In our family’s continual quest to be frugal stewards of the financial seeds that God has given us, one thing is for sure, we are never ever without anything we need. But even above our needs being supplied, God has continued to grow the seed of giving in our hearts. When I met my husband over 15 years ago, he was already one of the most generous, kind, humble, and God loving people I had ever known. But because God is so good, I have watched my husband’s love for God, generosity, humility, loving kindness, patience, creativity, financial wisdom, and many other good things multiply for God’s glory.
Like many of you, I grew up cooking and baking with both of my great-grandmothers, my two grandmothers, and my mom. Both cooking and baking for me are very nostalgic. I certainly understand it when people say that there is a lot of “love” in their cooking. I was taught by all of the beautiful ladies in my life, not only how to cook and bake phenomenally, but to put “love” in it. Thankfully God has also blessed me with a husband who also grew up around lots of love in the kitchen and who just happens to be the best baker I have ever known!
Although holiday baking was a tradition I was born into, it also become one of the many ways my husband, children, and I “give” year round. At first this way of giving for my husband and I was birthed out of a lack of money for traditional gift giving. However, as time went on, we realized that even when we did have the finances to buy traditional gifts, nothing brought more joy than sharing our “love” through our baking. We have even been approached to make baked goods for several local coffee shops in different areas of the world we have lived once they caught wind of our baked goodies!
Our Favorite Baked Goodies to Give
- Cakes
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- Whoopie Pies
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- Cupcakes
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- Cake Pops
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Ideas When to Give Baked Goodies as Gifts
Celebrations
- Birthday’s
- Christmas
- Hanukkah
- Easter
- Graduation
- Promotions
- New Parents (whether through birth OR adoption)
- Baptism
- First Communion
As a way to say “thank you”
- give them to your local fire station once a month
- give them to your local police department once a month
- bless your mail carrier with some baked goodies
- take some to your Pastor and his staff
- bless your garbage pick up company with baked goodies
- take some down to your local animal shelters to bless the volunteers
- for military families – give them to the gate guards when coming on post
- for military families – give them to the MP’s who patrol your neighborhood
- take them to your local librarian (Lord knows all us homeschoolers just LOVE our librarians!) to say thank you for all the FREE homeschool books they provide 🙂
- give them to hospital wards with children (of course upon approval – we have done this several times and the joy upon those children’s faces is unspeakable!)
- take a some goodies to a local assisted living community as as way to thank our elders
- take some baked goodies to the volunteers at homeless missions
- take some goodies to the volunteers of your local food bank
Need some inspiration and new recipes?
Here is a WONDERFUL way to get your pantry simplified and get the family cooking together:
Try some of these recipes for baked to get your giving engines started!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
Sweet Tea Cupcakes with Lemon Sweet Tea Frosting
While there are countless ways to use baked goods to bless someone, I wanted to share a few ways to get someone started whom has never thought this way before, or who is looking for some fresh ideas! I pray that this list has encouraged someone to give the gift of “love” through baked goods as gifts all year long! God bless each of you as you celebrate our Savior’s birth!
Carlie is a homeschooling mom by day and a blogger by night. She enjoys being married to the love of her life {Michael} while together they fulfill God’s purpose for their lives. Currently living in Germany by way of the US Army, Carlie is smitten by the beautiful scenery and captures as much of it as she can behind the lens of her camera. You can find her blogging at both So You Call Yourself a Homeschooler? and Managing Your Blessings. You can connect with her on Pinterest,Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, and Linkedin.
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