You'll wow your guests with this beautiful, edible centerpiece!
Heat sugar, cocoa, water, cinnamon, and nutmeg in 2 qt. saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth. Heat to boiling, reduce heat. Simmer 4 minutes, stirring constantly...
Combine eggs, applesauce, milk, liquid sweetener, lemon juice, and nutmeg. Pour into unbaked pie shell. . .
Mix all together. Fill small gift bag and tie with raffia. Attach a printed card to each bag with the following poem.
I like to research for the origin of things, especially cooking. It is often thrilling to see how our grandmothers did things. This time, I am searching for old fashioned recipes for Christmas, such as spekulatius recipe, stolen cakes, etc. I know there are some goodies that need a whole month of preparation before baking. Also, recipes you can store for a period. If anyone can oblige... My thanks in advance.
I know... there's nothing better than home cooked traditional recipies at Christmas.... Peep into this amazing Christmas Blog at http://christmas4all.blogspot.com to check out some really cool stuffs and unique ideas
Zelda,
I have a couple recipes from my husbands Czech Grandmother that I love for Christmas.
One is Houska - a bread with golden raisins and slivered almonds and mace as a spice.
The other is Kolacky - a danish like desert. Yummy.
If you would like the recipes email me at jandl3dogs AT earthlink.net
Also try these two websites - www.christmas-cookies.com & www.recipesource.com (has ethnic recipes from all over the world).
Crushed peppermint candy make these brownies a special Christmas treat.
Soften cream cheese at room temperature. In large bowl, Whip cream cheese with electric beater for 2 minutes, until light and fluffy.
Frozen dinner rolls can be prepped the night before for yummy sweet rolls to serve with breakfast.
Unroll crescent dough; separate into triangles. Arrange triangles in circle on greased 14 inch pizza pan with wide ends overlapping in center and points toward the outside.
Heat cranberry juice, red hots and 1 cup water until candy is dissolved. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Serve hot or cold.
An excellent side dish for turkey and dressing.
I am looking for some good Christmas recipes for me and my daughter to make this year. We both are really into cooking and this is something I never did with my mom as a child. I am looking for any cookie, candy, and bars recipes or anything you've got. Thank you for your time.
By Jaimie from Toledo, OH
Maple No Bake Cookies
1/2 cup Butter
2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown Sugar
1/2 cup Milk
1 cup Marshmallow crème
1/2 cup Peanut butter
1 tablespoon Maple flavoring
Mix the butter, granulated sugar, brown Sugar and milk; boil for two minutes
Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining ingredients
Drop onto waxed paper or tray using spoonfuls
Set in the refrigerator for one hour until hardened
Deeli's Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies
2 large egg whites (room temp)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
In mixing bowl, beat egg whites on high speed with an electric mixer until they hold stiff peaks. Slowly beat in sugar. Reduce speed to low and evenly dispense vanilla. Gently fold in chocolate chips.
Drop mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls onto parchment lines baking sheets. Bake at 250 degrees for one hour. Turn off oven, leaving cookies in oven for two hours longer.
Try chopped pecans as a substitution for the chocolate chips.
Here is one that we make at every holiday. It is a tradition in our house. They are very good too. Enjoy.
Diane
Sugar Cookies (Company's Coming)
3/4 cup butter or hard margarine softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 lrg egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp cardamom optional
1/4 tsp salt
Cream butter and sugar in large bowl. Add egg and vanilla. Beat. Mix remaining ingredients in separate bowl. Stir into batter. (I then put the dough in the fridge to harden it a bit before I roll it.) Roll out 1/8 inch (3 mm) thick on lightly floured surface. Cut into rounds or different shapes. Bake on greased cookie sheet in 350F (175C) oven for about 10 minutes. Cool. Decorate.
Makes 7 dozen cookies
Variation: For plain sugar cookies, sprinkle with granulated sugar before baking.
Variation: For decorated sugar cookies, sprinkle with colored sugar or sprinkles before baking or decorate baked cookies with icing.
Diane Says: Here is one recipe I make at every holiday. The kids have fun making these.
Yield: 7 dozen
Notes: Have fun with the kids cutting out different shapes. We make these for every holiday with cookies cutouts.
I love this because you just break the cookie slab into pieces.
Pecan-Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle Recipe
Here's another free sample recipe from the Southern Living party. Pecans - chocolate - coconut...nope, can't go wrong with that combo! :-)
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Directions
Combine first 4 ingredients; set aside. Stir together butter and next 3 ingredients in a large bowl; add flour mixture, stirring until smooth. Stir in chocolate morsels, pecans, and coconut. (Dough will look crumbly.) Press dough evenly into a lightly greased 17" x 11" jelly-roll pan, pressing almost to edges. Bake at 350° for 19 minutes or until lightly browned and cookie "slab" seems crisp. Cool completely in pan. Break cookie into pieces.
Note: You can toast pecan pieces and coconut in the same pan at 350° for 8 minutes.
Personal Notes: 18 minutes is enough. I used parchment paper on pan. I do not toast the pecans and coconut.
Every year my mom and I and now my neices make these recipes, easy peasy.
melt a bag of butterscotch chips and a cup of peanut butter pour over 6 cups of rice krispys put into a cake pan and let set up, these are terrific.
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1 melted bag of chocolate chips
1 half bag of mini colored marshmallows
1 small bag of walnut pieces
powdered sugar
Mix together melted chocolate, marshmallows and walnuts. Take a piece of wax
paper and sprinkle it liberally with powdered sugar put one third of mixture on
top of sugar and shape into a roll fold the wax paper around the roll making
sure powdered sugar is in between mixture and paper all over. Do the same to
other two and put into the refrigerator. When chilled cut into about half inch
rounds.
easy oreo truffles
Prep Time: 30 min Total Time: 1 hr 30 min Makes: 3-1/2 doz. or 42 servings, one truffle each What You Need!1 pkg. (1 lb. 2 oz.) OREO Cookies, finely crushed, divided 1 pkg. (8 oz.) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened 2 pkg. (8 squares each) Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted Make It!
MIX 3 cups of the cookie crumbs and the cream cheese until well blended. Shape into 42 (1-inch) balls.
DIP balls in melted chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover melted chocolate can be stored in tightly covered container at room temperature and saved for another use.) Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs.
Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Store any leftover truffles in tightly covered container in refrigerator.
These are fabulous, everyone was fighting over these.
I love this recipe! It is easy to make and both my daughters (4 and 5 1/2 years) love helping make them for the Christmas Bake Sale at church every year!
This page contains Christmas candy recipes. Whether they are just for you and your family or part of a gift to someone, these sweet treats are sure to be a hit this Christmas.
