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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Celebrating Military Heroes with Coffee-mate Glazed Cookies #CMSalutingHeroes #shop #cbias

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If you’re like me, you love seeing brands promoting patriotism and celebrating the USA. Coffee-mate has decorated these two flavors of liquid coffee creamer, French Vanilla and Hazelnut, with stars and stripes, and will be offering them exclusively at Walmart through Independence Day. I had the opportunity to try some out last month and used these flavorful creamers to make a fun treat to share with our teens while we talked to them about the importance of Memorial Day.

Our children come from a long line of brave military veterans. Unfortunately, most of them have passed away and are no longer here to share with us the adventures and heartaches of military life. That’s why it’s so important to my husband and I to help them understand the reason we observe Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day. We want them to honor those who have sacrificed time, comfort, even their lives, to ensure we can continue to live in peace and prosperity here in America. 


As the kids have gotten old enough to understand, it’s been fun to share our military heritage with them. Recently, I took our two teens to our town’s Veteran’s Memorial which honors local servicemen and women throughout Arkansas’s history. It really blessed me to see them excited about this part of our national history. 


Lynzie was especially excited to see this quote from Thomas Paine’s, Common Sense, as it’s a passage she memorized several years ago and she’s really taken the message to heart. 


Later, we spent some time around the table, looking at photos of loved ones in uniform and sharing memories that were passed down to us. I made some coffee and cookies and really enjoyed sharing this special time with my teens. 


Jamie cherishes several fun stories that were passed on to him about his grandpa . He never had the chance to meet him, but he still feels a special connection as they look very similar and had similar interests. This photo shows his grandpa (left) with one of his buddies during World War II.


Here are a couple photos from my side of the family. Here’s my Uncle Bud in his VFW cap. 


This newspaper clipping is one of my treasures. It shows my Grandpa Henry and his friends signing their enlistment cards at a Portland, Maine recruiting office. This would have been sometime in the late 1940s. My grandpa saved this in an album that he gave to me just before he passed away.


I used both flavors of creamers to glaze my cookies. I made chocolate cookies and glazed them with the Hazelnut creamer, and I made French Vanilla glaze to drizzle on these oatmeal ones.  It’s so easy to make dessert glaze with Coffee-mate creamers. Just mix 1 cup of powdered sugar with 2-4 TBS of creamer and whisk until smooth.  It’s a quick way to add a little extra flavor to any sweet treat.


I'm so blessed to have these men of integrity and honor, like my Uncle Gary who fought in Viet Nam, in my family tree. I wish that we could have these family heroes right here at the table with us, sharing their memories and allowing us to thank them for their honorable service. I am thankful, however, that our families passed on their stories to us so we can do the same for our children. Do you have military heroes in your heritage? How do you keep their memories alive? I’d love to hear your stories!


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8 comments:

  1. This is a perfect way to honor our family and our military! The coffee and cookies sound like a cozy way to spend time learning with your teens!

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  2. I love seeing the Veteran's Memorials around. :) We've got one in a nearby town that I take the kids to sometimes. It's a nice reminder of our freedom; and it's a great way to remember some of the people we've lost.

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  3. Such treasures your photographs are! I have them of two uncles who served and I use them in decorating for Independence Day. It's makes my heart happy to know that other mommas are birthing patriotism in their children. We are free because men fought and died -- and wives and children sacrificed, too. Love your idea about using the flavored creamers in the glaze. I'll be trying that!

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    1. Thanks, Pamela! That's a great idea to use them in Independence Day decorating! I'm going to use that idea!

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  4. I'm so proud of my daddy and all my uncles that's served.....
    I can't wait to try the coffee creamer glaze.
    I hope it's ok to use one of your photos on my blog with your recipe...and linking back to your blog.
    If not, just SAY NO....:)

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  5. This is a great way to share family time and to honor military heroes. You have true heroes in your family! That newspaper clipping is such a treasure too! #client

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  6. have you ever cooked with the creamer --i have been trying to substitute liquids for it

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    1. I have not personally, but some friends and I were talking about it and many of them use it for a substitute for liquids in all kinds of baking.

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