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CHRISTMAS RECIPES!!! :)

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  • Started 2 years ago by mollycat71
  • Latest reply from jeankit
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  1. Just about forgot... resteam the pudding for a couple of hours before serving to warm it up.

    Posted 2 years ago by dragonwing #

  2. The girls and I tried to make cookies to cut out decorate and bake. The cutting and decorating worked fine but all their lovely art work was destroyed when the cookies were baked. Does anyone have a recipe for cookies that hold their shape other than gingerbread?

    Posted 2 years ago by dragonwing #

  3. Wow, DW!!!!! You made plum pudding? That is awesome! I've never even had it but I have heard Tiny Tim speak very highly of it!

    Would a stiff sugar cookie batter work?

    Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #

  4. WWM
    We tried the commercial sugar cookie dough like comes in the plastic tubes but it failed miserably. I even got "cookie condolences" when I related the story to someone.
    I was tickled with how the puddings came out both in looks and taste. And it was easy. The first one was well received at Yule.

    Posted 2 years ago by dragonwing #

  5. Copied from Cheese thread...

    The holidays are here! Time to make cookies using cheese!!!!

    Cream Cheese Crescent Cookies

    »3 1/2 cups flour
    »1 tsp baking powder
    »1 cup butter, softened
    »8 oz cream cheese, softened
    »2 cups sugar
    »1 egg
    »1 t sp vanilla
    » 1/4 tsp almond extract

    Combine flour and baking powder in bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese. Add the sugar and beat until fluffy. Add egg, vanilla, and almond extract. Beat well. Gradually add flour mixture beating after each addition. Divide dough into three balls. Refrigerate overnight. Work dough into long strands. Cut and form crescents, or make balls and flatten with fork on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool before icing.

    Icing: Melt chocolate or white chocolate chips and dip cooled cookies. Sprinkle with chopped nuts or decorative sugar if desired.

    Posted 2 years ago by dragonwing #

  6. This isn't a "recipe" but it's one of my favorite things to have at Christmas. It's a nice appetizer: Dates and stuff them with peanut butter (I think smooth is best). Oh my goodness! Talk about candy!

    Posted 2 years ago by Jetta and Boo Boo's Mom #

  7. Lainey, I have not tried dates stuffed with peanut butter...will have to give it a try. But, I do stuff them with bleu cheese. The sweet/salty and texture differences are great!

    Posted 2 years ago by Dee #

  8. An interesting read about Christmas in Italy and all of the delicious food involved. (BTW, there is a coupon for Contadina products at the site, too.)
    http://www.contadina.com/tips-advice/christmas-in-italy.aspx?utm_campaign=F10Contadina&utm_source=CorpEmail2

    Posted 2 years ago by Dee #

  9. I just saw this recipe on the Jillian Michaels site. Sounds good and healthy too!

    You'll get a healthy punch since cabbage is an awesome source of Vitamin C and the onion gives you antioxidants to fight off free radicals where they live throughout the body. But healthy advice aside, your family will thank you because the dish overall tastes great since it combines a slightly sharp and sweet flavor thanks to the caraway seasoning.

    Braised Red Cabbage With Chestnuts

    Ingredients

    2 teaspoons of canola oil
    2 medium onions, halved lengthwise, and thinly sliced
    1 head of red cabbage, halved, cored, and thinly sliced
    2/3 cups of reduced-sodium chicken or vegetable broth (Always buy broth in cardboard containers instead of cans.)
    2 teaspoons of sugar
    1 teaspoon of caraway seeds
    1 cup fresh chestnuts, cooked, peeled, and halved
    1/3 cup of cider vinegar
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    black ground pepper, to taste

    Preparation

    Heat oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring often, until light golden, 6 to 8 minutes.
    Add cabbage and cook, stirring occasionally, until the cabbage wilts, about 5 minutes. Stir in broth, sugar, and caraway seeds; bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until the cabbage is very tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
    Stir in chestnuts, vinegar, salt and pepper. Increase heat to medium and cook, uncovered, until most of the liquid has evaporated and the chestnuts are hot, 5 to 8 minutes.

    Makes 8 servings.

    Posted 2 years ago by linda #

  10. Oh, I have to ask a dumb question! Does that mean like water chestnuts or the nuts?

    Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #

  11. Regular chestnuts, no H2O :)

    Posted 2 years ago by linda #

  12. *blush* I have to admit that I have never seen a chestnut. But, I can sing about them!

    Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #

  13. Then hit it, WWM! Let's hear ya belt it out! :D

    Posted 2 years ago by linda #

  14. *stands and warms up with me-me-me-me-me-me-me*

    *begins to warble*

    Chestnuts roasting in a ......... wait...... what IS a chestnut?????

    Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #

  15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnuts

    More than you ever wanted to know about chestnuts! oh just roast them on an open fire!

    Posted 2 years ago by linda #

  16. Psst...guess what?! Count down until Christmas as 25 days away...bumpity bumping for 2011!

    Posted 2 months ago by jeankit #

  17. Doubt I'll have time, but I would probably giggle my way thru making these!
    http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Christmas-Mice-Cookies

    Posted 2 months ago by JoanfromNewJersey #

  18. Wow...those are cuuute...will pass the recipe on to a cookie baker friend!

    Speaking of cloves, here is a recipe from 1903 and easy:
    http://www.tammysrecipes.com/old_fashioned_cloves_cookies

    Posted 2 months ago by jeankit #

  19. Those mice cookies are seriously cute!!!

    Posted 2 months ago by WillowandWindismom #

  20. The Mice Cookies really are cute. I don't think I've ever had Clove Cookies but they sound delicious. I bet they smell great while they're baking!

    Posted 2 months ago by krazikat #

  21. Lots of egg nog recipes here...
    http://www.eggnogrecipe.net/

    Posted 2 months ago by JoanfromNewJersey #

  22. Fun eggnog poem at end of yummy link too, thanks Joan!

    Posted 2 months ago by jeankit #


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