Merry Christmas! Let’s share some treats!

[@huertoycocinadecatalina]

Merry Christmas to everyone who sees this comment and celebrates Christmas.🎅🎄 ❤️

[@wordswritteninred7171]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[@wifigrannyl.1354]

Merry Christmas to you also. 🎄🎁🎺

[@susieclark1498]

Merry Christmas from San Diego...

[@vgil1278]

@@wordswritteninred7171 Merry Christmas from Midland, Michigan!

[@maggiemae444]

Merry Christmas!!!!

[@charmainemrtnz]

Merry Christmas!🎁🎄

[@annaliselee6392]

Merry Christmas xxx

[@michelep1130]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

[@domenicozagari2443]

The best fruit cake is called Panettone, try it :)

[@nctplarry]

Wow! If you look up "How to Warm A Person's Heart" in the encyclopedia--or even online--you would be directed straight to Kevin and Sarah's channel right here! I found myself smiling very big as you reached the end of the video and said "Goodbye" for the day. Take care and Merry Christmas all the way around at your house!

[@marking-time-gardens]

Amen!

[@priscillaatencio6410]

Merry Christmas Kevin and Sarah, & girls, enjoy

[@debb313]

You guys are the cutest! What a fun idea for Christmas! God Bless you and yours, and Merry Christmas 🎄

[@lolareh8756]

That looks like a good old Claxton Fruit Cake. Haven't had one in years. Always a favorite in the south. Merry Christmas to all, blessings as well.

[@lynnclark4208]

We sell those at the store I work for. Good fruit cake! I bought one as soon as they came in. Woohoo!!!

[@kathyvelasquez3682]

Hi Lola. Funny I just got an email from my sister (we live in Colorado) and she mentioned she has been buying the Claxton Fruit Cake at King Soopers here. Said she remembers it from when we had bread delivered. We all loved the fruit cake 🎂. Now, I have to go to KINGS and try to find me one also. 😋

[@patchurch1677]

Oh boy, l wish I had one today! I grew up in New England, we have them up here too.

[@janicehoff2865]

I get mine thru Amazon - every year!

[@elizabethhicks9844]

I'm also a lover of fruit cake...my husband says no thank you

[@janetroyal6009]

Merry Christmas. Love, love, love your channel.

[@annaliselee6392]

Am watching this is the bath before I make a yummy Christmas Dinner in England.

[@joannak4640]

How fun! I really didn't expect a video from you today. Thank you and MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and your family 🎅🎄🤶 God bless Corpus Christi TX

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hey y'all, Merry Christmas I hope y'all having a great day with family friends. Thank you for your videos y'all make a big difference in so many folks lives Bless you both and I pray good fortune in the new year!!!

[@wendybertie1395]

Kevin and Sarah and family from my family Wishing you A Very Merry Christmas 🎄🎄⛄⛄ Happy New Year 🎉🎈. All the best to you Sarah and Kevin and your family. It is sort of bittersweet day for me as my Mom died Christmas Day 8 years ago but it seems like yesterday. Enjoy your Christmas from a big fan of your U Tube videos and I always share them. God Bless you and your family from Wendy Bertie in Toronto Ontario Canada

[@cindyharris8098]

Merry Christmas y’all!

[@danaadkins1765]

Good Morning, Merry Christmas, hope y'all have a blessed day🎄🎅

[@idahohoosier8989]

Merry Christmas beautiful folks. Blessings, love, health, peace and 🙏🙏🙏, julie

[@captainron1960]

Merry x- mas

[@ferengiprofiteer9145]

"We weren't gonna know 'till we tried" Famous last words. 🙃kidding Merry Happy y'all!

[@allenferry9632]

I'm in the fruit cake is nasty camp while my wife loves it. She once made it for Christmas gifts and most people thought it was a gag gift

[@deborahneal5712]

Merry Christmas! I hope your family have a great day and may God bless you all threw out the New Year 😊

[@schrierplanthire]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU KEVIN, SARAH and GIRLS!

[@hidawayhomestead524]

Merry Christmas to your family from ours. Stay safe and God bless you my friends. 🌱🐓🐖🐄🐐🌱 Lisa

[@reneakren1198]

Merry Christmas to you! You guys feel like family to me. I was excited to see there was a video this morning.

[@leahness3588]

Yummy treats. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

[@anneo3754]

Merry Christmas! 🎄 The eggnog looks fantastic! My favorite holiday beverage 😊

[@wordvendor1]

Mine too! Not sure I could cut the velvety goodness with milk though! Give me ALL the fat and sugars, lol!!! 🎅

[@leesahuddle2854]

If you just put in cup of milk with half cup of chocolate mix it dries quickly and tastes great. Remember, you're removing the water when you freeze dry, so as long as you can spread it on your tray, it will dry quicker.

[@charleswise5570]

Merry Christmas to you and your entire family! Perfect way to wake up this Christmas morning!

[@jonkoehler4200]

Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year God Bless

[@colliecoform4854]

Merry Christmas to all! Today I will be spending the day with my children and grandchildren. This is such a crazy time. Two people in the family were exposed to covid and we had to wait for the results before finalizing plans. Luckily they were negative Yeah!! I hope everyone has a wonderful day and we all remember the reason for the season.

[@petruzzovichi]

Your experiment was a success and as you said, it's a winner. YOU are our winners...Many thanks for your hours of wonderful videos. Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.

[@lovetohuntlovetohunt6241]

Good morning & Merry Christmas too yas🌲 Yay new S🎅nta treats, way too cool👏 I'm with Sarah, not a fruitcake girl! Hard to believe we are sitting outside, & having our☕ ☕ ☕... on December 25th, which is normally freezing in Indiana! We even saved some energy🤑 & hung out laundry yesterday, clean hunting clothes & wonderfully fresh smelling blankets🙆‍♂️🙆‍♀️ Today we are going to visit our Kids & Grandies, excited to spend time with them, & to see their new gadgets & toys...🤗 Ho! Ho! Ho! Hope & Pray, Everyone Has A Blessed Christmas Day🙏

[@wordswritteninred7171]

Oh sounded so great to hear MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!! Merry CHRISTMAS!!! Love you guys

[@renamaemcdonald2075]

Merry Christmas to you all!!! Blessings while you visit with family & friends ❤

[@melaneymattson3733]

I always cut my eggnog with half milk because it's so rich and sweet. Oh also, I add bourbon (don't tell anyone), and nutmeg.

[@janedoe3095]

Merry Christmas! I am one of those who has never cared for traditional fruitcake so a number of years ago came up with a “updated”version. I reduce the candied fruit to a minimal amount and mincing it up into finer pieces so you get more of a hint of it than biting into an actual chunk. Then in it’s place I add chopped dried fruit like raisins, apricots, apples, cranberries, etc. I’m not big on rum so instead I doused it with orange flavored liquor. It works best if it is made no later than October so there is time for the liquor to do its magic. While given the option I would choose to eat homemade cheesecake over any fruitcake 100% of the time, for me, updating the fruitcake makes it much more palatable. What I think would be an interesting snack to freeze dry would be apples and cheese. Everyone knows that apple wedges with a slice of cheese makes a wonderful snack. Make a cheese sauce or fondue using your favorite cheese, dip the apple in it and then freeze dry. If you want to go all out groovy, there i this wonderful Norwegian cheese (can be found online if not in real life) called Geitost. It has a distinct caramel coloring and yes, you can definitely taste the combination of cheese mixed with caramel. If I ever get a freeze drier I would definitely melt down some of that, dip the apple in it and freeze dry it. But for those who want something more easily accessible they could easily do it with a nice cheddar cheese. OR you could even use apple pie spices on the apple before adding the cheese so it would taste like freeze dried apple pie with cheese. . . . I could have so much fun with a freeze dryer! Hope you have a wonderful Jesus season.

[@shirleyk623]

Homemade cheesecake is so easy to make. Ànd so delicious. Especially covered with cherry pie filling. Yummy

[@tessalynne6778]

Last year I discovered a vodka called x-rated. It is infused with passion fruit and blood oranges. It is great for fruitcake.

[@janedoe3095]

@@tessalynne6778 that sounds like it would be perfect.

[@sbayles]

Merry Christmas to you and your family!glad you had some fun with the freeze dryer for this video.

[@michelekennedy515]

Wishing everyone a very blessed Christmas and a happy & healthy 2022. ❤

[@allanulen3809]

my grandmother made fruit cake onr year and when you unwrapped it you woyld get a contact high. she used so much rum you had to be careful. i was eating mine in march and it was still very moist. really miss her, she was a great cook for complicated things, potato sausage, swedish treats.

[@iakkatz128]

Happy holidays to both of you and the girls. Candy cane is crystalized sugar. It has very little to no water content, so it's already "dry". Cutting those milk based liquids with water and/or skim milk was a good idea. In simple terms water and fat mixed together kind of form water skinned and fat filled micro balloons which burst when the water is "dried" out. Yes I know - to much info.

[@ginnypennington1426]

Merry Christmas! Thanks for giving us ideas for when our freeze drier arrives .

[@lorenstribling6096]

You should do this with every holiday. Easter, Halloween, the possibilities are endless.

[@thomasdesmond2248]

Merry Christmas everyone hope you are all receiving blessings, grace and love.

[@hivolco151]

WHAT SURPRISING IDEAS for freeze drying! I love this! I think it's great that you tried so many unusual items. I really liked Sarah's idea for making a coffee creamer! incredible !!

[@KAMB_n_Jinx]

Merry Christmas to your family. Thank you for being a KZbin blessing.

[@jenniferr2057]

That's interesting about the candy canes... VWFarms did jolly ranchers and the blew up like marshmallows. I thought you were going to have a huge mess!

[@annwilliams2075]

I love Jelly Belly too!! They were not available here in the UK the first time I visited friends in California- in about 2004, so had never heard or tasted them. I tried a small box and never looked back. When I came home from that trip I brought back two huge boxes of them to share with family and work colleagues. I was working in a hospital medical library at the time which suddenly became very busy!!! 🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂 Doctors, nurses auxiliary staff all came in to make up the various flavours. So my family box also made its way to work with me. 😊😊 After that every time I visited my friends boxes of Jelly Belly’s and Sees Chocolates came home with me. Now we can buy them here and they are still a huge favourite, although now I am retired my family are able to have more for themselves. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@reneeallen3569]

Merry Christmas y’all! Happy birthday Jesus!

[@imaprepper1866]

Merry Christmas . Have a blessed day celebrating our Lord Jesus Christ.

[@oldhag8139]

Hope all of you have wonderful..memorable holidays...

[@jeffreyrhine1956]

Merry Christmas, to all at Living Traditions Homestead .

[@stevealldred4424]

Merry Christmas Sarah and Kevin! Thanks for sharing your life adventures with all of us! May Our Lord Bless You and your family this coming year!

[@judycook1918]

Have a blessed and faithful new year. God be with us all.

[@monalawhorn707]

Merry Christmas to you Kevin and Sarah thank you for sharing your lies and your way of life I love it I'm Mona in Wisconsin what a great fun thing that was I'm older than y'all but I enjoy watching and you just like this 65-year-old woman's heart I don't like saying my age but I don't try to hide it but if I don't tell you you don't know I mean I could be anybody at any age just saying thank you I just wanted to say I'm grateful and have a wonderful rest of your day on this beautiful Christmas day that God has given us so well and give a hug to the animals for me Merry Christmas 🎄🎀🎄🌹

[@sarahmichaels2117]

Hope everyone had a blessed Christmas!!

[@bettychallenger2206]

Have A happy holiday. Wishing you the warmest of days. Still love what you 2 do..

[@christywoffinden1592]

When i drink egg nog i cut it with milk or 7 up. I ran a batch of straight egg nog in my freeze dryer and it came out beautiful. We powdered it up so we can just add it to some water, stir it up and drink it this summer

[@EricaHLjung]

The enthusiasm in this video is of the roof!

[@estherlong807]

I am with you, Kevin about the fruit cake. I LOVE it.

[@MrClivelupo]

Merry Christmas to all of your Familymembers

[@murrayandru7527]

Happy Holidays , Take care , Thanks for sharing ! Fun interesting Video ..

[@vondabarela8994]

Fun episode! I really want some of the eggnog and hot chocolate. Thanks for all y’all’s hard work all year, bringing us informative, innovative, and really enjoyable content. Merry Merry Christmas to you all! ❤️🌲🙏🏼

[@mary-catherine9237]

Wow. Eggnog and cocoa squares sounds great. Thanks for experimenting! Merry Christmas to you and your family!

[@yvettelabeef-knapp8671]

Merry Christmas to my favorite homesteaders 💕🧑‍🎄🙏🙏

[@beckykukoski8678]

Fun. Merry Christmas to my favorite homesteading family.

[@sr2291]

I bet that milk tastes good. We had a real dairy down the street from us when I was growing up and I still remember the whole milk in the glass jars with the cream on top.

[@herbhouston5378]

Merry Christmas to you both and to your family and those you hold in your heart❤

[@vger9942]

Merry Christmas y’all! Have a wonderful day everyone!

[@graceinthegarden9151]

What a fun video, enjoyed it very much. Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas to you and yours. May God continue to keep you in His loving care.

[@debbiezipoli3768]

What an excellent idea with those in the freeze dryer! You've opened up a whole new idea with that. Hope Christmas was wonderful for you!

[@17buckrogers]

thanks for showing me baker creek i bought some awesome seeds i cant wait to grow them

[@craig9843]

Looks like a Claxton fruitcake that are made in Claxton GA. My mother loved those.

[@straubdavid9]

Merry Christmas Kevin, Sarah & the gurlz ... take care 🎅🌲☃

[@lindaboice3949]

Never liked fruitcake until my uncle sent us one from Collins St Bakery in TX. I loved it!

[@southsidecarly7427]

The eggnog and cocoa look tasty. Hope you guy a having a Very Merry Blessed Christmas ✝️

[@scottygoodwin7547]

Hope you Guy's had a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS as well. GOD BLESS

[@darrell3368]

Merry Christmas and Gods blessings for all

[@joannmahaffey1068]

Kevin preserve the fruit cake by soaking it in burbon or rum or whatever is your preference Have it wrapped in plastic wrap or muslin and put it in a sealed container. Open it every once in a while and enjoy a piece, then add some more rum and put it back in the container. It will keep for well over a year if you can leave it alone. Ps the one is way too small lol. Merry Christmas to your whole family from another Christmas cake lover.

[@MontsFamilyHomestead]

I LOVE FRUIT CAKE and have a lady in my church that makes one that is our of this world. That was a really cool experiment of those items.

[@amandaforeman2626]

Merry Christmas ! Hope you all have had a beautiful day!!!!!!

[@nancydavis4635]

Merry Christmas and happy new year!!! I love Claxton!

[@nancyhorton5763]

Good morning, Merry Christmas. Thanks for more ideas for my freeze dryer that’s coming soon.

[@abigailhumes4608]

Merry Christmas. I am praying and saving for a freeze dryer perhaps by next Christmas. Thank you for showing us all the "experiments" that really do help us see the practical usage for the freeze dryer.

[@jeanetteschulthe1andOnly]

Thank you...Merry Christmas, sweeties!

[@colleendigiacomo3089]

How fun! I was a bit surprised about the candy canes as I watched VW Family Farm freeze dry I think it was Jolly Ranchers candies and they really puffed up and looked different. Merry Christmas.

[@larryparish5984]

HOPING YOU & YOUR FAMILY ARE HAVING A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄 🎅.

[@furbabymom1133]

Merry Christmas to all of you and all your animals!

[@joyarnett6570]

On VW family farm they freeze dried jolly ranchers that was cool how they turned out..

[@jackiehorsley9263]

looks great glad you were able to have a yummy snack to eat on Christmas

[@kathleenicamplone1763]

I love you guys merry Christmas and happy new years to all of you . God bless all if you

[@FoundThingsandFamilyLegacies]

Thank you! Merry Christmas & God bless you!

[@kiprussell6102]

Merry Christmas hope you have a blessed day together with your family. Keep up the good work and God bless you all

[@orscrub3161]

Merry Christmas you two! And your girls! Thank you for a WONDERFUL year full of amazing information!! May God bless you and keep you. ❤️

[@amyv8416]

I celebrated the return of the growing light, but Merry Christmas to you!

[@lynsmith2698]

Merry Christmas friends, so nice to see you on Christmas Day . Great video

[@amyw6927]

AND, you're even using the best tasting eggnog on the market. I've never liked eggnog but I LOVE the Southern Comfort brand eggnog. You guys are just so much fun!

[@vampiricconure]

MERRY CHRISTMAS! That fruit cake looks delicious. I think I'm the only one out of my relatives who likes it, LOL!

[@Emeraldwitch30]

I like a good fruit cake. My grandmother's used to make it every year in late summer for Christmas. They used to put a syrup with brandy in it all over them once or twice a week. Yummy

[@johnlord8337]

If you do the creamed egg nog, then also consider a full cream (no milk) hot chocolate. Whether FD or a hot drink, whole cream hot chocolate is superb. Even making a creamed egg nog in the hot chocolate - is a totally awesome real meal deal - or a FD crunchy treat. Whether one puts in nutmeg, cinnamon, or peppermint oil just blesses out the whole experience. Doing a FD Norwegian wassail is a true taste treat - and super healthy. The FD fruitcake will be like a crunchy English biscuit with fruit. Having these FD products with a mulled wine, wassail brandy or cognac - and no one will have any issues about the fruitcake - or anything else !

[@bigdaddeo76]

Didn't get a chance to watch till day after Christmas, too busy! The candy canes were no surprise. After seeing/hearing about the results, I doubt I'd try freeze drying fruit cake. Besides, I love it's moisture. I never would have thought about freeze drying any liquid. But, the eggnog & hot chocolate looked like the big winners here. Hope you all had great birthday (Jesus) celebration!