Oreo Ice-Box cake...

My grandmother's ice box cake is one of my favourite reicipes, but the Nabisco chocolate wafers can be hard to find.  This is an easy alternative to the original cake, with a little something extra by using the Oreo frosting...

First you will need a couple of bags of Oreo cookies, milk, and some heavy whipping cream.

Sounds good already, right?

Let the Oreos take a quick dip in the milk...

Then lay them in rows in a baking dish...

Spread some of that delicious whipping cream over them...

 Then repeat the layering...

I crushed up a cookie on top, but you could add sprinkles, chocolate curls, or even a whole Oreo sticking up from the top...

 Refrigerate for at least two hours and then enjoy!

The gift of baked goods...

Looking through my recipes I have chosen the following to make for my neighbors as well as for Sara's teachers.  Buying gift cards for all, or even bottles of wine, can get very pricey.  I feel that baking comes from the heart and home, and for very little dough ;)

I am a HUGE fan of The Pioneer Woman and spent a few years on her blog casually dropping comments about how she should write a cookbook.  Her third cookbook was just released this past month.  You can also find all of her amazing recipes here, as well as stories about home decorating, farm life, and even a great section on homeschooling.

The Pioneer Woman Cooks

These are her cinnamon rolls and also a super cute tutorial on packaging them as gifts.
I think these would be a great gift and a nice departure from the standard Christmas cookie.

Not to mention getting the kids in on making and packaging them.  Santa's little elf minions...