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Welcome to the Festive Yarn Tasting

 

The 2023 Advent Calendar is inspired by all new festive treats and fun drinks in all new colors! Each mini skein is paired with a fun colorful recipe I have found online.  

 

Each day of December, visit this page to see a new photo reveal of the day's colorway along with photos and links to the inspirational recipe and my recreation attempts (ha!) and notes. I encourage everyone to try some of the recipes with me! 


You can follow along with me on instagram @pancakeandlulu and my YouTube channel: Pancake and Lulu Yarn and Fiber.

 

  If you use Instagram or Ravelry, please tag me! Use the hashtag #pancakeandlulu and @pancakeandlulu to post your daily yarn and/or a special treat of the day (whatever it may be)! 

 

Thank you for purchasing the Advent Calendar and for supporting Pancake and Lulu Yarn ~ I had a blast creating this for you.
Enjoy your stitching, sipping and nibbling!

 

🎄Happy Holidays!🎄

xo Aimee xo

 

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Day 1 - Pink Champagne Cupcake
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Pink Champagne Cupcake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Recipe Link:

https://www.foodfanatic.com/recipes/pink-champagne-cupcakes-recipe

Couldn't be simpler-and so pretty! Calls for a mix for the cake, which is awesome for an easy holiday dessert - but any basic cake recipe can be used.

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My Cupcakes

I actually made a simple yellow cupcake recipe from scratch using almond flour (the linked recipe calls for a white cake mix, but I didnt have that on hand). My version didnt have much of a pink champagne flavor, but was still delicious and very pretty!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 2 - Empress Pomegranate
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Empress Pomegranate

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Recipe Link:

https://dixiedelightsonline.com/2020/12/celebrating-christmas-2020-empress-holiday-cocktails.html

There are a few holiday Empress Gin recipes on this page - this is my favorite gin - the color is always such a delight!  Also the festive ice cubes at bottom of the page are a cute idea!

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These were delightful!

The pomegranate seeds (also called arils) look like beautiful rubies in this gorgeous cocktail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 3 - Blackberry Cream Pie
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Blackberry Cream Pie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Recipe Link:

https://adventuresincooking.com/no-bake-blackberry-cream-pie-with-brown-butter-crust/ 

This is one of my very favorite recipe sites - the photography is so beautiful! And the recipes I have made are spectacular!

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This is a more involved and special recipe - so I will make this one later when I have more family home to enjoy it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 4 - Lemon Lavender Cake
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Lemon Lavender Cake

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Coming Soon…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 5 - Dark Chocolate Blueberry
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Dark Chocolate Blueberry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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These were so gooood!

My family loved these and I would definitely make again! However, I used the high speed blender as suggested in the recipe and I would just use a food processor next time - it was tricky getting the ingredients to blend without too much liquid in the blender. Also - these are messy to eat - but simple and delicious - and very healthy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 6 - Nutella
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Nutella

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Recipe Link:

https://www.gnom-gnom.com/keto-nutella-hazelnut-spread/#recipe

This is a gluten-free, paleo and keto version! 🍫

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My Nutella & Passiflora Wrap!

The Nutella turned out delicious but not an exact copy of regular Nutella! The recipe took a bit more oil (I used Macadamia Nut oil - as I had it on hand). I also added some water to the processor to make it more creamy - that also helped.  Way less sweet and way more healthy than store bought version! Progress on my Passiflora Wrap by Ambah O'Brien.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 7 - Raspberry Chocolate Brownie
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Raspberry Chocolate Brownie

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Yum Yum!

These brownies were so delicious! I made a similar recipe last year as part of my calendar, but I think this recipe is even better.  I made these to bring to my son at college - and to get them out of the house - they are hard to resist!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 8 - Chai Latte
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Chai Latte

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Amarula Gingerbread Chai!

This was an absolutely delicious and cozy dessert-drink.  I highly recommend Amarula - a cream liqueur derived from an African fruit, Marula. The company also had a foundation to protect African Elephants. The gingerbread syrup in this recipe is well worth making and would also be delicious over vanilla ice cream. I used a handheld frother which worked beautifully!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 9 - Brown Sugar Cookie
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Brown Sugar Cookie

Today's package includes a sweater cookie cutter for the yarn calendar and a woolly sheep cutter for the fiber calendar! I had these fiber related cutters specially made by a company here in the US for my Advent this year - and I will put some extras up for sale in my shop next week

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I am excited to create some "Ugly Xmas Sweater" cookies this season! And some cute wooly sheep!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 10 - Old Fashioned
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Old Fashioned

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My Christmas Old Fashioned

This was really Christmassy! It would be perfect on a very cold winter's day to warm you up from the inside.  I used a little bit of homemade orange cranberry sauce and muddled that with the pomegranate seeds, syrup and bitters - and this gave a lot of seasonal flavor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 11 - Sea Salt Caramel
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Sea Salt Caramel

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Day 12 - Peach Strudel
Day 13 - Mango Mousse
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Mango Mousse

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This is another simple and healthy recipe - what a beautiful color - and vegan too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 14 - Vanilla Cupcake
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Vanilla Cupcake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Yum!

These are so simple and delicious! The icing recipe is a linked at the end of the recipe and I must say - in the past, buttercream icing stressed me out becasue of alternating the addition of ingredients can over mix and cause it to break. But this recipe, simplified that and was no stress and not over mixed - must remember for next time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 15 - Champagne Jello Shot
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Champagne Jello Shot

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Hmmm…

Kids are coming home from college this weekend - so perfect to make with them!  Update: while these are easy and definitely fun, they needed more fruity flavor.  Would maybe try again using flavored jello.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 16 - Citrus Tart
Day 17 - Grapefruit Shortbread
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Grapefruit Shortbread

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My Grapefruit Vanilla Shortbread

These were so delicious and fun to make - definitely a keeper. Loved the grapefruit flavor!

Day 18 - Dark & Stormy
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Dark & Stormy

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Who knew the weather today in my area would be exactly this! How deliciously appropriate.  Great holiday twist on the classic.  I used some strained homemade cranberry sauce I had on hand  - made a perfect simple syrup for this recipe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 19 - Citrus Pannacotta
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Citrus Panacotta

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Day 20 - Flamingo Bar
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Flamingo Bar

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Day 21 - Strawberry Crêpe
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Strawberry Crêpe

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Day 22 - Pink Snowball
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Pink Snowball

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These are amazing!

One of the very best recipes in this collection.  The powdered dried strawberries in the sugar coating add amazing flavor. I used pecans as my nuts but excited to try others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 23 - Christmas Ice Cream
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Christmas Ice Cream

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I made a smaller cake in a loaf pan.  I couldn't easily find peppermint ice cream so I used raspberry chocolate chip and mint chip! This was a fun and easy dessert and quite festive!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 24 - Pink Chocolate Bark
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Pink Chocolate Bark

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So simple and delicious!

Freeze dried raspberries add so much flavor!

Day 25 - Christmas Cocktail
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Christmas Cocktail

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Merry Christmas!

Full Advent Colorway - Gingerbread Stone Cottage

Bonus Full Skein/Roving

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Full Skein with Add-Ons

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Full Roving with Add-Ons

Full Reveal of 2023 Festive Yarn Tasting

Full Set Photos

(after 12/25/23!)

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2023 Full Yarn Set Reveal

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2023 Full Fiber Set Reveal