Christmas is coming!  My favorite time of year.  I love the opportunity to remember that Christ was born to die for me and all mankind because of His great love for us.  I am grateful that Christ cares about me on an individual level and will work with me to become who He wants me to be, and who I really want to be.  He helps me to change and to fix my mistakes.  He won't take away the consequences of my wrong decisions, but if I turn to Him in humility for help, He will help me to endure the consequences well.  He will support me and encourage me to do what I know is right and give me the strength and motivation to do so.  Change, or repentance, is usually the harder path to take, but it really is worth it because you grow and become a better, a quality person.  You grow up, you mature, you become someone that you like better and would want to hang out with.  All good things are hard and require work and sacrifice, but that is part of what makes them good.  That's what makes a gourmet dessert amazing!  Remember the reason for the season this year, and that God loves you.

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Merry Christmas!

A family favorite is Creme Broulee.  I stole this recipe from allrecipes.com, here is a link to their site.

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 5 servingsChange Servings

• 6 egg yolks
• 6 tablespoons white sugar, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 2 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
2. Beat egg yolks, 4 tablespoons sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl until thick and creamy.
3. Pour cream into a saucepan and stir over low heat until it almost comes to boil. Remove the cream from heat immediately. Stir cream into the egg yolk mixture; beat until combined.
4. Pour cream mixture into the top of a double boiler. Stir over simmering water until mixture lightly coats the back of a spoon; approximately 3 minutes. Remove mixture from heat immediately and pour into a shallow heat-proof dish.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for 1 hour, or overnight.
6. Preheat oven to broil.
7. In a small bowl combine remaining 2 tablespoons white sugar and brown sugar. Sift this mixture evenly over custard. Place dish under broiler until sugar melts, about 2 minutes. Watch carefully so as not to burn.
8. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Refrigerate until custard is set again.