Special Christmas cookies & dishes

All this talk about food .. just wondering if anyone makes special Christmas food or desserts..

I know this is way of Tony Stewart.. and racing.. sorry I hope this does't offend anyone..

I am always on the lookout for new recipes..

You know this is not very Christmas.. but I could not get away w/o making

Shortbread.. Cookie Monster Cookies..
Or course we do the traditional cut outs.. but my kiddos and most of their friends are art students.. so they spent hours decorating them..

we also make cookie treats for the dogs..

Gonna try Neverland's Spomoni cake..

So what's your speciality

Hubby is laying on the couch watching TV.. son is working.. and dd and BF are still up in her room..
Mom and I are baking cookies.. so it's a nice day in the neighborhood..

That should be "Way Off Topic" not of

North Country wrote:

All this talk about food .. just wondering if anyone makes special Christmas food or desserts..
I know this is way of Tony Stewart.. and racing.. sorry I hope this does't offend anyone..
I am always on the lookout for new recipes..
You know this is not very Christmas.. but I could not get away w/o making
Shortbread.. Cookie Monster Cookies..
Or course we do the traditional cut outs.. but my kiddos and most of their friends are art students.. so they spent hours decorating them..
we also make cookie treats for the dogs..
Gonna try Neverland's Spomoni cake..
So what's your speciality
Hubby is laying on the couch watching TV.. son is working.. and dd and BF are still up in her room..
Mom and I are baking cookies.. so it's a nice day in the neighborhood..

Sounds like a great thing to do on a saturday,Im making a brunch breakfast,just bacon,eggs,new york sausage(package say'slol)and my friend is having buttermilk pancakes,made with buttermilk,in not fond of pancakes myself way to heavy for me.But i do like a small glass of buttermilk once and awile,my granny loved buttermilk..I think with no Nascar right now,anything goes,lol..love to hear all you make and all the receipes..

Its a pain in da arse, but gotta make stollen every year....not terribly fond of it, but if you're German, ya kinda gotta do it!

Cheeky20Fan wrote:

Its a pain in da arse, but gotta make stollen every year....not terribly fond of it, but if you're German, ya kinda gotta do it!

Is that alot like a scone? Ive forgotton,my neighbor(moved away now)used to make that,but i forgot how it's made,I know of scones kinda hard flaky with currants and kinda salty...remind me please..:)

mindy wrote:

<quoted text>Is that alot like a scone? Ive forgotton,my neighbor(moved away now)used to make that,but i forgot how it's made,I know of scones kinda hard flaky with currants and kinda salty...remind me please..:)

Admittedly I havent had a lot of scones, but stollen usually has a lot of that candied fruit, ya know that nasty stuff ya find in fruitcakes? And its very dense. I'm not a big fan of it really, but its a CHristmas morning tradition that goes waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the German half of my family!

Cheeky20Fan wrote:

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Admittedly I havent had a lot of scones, but stollen usually has a lot of that candied fruit, ya know that nasty stuff ya find in fruitcakes? And its very dense. I'm not a big fan of it really, but its a CHristmas morning tradition that goes waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the German half of my family!

Yeah,now it does ring a bell,they are very much the same but i think it depends on what you put in them,always hated the fruit cake,lol the candied fruit always make me go ick! But you have to follow tradition! That's what it all about!:)

granny gets a lot of good foreign food cause of the military foreign famlies, real good stuff but i love stollen and fruit cake, give granny a fruit cake for christmas or anytime, i am a happy camper!!! i used to cook so much stuff but with the chemo treatments i aint gonna do as much this year, i bought a fruit cake from the amish 2 weeks ago but i ate it all already, so good!!!!

these new forums about this different stuff is a lot of fun and very enjoyable and i am likeing you guys so much, cause of these sites on different stuff, hope we can keep doing it !!!!

SAK-O LAYDOX wrote:

granny gets a lot of good foreign food cause of the military foreign famlies, real good stuff but i love stollen and fruit cake, give granny a fruit cake for christmas or anytime, i am a happy camper!!! i used to cook so much stuff but with the chemo treatments i aint gonna do as much this year, i bought a fruit cake from the amish 2 weeks ago but i ate it all already, so good!!!!

Now i bet the Amish make some great food!All from scratch,yummy!!That's the best kind.....oh it's making me hungry darn it,lol

Persimmon cookies - more of a fall thing than specifically Christmas, just because that's when they're in season, but gotta have some for Christmas Eve. My grandparents had a tree - now I have to buy them at the store, but can't do without them!!!

my grandma taught me to cook like the amish, she loved the amish people. and yes, the food is so good it should be out lawed. i lived in a amish community in mich i could sit in my sunroom and hear the hoofs of the horse when they woud go by pulling the buggy and i sure miss that a lot but in blackstone va, not far from me is a amish community so i feel at home again!!!!! if ya get a chance, visit the amish stores sometime, you will not want to leave. they are great people, worked with a family in there lumber business in mich, only for the good meals the women made us for lunch and dinner, very good stuff!!!

BROOM FLYING GRANNY wrote:

my grandma taught me to cook like the amish, she loved the amish people. and yes, the food is so good it should be out lawed. i lived in a amish community in mich i could sit in my sunroom and hear the hoofs of the horse when they woud go by pulling the buggy and i sure miss that a lot but in blackstone va, not far from me is a amish community so i feel at home again!!!!! if ya get a chance, visit the amish stores sometime, you will not want to leave. they are great people, worked with a family in there lumber business in mich, only for the good meals the women made us for lunch and dinner, very good stuff!!!

They make those beautiful quilts! They have a store in Carmel that sells their work,the good thing is part of the money goes to a fund for the SPCA around here.My mom and i used to make Homemade herb bread from scratch,it was so simple and delicious.The Amish have good values and it's great they live off the land.When i was in High School we kinda lived off the land as well,huge garden with everything,too much that we had to bring our goods to the fairgrounds at the farmers market,and we did alot of canning.My mom made the best bread and butter pickles,and pickled watermelon rind(sounds funny,but they are so good)My mom still makes apple sauce and gives in to people at her church.She stills grows her own lettuce,lord knows you sure can't trust the stores around here,still having problems with the E-Coli scare,something the Amish don't worry about im sure,all safe im sure in their fields..:)

North Country wrote:

All this talk about food .. just wondering if anyone makes special Christmas food or desserts..
I know this is way of Tony Stewart.. and racing.. sorry I hope this does't offend anyone..
I am always on the lookout for new recipes..
You know this is not very Christmas.. but I could not get away w/o making
Shortbread.. Cookie Monster Cookies..
Or course we do the traditional cut outs.. but my kiddos and most of their friends are art students.. so they spent hours decorating them..
we also make cookie treats for the dogs..
Gonna try Neverland's Spomoni cake..
So what's your speciality
Hubby is laying on the couch watching TV.. son is working.. and dd and BF are still up in her room..
Mom and I are baking cookies.. so it's a nice day in the neighborhood..

What are Cookie Monster Cookie's?

Anyone have a mistake proof easy fudge recipe you can share?

For Christmas morning, I always make french toast using a Panettone. It's bad, bad, bad, but so good, good, good. I've spent the day making Christmas Cranberry Coffee Cakes that I put a sinful white icing on. So tasty.

My absolute favorite Christmas cookie is pecan crescent. Many moons ago, I worked in an office in DC and a wife of a colleague would make 300 or 400 of then (they're bite size) for us. The problem was that you dust the cookies with powdered sugar and the whole staff would walk around the office with white powder down their shirt or jacket. You couldn't sneak one because it was too easy to get busted!

FANTASY FUDGE

3 cups sugar
12-oz pkg semi-sweet chocolate pieces
¨ú cup margarine
1 7-oz jar marshmallow creme
¨ø cup (5¨÷-oz can) evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla

Combine sugar, margarine and milk in heavy 2¨ö quart saucepan. Bring to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Continue boiling 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring constantly to prevent scorching. Remove from heat; stir in chocolate pieces until melted. Add marshmallow creme and vanilla. Beat until well-blended. Pour into greased 13x9 pan. Cool at room temperature; cut into squares. Servings: 3 pounds.

My MIL makes this for Christmas, it is a dessert.

GLORIFIED RICE

1 cup instant or regular cooked rice
1 can crushed pineapple drained
pineapple juice
¼-½ cup water
2 tbsp sugar
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1 cup whipping cream or 8-oz Whipping Cream

Drain the can of crushed pineapple. Add juice to water to make the amount needed to cook the rice. Bring liquid to boil. Add instant rice and cook 5 minutes or per the directions. Drain if necessary. Add crushed pineapple and chill 1 hour. Whip 1 cup whipping cream or Cool Whip and sugar. When thickened, add 1 cup miniature marshmallows. Keep chilled.

Cut & Paste didn't like my fractions sorry:

FANTASY FUDGE

3/4 cup margarine
2/3 cup evaporated milk

... in heavy 2 1/2 quart saucepan ...

Pirate Queen wrote:

Cut & Paste didn't like my fractions sorry:
FANTASY FUDGE
3/4 cup margarine
2/3 cup evaporated milk
... in heavy 2 1/2 quart saucepan ...

Thanks!