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Peppermint Bars
By MeredithT
An extravagant dessert of a fudgy brownie layered with peppermint frosting and a rich chocolate glaze
- 1 package (family-size) fudge brownie mix
- 2 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) plus 7 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1 1/2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Peppermint Extract
- 12 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate, coarsely chopped
- Crushed peppermint candies , (optional)
Bread Stuffing
By ladyof2
1.For a good stuffing, bread should be dry
- •675-g loaf sliced whole-wheat bread
- •3 celery stalks
- •1 large onion
- •4 garlic cloves
- •1/2 cup (125 mL) butter
- •1/2 cup (125 mL) chopped parsley
- •1/4 cup (50 mL) chopped fresh sage or 1 tbsp (15 mL) crumbled dried sage leaves
- •2 tsp (10 mL) dried thyme leaves
- •11/2 tsp (7 mL) poultry seasoning
- •1/2 tsp (2 mL) each salt and freshly ground black pepper
- •1 to 11/2 cups (250 to 375 mL) chicken broth or bouillon
Easy Apple Pie
By Keri
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F
- 2 packages frozen harvest apples, defrosted
- 2 unbaked 9 inch pie pastries
- 1 fourth cup sugar, plus sugar for sprinkiling
- 2 table spoons all purpose flour
- 1 fourth teaspoon groubd cinnamon
- 1 eighth teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoon milk
Mashed Potatoes
By ladyflexx
Cut potatoes in half (You can leave the skin on if you would like) and place into a pot of boiling water
- Potatoes
- Milk
- Butter
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic Salt
Holiday Flavored Vodka
By babeboomer
This is a base you make, then whip up a Cranberry Cosmopolitan as shown below
- 1 c. whole fresh cranberries
- 1/4 c. water
- 1/4 c. sugar
- Add according to taste:
- small amount of lemon peel
- juice from a lemon
- orange peel
- lime peel
- or
- grapefruit peel
- some ginger pcs.
Chocolate Cheesecake
By sunflowerkudi
Take out cream cheese about 1 hour before making recipe and leave at room temperature
- 312 grams (11 oz) of cream cheese ( about 1 1/2 package of cream cheese)
- 1/4 cup butter (softened)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 gram cracker crust
- 2 cups of Cool Whip ( thawed somewhat, not frozen)
Sour Cream Sweet Potato Pie
By gothmoth03
A Holiday favorite!
- 1 9 inch unbaked pie crust
- 3 eggs, separated
- 16 oz sweet potatoes, mashed (about 2 cups) Use canned potatoes, or for better flavor, boil sweet potatoes until tender and mash.
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Grandma's & Grandpa's Amazing Christmas Turkey Dinner
By Marshall
This recipe includes all the instructions to make a proper Christmas turkey (with stuffing)
- Ingredients:
- One great big thawed turkey (or whatever size you want but left overs are great)!
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic powder
- 2 tbsp poultry seasoning
- 1 packet of OXO chicken broth mix powder
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 cup of boiling hot water
- 1-2 loaves of stale white bread
- 1 large chopped onion (or 2 small)
- 2 cups of chopped celery
Poultry Stuffing
By grama2002
Chicken or turkey stuffing
- bread crumbs
- 3 chopped onions
- 6 chopped celery sticks
- poultry seasoning
- margarine
Squares: Cranberry Crumble
By jamiikay
Yummy squares that are a great way to use up any leftover holiday cranberry sauce!
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 2 cups Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 3/4 cup medium-soft Butter
- 1 beaten Egg
- 2 cups Cranberry Sauce
Almond Roca
By Gidget
Very good. I make this for Christmas to give to my family & friends
- 1 pound of butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 2 tbsp corn syrup
- 2 cups of toasted sliver almonds
- 1 box semi sweet choc
Holly Clusters
By jenknee54
Melt butter and marshmellows
- 1 stick butter
- 30 large marshmellows
- green food coloring
- 4 ½ cups corn flakes
- Red sprinkles
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