Favorite Christmas dessert?
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mom's sugar cookies w/butter cream icing and maybe crushed candy canes on top
snowballs or Mexican cookies
trifle
tiramisu
Nanaimo bars
actually tried a good fruit cake (with a boozy/custard sauce) last year
chocolate nut/fruit bark
eating the gingerbread house we made lol!1 -
mixed berry crumble with vanilla ice-cream.
I would do something with fruit to add variety to the log and cheesecake.
It's for different days/people though. I usually avoid fruit because it's just too expensive at this time of year (although I guess the mascapone isn't exactly cheap either).
Might try lemon meringue pie though. Hmm...
I love trifles, just don't like pudding mix it's a bit of a drag to do everything from scratch (which I did once, and it was awesome, but still. My electric stove isn't so great to make puddings/custard).0 -
I've had crème brulee on the brain lately. So make that.1
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Pavlova ... with fresh cherries and mangoes.
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I also do shortbread, apple-cherry crumbles (with fresh cherries, of course), and I might throw in a chocolate cheesecake as well.
My husband often boils a pudding which is nice. But I'm not sure he'll have time for that this year. And I know he likes trifle, so I might try to make one. The way I make it is to toss a bunch of random stuff into a bowl (bits of cake, custard, jello, fruit and whatever), but apparently there's a "right" way to make one.0 -
My mother died 30 years ago. The last time I tasted her banana pudding was the Christmas before, and in her declining state she had messed up the meringue topping. I've tried to recreate her banana pudding, but I never got it right. The time I was closest, I had my older sister taste it. She told me it was not the same.
Today my two daughters and I went to visit my step-mom. My father died 12 years ago. She's doing great. She was his May bride in his December years. While we drove, I asked my daughters to help me plan our Christmas meal. Visiting my step-mom, I related the story that we planned our Christmas around a big breakfast, a big lunch, but had no idea for dessert. If I could make my mother's banana pudding, I would, but I had always failed. She told me that my father would make that banana pudding, that it was too sweet for her, and that he used a written recipe. Then she started looking in a cabinet for his recipe, and found a couple of old cookbooks. Inside the cover of the Better Homes And Gardens Meat Cook Book, she found an index card in my mother's handwriting labeled "Banana Pudding"!!!
I'll need to use "piece of butter the size of an egg".
Precious!
My mother also made a coconut cake, and as I described it to my step-mom, she replied that the frosting was "Seven-Minute Frosting". I'm going to google that, but I think she's right.
In another cookbook, there's a bookmarked page with her notes on "One Pot Pork Chop Supper". I remember it well. She used brown sugar instead of worcestershire sauce.
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »My mother died 30 years ago. The last time I tasted her banana pudding was the Christmas before, and in her declining state she had messed up the meringue topping. I've tried to recreate her banana pudding, but I never got it right. The time I was closest, I had my older sister taste it. She told me it was not the same.
Today my two daughters and I went to visit my step-mom. My father died 12 years ago. She's doing great. She was his May bride in his December years. While we drove, I asked my daughters to help me plan our Christmas meal. Visiting my step-mom, I related the story that we planned our Christmas around a big breakfast, a big lunch, but had no idea for dessert. If I could make my mother's banana pudding, I would, but I had always failed. She told me that my father would make that banana pudding, that it was too sweet for her, and that he used a written recipe. Then she started looking in a cabinet for his recipe, and found a couple of old cookbooks. Inside the cover of the Better Homes And Gardens Meat Cook Book, she found an index card in my mother's handwriting labeled "Banana Pudding"!!!
I'll need to use "piece of butter the size of an egg".
Precious!
My mother also made a coconut cake, and as I described it to my step-mom, she replied that the frosting was "Seven-Minute Frosting". I'm going to google that, but I think she's right.
In another cookbook, there's a bookmarked page with her notes on "One Pot Pork Chop Supper". I remember it well. She used brown sugar instead of worcestershire sauce.
I think you got your Christmas present this year. Very special. Hopefully you make the pudding and you and your family enjoy (of course - there's something about a Mom's kitchen that can never be replicated I'm thinking...)
I have the same issue regarding my Mom's X-mas sugar cookies with buttercream icing...she is in a home now - but has dementia so she has no idea.
Families should make a point to 'get those recipes' before it's too late...it's funny how important they really are!1 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »My mother died 30 years ago. The last time I tasted her banana pudding was the Christmas before, and in her declining state she had messed up the meringue topping. I've tried to recreate her banana pudding, but I never got it right. The time I was closest, I had my older sister taste it. She told me it was not the same.
Today my two daughters and I went to visit my step-mom. My father died 12 years ago. She's doing great. She was his May bride in his December years. While we drove, I asked my daughters to help me plan our Christmas meal. Visiting my step-mom, I related the story that we planned our Christmas around a big breakfast, a big lunch, but had no idea for dessert. If I could make my mother's banana pudding, I would, but I had always failed. She told me that my father would make that banana pudding, that it was too sweet for her, and that he used a written recipe. Then she started looking in a cabinet for his recipe, and found a couple of old cookbooks. Inside the cover of the Better Homes And Gardens Meat Cook Book, she found an index card in my mother's handwriting labeled "Banana Pudding"!!!
I'll need to use "piece of butter the size of an egg".
Precious!
My mother also made a coconut cake, and as I described it to my step-mom, she replied that the frosting was "Seven-Minute Frosting". I'm going to google that, but I think she's right.
In another cookbook, there's a bookmarked page with her notes on "One Pot Pork Chop Supper". I remember it well. She used brown sugar instead of worcestershire sauce.
I think you got your Christmas present this year. Very special. Hopefully you make the pudding and you and your family enjoy (of course - there's something about a Mom's kitchen that can never be replicated I'm thinking...)
I have the same issue regarding my Mom's X-mas sugar cookies with buttercream icing...she is in a home now - but has dementia so she has no idea.
Families should make a point to 'get those recipes' before it's too late...it's funny how important they really are!
So true. I'll always miss my grandmother's 'fromage blanc' tart and her apricot tarts.1 -
Cheesecake, with triple berry sauce and whipped cream; peanut butter blossoms; pecan turtles, made with square pretzels, Rolos, and pecan halves; chocolate covered pretzels; chocolate or white-chocolate covered Oreos!0
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »My mother died 30 years ago. The last time I tasted her banana pudding was the Christmas before, and in her declining state she had messed up the meringue topping. I've tried to recreate her banana pudding, but I never got it right. The time I was closest, I had my older sister taste it. She told me it was not the same.
Today my two daughters and I went to visit my step-mom. My father died 12 years ago. She's doing great. She was his May bride in his December years. While we drove, I asked my daughters to help me plan our Christmas meal. Visiting my step-mom, I related the story that we planned our Christmas around a big breakfast, a big lunch, but had no idea for dessert. If I could make my mother's banana pudding, I would, but I had always failed. She told me that my father would make that banana pudding, that it was too sweet for her, and that he used a written recipe. Then she started looking in a cabinet for his recipe, and found a couple of old cookbooks. Inside the cover of the Better Homes And Gardens Meat Cook Book, she found an index card in my mother's handwriting labeled "Banana Pudding"!!!
I'll need to use "piece of butter the size of an egg".
Precious!
My mother also made a coconut cake, and as I described it to my step-mom, she replied that the frosting was "Seven-Minute Frosting". I'm going to google that, but I think she's right.
In another cookbook, there's a bookmarked page with her notes on "One Pot Pork Chop Supper". I remember it well. She used brown sugar instead of worcestershire sauce.
I love finding things in my mothers handwriting. What a treasure for you this year!
With the prevalence of electronic communication and text speak I suppose my children may not even recognize my handwriting but I would know my mom's anywhere.
This really brought a smile to my face. Thanks for sharing.1 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »My mother died 30 years ago. The last time I tasted her banana pudding was the Christmas before, and in her declining state she had messed up the meringue topping. I've tried to recreate her banana pudding, but I never got it right. The time I was closest, I had my older sister taste it. She told me it was not the same.
Today my two daughters and I went to visit my step-mom. My father died 12 years ago. She's doing great. She was his May bride in his December years. While we drove, I asked my daughters to help me plan our Christmas meal. Visiting my step-mom, I related the story that we planned our Christmas around a big breakfast, a big lunch, but had no idea for dessert. If I could make my mother's banana pudding, I would, but I had always failed. She told me that my father would make that banana pudding, that it was too sweet for her, and that he used a written recipe. Then she started looking in a cabinet for his recipe, and found a couple of old cookbooks. Inside the cover of the Better Homes And Gardens Meat Cook Book, she found an index card in my mother's handwriting labeled "Banana Pudding"!!!
I'll need to use "piece of butter the size of an egg".
Precious!
My mother also made a coconut cake, and as I described it to my step-mom, she replied that the frosting was "Seven-Minute Frosting". I'm going to google that, but I think she's right.
In another cookbook, there's a bookmarked page with her notes on "One Pot Pork Chop Supper". I remember it well. She used brown sugar instead of worcestershire sauce.
One time when my mom was visiting my aunt Mom asked her for her fudge recipe since she'd just made it. My aunt said no. She (my aunt) passed away three weeks later. It's been fifteen years and my mom still can't figure it out.0 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »My mother died 30 years ago. The last time I tasted her banana pudding was the Christmas before, and in her declining state she had messed up the meringue topping. I've tried to recreate her banana pudding, but I never got it right. The time I was closest, I had my older sister taste it. She told me it was not the same.
Today my two daughters and I went to visit my step-mom. My father died 12 years ago. She's doing great. She was his May bride in his December years. While we drove, I asked my daughters to help me plan our Christmas meal. Visiting my step-mom, I related the story that we planned our Christmas around a big breakfast, a big lunch, but had no idea for dessert. If I could make my mother's banana pudding, I would, but I had always failed. She told me that my father would make that banana pudding, that it was too sweet for her, and that he used a written recipe. Then she started looking in a cabinet for his recipe, and found a couple of old cookbooks. Inside the cover of the Better Homes And Gardens Meat Cook Book, she found an index card in my mother's handwriting labeled "Banana Pudding"!!!
I'll need to use "piece of butter the size of an egg".
Precious!
My mother also made a coconut cake, and as I described it to my step-mom, she replied that the frosting was "Seven-Minute Frosting". I'm going to google that, but I think she's right.
In another cookbook, there's a bookmarked page with her notes on "One Pot Pork Chop Supper". I remember it well. She used brown sugar instead of worcestershire sauce.
That's a great find!
Just before my dd was born my mom and I worked on putting together a family cookbook. I have a lot of her favorite recipes in there. She died several years ago so it is nice that we got those down and distributed.0 -
Icebox cake, peanut butter pie, pumpkin cookies.0
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