausage mixture,
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now just for the rest
of that cheese.
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All that goodness.
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Now we're gonna pour in
all of this egg mixture
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and you're just gonna
pour in really, really slowly
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because that egg
is just gonna soak
to the bottom.
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Right.
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All in there.
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I'm now just gonna cover it.
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I just like to put something
heavy on top, usually
just a cutting board
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and I'm doing that mainly
because the bread and things
will start coming to the top
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and I just wanna make sure
that they're fully soaked
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in that egg and creamy mixture
all night long.
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So, I'm gonna put it
in the fridge overnight
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and it will be ready to put
in the oven in the morning.
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[Elizabeth] During
the holidays, my family
loves a big breakfast
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and that's why I love
making breakfasts
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that just feel
hearty and cozy.
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So, we've let the strata
sit overnight.
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I brought it
to room temperature,
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now the strata's been
in the oven at 325
for an hour and a half.
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It is ready. Yum.
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You can see
all that cheese is,
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all the little bubbles
on the side.
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It smells so good,
I can't wait.
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I'm just gonna let this rest
for about 15 minutes
and then it's ready to eat.
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When I was little,
my mom was always
great about the holidays
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and always making it
special for us.
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We would have
a lot of hot cocoa
and a lot of different things.
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It would just feel
like a special time of year.
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What's for breakfast?
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Strata.
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[Jack] Yum.
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Jack, you want
some on your plate?
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All right.
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Okay.
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Here you go, hon.
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Here you go, honey.
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Here, I'll take the orange,
while it's--
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-[Elizabeth] It's
a little cooler.
-While it's cooling off.
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-Yeah.
-[Jack] You know what
would be really good on this?
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-Hot sauce.
-[Elizabeth] Go grab some.
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My great uncle,
who lived here,
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would always bring
a little Tabasco in his,
uh, pocket.
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You're kinda like him.
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Really good.
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During the holidays,
breakfast becomes
a bigger thing.
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It's nice to take that time
to kind of enjoy it
and be together.
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And then go out
and do all the fun things
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that we wanna do
for the holidays.
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Your coffee's getting cold,
so drink up.
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So, one of the things
I love to do around
this time of year
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is make these gift boxes
full of sweets.
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I love making
different types of cookies,
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boxing them up,
and then leaving them
in my neighbors' mailboxes,
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and it's just something
sweet to do.
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So, today I'm gonna be
making some truffles,
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and then I'm gonna make
right now this buttery,
thumbprint cookie.
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Super simple, but it just has
this, like, this buttery,
rich goodness.
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So, let's get started making
the thumbprint cookies.
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I'm gonna start by creaming
a cup of unsalted butter.
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And you wanna make sure
that it's at room temperature.
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And I'm gonna add in
a fourth of a cup
of brown sugar
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and a fourth of a cup
of granulated sugar.
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Captain, always barking.
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[all laughing] Oh, my gosh.
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Make sure the sides are clean.
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Now I'm gonna add two eggs.
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I like to make sure
that the eggs are mixed.
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And I'm gonna
add in the two eggs
and two teaspoons of vanilla.
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Add that in and mix well.
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All right, so this
is fully mixed.
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I'm gonna get together
the dry ingredients.
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Baking is probably one of
the most fun traditions
during the holidays.
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It's maybe the first time
that I spent a lot of time
in the kitchen,
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having fun with all of
the different flavors
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that come with the holidays.
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Gonna start with
two and a half cups
of all-purpose flour.
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One teaspoon of salt.
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And now I'm gonna
just slowly add it
into the butter mixture,
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little by little.
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Smells good.
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The nice thing about
this cookie, I don't need
to cool them in the fridge,
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I can just go right now
into rolling them
and putting them in the oven.
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All right, let's make
these cookies.
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Cookie sheet
with a piece of parchment.
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So, I'm gonna put about
a quarter of a cup of sugar
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on a plate.
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So, we have
this strawberry jam,
a little bit of sugar.
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So, I'm gonna just take
about a tablespoon
of cookie dough,
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roll it up into a little ball,
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put all of that
delicious sugar on it,
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nicely coated,
I love to really coat it.
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Makes the cookie
look really sparkly.
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And then you just put
your thumbprint
right on in there.
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It's almost
like a little well.
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And we keep going.
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These cookies I've made
for a really long time
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and I've just found them
more and more fun
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ever since I've been
canning and jamming.
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I love being able
to use all the jams
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that I make
throughout the year.
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So, I'm doing this
in just a regular sugar,
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but if you want to
you could use, like,
another color dusting.
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If you wanted to use
a red, maybe, dusting sugar.
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That's fun and festive too.
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Okay.
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Thumbprints are ready.
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So, now we're gonna
just put in the jam.
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Put about a quarter teaspoon
of strawberry jam
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right into this well
that you made.
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And you just wanna
do a little.
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When you're putting this all
in the oven, it will heat up
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and you just don't wanna
over-stuff these wells
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because then it will
boil over.
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All right, so these
are all ready to go.
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I've pre-heated
the oven to 350
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and this is a really
quick bake, about
12 to 14 minutes.
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The thumbprint cookie
is something that my mom
used to make a lot of them
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because she
did so much jamming
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and it's just one way
to also, kind of,
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keep using that jam
throughout the year.
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All right,
it's been 12 minutes,
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I'm gonna check
on these cookies.
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And they are looking perfect.
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You can see that they
are just starting to brown
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just a little bit
on the edges.
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That jam,
it's almost like a gummy
right inside the cookie.
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All right, so I'm gonna
let these cool
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and then I'm gonna
make the chocolate truffles,
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and then we're gonna
wrap them all up
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in these beautiful
little packages
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to drop off
at my neighbors' homes.
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[Elizabeth] The boys
are in their treehouse.
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They built this, uh,
a couple years ago
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with Austin
and their grandfather.
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I have hot chocolate for you!
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Do you want me to,
oh, no, no, no, please.
273
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Okay, all right.
274
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So, the boys have forts
all over the ranch,
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but one of their favorite
forts is the treehouse
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because it's just theirs,
they can make it their own
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and then sometimes, I visit.
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All right.
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Ready.
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Can I come up?
Parents allowed?
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[Jack] I'll make an exception.
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Well, thank you.
283
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Oh, my gosh.
284
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-Yummy.
-[Jack] How does that work?
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[Elizabeth] You just open it
a little bit and it pours out.
286
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Have you guys
slept up here yet?
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[Jack] Me and Dad have.
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[Elizabeth] You guys did,
yeah.
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Oh, yeah, I didn't.
290
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-[Elizabeth] You stayed
in the house with me?
-[Hank] Yeah.
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[Elizabeth] Being able
to make these holidays
as memorable as possible
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is really the ultimate
joy for me.
293
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It's so important for kids
to just be a kid and have fun.
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So, this time of year
we all make different
types of cookies
295
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and I'm making
chocolate truffles right now.
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The thing about truffles is,
I feel like whenever
I make them,
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I feel like everybody's like,
it just seems so, like,
fancy and decadent and...
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I kind of love that
because it is so simple.
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It's almost, like,
a little bit embarrassing
how simple it is.
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Double boiler,
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heatproof boil,
about an inch of water.
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You put it right on,
on medium heat.
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And then I'm gonna grab
some butter and chocolate.
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So, basically we are
just starting with
a stick and a half of butter
305
00:16:46,138 --> 00:16:49,241
and eight ounces
of semi-sweet chocolate.
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I'm just gonna
let this melt down.
307
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It's just gonna take
probably about 5-10 minutes.
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Keep your eye on it,
you wanna make sure
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that you always
have water in this pan
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so that it's slowly,
slowly melting.
311
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So, around here,
a lot of our neighbors,
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they love to, you know,
make sweets and drop them off.
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Usually we leave them
in the mailboxes.
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It's just something
that becomes
a holiday tradition
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where that you're sharing
with your neighbors
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and when I open my mailbox
and there's some sweets,
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you cannot help but smile.
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So, you wanna just
keep constantly stirring.
319
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All that chocolate
and the butter
has all melted together.
320
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All right, so this
is all ready to go.
321
00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:34,520
I'm gonna take this
off the heat
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and now I'm gonna get
some vanilla and cream.
323
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So, now I'm gonna
put a teaspoon of vanilla
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and a half a cup of cream.
325
00:17:52,204 --> 00:17:54,940
And I'm just gonna
pour this very slowly
326
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and just constantly
be mixing it all in together.
327
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So, after you've seen
all that cream disappear,
328
00:18:06,952 --> 00:18:09,488
you wanna really
keep stirring
for about another minute
329
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because you really want
all of that cream
just to mix in
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really, really well
with that chocolate.
331
00:18:18,697 --> 00:18:21,400
All right,
so this is all done.
332
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Might have to have a little
even though it's warm.
333
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So good.
334
00:18:29,908 --> 00:18:30,709
Okay.
335
00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:36,381
Okay, so we've
wrapped it all up,
336
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we're gonna put it
in the fridge for four hours
337
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and then it's the fun part,
we're gonna dip it
in sweet cocoa powder.
338
00:18:54,766 --> 00:18:56,869
[Elizabeth] I love
the holiday season
here on the ranch.
339
00:18:56,935 --> 00:18:59,838
It's such a nice time of year,
it just feels cozy.
340
00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:02,908
I'm making
chocolate truffles right now.
341
00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:05,377
Okay, so the truffles
have been cooling
342
00:19:05,444 --> 00:19:08,013
in the fridge
for about four hours.
343
00:19:09,248 --> 00:19:12,851
You can see all that
chocolate goodness
344
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has hardened.
345
00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,689
To know when it's ready
to start making the truffles,
346
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you just put your thumb in,
you take it out,
347
00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:22,561
and you should be able
to see your thumbprint,
348
00:19:22,628 --> 00:19:24,296
and your thumb
should be clean.
349
00:19:24,363 --> 00:19:28,534
Just gonna grab a little sugar
and some cocoa powder
for the dusting.
350
00:19:29,768 --> 00:19:32,371
So, I'm gonna do
a half cup of cocoa powder
351
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and a quarter cup of sugar.
352
00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:42,114
If you just like
that cocoa powder taste,
353
00:19:42,180 --> 00:19:44,116
you can just have
the cocoa powder,
354
00:19:44,182 --> 00:19:46,385
but I always love to add
a little bit of sugar.
355
00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:49,788
So, that cocoa powder
is ready.
356
00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,924
What's really fun about
these chocolate truffles
357
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is that you can dip them
in crushed walnuts,
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or chocolate sprinkles,
or different types of sugars.
359
00:20:00,999 --> 00:20:03,902
I love this because
you can really kind of
make an assortment
360
00:20:03,969 --> 00:20:06,872
and make whatever
you're delivering
super festive.
361
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I'm gonna roll about
one tablespoon of chocolate.
362
00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:11,944
I'm gonna put this in my hand.
363
00:20:12,010 --> 00:20:16,214
You wanna work quickly
because you wanna make sure
that it stay cold.
364
00:20:16,281 --> 00:20:17,883
Gonna dip it
in that cocoa powder.
365
00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:19,952
There it goes.
366
00:20:21,620 --> 00:20:24,323
And it's fun, too,
at parties I like to bring it,
367
00:20:24,389 --> 00:20:26,158
and, I don't know,
I'm such a watchful person,
368
00:20:26,224 --> 00:20:29,294
I like to watch people
and see which ones
they usually go for.
369
00:20:29,361 --> 00:20:31,096
I always feel like
chocolate on chocolate,
370
00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:33,465
especially during
the holidays,
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00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:35,567
people love going
for the chocolate.
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Jack loves red,
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00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:41,807
his favorite color.
Hank's is green.
374
00:20:41,873 --> 00:20:44,643
It's fun to make a bunch
of these colors for them.
375
00:20:44,710 --> 00:20:45,777
I love these walnuts.
376
00:20:45,844 --> 00:20:48,647
These walnuts
are so delicious.
377
00:20:48,714 --> 00:20:50,282
They come from our neighbors.
378
00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:53,318
We usually get
a really big bag in the fall
379
00:20:53,385 --> 00:20:55,854
and then I keep them
throughout the year.
380
00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:58,123
They're fun to use
for these truffles.
381
00:20:59,091 --> 00:21:00,959
All right, these are all done.
382
00:21:01,026 --> 00:21:03,762
I'm so excited about them,
they're so festive.
383
00:21:03,829 --> 00:21:06,031
And we're gonna
put them in
with the thumbprint cookies.
384
00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:08,367
So, that's the fun part.
385
00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:09,968
[gasps]
386
00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:18,844
Every year, I love to drop off
sweets for friends and family
387
00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:23,448
and I love kind of
packaging them in these
really sweet little tins
388
00:21:23,515 --> 00:21:26,018
and I've kind of picked
these two different sweets
389
00:21:26,084 --> 00:21:29,221
because that butter thumbprint
cookie is really delicious
390
00:21:29,287 --> 00:21:31,823
and it really gets
the sweetness from the jam,
391
00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:34,292
whereas that chocolate
is just delicious
392
00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,396
and all the the things that
we love about the holidays.
393
00:21:40,232 --> 00:21:42,668
Just putting a little bit
of paper in there.
394
00:21:42,734 --> 00:21:45,003
Gonna do a couple of truffles.
395
00:21:45,070 --> 00:21:46,838
I like doing
a couple different kinds.
396
00:21:51,443 --> 00:21:54,479
My mom has
beautiful handwriting
397
00:21:54,546 --> 00:21:56,581
and I wish I had
handwriting like hers,
398
00:21:56,648 --> 00:22:01,687
but she did always teach me
about writing real letters
with your own hands.
399
00:22:01,753 --> 00:22:04,489
Especially for thank yous
or holidays,
400
00:22:04,556 --> 00:22:07,726
it's just nice to go
just that little extra mile.
401
00:22:15,801 --> 00:22:21,039
Instead of a bow or a ribbon,
I love using
these dried mandarins.
402
00:22:23,308 --> 00:22:25,010
I'm gonna make these
throughout the week
403
00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:28,680
and probably keep
making more cookies
404
00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:31,683
and then just try
to drop these off
throughout the season
405
00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:34,252
and, uh, hopefully
make people smile.
406
00:22:42,294 --> 00:22:43,762
Hey, do you guys
want truffles?
407
00:22:43,829 --> 00:22:44,629
Thank you.
408
00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:49,701
Guests first.
409
00:22:49,768 --> 00:22:51,436
Ooh, truffles.
410
00:22:51,503 --> 00:22:52,771
[woman] Mmm, these are tasty.
411
00:22:52,838 --> 00:22:54,606
So, every year
during the holiday season,
412
00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:58,443
we have this tradition
where we have friends over
413
00:22:58,510 --> 00:23:03,148
and we write things down
that we don't wanna
bring into the new year
414
00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:05,717
and we just toss 'em
into the fire.
415
00:23:05,784 --> 00:23:06,885
Okay, so pass around those.
416
00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:10,422
-What are you gonna write?
-I'm gonna
think about it all day.
417
00:23:10,489 --> 00:23:11,590
You gonna think about it?
418
00:23:11,656 --> 00:23:12,924
Okay, it has to be secret.
419
00:23:12,991 --> 00:23:14,826
Jack, why don't you
write down one, honey.
420
00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:17,496
I think it's a time
for self-reflection
421
00:23:17,562 --> 00:23:22,734
and kind of thinking about
what we wanna leave behind
in the old year
422
00:23:22,801 --> 00:23:24,436
and what we wanna
bring into the new year.
423
00:23:28,540 --> 00:23:29,908
[Jack] What is it? What is it?
424
00:23:33,745 --> 00:23:36,481
-Release, release.
-Release it all.
425
00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:38,850
I think sitting
around the fire
426
00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:44,122
you can be thankful
for all the things that have
happened in that year.
427
00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:48,927
It's fun to, you know,
have the boys just
playing around with bubbles
428
00:23:48,994 --> 00:23:52,531
and watching those bubbles
fly up into the air.
429
00:23:52,597 --> 00:23:53,932
There it goes, bye!
430
00:23:53,999 --> 00:23:56,668
Just imagining
what the new year will bring.