Christmas goodies you're excited for
quiksylver296
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Every Christmas I look forward to my mom's peanut butter fudge (it's actually chocolate/PB, not just PB). It is soooo good and we only have it at Christmas. It's not Christmas without PB fudge.
This year I'm going to tackle homemade cinnamon rolls. (Rising dough. YIKES!!! I've never tried anything with rising dough before.)
What deliciousness are you looking forward to this Christmas? As usual, bonus points for food porn pics.
This year I'm going to tackle homemade cinnamon rolls. (Rising dough. YIKES!!! I've never tried anything with rising dough before.)
What deliciousness are you looking forward to this Christmas? As usual, bonus points for food porn pics.
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I might try to make my Mom's fudge again. I miss it (and her) but can never seem to make it quite right. I mean it's almost 100% brown sugar.7
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Fruitcake.
(Yes, I mean it. I make it myself and soak it with plenty of apple brandy.)11 -
I love this time of year because of all the treats 😊 I’ve already started baking. Here’s some of my favorites ive made
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I love this time of year because of all the treats 😊 I’ve already started baking. Here’s some of my favorites ive made
Well, it's just rude that you haven't invited us all over already.
It all looks good, but that rolled cake looks amazing! I want to try one this year, but I'm nervous . . .
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I don't have pretty pictures, but I'm really excited for my husband's ginger cookies, decorating sugar cookies, kringles (if I can get my friend to make some), and most importantly of all...cherry bread!!5
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I also make peanut butter fudge every year for christmas. Just peanut butter, no chocolate. I don't really know why I started this. It's just so good though. And sooo high calorie lol. I think I'm going to make a couple extra batches and give them out to the girls at work too.
I also make an assortment of chocolate (milk, dark, and yes WHITE) covered things. Pretzels, popcorn, peanuts.4 -
I keep my mom's tradition alive by making her yearly candy recipes with her awesome tempered chocolate: chocolate covered cherries, reese's cups, mounds bars, fudge, and a few others. I usually make some baklava as well. She always made tons to give as gifts so I do the same. The cherries are my favorite as they're wrapped in a dough before dipping and I don't let them liquefy. They're so freakin' good.5
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The ham and the prime rib. I'm a savory girl.7
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Get your mommas recipe before it's too late. My father had been dead more than a decade before his second wife discovered his first wife's recipe for banana pudding.2
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Potica! My husband's family (Hispanic) is from the Pueblo, Colorado region, where this Slovenian dessert is VERY popular. Immigrants brought it with them when they came to work in the steel mills. Interesting to see how this dessert has been fully adopted.
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Get your mommas recipe before it's too late. My father had been dead more than a decade before his second wife discovered his first wife's recipe for banana pudding.
I've got the recipe. It's just better if Mom makes it and I don't have to. LOL5 -
FireOpalCO wrote: »Potica! My husband's family (Hispanic) is from the Pueblo, Colorado region, where this Slovenian dessert is VERY popular. Immigrants brought it with them when they came to work in the steel mills. Interesting to see how this dessert has been fully adopted.
We just ordered ours from Schuster's yesterday!1 -
I bake a bunch of different cookies with my kids for Christmas. They are all pretty much Christmas only cookies and they are so buttery and delicious. Plus I enjoy the baking with my littles.1
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MommyLifts3 wrote: »I bake a bunch of different cookies with my kids for Christmas. They are all pretty much Christmas only cookies and they are so buttery and delicious. Plus I enjoy the baking with my littles.
I love Christmas-only stuff. It's so much more special that way.3 -
British-style fruitcake. The British shop near us is stuffed full of goodies like that. But my husband is talking about making it himself, he's a superb cook.5
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janejellyroll wrote: »I love this time of year because of all the treats 😊 I’ve already started baking. Here’s some of my favorites ive made
Well, it's just rude that you haven't invited us all over already.
It all looks good, but that rolled cake looks amazing! I want to try one this year, but I'm nervous . . .
Come on down!!! 😊 lol the pumpkin roll nearly killed me. Everyone told me “they’re sooo easy!!!” And my grandma gave me her recipe. I probably made about 30 failed pumpkin rolls, they kept ripping apart. I tried many different things, and finally found the secret to keeping them together. Don’t do the stupid tea towel trick (not to mention who wants towel fibers in their roll?), just roll it right up in the parchment paper you baked it on and set it on a cooling rack 👍.4 -
I love making and eating sugar cookies with my kids for Santa on Christmas eve. We have lots of frosting and sprinkles and other fun stuff and its just one big yummy mess. Then after santa has his fill we eat the rest for dessert on Christmas.2
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Tamales and Posole6
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date swirl cookies, but I already made them on Monday so that's sort of cheating.3
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janejellyroll wrote: »I love this time of year because of all the treats 😊 I’ve already started baking. Here’s some of my favorites ive made
Well, it's just rude that you haven't invited us all over already.
It all looks good, but that rolled cake looks amazing! I want to try one this year, but I'm nervous . . .
Come on down!!! 😊 lol the pumpkin roll nearly killed me. Everyone told me “they’re sooo easy!!!” And my grandma gave me her recipe. I probably made about 30 failed pumpkin rolls, they kept ripping apart. I tried many different things, and finally found the secret to keeping them together. Don’t do the stupid tea towel trick (not to mention who wants towel fibers in their roll?), just roll it right up in the parchment paper you baked it on and set it on a cooling rack 👍.
I've only read the tea towel method, so if I decide to try it this holiday I will use the parchment paper for sure.2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Every Christmas I look forward to my mom's peanut butter fudge (it's actually chocolate/PB, not just PB). It is soooo good and we only have it at Christmas. It's not Christmas without PB fudge.
This year I'm going to tackle homemade cinnamon rolls. (Rising dough. YIKES!!! I've never tried anything with rising dough before.)
What deliciousness are you looking forward to this Christmas? As usual, bonus points for food porn pics.
Oh, yeast is so much fun to work with because it's ALIVE! Just make sure you carefully read the recipe and work backwards from all the rising times so you start early enough.
For years I struggled and then gave up on dough recipes that required rolling because I just couldn't make circles. And then I discovered this:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HK2DNA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I use a traditional rolling pin to start and that one to get it round.
If your dough doesn't rise consider "proofing" in the oven with a pan of hot water like this: https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/6398-turning-your-oven-into-a-proof-box
It's just too cold and dry in my house this time of year for dough to rise properly on the counter.2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »MommyLifts3 wrote: »I bake a bunch of different cookies with my kids for Christmas. They are all pretty much Christmas only cookies and they are so buttery and delicious. Plus I enjoy the baking with my littles.
I love Christmas-only stuff. It's so much more special that way.
I agree ☺️0 -
British-style fruitcake. The British shop near us is stuffed full of goodies like that. But my husband is talking about making it himself, he's a superb cook.
I made my fruitcake back in October and have been feeding it with brandy every week. Can't wait for Christmas so I can eat a piece of it with a slice of Wensleydale cheese.
Oops. Forgot to add. I've got the mincemeat for mince-pies, but this year I'm making my own pastry. (I have got a packet of ready-made pastry just in case everything goes wrong.)3 -
Much though I love all the goodies, sweet and savoury.
I’m over at your place Christmas to new year @BruinsGal_91. Need to get as much of those traditional goodies in as possible. I’ll even make the pastry for you.
Do you marzipan and royal ice your cake.?
For me it would be an English trifle with sherry. So odd, when I was little I used to think the sherry spoiled it, now I think it is spoiled without it.
Sorry, no pics- last time I made it was pre digital.
Cheers, h.2 -
I had lost the recipe for these cookies my mother used to make and just got a copy from my sister.
It would be pretty easy to convert them to gluten free, the dilemma for me is that they have a LOT of nuts, and nuts and I aren't friends, but they'd be worth it.
They're a thin shortbread layer, topped with a nut layer, topped with a fudge layer, sprinkled with nuts. They are amazing.
I'm still debating whether or not to make them.2 -
Peppermint bark!!
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These were some of mine from last year8 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Every Christmas I look forward to my mom's peanut butter fudge (it's actually chocolate/PB, not just PB). It is soooo good and we only have it at Christmas. It's not Christmas without PB fudge.
This year I'm going to tackle homemade cinnamon rolls. (Rising dough. YIKES!!! I've never tried anything with rising dough before.)
What deliciousness are you looking forward to this Christmas? As usual, bonus points for food porn pics.
Oh, my, those cinnamon rolls look amazing. I don't suppose you would share the recipe?0 -
My grandma's krumkakes (Norweigan cookies). We only have them once a year. Eggnog!3
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I'm Ukrainian, and every Christmas I make cabbage rolls. They're so good, but such a pain I only make them once a year. These are from last year, almost ready to go into the oven:
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