When my kids were little, we would make this for Christmas Eve, and we made sure there was enough for Santa to take to his reindeer! We used a old bucket that I decorated for them!
Use pointed paper cups for making lime gelatin "trees." Cut away paper when mold is firm and decorate with cream cheese or Cool Whip.
Really is very good! Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a 2 quart baking dish, stir together plums, 1 cup sugar, water, tapioca, and cinnamon. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.
I'm trying to find a recipe for applesauce cake that I remember from childhood. It was always baked for Christmas (not a fruit cake). It was extremely moist with raisins, walnuts, and maraschino cherries. The cake was really dark and was baked in a tube pan.
Christmas Peanut Butter Cookies
This an easy, quick recipe for your Christmas Season.
A favorite of my mom's. She made it every Christmas!
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Cut a 1/2 inch crisscross on the flat side of each nut. Be sure to cut through the shell to prevent the nut from exploding.
For a quick holiday eggnog cup of cheer, add a scoop of Country style vanilla ice cream (the type with lots of eggs) to a mug then pour some scalded milk over the top. Add your adult beverage choice of rum or brandy.
Mix all ingredients except nuts into a large saucepan. Cook to soft ball stage (about 236 degrees F). Remove from heat and let set to chill without stirring until cool so that it feels barely warm.
A Christmas time drink in Finland. With a vegetable peeler, peel few thin slices of the zest of a thoroughly washed and brushed orange. Scald and peel almonds.
A treat that kids love to make! Put flour, ground almonds, sugar and salt in a food processor and process for 30 seconds.
Sugarplums have been around since at least the 16th century in England.
Holly Berry Beverage (Non-Alcoholic)
In a blender, blend raspberries and cranberry juice. Set aside. This will be the red layer.
Easy and delicious. Mix brownies according to package (or your favorite homemade recipe). Fill cupcake tins about half full, add thin mint or peppermint, then fill to about 3/4 full.
A quick, easy, and delicious way to serve carrots. If you are watching your weight or are diabetic, you can substitute low sugar or sugar free marmalade.
This recipe has been in my family for years. I remember making is as a child. It was a great way for our little hands to help out in the kitchen.
In a shallow dish, soak the raisins, apricots, and candied fruit in the liqueur, covering the dish but stirring through occasionally, at least 30 minutes or overnight.
In a 2 quart heavy saucepan, stir eggs, granulated sugar, and salt until well mixed. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat 10 to 15 minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture just coats a metal spoon; remove from heat.
Two ingredients and super easy!
Turn the crock-pot on high and pour in the apple and cranberry juices. Stir in the sugar and allspice, then add cinnamon sticks. Stud the orange with the cloves, about 25 or 30 cloves should do the trick, and toss it in.
Almost every year that I can remember as a child, Mother would make several huge fruitcakes; and this Watkin's Pound cake recipe is what she used as the cake part of the "fruit-cake".
12 Days of Classic Christmas Cookies
From the cookie left out for Santa to the gifts of cookies we give our neighbors, The cookie is one of the symbols of Christmas. Now a lot of people have gotten away from baking some of the great Christmas Classics so I present them here to you for your baking pleasure.
Everyone loves quick bread for the holidays right? Well here are some quick and easy quick breads that can be given as gifts this year. These breads are different from the usual pumpkin, zucchini and banana bread. Hope you enjoy making them.
A Santa Theme Christmas Luncheon
With the holidays almost upon us, I like to give my girlfriends a little time off. So I invite them all over for a little holiday luncheon that is a fun way to take a break from all the baking and Christmas shopping. This was quick and easy, because all the food can be made ahead of time and cooked the day of the party.
