2nd Day of Sock Yarn *and upcoming kit details*

On the second day of sock yarn, Simply Sock Yarn gave to me...

a set of two of our exclusive Baaah Humbug Mugs!

To have a chance at a set of two of these mugs which are part of Thursday's upcoming Little Bit Naughty and Little Bit Nice Knit Kits, just answer the following question in the comments below:

What's the most asked for recipe or food that you make for the holidays? Is there a certain cookie recipe that your family asks for this time of year? Or perhaps it's not Christmas without a big ol' ham adorned with a special maple glaze? Do tell and if you have a link to something similar, please leave it in the comments to inspire others. I am always looking to add new food traditions to my household, and I'm betting others are too.

Thursday is your second chance at our popular DK weight double-sized skein and mug, which we featured last week and sold out quickly. You can choose the Little Bit Naughty Kit, which is the red yarn and mug shown above, or the Little Bit Nice Kit which is the green yarn and mug shown below. This yarn comes from our own Poste Yarn studio and we dye this yarn in-house to keep up on trends like stripes, but also so we can offer you select yarns at special prices. That's why you'll find the price of Thursday's kits at $43.50 each, which is less that you could find the yarn alone for from other lines. So not only are you getting the yarn cheaper as usual, but you're basically getting a cool mug for free!

As usual we will have a limited amount of these kits due to the hand made and specially designed nature, so please be prepared in the AM if you really want one or more. Links will be found on the homepage and I'll also send out our newsletter which you can sign up for on the bottom of our homepage. We usually roll out the kits around 9am EST, but time varies. If you are in the US and want to take advantage of the free shipping with $85 purchase, you might want to add yarn from our newest dyer or the 45% off skeins from Mineville Wool Project in the Sale Section. Thank you SO MUCH for your support of our exclusive Knit Kits over the years. They are always so much fun to put together. We have some awesome ideas for 2017, the first of which will be Valentine's Day.

Want to know more about the 12 Days of Sock Yarn tradition? See here.

Comments

[Judi Kennedy]

The most asked for recipe is my Fantasy Fudge. I make it every year with a couple of variations.
I love it also which is why I only make it at Christmas.

[JackieLemon]

Gingerbread cookies. I make the Martha Steward recipe and everyone loves them.

[Barbara]

Our three fav Christmas recipes are German Butter Cookies, Mamie Eisenhower Fudge and my variation of homemade Chex mix (each "kid" gets their own container!) btw - love this year's mug (and yarn, of course.)

[Linda Cram]

The most asked for recipe is chocolate chip cookies from the Toll House chips bag.

[Melissa Loback]

My most asked for holiday recipe is my pecan praline sweet potatoes. They are amazing!!! Want the recipe???

[K B]

No one asks me for recipes. :( But when my grandmother was alive, I used to ask for her molasses cookies every Christmas. She never shared the recipe, alas. But several years after she passed, I did find a recipe for a similar cookie. :)

[Kelly Nalley]

My peanut butter cookies with Hershey kisses

[Laura Beutler]

We always make snowball cookies, which are basically just sugar, LOTS of butter, flour, and a dusting of powdered sugar when they're out of the oven.

[yolanda v]

Its a tie between my families favorite cookies, each kid has a fav. AND my must have on Christmas morning breakfast stratta.

[Niki Rogers]

Cracker candy and Russian Tea are most often requested recipes. Everyone seems to love the stuff.

[PatW]

Ham and Potatoes Romanoff (potatoes,sour cream, green onion, and cheese) nummy!

[TinaMcCarty]

Chocolate chip cookie dough fudge. Diet buster for sure.

[Joan F.]

Drilled Nibbled Rice Chex Mix! You can not stop nibbling until the bowl is empty!

[Susan G]

Chocolate chip cookies and family recipe for butter cookies

[Ann Knepper]

I think it would be cornitz...which I am sure I spelled wrong. A Romanian cookie my grandma used to make.....

[tami]

The most asked for recipe is our favorite Chinese bbq pork

[Stephanie]

My (adult) son starts asking for Chex mix every year right after Thanksgiving. He claims it's his favorite Christmas food. But I've seen him eat his share (and more!) of the cut-out sugar cookies I only make at Christmas time too.

[Heidi]

The most requested food by all my friends and family is Peppermint Fluff! Creamy peppermint Marshmallow deliciousness eaten with vanilla wafers.

[Barbara Rude]

Jalapeno corn casserole, everyone's favorite.

[Angel Bernard]

My Baleys Irish Cream cheesecake - recipie is inli e

[Rose Birchall]

Well, nobody asks for the recipe but everyone is delighted to receive my strawberry jam.

[Sarah]

Chex mix!

[Sandy]

The most asked for is a dessert. Lemon cake with a tart lemon glaze.Leftovers are fought over for breakfast the next morning .

[Robin Jamerson]

My most asked for recipe is crab rollups. They are so good and love that everyone else thinks so too.

[Lynn]

Frosted sugar cookies. My favorite is the peanut butter blossom.

[Heather]

My most asked for recipe is Cornbread stuffing. To any stuffing recipe (even just a box!) I'll add diced onions, mushrooms, apples and cooked sausage. Elevates any stuffing recipe!

[Karen Messina]

Lasagna is the most often requested dish at Christmas.

[Barbara Russo]

Birds Nest cookies are the fav at my house. Elderberry jelly nestled in a nutty cookie ! Yum !

[Susan Beltrame]

It's always spritz cookies! I even bought a new cookie press this year!

[Amy]

Breakfast casserole. Our family's big family celebration is Christmas brunch, and that's a great dish, because it's prepped the night before. That way, I can join in the fun while it bakes. It beats flipping pancakes while everyone else plays!

[Judy]

Potato latkes.

[Donna]

I don't cook much anymore but, when I do roast turkey or chicken, I usually make our family's potato stuffings. It's one of those recipes that's more or less ingredients without quantities & has been handed down in our family for at least 3-4 generations. About 20 years ago I came across an Irish cookbook & bought it half as a joke & was surprised to find a recipe for an almost identical dish (& a couple of others). Years ago, my rum cake was always in demand at family parties. My mouth is watering reading some of the previous comments. Lemon cake with lemon glaze - YUM!

[Melissa]

People love my sweet and spicy nuts. Oh wait, that might have come out wrong....

[mary h]

Most asked for is my "famous" homemade macaroni and cheese. The kids, now all adults, have grown up expecting it. Whenever we get together for the holidays, that's a staple :)

[Suzy]

Definitely my cookies...either the Wedding Cake cookies (made with macadamia nuts) or my ginger molasses crackles. Yum!

[Debbie]

Cashew and Pecan Shortbread cookies! Seconded by Nestles Toll House Cookies

[Danielle Wentz]

Deviled eggs and pecan pie

[Donna Kuehl]

Lots of snacks and appetizers over the holidays - my "secret recipe" meatballs (frozen meatballs, Heinz chili sauce and grape jam) are always asked for!

[chellis evers]

Green Chile Chicken enchilada's...Or Posole which is our New Mexico tradition.

[Christine Newman-Aumiller]

All year long the request is the same: Lemon Meringue Pie

[Nancy]

Christmas means Homemade Toffee. For Christmas dinner it is corn pudding and deviled eggs, but that is all family dinners. Toffee is for friends and family only at Christmas.

[Annette]

most popular thing i make is apple strudel muffins. I'm making them for a church brunch this weekend.

[Carolyn]

Our must have are pizzelles, even though I get the recipe from the pizzelle iron box. My daughter was diagnosed with Celiac disease and now has her own iron and makes her own...which taste just as good as mine.

[Linda L]

I have made my grandmother's recipe for Toffee every year for about 40 years. It would not be Christmas without it. My son requests a batch of his own every year.

[Emily]

My most requested dish is my pumpkin cheesecake

[Staci]

Our families "must haves" are my grandma's gingerbread cookies and my pulled pork.

[sue]

For me it's always Glogg - Swedish mulled wine! :)

[Louellen Lawson]

We are loving Cranberry Wassail this year!

[Terri]

Hands down is my oven soufflé - it is our Christmas breakfast and always looked forward too. A heavenly mixture of bread, cheese, sausage and egg.

[Kay]

Caramel popcorn!

[Linsey]

I'm THAT person in the family that everyone asks to not bring anything. I mean, they're nice "Oh,just bring yourself" and now it's "oh just bring the family" but I am very aware what they are really saying is "Please do not cook". I make killer mixed drinks though!!

[Geri Heagy]

Crock pot potato soup made with hash browns and the secret ingredient....cream cheese! Yummy!

[Annette]

My most asked for recipe is my Oatmeal Raisin Cookie. It's a favorite all year round

[Judy Hiers]

The best homemade carmels ever!

[Karen]

Christmas Crack! Truly addictive combination of Chex and Cheerios, stick pretzels, read and green M&Ms, and white chocolate! Broken into pieces and packed in festive snack bags for everyone at a party or dinner. Peanuts if you don't have any allergic family or friends.

[Wanda]

Easy one. My kids and grands demand my "Sixty Minute Dinner Roll" recipe. Is wouldn't be a holiday without them.

[Sheila Enestv3dt]

My kids always ask for ham and cinnamon rolls - like Grandma used to make. Friends ask for my fudge recipe.

[Shirley]

Cornbread and andouille sausage dressing. It's requested for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[Nathalie MacKay]

Shortbread cookies! They also happen to be my favorite.

[M Reedstrom]

Ginger balls

[Nancy F.]

Amish Friendship Bread (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/7063/amish-friendship-bread-starter/)

[Adrienne]

My personal favourite and a favourite I get asked for often are Chocolate Chip Meringues!

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/07/chocolate-chip-meringue-cookies-recipe.html

[Sheila Hawton]

My gramma's jellied salad recipe, with cottage cheese and pineapple in it. It is always on our large family gathering table.

[Bernadette]

Sugar cookies

[Karla Hartzell]

Our most asked for holiday food or recipe is: Christmas Kringle Danish for Christmas morning. It is a home made loaf danish with fruit and cream cheese fillings or nuts and sugars but however we choose to enjoy it its our breakfast with love and presents!

[Marie]

Where I go for Christmas everyone brings a special dish to share. I bring booze.

[Sandy W]

My most asked for food is Cheesy Potato Casserole and we usually only have it for Christmas!

[Karen]

I make pumpkin pie..... They tell me not to show up without it!

[Beth L]

I made rock candy this year and people are acting like I'm a magician or something! Just follow the recipe that comes with the flavoring oils... 2c sugar, 2/3c corn syrup, 3/4c water. Heat to 300 deg F, add whatever color you want it to be, and 1/8 tsp of the flavor oil (the concentrated stuff in the tiny glass bottle). Pour onto a silicone sheet and cut it into pieces over powdered sugar once it is cool enough to handle.

[Susan]

My most requested Christmas recipe has been for my Chocolate Truffles. But it wouldn't be Christmas for me and my family without homemade eggnog. The original recipe came from a recipe series called "The Best of Bridge", but we've changed the alcohol content and added our own secret ingredient (Grande Marnier).

[Lisa]

Well, no one is asking me to make anything! But my favorite holiday eats are pierogies (not so common in California, so a treat when I'm back east) and Christmas cookies. And when we spend Christmases in Texas, I need to get my fill of queso! (Again, not so common in California. )

[Crystal Balzer]

The most asked for treat that I make firing the holidays is my crockpot candy. It's chocolate covered peanut clusters and is super easy to make! I found the recipe on Pinterest a few years ago.

[Helen King]

Broccoli Rice Casserole. Everyone tells me that if I don't make it they will not come!It has become a holiday tradition.

[Bonnie]

We make pecan tea cookies from a cookbook put out by a local bakery after it went out of business. They didn't do a great job scaling their recipes down, so it makes A LOT. http://www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_14/2010/MAR/35014.html That's the recipe!

[Peggysue]

A chance to win a mug, no way!!! How exciting! A traditional recipe in our family is candy cane cookies, really a simple butter cookie recipe made with powdered sugar, with half the batter dyed red and half natural. You roll it into ropes and twist to make a candy cane shape and sprinkle with red sugar.

[Beth W]

My Mom's sausage stuffing dish! I'm thinking I'm hungry for some right now!

[Sherryn]

Kiffles.

[Julie Alig]

Favorite recipe, cookie division, is Peppermint Meringues. (With or w/o the artificial green food coloring!!) Favorite recipe, non-cookie division, is spaghetti with anchovies. My husband's family is Italian and this is a "must have" for the Christmas season, esp. Christmas Eve.

[Annette Poole]

Homemade caramel corn. I get so many requests for this, I don't bake anything else at Christmas time.

[Twilla Steele]

My asked for recipe is fudge hands down🎅

[Tricia]

I'm always asked to make Krispy Kritter cookies.

[Joyce McCartney]

My Polish grandmother's homemade bread. A holiday isn't a holiday without it.

[Tara Paine]

I make a sweet potato/cranberry/apple casserole that my mom begs for!

[Pamela herman]

I feel like I am the appetiser queen. Most frequently they want Rueben dip or this crazy cheese dip we call "crack"

[krista]

I make these Ginger Snap cookies that everyone goes crazy over. My best friend even says to me, " are you going to make your "crack" cookies?" I guess they're that good. LOL.

[Gail]

Definitely my Pumpkin Pecan Pie with caramel sauce.

[Koreen Grantham]

"Biggie Gram's" iced buttermilk sugar cookies💕🎄

[Brandi Hoesing]

My must make is Chrismice. They are maraschino cherries with a Hershey kiss decorated to look like a mouse, they even have the black beady eyes. They a favorite for the kids & adults!

[Mary]

Bacon buns 😊

[Norma]

My sugar cookie receipe which are then decorated and can be hung on the tree!

[Michelle]

Any sort of homemade cookie! We choose different ones every year, but they're all delicious.

[Jan Johnson]

Gingerbread cookies. We love decorating them with family!

[Denise]

Cut out sugar cookies with butter cream icing.

[Julie]

Butter Spritz Cookies. The secrets are to cream the butter and sugar, and then again with the butter, sugar, and egg and also use double strength vanilla.
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/01/spritz-cookies-butter-cookie-recipe.html

[Amber Grantham]

Apricot Pinwheel cookies, my hot cocoa mix, and Chex Mix are what everyone asks for! Oh, and gingerbread!

[Lizzie]

M&M cookies! Like regular chocolate-chip cookies, but with holiday-colored M&Ms.

[Lori]

Most asked for is probably carrot cake cookies with cream cheese filling. They are really pretty much my oatmeal raisin cookie with carrot and pumpkin pie spice added, made into sandwich cookie using cream cheese frosting.

[Pam]

Nutterbutter cookie truffels and crockpot chicken and noodles.

[Ann]

My favorite cookie to make is a ginger cookie recipe I copied off the back of the Sugar in the Raw package (a coarse granular, molasses tinged sugar). It uses the sugar and, among other ingredients, 4 teaspoons of ginger, then the cookies are rolled in the raw sugar. Crunchy texture and heavenly taste.

[Dany]

Pecan sandies (which is a recipe I got from my mother in law originally)