Favorite Christmas dessert?

Francl27
Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
edited November 23 in Recipes
Looking for inspiration. Probably want to make 2/3 different things (I do not like alcohol or Peppermint stuff).
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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Christmas pudding with custard and icecream
    Icecream Christmas pudding
    Panettone bread and butter pudding
    Icecream stuffed panettone
    Pavlova
  • kristen8000
    kristen8000 Posts: 747 Member
    When I think Christmas, I think cookies. Peanut Butter Blossoms are my very favorite. Snickerdoodles a close second. Was never into sugar/iced cookies.

    Cheesecake is my ultimate favorite dessert year round.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    kristen8000 wrote: »
    When I think Christmas, I think cookies. Peanut Butter Blossoms are my very favorite. Snickerdoodles a close second. Was never into sugar/iced cookies.

    Cheesecake is my ultimate favorite dessert year round.

    I'll definitely make cookies and a cheesecake (thinking caramel with a pecan flavored crust). Maybe a tiramisu Yule log. Just need something else, lol.
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    Vinegar pie.....look it up! A lovely custard like pie.
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    Candy cane sugar cookies.
  • mccormf1
    mccormf1 Posts: 153 Member
    Cherry cheesecake. My mom makes me one every year for my birthday (day after Christmas)
    Mmmm
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,341 Member
    I have fussy folk this year, one is no chocolate, one is no fruit aside from citrus, so I'm making a lemon meringue trifle :)
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    Looking for inspiration. Probably want to make 2/3 different things (I do not like alcohol or Peppermint stuff).

    Me too.....alcohol should not mix with desserts :s
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    edited December 2017
    All of them :/

    Except maybe Russian teacakes. I've been pretending I didn't hate them may whole life, because they are my Moms favorites and she makes them every year, lol
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I have fussy folk this year, one is no chocolate, one is no fruit aside from citrus, so I'm making a lemon meringue trifle :)

    I'm thinking trifle but I refuse to use pudding mix and store cake so it always takes much longer to make, lol.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    My favorite is the molten chocolate lava cake my aunt makes. Last year though, she added peppermint to it and candy cane pieces on the outside which I hated (I hate mint + chocolate) but everyone raved about it.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Anything red velvet!
  • HellYeahItsKriss
    HellYeahItsKriss Posts: 906 Member
    Am i the only one who doesn't like snickerdoodles? lol
    I also don't like those squares people make that kinda taste like peanut butter with the mini colored marshmallows in them..

    However... chocolate macaroons..

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    This is pure happiness to me lol
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Some people don't like coconut too. So picky :disappointed:
  • HellYeahItsKriss
    HellYeahItsKriss Posts: 906 Member
    edited December 2017
    I have met many of these demon spawn... lol...

    Just kidding, but i bet they think the same about me when it comes to desserts with fruit in them, no thank you.. i hate fruit in almost every form it comes in lol.. I won't even eat cookies that are jam filled lol
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »
    I have met many of these demon spawn... lol...

    Just kidding, but i bet they think the same about me when it comes to desserts with fruit in them, no thank you.. i hate fruit in almost every form it comes in lol.. I won't even eat cookies that are jam filled lol

    Lol, we all have our thing. My kids don't eat baked foods unless it's cookies that don't have nuts in them.
  • HellYeahItsKriss
    HellYeahItsKriss Posts: 906 Member
    I have a cousin who doesn't like cake..

    Strange dislikes and likes people have.. i used to have a client at the nursing home who likes peanut butter and mustard hot dogs.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    I am going to make a real New York style Cheesecake, the real thing with a nice chocolate topping.
    Also going to bake, my mom's request, a Napoleon Cake.

    I love Napoloeons but I'm not sure they would like it... it's very French, lol. It's a shame that it's so hard to find the real thing around here (that uses pastry cream and not whipped cream). I do need to figure out how to make the classic iced sugar topping though... so good. I've done puff pastry from scratch but never cooked it as layers, so it would be an interesting challenge.

    Oh yeah and it needs to be something that can be done the day before too. I'm thinking the log for the first event and the caramel pecan cheesecake for the second... just would like something else with it. Decisions, decisions.
  • jsminer827
    jsminer827 Posts: 62 Member
    Christmas = cookies for me.

    I love a good snickerdoodle... chewy and soft, gosh... the stuff dreams are made of eh?

    I recently found a good recipe for Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies that are quasi-healthy... whole wheat flour, limited sugar, rolled oats... definitely go to the low side of the cook time if you want chewy and soft cookies... https://amyshealthybaking.com/blog/2014/11/30/the-ultimate-healthy-soft-chewy-oatmeal-raisin-cookies/
  • AngryViking1970
    AngryViking1970 Posts: 2,847 Member
    Fruitcake. I love it and think it gets a bad rap.
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
    Pecan pie with whipped cream! Yum! Or you can make the same filling but so them as little individual tarts!
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited December 2017
    The last few years I have made a sweet mincemeat instead of lemon meringue pie - its seriously yummy :smile:
    I also do a lovely almond and plum tart, its light and so moist and delicious too https://www.itv.com/lorraine/food/james-tanners-plum-frangipane-tart
    This year I am thinking as well as the above I will also make a tirimasu - I use a Gordon Ramsey recipe for that and its fab :smiley:http://gordonramsaysbollocks.tumblr.com/post/11289273241/gordon-ramsays-quick-tiramisu-recipe-ingredients

  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited December 2017
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  • JillianRumrill
    JillianRumrill Posts: 335 Member
    Pizelles- especially anisette flavored!
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Gingerbread cake http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/gingerbread-pudding-cake-266842?Soc=pinterest
    Baklava http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/gretchens-baklava-266698?soc=socialsharingpinterest
    Egg nog cake
    Swedish tea ring or braided bread
  • emcclure013
    emcclure013 Posts: 231 Member
    Cream Puff Dessert is a staple around my house and it's always a crowd pleaser: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/vanilla-cream-puff-dessert

    I'm also a big fan of peanut butter pie.
  • WilmaValley
    WilmaValley Posts: 1,092 Member
    See's Candy!
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    We have what we just call Christmas dessert. Heavy cream, powdered sugar, pineapple chunks, marshmallows, and shaved pecans. And it must be chilled outside (I'm in Ohio and it's usually cold enough for this).
  • Cbean08
    Cbean08 Posts: 1,092 Member
    mixed berry crumble with vanilla ice-cream.

    I would do something with fruit to add variety to the log and cheesecake.
  • sweetsloth
    sweetsloth Posts: 35 Member
    Zabaglione with fruit is always nice.
    Panna cotta.
    Lemon Meringue Pie
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