|
|
|
|
|
Users viewing this topic:
none
|
|
Login  | |
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/6/2009 2:15:42 AM
|
|
|
keithyhuntington
Posts: 814
Joined: 7/7/2009
From: Tulsa, Okla.
Status: offline
|
i LOVE making sugar cookies :) LOVE it. and i lov eating them too :) i have all kinds of festive cutters for the christmas season too :) one year i wanted colored cookies, but i forgot to add teh color in the mixing. so after the dough was already made i juct poured green and red in the bowl and kneeded it with my hands... the cookies turned out gree, red, and white tye-die looking marbley color :) it was cool.
my recipe is whatever is in the better homes and gardens red plaid cook book :P
_____________________________
Jesus Christ please help me 'cause i'm lonely. Whats the use in living, if you can't make a good living?
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/6/2009 10:37:54 PM
|
|
|
JustaFan
Posts: 372
Joined: 4/24/2006
Status: online
|
I wish that cookie recipes would state whether the cookies are crisp or soft. I like soft cookies, and I'm disappointed when I try a new recipe, and they turn out crispy.
_____________________________
Judith
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/6/2009 10:40:51 PM
|
|
|
JustaFan
Posts: 372
Joined: 4/24/2006
Status: online
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: keithyhuntington
i LOVE making sugar cookies :) LOVE it. and i lov eating them too :) i have all kinds of festive cutters for the christmas season too :) one year i wanted colored cookies, but i forgot to add teh color in the mixing. so after the dough was already made i juct poured green and red in the bowl and kneeded it with my hands... the cookies turned out gree, red, and white tye-die looking marbley color :) it was cool.
my recipe is whatever is in the better homes and gardens red plaid cook book :P
It wouldn't be Christmas without cut out sugar cookies. And, no matter what other kinds of cookies are there, the sugar cookies and the chocolate chip cookies are always the first ones to go.
_____________________________
Judith
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/7/2009 10:27:47 AM
|
|
|
uncabeeil
Posts: 4942
Joined: 4/11/2005
From: Joisey. Got a problem wit dat?
Status: online
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: JustaFan
I wish that cookie recipes would state whether the cookies are crisp or soft. I like soft cookies, and I'm disappointed when I try a new recipe, and they turn out crispy.
So bake a small batch, like 6 cookies, at the recommended time and then adjust the time to suit your tastes. I always do that because my oven's thermostat is a little flaky.
_____________________________
"It don't do to fight with God cuz He always wins.
He bloodies your nose and then gives you a ride home on his bike"
Rich Mullins
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/7/2009 10:35:06 AM
|
|
|
baabaasheep2006
Posts: 65
Joined: 5/7/2005
From: uk
Status: offline
|
Bara Brith is a favourate of mine to make Bara Brith means speckled cake and it's a welsh receipe.
Bara Brith
This is literally translated as ‘speckled bread’. Once a week, the stove was lit for baking day, as the heat began to fade in the stove, so a handful of currants was added to the last of the bread dough and this speckled bread became a treat. The flavour, however, of this spiced, honey-glazed fruit bread is delicious when spread with salted Welsh butter, and it is no wonder that Bara Brith is still produced all over Wales.
450g (1lb) mixed dried fruit (i normally just use sultanas)
300ml (1/2 pint) tea
2 tbsp marmalade
1 egg, beaten
6 tbsp soft brown sugar
1 tsp mixed spice
450g (1lb) self-raising flour
honey to glaze
Soak the fruit overnight in the tea.
Next day, mix the marmalade, egg, sugar, spice and flour. Spoon into a greased 900g (1lb) loaf tin and bake in a warm oven (gas 3, 325ºF, 170ºC) for one and three quarter hours or until the centre is cooked through. Check from time to time that the top doesn’t brown too much, and cover with a sheet of foil or move down a shelf in the oven if necessary.
Once cooked, leave the Bara Brith to stand for 5 minutes, then tip out of the tin on to a cooling tray. Using a pastry brush, glaze the top with honey.
Serve sliced with salted butter and some tasty farmhouse Cheddar. Store in an airtight tin.
You don't have to put butter or cheese on it you can just eat it with marg on it.
my nana who was welsh used to make this all the time so i now make it for me and my family.
_____________________________
life is like a box of chocolates you never know what your going to get until you open them. (the pearls of wisdom that is Forest Gump)
http://myspace.com/cadburyslady
new plans for a tattoo see pic!!
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/7/2009 12:08:28 PM
|
|
|
cherish405
Posts: 32135
Joined: 4/11/2005
From: The Land Down Under
Status: offline
|
Wow, this has started early. Normally I'm the one starting this thread and everybody being shocked at how early I've started it.
_____________________________
From this time forth, with the powers vested in me, this post serves as public notice of the issuance of one unrevocable lisence to cherish405 to have special dispensation in the matter of drive-by huggings as she sees fit. ~rayofson~
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/7/2009 12:13:50 PM
|
|
|
Auben
Posts: 1146
Joined: 4/13/2005
From: Where pines tower and cranberries float
Status: offline
|
I make something similar to buckeyes and pretzels dipped in chocolate and crushed candy canes.
This looks good too. I might try these this year.
_____________________________
Tamara
~Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time~
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/7/2009 11:38:35 PM
|
|
|
cherish405
Posts: 32135
Joined: 4/11/2005
From: The Land Down Under
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: keithyhuntington
quote:
ORIGINAL: Kerrlaw
In the spirit of the season, I am having a cookie contest to determine the best cookie on Crosswalk.
Everyone who wants to participate will send me a dozen cookies made with your favorite recipe. On December 20, I will announce the winner and send them a lovely gift as a prize.
Won't this be fun? 
i think she's just trying to finagle free cookies out of all of us :P
As well as high blood sugars and a tummy ache.
_____________________________
From this time forth, with the powers vested in me, this post serves as public notice of the issuance of one unrevocable lisence to cherish405 to have special dispensation in the matter of drive-by huggings as she sees fit. ~rayofson~
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/8/2009 11:52:56 AM
|
|
|
rayofson
Posts: 10251
Joined: 4/11/2005
Status: offline
|
quote:
That which does not kill us makes us fatter. ~ crankius
It probably won't kill you. 
_____________________________
Please don't feed the Ogre.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/10/2009 9:58:55 PM
|
|
|
Liv4Him06
Posts: 232
Joined: 12/6/2006
Status: offline
|
Layered Dessert
Crust: Part One
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 cube butter
- 1 cup pecans
- 5 tbs of sugar
Mix all ingredients well and pat into an ungreased 13X9 pan. Bake at 325* for 20-25 minutes.
Filling: Part Two
- One 8 oz package of cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup cool whip
Mix together and layer over crust.
Part Three
- 2 packages instant pecan pudding -- or your favorite. I've used pistachio, too.
- 2 2/3 cups milk
Mix pudding and milk together and layer over filling.
Part Four
- 1 cup cool whip
- pecans
Spread the cool whip on top of the pudding layer and top with pecans.
Chill for several hours (I'd say at least 6)
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/11/2009 5:11:26 PM
|
|
|
danas_mom
Posts: 498
Joined: 6/17/2005
Status: offline
|
For some quick little candy treats I take a cookie sheet full of small pretzels (the waffle shaped kind works really well, also the small knots) and set an unwrapped rolo candy on top of each one. Stick them in a 350* oven for just a couple of minutes until the candy is softened, then quickly press a pecan half, or a whole almond, or a peanut M&M into the candy. Press them hard enough for the rolo to kind of squish out into the pretzel. Let them cool completely before eating. YUM.
This year I think I'm going to make saltine toffee to go in the treat baskets. You line a cookie sheet with foil or parchment paper, then lay down a single layer of saltine crackers (waffle shaped pretzels work well too). Boil together 2 sticks butter and 2 cups brown sugar until it reaches soft ball stage, then quickly spread out over crackers. If it's a little uneven that's ok, it will finish spreading in the oven. Bake at 325* just until the toffee bubbles, then remove from oven and sprinkle with about 3/4 a bag of chocolate chips. Return to oven for a few seconds to soften chocolate, then spread it out over the toffee. Once it's completely cool (it'll take a while) break into pieces and keep refrigerated.
_____________________________
I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing. ~ 2 Samuel 24:24
Spirit of Ashes Creations
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/11/2009 11:39:47 PM
|
|
|
luvsrickforever
Posts: 196
Joined: 9/9/2005
Status: offline
|
We just bought some goodies from a bake sale our library was having along with a book sale (go Debbie Mcomber whose books I bought) and some of the cookies were shortbread. My mom said they were better than Lorna Dunes which she likes. Does anyone have a good shortbread cookie recipe?
I have made something that is fun. Take 2 Ritz crackers and put peanut butter between them. Put some chocolate chips in a pan on low heat to melt them. Keep stirring them until they are melted. You can use the microwave but I like the stove top better. Dip the crackers w/peanut butter in the chocolate until they are all coated. Now here is the fun part. Sprinkles, colored sugar, anything you want to use to decorate them. Ask people what they are eating and they won't know, but they will love it. It's easy, a little messy but fun, especailly for the kidlettes.
_____________________________
Peace & Luv,
Gail
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/13/2009 1:24:21 PM
|
|
|
FunBetty
Posts: 7093
Joined: 4/11/2005
From: Land o Cheesecake and Pizza
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: Liv4Him06
Layered Dessert
Crust: Part One
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 cube butter
- 1 cup pecans
- 5 tbs of sugar
Mix all ingredients well and pat into an ungreased 13X9 pan. Bake at 325* for 20-25 minutes.
Filling: Part Two
- One 8 oz package of cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup cool whip
Mix together and layer over crust.
Part Three
- 2 packages instant pecan pudding -- or your favorite. I've used pistachio, too.
- 2 2/3 cups milk
Mix pudding and milk together and layer over filling.
Part Four
- 1 cup cool whip
- pecans
Spread the cool whip on top of the pudding layer and top with pecans.
Chill for several hours (I'd say at least 6)
I totally won a baking contest at a church potluck with this recipe.
Oh, and I go over the top....I mix crushed oreos into the crust, and sprinkle crushed oreos on top.
You can't beat a dessert with oreos, imo. lol
_____________________________
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/13/2009 2:15:09 PM
|
|
|
BelleWeather
Posts: 721
Joined: 7/29/2009
From: New York City
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: luvsrickforever
Does anyone have a good shortbread cookie recipe?
Shortbread
1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, room temperature, plus more for the pan
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon table salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter springform pan lined with parchment paper. Sift together flour and salt, set aside. Beat butter until fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add sugar and continue beating until light in color, about 2 minutes, scraping down bowl to fully incorporate. Add vanilla, mix 1 minute. Add flour mixture, combine at low speed, until just incorporated and dough sticks together when squeezed with fingers.
2. Pat dough into prepared pan. I use bottom of 1/2 cup measure to press dough evenly into pan.
Score dough with bench scraper or back of paring knife into eighths (like cutting slices of pie).
3. Bake until firm and just starting to color, about 50 minutes, rotating half way through. Cool completely on wire rack. Run paring knife around edge of pan, then carefully open springform pan. The scores will make the shortbreads easy to take apart. Store in airtight container.
_____________________________
We think we fathom the depths
when we are just skimming the surface with our finger.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/13/2009 11:27:55 PM
|
|
|
luvsrickforever
Posts: 196
Joined: 9/9/2005
Status: offline
|
Thanks for the Shortbread recipe. The problem? We don't have a spring-form pan. Ours rusted out. Could you make them round? I think these that we had were round. We tried to buy a spring-form pan but they were expensive, like 12-15 dollars. Mom says we wouldn't use it enough to spend that kind of money. I will try this one though.
_____________________________
Peace & Luv,
Gail
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/14/2009 12:01:06 PM
|
|
|
BelleWeather
Posts: 721
Joined: 7/29/2009
From: New York City
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: luvsrickforever
Thanks for the Shortbread recipe. The problem? We don't have a spring-form pan. Ours rusted out. Could you make them round? I think these that we had were round. We tried to buy a spring-form pan but they were expensive, like 12-15 dollars. Mom says we wouldn't use it enough to spend that kind of money. I will try this one though.
Do you want to make them like a sugar cookie, with a cutter? This dough gets tough if you handle it too much. You might want to use a recipe reccomended for rolling and cutting.
You could prepare an 8 inch cake pan in the same fashion. Inverting the shortbread out of the pan could be tricky--if you have a slightly smaller plate to place inside the pan, against the shortbread, and then invert--it might save you from eating shortbread crumbs.
A spring-form pan can be used for cheesecakes, flourless chocolate cakes, sweet rolls, biscuits,
tarts, quiche, filo pies, rustic pizza, tortas.....just a thought.
_____________________________
We think we fathom the depths
when we are just skimming the surface with our finger.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 10/14/2009 10:44:09 PM
|
|
|
luvsrickforever
Posts: 196
Joined: 9/9/2005
Status: offline
|
We do have an 8" cake pan. I will use that. Thanks. I love to make cookies with cookie cutters, butter cookies, not sugar, but hate that you have to put the dough in the fridge for 1/2 hour to an hour depending on the recipe. When I am making a recipe I want to make it all at once, not stop and go back to it. Someone told me to start another thing but then I am in the middle of the second thing and I have to go back to the first one. What a pain but the cookies come out beautiful with all the pretty cookie cutters.
_____________________________
Peace & Luv,
Gail
|
|
|
|
 New Messages |
 No New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/ New Messages |
 Hot Topic w/o New Messages |
 Locked w/ New Messages |
 Locked w/o New Messages |
|
 Post New Thread
Reply to Message
Post New Poll
Submit Vote
Delete My Own Post
Delete My Own Thread
Rate Posts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Tools
Printable Version
Christmas Cookies & Other Holiday Recipes! - 
I think I won a starbucks gc....but the real win was eating all that yummy potluck food. lol! I wish my church did more potlucks!!!
