Christmas Recipes

[Laelani]

Anyone have good Christmas recipes they want to share??? Dinner items, sweet treats, edible gifts?

Here's one of my favorites:

Christmas Bark

Ingredients:
* 1 cup candy canes, crushed (peppermint works best)
* 2 pounds white chocolate (I find the wafers work best but blocks of chocolate too but cut it up first)
* 1 dash Peppermint flavoring *optional*

Directions:
* Place candy canes in a plastic bag and use rolling pin (or something heavy) into 1/4-inch chunks or smaller.
* Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.
* Combine candy cane chunks with chocolate. If using the peppermint flavoring add at this point too.
* Pour mixture onto a cookie sheet layered with parchment or waxed paper.
* Place in the refridgerator for 45 minutes or until firm.
* Remove from cookie sheet and break into pieces. (Similiar to peanut brittle)
* Enjoy!

I make this every year and everyone just loves it. You can use milk or dark chocolate as well and it works great. My favorite is to use the white and milk both. To use two types melt the chocolate separately (1 pound of each) and then swirl them around on the cookie sheet to get a marbling effect. I usually make some of each kind and stick them in bags and give them as gifts to family.

Hope you enjoy!

 

[mrswebster]

sounds great, will give it a go. Thanks

 

[mrswebster]

I make chocolate tiffin at xmas time and that goes down VERY well with everyone


8oz cooking milk chocolate
8oz digestive biscuits
4oz buttter
3 tbls golden syrup
4tsp cocoa
Handfull of raisins

Or you can use mars bars instead of golden syrup, cocoa and butter


VERY SIMPLY
melt BUTTER,SUGAR,SYRUP AND COCOA in a pan. or Mars bars, butter in pan
Add RAISINS
crush BISCUITS and add to the melted mixture.
Pour mixture into a tin and press down. Place in fridge for 20mins
Melt CHOCOLATE and pour over the mixture
pop into the fridge and leave to set (1hr)
Cut into about 20/24 peices.

enjoy!

 

[happygirl666]

I make chocolate tiffin at xmas time and that goes down VERY well with everyone


8oz cooking milk chocolate
8oz digestive biscuits
4oz buttter
3 tbls golden syrup
4tsp cocoa
Handfull of raisins

Or you can use mars bars instead of golden syrup, cocoa and butter


VERY SIMPLY
melt BUTTER,SUGAR,SYRUP AND COCOA in a pan. or Mars bars, butter in pan
Add RAISINS
crush BISCUITS and add to the melted mixture.
Pour mixture into a tin and press down. Place in fridge for 20mins
Melt CHOCOLATE and pour over the mixture
pop into the fridge and leave to set (1hr)
Cut into about 20/24 peices.

enjoy!

Omg that actualy made me dribble . . . I will be making this how yum great idear and a cheap gift to. Guess what people are getting off me this year

 

[Laelani]

mrswebster -- Let me know how it goes! Hope you enjoy it as much as my family does. Also the recipes you posted sounds awesome may give it a go for Thanksgiving just to test it out

 

[Lillipop]

Ooo thanks for these recipies
I will definately give some of these a thought
x

 

[happygirl666]

my fave all year round get some fresh oranges. . . Get the juce out warm some raisons put them in orange and add spice cinonmon stick is good take out stick after 5 mins warm through 'juce' dada . . . Festive orange juce yum and great for kids I will add loads more

 

[happygirl666]

Yumballs. ok get a terrys choc orange melt add a little splash of cream stir cream and choc pore over some strawberrys and there you have it. :dont forget to quick stick them in the fridge to set: oh and Allways kick the spoon after NEVER WASTE CHOCOLATE THAT IS A SIN

 

[happygirl666]

snowballs. Get some marshmellows role in white Melted chocolate when chocolate is still melted role in coconut shavings. Easy and yummy great fun to make after done quick stick them in the fridge. [QUOTE[/QUOTE]

 

[mummy2one]

:wave: hi ladies, Im looking at making some chocolate slabs to go in some hampers Im hopefully going to be making I have ideas its just putting them into practice will be my 1st year making anything as gifts and Im really looking forward to it
However I've heard chocolate needs to be tempered? and was wondering if anyone knows where I can get a cheap thermometer to do this with?

Thank you muchly in advance

 

[happygirl666]

Cinnamon Apple Bread
This gorgeous Cinnamon Apple Bread fills the kitchen with delicious Christmas smells as it is cooking! It is sure to be a favourite with your family!

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter (melted)
1 egg (beaten)
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup peeled, chopped apples
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F (180C, Gas Mark 4) and lightly grease a loaf pan. In a large bowl combine the flour, baking soda, salt, sugar and cinnamon. Add the melted butter, egg, milk and vanilla. Mix well, then fold in the chopped apples, raisins and pecans (if using).

Pour the batter into the loaf pan. Top with chopped pecans (if using). Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until center is cooked through. Cool for 10 minutes in pan before removing to wire rack to cool completely.

https://www.christmasiscoming.co.uk/images/cinammon-apple-bread.jpg

 

[happygirl666]

Christmas Swiss Roll

Christmas recipe makes 8 slices
Calories per serving: 720 cals
Preparation time: 45 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Not suitable for freezing

Christmas recipe ingredients:

oil for greasing
caster sugar, 125 g (4 oz)
flour, plain 75 g (3 oz)
eggs, 3
cocoa powder, 30 ml (2 tbsp)
chestnut paste, can of sweetened 440 g (15.5 oz)
icing sugar
decoration, holly sprigs
Christmas recipe instructions:

Prepare a swissroll cake tin, about 13 x 9 inch, inserting greaseproof paper into the greased tin and then greasing the paper itself. Shake a small amount of caster sugar around the tin, then do the same with some flour, finally shaking out the extra.
Whisk the eggs and sugar in a bowl placed over steam from water at just at boiling point. Be careful not to over heat the mixture. It should be just thick enough to make strands as you lift the whisk out of the ingredients.
Take thr mixture away from the heat and continue whisking as it cools, (about 5 minutes). Blend in the cocoa powder and flour followed by hot water (15 ml, 1 tbsp).
Take the tin from step one and pour in the mixture. Bake at gas mark 6 (200 degrees centigrade, 400 F) until the cake has come away from the sides of the tin a bit (about 10 minutes).
Remove the cake from the tin and place on greaseproof paper, previously coated then shaken with caster sugar. Trim the hard edges off the cake, then bake the rolled up cake (with paper inside) for an additional 20 minutes.
Melt the chocolate with water (15 ml, 1 tbsp) in a bowl placed over water just at boiling point. Mix icing sugar into some softened butter and then add the melted chocolate.
Take the cold swiss roll, unroll it and add the chestnut paste, spreading over the complete surface. Remove the paper, roll up again and put on a plate.
Attach a slice of the roll to the side of the log with butter cream. Preferably a diagonal slice.
Complete the presentation by using a piping bag with star shaped nozzle to run lines of butter cream along the swiss roll log. Finally, sprinkle with icing sugar and decorate with sprigs of holly.
https://www.christmasiscoming.co.uk/images/christmas-swiss-roll.jpg

 

[happygirl666]

This Christmas Wreath Appetizer is easy to make and looks like you spent hours making it. Your friends and guests will love it and it's soooooo pretty!

The holidays mean lots of parties and this easy appetizer recipe will be perfect if you are responsible for bringing an appetizer. You can make it ahead of time and when you serve it, watch it disappear!

What you'll need:
- 2 8-ounce tubes of crescent rolls*
- 1 8-ounce package of softened cream cheese
- 1/2 cup of sour cream
- 1 teaspoon of dill weed
- 1/8 teaspoon of garlic powder
- 1 1/2 cups of broccoli florets (freshly chopped)
- 1 cup of celery (finely chopped)
- 1/2 cup of sweet red pepper (finely chopped)
- Celery leaves

* found in refrigerator section of grocery store

What to do
First, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Next, remove the crescent roll dough from its packaging (make sure you don't unroll it). Cut each tube into eight slices and then arrange the slices in a circle (about 11 inches in diameter.) I've found it very handy to make your circle on an pizza pan (ungreased - 14-inch size works well.)

Then, bake it for approximately 15-20 minutes or until the dough turns a lovely golden color. Cool for 5 minutes or so before gently removing your crescent dough wreath to a serving platter. Then, cool it completely.

In a small mixing bowl, beat the sour cream, cream cheese, garlic powder and dill until nice and smooth. Then, spread the mixture over the wreath and top with the chopped celery, broccoli, and red pepper. You can complete this pretty picture by making a bow with the leftover celery leaves.

This recipe for Christmas Wreath Appetizer serves 16.

Enjoy!

 

[happygirl666]

Rudolph pie
50g dried porcini
3 - 5 tablespoons olive oil
4 onions chopped
4 carrots chopped
4 cloves of garlic peeled and minced
500g button mushrooms, quartered
1kg minced venison
1kg minced pork
2 tbsp flour
6 tbsp Marsala
2 tins chopped tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato puree diluted in 125ml water
Worcestershire sauce to taste
Topping
4kg potatoes
1500g parsnips (about 8 medium-sized)
125ml full-fat milk
125g butter, plus more to dot on the top
nutmeg
sprinkle of Worcestershire sauce
Method: How to cook christmas shepherd's pie aka rudolph pie
1.Pour 500ml of near-boiling water over the porcini mushrooms and leave to steep.
2.Warm oil into very large thick bottomed pan and add the chopped onions, carrots and minced garlic. Cook stirring for about 10 minutes, sprinkling with the salt if the vegetables look as if they may burn.
3.Drain the porcini, reserving the soaking liquid, chop coarsely and add with the button mushrooms to the vegetable mixture. After about 5 minutes tip the whole lot out to brown the meat.
4.Add a little more oil to the pan then tip in the minced meats, breaking them up with a wooden spoon. Stir for about five minutes until the rawness has left them a bit, add salt - unstintingly - and then return the vegetable mixture to the pan.
5.Stir in the flour and add the mushroom-soaking liquid, tinned tomatoes, diluted puree, Marsala and a few drops of Worcestershire sauce.
6.Stir well, cover partly with a lid and reduce heat so that the mince bubbles gently, for about 40 minutes to an hour.
7.Meanwhile boil the potatoes in a large pan of salted water until they are nearly ready and then add the parsnips which have been peeled and cut into chunks.
8.Boil until they are cooked to easily mashable tenderness, then drain and allow to dry slightly.
9.Warm the milk and melt the butter in the heat of the potato-pan. Rice or mash the potatoes and parsnips straight into this, grate in some fresh nutmeg and add salt to taste.
10.Put the mince into a large dish approximately 37cm x 32cm, then dollop the potato mash on top, spreading with a spatula, taking care to seal the edges to prevent the meat below from bubbling up in the oven.
11.Fork lines over the top, then dot with butter and sprinkle with Worcestershire sauce.
12.If you're cooking this straight away, about 10 minutes in a 225C oven should be enough to make it piping hot and crispily golden on top. If cooking from cold, about an hour in a 190C/Gas 5 oven should do it.

 

[Laelani]

Candy Cane Fudge

Ingredients:
* 2 (10 ounce) packages vanilla baking chips
* 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
* 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
* 1 1/2 cups crushed candy canes
* 1 dash red or green food coloring

Directions:
* Line an 8 inch square baking pan with aluminum foil, and grease the foil.
* Combine the vanilla chips and sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir frequently until almost melted, stire in the peppermint extract, food coloring, and candy canes.
* Spread evenly in the bottom of the prepared pan. Chill for 2 hours, then cut into squares.

 

[Laelani]

Buttery Spritz Cookies

Ingredients:
* 1 cup butter, softened (No substitutions)
* 1 1/4 cups confectioners's sugar
* 1 egg
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
* 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* food coloring

Directions:
* In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine the flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Tint with food coloring if desired.
* Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press dough 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Top with colored sugar and decorating candies if desired. Bake at 375 degrees F for 6-8 minutes or until set (do not brown). Remove to wire racks to cool.

 

[happygirl666]

Ingredients
10-12 whole almonds
3/4 cup (6oz) butter, plus extra for greasing
2 oranges
6 tablespoons golden caster/superfine sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups (6oz) self raising flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons sultanas
3 tablespoons raisins
3 tablespoons chopped dates (stoned)
whole glace cherries and candied peel to taste
1 tablespoons dark rum or orange juice
custard, whipped cream, brandy butter or clotted cream to serve
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method
- Skin the almonds.
- Butter a 2 1/2 pint pudding basin and stick the whole almonds round the sides with a dab of butter.
- Grate the rind from the oranges using a finely meshed grater.
- Beat the butter with orange rind until soft.
- Add the sugar and whisk until pale and fluffy.
- Lightly beat the eggs and whisk in, adding a teaspoon of flour with each addition.
- Sift the flour and cinnamon into the mixture and add the fruit.
- Spoon the mixture into the bowl, being careful not to move the almonds.
- Cover with a large circle of pleated, buttered greaseproof paper and foil.
- Tie securely with string under the rim of the bowl.
- If your bowl or mould had a lid, clip this on over the greaseproof paper.
- Place in a large saucepan and fill with enough boiling water to come 2/3 of the way up the sides of the bowl.
- Cover the saucepan with a lid and simmer for 4 1/2 hours, or until cooked in the centre.
- Top up the pan with boiling water occasionally.
- Serve either with custard, whipped cream, clotted cream or brandy butter.

 

[happygirl666]

Tunis Cake


Ingredients
8oz self raising flour
6oz softened butter
6oz castor sugar
4oz ground almonds
1 lemon juice, and rind
3 eggs

for the topping:
plenty of good quality chocolate
6 marzipan fruits
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method
- Place the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat until pale.
- Add the eggs, flour, lemon juice, lemon rind and ground almonds, mixing thoroughly.
- Place the mixture into a 8in greased and floured cake tin and bake in a preheated oven at 150oC/300oF/gas mark 2 for one hour or until springy in the middle when pressed.
- Leave on a wire rack to cool.
- To decorate the cake, wrap some greased proof paper around the sides of the cake, standing proud of the top, securing this with a piece of string.
- Pour over the melted chocolate, when set remove the greaseproof and the chocolate shouldn't have run down the sides of the cake.
- There should be a good covering of chocolate on the cake.
- Once completely set, place the marzipan fruits on the top.