So I was robbed by my migraine of my usually holiday fun. Each year, the day after Thanksgiving I frantically clean and put out all of the non-tree stuff. Then the next night we play music, make hot chocolate and once again remember that we said we would buy new lights and new hooks, but never do. One year we put the lights on and didn't check them. So once the whole tree was decorated and we lighted it up....we learned that the middle strand of lights was considerably dimmer than the other strands....oh well. I would love to say that I reclaimed my holiday spirit and made these cupcakes, but truth be told I made these last week when the radio was playing Christmas music a FULL week before Thanksgiving. I'm still not fully recovered but I am starting to feel more festive :) This recipe comes from one of my newer cookbooks, Buttercup Bakes at Home. I tagged this cupcake right away and had an image in my mind of topping them with mini gingerbread men(why must I make everything so … [Read more...]