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    • Posts: 9,026 Member
      i get drunk and pass out on the couch.
    • Posts: 1,138 Member
      Gingerbread men with raisin belly buttons. Family tradition from my grandmother's cookbook!
    • Posts: 341 Member
      Tiramisu......with lots of Mascarpone, espresso, rum and coffee liqueur.... have no idea about calories on it, I can mostly do with just a small serving but friends love it. So I make double and leave it at their house.....:tongue:
    • Posts: 1,517 Member
      QUEEN of SNICKERDOODLES.
    • Posts: 341 Member
      Almond poppy seed bundt cake....I give it as gifts and I get requests for the recipe all the time.. NO way!

      Eggnog pumpkin pie

      Caramel pecan pie

      Do you see a trend here?? lol


      sound yummy....would you share recipes for all or at least top 2 ??????
    • Posts: 864 Member
      besides desserts and bread.... my baked mac n cheese. Its so bad and so good, we moved it to a separate day around the holiday meals so it could be the main focus. its about 1000 cals per serving though.

      so I will prob have to healthify it this year, or skip it. since the holidays ALWAYS put 20 + lbs on me...EVER YEAR that then I spend the next YEAR losing. To many family's houses and friends with separate celebrations and bdays in December and jan to boot. Plus annev in nov. its a hot food mess.
    • Posts: 332 Member
      Fool toffee-yummy-easy-wicked
    • Posts: 117
      i make my family recipe home made eggnog, spiked, of course. make your own is 100X better than anything store bought. i PROMISE!!! use spiced rum and brandy in equal proportions but remember this, its MUCH STRONGER than you think..//
    • Posts: 1,128 Member
      I am the goddess of "Chocolate Mousse Pie To Die For".....

      Graham cracker crust

      Creamy peanut butter smeared on the crust

      Melted chocolate on the bottom layer

      Chocolate pudding, chocolate shavings, and marshmallows - whipped - for the filling

      Chocolate chunks on top of the pie... and voila!!!

      It's super easy and divine..... and each slice has zero calories... assuming you don't put any of it in your mouth. HEH! :)

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    • Posts: 13,247 Member
      I'm all about the desserts. Cake, pie, brownies, cookies. :love:
    • Posts: 77 Member
      Not this past Thanksgiving I made some of the most amazing mashed potatoes ever. There were none left. You premake them the day before, then the day of, you bake them. O-M-G. Everyone was raving about them. I also make a stellar broccoli casserole. I can't wait for Thanksgiving this year! I'm moving into a new house next week and cannot WAIT to utilize my big kitchen!!

      Will you share the mashed potato recipe?
    • Posts: 134 Member
      A killer Portuguese stuffing recipe from hell (it's beyond yummy!), the world's best pumpkin roll, and I've figured out how to make some incredible chocolates and fudge. My female friends hate me but their husbands love me during the holidays:devil:
    • Posts: 250 Member
      Our family is recipe is called Cranberry Yum-Yum. It's fresh cranberries and apples with marshmallow, cool whip and sugar. Yummy I have been eating since I could chew.
    • Posts: 213 Member
      I do a ton of cooking over the holidays-huge meals, desserts, treats etc.

      It is a holiday requirement though that I always make pumpkin rolls and Green bean Bacon Wraps for any meal that I make or attend :) It's long stem canned Green Beans (like 3-4) wrapped in half a slice of bacon. Line up as many as you can fit on a cookie sheet. Melt a stick of butter, stir in a cup of brown sugar and a tsp of garlic powder. Pour that over the Beans and then bake around 400 until they start to get crispy. Soooooo good.
    • Posts: 3,863 Member
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      Please share your white choc chip chocolate cookie recipe and the trifle! :)
      Trifle is top secret. (it's my mom's recipe...she'd cut me)


      Buuuuuuuuttt the cookie recipe (which is far superior anyways) is from the back of the Nestle Tollhouse White baking chips bag.
    • Posts: 6,897 Member
      I do a ton of cooking over the holidays-huge meals, desserts, treats etc.

      It is a holiday requirement though that I always make pumpkin rolls and Green bean Bacon Wraps for any meal that I make or attend :) It's long stem canned Green Beans (like 3-4) wrapped in half a slice of bacon. Line up as many as you can fit on a cookie sheet. Melt a stick of butter, stir in a cup of brown sugar and a tsp of garlic powder. Pour that over the Beans and then bake around 400 until they start to get crispy. Soooooo good.

      I'll have to make these. So 1/2 cup of butter. 1 cup brown sugar. 1 tsp garlic powder per 1 can of green beans? Or however many fit on the sheet?
    • Posts: 2,236 Member
      pumpkin white chocolate cheesecake

      homemade caramel brownies (yes homemade caramel and brownies)

      Lemon cookies

      Pumpkin caramel loaf (once again homemade caramel)


      I am the dessert queen
    • Posts: 706 Member
      Squash casserole, devolved eggs and my favorite-- seasoned oyster crackers!
    • Posts: 6,897 Member
      pumpkin white chocolate cheesecake

      homemade caramel brownies (yes homemade caramel and brownies)

      Lemon cookies

      Pumpkin caramel loaf (once again homemade caramel)


      I am the dessert queen

      share please! i wanna know your caramel recipe!
    • Posts: 71 Member
      I roast butternut squash, red potatoes, and yams with garlic and truffle oil

      It's AMAZING!!!

      And instead of a peacan pie I use cashews nuts instead and some dark chocolate chips!!

      It's mouthgasms all around! :love:
    • Posts: 213 Member
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      I'll have to make these. So 1/2 cup of butter. 1 cup brown sugar. 1 tsp garlic powder per 1 can of green beans? Or however many fit on the sheet?

      Usually one package of bacon per 2-3 cans of green beans. It just depends on many beans you put in each wrap. Usually we use several packages of bacon and my SIL now cans whole green beans for me to use. We try to get as many on a cookie sheet as possible-but try to keep it to two cookie sheets of wraps. No matter how many we make per cookie sheet I just stick to the 1/2 cup butter, cup of brown sugar and tsp of garlic powder per cookie sheet. I hope that make sense. Oh and I just cut the entire package of bacon in half before I even open it. My kids love helping wrap them too--I guess because everyone loves them so much and the kids want some of the credit lol!
    • Posts: 228
      Well I'm the baker of the family. So it depends on what type of Christmas meal we are planning. That determines what type of desserts I make. I always make at least 2 pies to go with the other desserts. My cheesecakes as well as tortes are favorites among my children and family.
    • Posts: 241 Member
      I make a mean chicken pot pie from scratch... but idk the recipe, I just play it by ear.
      Also, my buffalo wings drive people crazy because I like it with an extra kick instead of focusing on the buttery flavor
    • Posts: 238 Member
      This: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/old-fashioned-paradise-pumpkin-pie/

      Everyone loves it and always asks for it.
      It's got a cheesecake layer, then a pumpkin custard layer, and a pecan streusel on top.

      oh my god, that looks amazeballs. i'm totally making that some day.




      every christmas i make these little tarts that have a ginger snap base, a whipped pumpkin custard-type filling, and candied cranberries on top. i might have to forego those this year though and try that paradise pumpkin pie recipe...
    • Posts: 926 Member
      I make insanely delicious apple pie and sweet potato pie, amazing baked man n cheese, and super yummy stuffing.


      Year round I make hot spinach artichoke dip. It's divine and requested at every potluck. My mouth is watering thinking about it. :tongue:
    • Posts: 69
      I bake cookies for everyone in the family... some of the standards like chocolate chip cookies & oatmeal raisin but I have specialties like chapel windows, date nut balls, peanut butter balls. I try to accomodate everyone's favorite but I change it up every year because I like trying new things and I bake a lot. The cookie boxes I gave out last year had 20 different types of cookies in them. (I start early and freeze them).

      Can I be in your family, P u H leeeseee:flowerforyou:
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    • Posts: 1,138 Member
      I roast butternut squash, red potatoes, and yams with garlic and truffle oil

      It's AMAZING!!!

      And instead of a peacan pie I use cashews nuts instead and some dark chocolate chips!!

      Wow! Both sound terrific!
    • Posts: 522 Member
      Every year I make Nigella's coca cola ham - so so good and there would be a mutiny if I didn't bake a ham.

      http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/ham-in-coca-cola-171 - except my ham is at least twice that size :happy:

      I also make my grandma's trifle - I daren't even being to think how many calories are in this :noway:
    • Posts: 215 Member
      Between my mom and I, we have homemade pecan pie, 7-layer jello salad, sausage balls (she makes those as I don't like them) and microwave fudge!
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