The Great Christmas Recipe Thread
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| 401 | Hi Anthonyrobin... yes it is quite a runny mix - and the slow cooking helps make a lovely moist cake.. I hope you enjoy it.. juliewn - 2007-11-03 22:50:00 |
| 402 | Wow Brianmac.. over 400 posts in this great thread you began - I think it was August 2006 - or was it 2005?? There's now a vast wealth of great recipes - and... so many to try! Hope all is well for you.. Kind thoughts.. Julie juliewn - 2007-11-03 22:52:00 |
| 403 | Anfd some more tried and true goodies: I quite like to have finger-food type desserts when making goodies for a number of people - and the following recipes are great to make in advance and freeze - then just thaw and they're ready to serve on the day. A finger-food dessert is also ideal for those who want to have coffee or tea and just a taste of dessert, through to those who would like to try a few different goodies.. so here y'are.. juliewn - 2007-11-03 22:53:00 |
| 404 | Thanks Woodz4u Sorry I missed your bump! wron - 2007-11-03 22:53:00 |
| 405 | Make a large batch of meringue's in advance of the day - hollow the top's before baking, so when serving they can be filled with some chocolate mousse, then topped with whipped cream and decorated as you want. They then become mini-pavlova's with a surprise inside - the chocolate mousse.. juliewn - 2007-11-03 22:53:00 |
| 406 | Marshmallow Shortcake - the good ole Edmonds recipe is great - and it freezes well - anything with gelatine freezes well. I make it in slice tins - or even a roasting dish is fine if you want to double or triple the recipe. Make as per the recipe right through to sprinkling the top with coconut, and once firmly set, cut into the sizes you want, and freeze in containers. They just need a couple of hours at room temperature (or overnight) to thaw - you can place them on your pretty plates and cover them with plastic wrap - and then just remove the plastic wrap when ready to serve them. juliewn - 2007-11-03 22:54:00 |
| 407 | Apple Shortcake - made as small patty-tin sized pies, this is also easily frozen. I use the pastry recipe from the Gooseberry Shortcake recipe - also in the Edmonds book - it's on page 97 in older Edmonds books. Making it in a food processor is easiest.. and very quick - or use purchased short pastry. Have some cooked, cold apple pulp -or some canned apple is fine. Cut out circles of the pastry to fit the bottom and sides of the patty tins.. fill with a slightly mounded tablespoon of apple pulp and cover with a circle of pastry - or strips of pastry to form a lattice. Bake till the pastry is cooked and only just beginning to change colour. Cool on a rack, and freeze in containers. Take out of the freezer the night before and place on plates and cover with plastic wrap to thaw. Not long before serving, dust with icing sugar. juliewn - 2007-11-03 22:55:00 |
| 408 | Lamingtons - these also freeze very well. I use the bought trifle sponges. Make a packet jelly using 2/3 of the quantity of water. Once the crystals have dissolved, leave to cool a little while you cut the sponge into the size squares you want. Pour some jelly into a pudding bowl, so that it's about 1/4 inch deep. Place one side of the sponge at a time into the jelly, until all sides have jelly covering them. Then coat with coconut - I find it easiest to have the coconut on a paper towel, as you can place the lamington onto the coconut and lift the paper towel edges to help coat the lamington with coconut. Freeze in containers - and take from the freezer several hours before needed, or the night before. Place on your pretty plates and cover with plastic wrap so they're ready to serve. They stay lovely and soft - and if you want, you can have a variety of colours according to the type of jelly you use. juliewn - 2007-11-03 22:55:00 |
| 409 | Chocolate Lamington's: This is the very best fudgey chocolate lamington icing I've ever made: Sift: 4 cups icing sugar, and 1 or 2 rounded tablespoon's cocoa (to your taste - we like 1 rounded tablespoon cocoa). Add 15gms butter, and 1/2 cup milk. Stir together, then either zap till fudgey - stirring every 30 seconds, or place in a bowl and then place that bowl over a pot of simmering water. Keep stirring until the mix is smooth and glossy. Dip the sides of each sponge square into the icing and then roll in coconut. Yummmmm!!! juliewn - 2007-11-03 22:56:00 |
| 410 | You could also make muffin size Christmas Puddings.. and have some hot custard ready to serve with them. Make your favourite Christmas Pudding recipe - and fill muffin pans 3/4 full of the mixture. Bake them with a large dish of hot water below them in the oven so the air in there stays moist. Once cooled, freeze till the day before needed, then thaw overnight. Place them back into the muffin pans and cover firmly with tin foil. Heat in a low oven - or place the muffin tray above simmering water in an electric frypan and cover with foil - right over the tray and frypan - and heat slowly. Enjoy.. Hope this suggestions are of help.. Cheers.. Julie juliewn - 2007-11-03 22:57:00 |
| 411 | Does anyone have a Spiced Fruit Compote? Id like to make something different and not too loaded with sugar if possible. And no Alcohol too if possible popeye333 - 2007-11-04 14:02:00 |
| 412 | Heres a crock pot fruit compote INGREDIENTS: popeye333 - 2007-11-04 14:30:00 |
| 413 | Frosted fruit mince muffins... 250gm mixed dried fruit, grated rind & juice of 1 orange, 1T brandy, 150gm marzipan, 3 eggs, 175gm butter, 175gm caster sugar, 2c sr flour, 1tsp mixed spice, 100ml milk. Frosting: 1 c caster sugar, 3 egg whites. Combine fruit with rind, juice & brandy. Set aside 30mins. Divide marzipan into 12 pieces, roll into balls set aside. Place eggs, sugar, flour, spice & milk in large bowl & beat till combined. Stir in fruit and its soaking liquid. Half fill muffin tins with mix. Top with a piece of marzipan and cover with remaining batter. Bake @ 180°c for 25mins till cooked. Frosting: Place sugar in pan with 1/3c water and stir over low heat till dissolved. Increase heat & boil 5mins. Cool slightly. Beat egg whits till soft peaks, slowly add sugar syrup in a steady stream. When all syrup add beat for about 10mins till thick pale & fluffy. rkcroft - 2007-11-05 10:23:00 |
| 414 | bumping bumping along :-) lizyb - 2007-11-05 10:54:00 |
| 415 | This message was deleted. woodz4u - 2007-11-08 14:38:00 |
| 416 | Bumping for Robin0073 .. and Hi Woodz4u.. still haven't made my Christmas cake yet - have all the ingredients though & just waiting for a bit of space in the freezer.. I'll start a thread for you when I do, to let you know how it is with half the butter quantity.. Cheers.. Julie juliewn - 2007-11-09 00:14:00 |
| 417 | This message was deleted. woodz4u - 2007-11-09 07:12:00 |
| 418 | morning all! have a ripper of a day!! got all the gingerbread men, christmas cookies and shortbread decorated and wrapped last night, choc fudge, coconut ice tonight, toffee apples tomorrow and then drop off at school for the fair on Sun!! a busy but oh so fun week!!!! God bless, bumping along!! timetable - 2007-11-09 07:21:00 |
| 419 | Hi Everyone.. and yum Timetable.. can we come for a cuppa... please! juliewn - 2007-11-09 17:58:00 |
| 420 | ps.. My favourite shortbread recipe is in Post 113 .. have just posted this in another thread, and adding it here also.. Sometimes I make a range of different shortbread's from the recipe.. Lemon Shortbread: I add some grated lemon rind and a little lemon juice in place of the vanilla. Almond Shortbread - replace the vanilla with some almond essence. Place an almond half in the centre on top of each shortbread too if you want. Chocolate: Add a little cocoa in place of a little of the flour. Add chocolate chips too if you want.. Or add some orange rind and juice to the chocolate recipe, for a Jaffa Shortbread.. yum! :-) Enjoy... Cheers.. Julie juliewn - 2007-11-09 17:59:00 |
| 421 | hi juliewn! cuppa always on at this here home - due to the fact that i am pulling some late nights at present!! but worth it as christmas gets closer!! just making the coconut ice and toffee apples for the school fair. have a great day all!! timetable - 2007-11-10 07:46:00 |
| 422 | Hi.. sounds like you'll have the yummiest goodies right there in your kitchen! :-)Bumping the thread for Fishheadsoup... juliewn - 2007-11-12 17:49:00 |
| 423 | Individual Christmas Cakes You can make little individual Christmas Cakes in advance of Christmas - using the can's from smoked fish, salmon, or other canned foods - remove the label and wash and dry well, then use as you would a cake tin. My Christmas Cake recipe is post 108 in this thread - you could make 1/2 or 1/4 of the recipe, and cook it in tins or muffin tins, with the tins lined and newspaper above and below them in the oven as in the recipe. Use the same oven temperature, and reduce the cooking time. Keep a check on them after 20 minutes or so - when a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean, they'll be cooked. Cool in the tins, covered with a clean teatowel, so the little cakes don't dry out as they cool. juliewn - 2007-11-12 18:02:00 |
| 424 | Christmas Muffins these are nicest when made on Christmas morning and served shortly after they come from the oven. You could prepare the ingredients and the tins the day before, so you just need to heat the oven, mix dry and wet ingredients and pop them in the oven. The ones I've made are bran muffins to which a good amount of cinnamon and mixed spice (and some nutmeg if you want also) and some cherries, mixed peel and dried fruit are added. You could use the bran muffin recipe from the side of the Healtheries bran packet - add 1 cup of your preferred dried fruit - I'd use currants, raisins - (the sticky kind sold in packets, not bags), and sultana's; plus chopped glace cherries - and mixed peel too if you want. Add 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp mixed spice. I also add a mashed banana to give a lovely moist result. Top with a cherry. Mix and bake as per the recipe.. Serve warm, dusted with sieved icing sugar for an addition to Christmas breakfast or brunch. juliewn - 2007-11-12 18:05:00 |
| 425 | Bumping for Miracle.. :-) juliewn - 2007-11-12 18:33:00 |
| 426 | For a Start I'm a newbie to this site. Please tell me why you BUMP and how to do it! lulu239 - 2007-11-12 18:50:00 |
| 427 | Light Christmas Dessert 1 cup of each of the following: Chopped marshmallows, coconut, crushed pineapple (drained), chopped orange (all pith removed) and cream (whipped). Mix gently together and chill. Serves 6-8. lulu239 - 2007-11-12 18:54:00 |
| 428 | hi lulu239! welcome!! 'bumping' just means that you are keeping the thread going, you know like 'bumping along'. each time you post on a thread it brings it back up to the top of the 'pile' again. heaps of posts on this one for christmas recipes, so dig on in, see what you can find to have fun with and then bless us with a recipe or three of your own!! God bless and have a fun night! timetable - 2007-11-12 18:55:00 |
| 429 | So simple Thanks so much timetable. One can never have too many recipes you know. I must make some time to browse!! lulu239 - 2007-11-12 19:03:00 |
| 430 | once in lulu you will never get out in one piece!! honest it is a wonderful place to browse and find some lovely new eats in!! it's really awesome how folk share the way that they do. have a great night. am off browsing for a while but will pop back in later!! timetable - 2007-11-12 20:03:00 |
| 431 | A warm welcome to the Recipes threads Lulu.. :-) Hope you find lot's of new goodies to try.. it's a tempting place to be! juliewn - 2007-11-12 21:34:00 |
| 432 | morn all! have a blessed day - yuck here raining, cold and blowing!! keep the recipes coming - love what i have been collecting, thank you!! timetable - 2007-11-13 07:16:00 |
| 433 | Morning All.... Gald to see this thread is still thriving. gandmwatts - 2007-11-13 11:50:00 |
| 434 | Hello to you all.. :-) and bumping this thread for K-Stuart.. juliewn - 2007-11-13 15:53:00 |
| 435 | hi folks! had fun yesterday making 'mushrooms' - marshmellow with a piece of fruit stick as the stalk, dip the marshmellow into choc and then straight into coconut. my youngest did a brill job on the coconut dipping! have a great night all. timetable - 2007-11-13 19:36:00 |
| 436 | Alternative Christmas Cake PUMPKIN FRUIT CAKE: 8oz butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 2 cups flour, 1 tsp B.Powder, 1 lb mixed fruit, 1 cup cold mashed pumpkin, essences. lulu239 - 2007-11-14 10:42:00 |
| 437 | Well I made the toffee pop truffles and they worked a treat...except I made them with mint chocolate slice biscuist...wow, so yummy, they lasted five minutes when I handed them around so will be making more for christmas - probably as presents. fey - 2007-11-14 12:36:00 |
| 438 | PAnettonne preheat oven to 180oC Prepare a 15cm round tin with HIGH sides line with baking paper. Beat 100g unsalted butter with 1 egg and 2 eg yolks. Add 150g flour and 100ml milk mixing well then add another 150g of flour and another 100ml milk, mixing well. Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice and pinch of salt and keep beating for min 10 mins.Add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon f orange blossom water, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 2 teaspoon cream of tarter and mix briefly. Add 80g sultanas and 30g of glace citrus peel, combine quickly. Transfer mix to tin and bake 50-60mins until light brown on top- Cool in tin sit1 - 2007-11-14 12:56:00 |
| 439 | bump sorry my printers not working and then my computer died and now I am on laptop with windows 98 brought off TM 6 years ago and still going when I need it :)) so need to keep this up where I can work from it ta Anne anne1955 - 2007-11-14 20:58:00 |
| 440 | Moonlight Rolls 1 Beaten egg, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 5 oz butter, 1 1/2 cups chopped dates, 1 tsp vanilla. Put in pot and boil for 3 mins. When cool add 3 cups Rice Bubbles. Make into rolls and roll in coconut. Refrigerate. idgit1969 - 2007-11-14 21:13:00 |
| 441 | Has anyone got Peppermint candy cane recipe? Love all the recipes, going to try the toffeepop truffles this weekend. Timetable my mother knows you. She pops along to some of the workshops, they sound fun. pipa1 - 2007-11-16 08:37:00 |
| 442 | Peppermint Candy Canes Ingredients pam.delilah - 2007-11-16 19:28:00 |
| 443 | hi pipa! we had a ball at the cooking class', they were so much fun, with a neat bunch of people to learn with! am really glad that your mum had a good time! take care!! timetable - 2007-11-16 21:56:00 |
| 444 | Truffles Eskimos (or Fruit Puffs), malt biscuits, 1/4 lb butter, 1/2 tin condensed milk, 1/2 cup currants, 1/2 cup crystallised ginger (chopped), vanilla. idgit1969 - 2007-11-17 12:55:00 |
| 445 | gotta keep going bump crystalmoon - 2007-11-18 23:51:00 |
| 446 | Dont know if anyone has posted this one But its great for kiddies shared xmas parties or to give away or for school fairs: Melt white chocolate. Bash candycanes (I use last years) into small bits. Stir into chocolate, pour into a low flat dish and set in fridge, cut with a knife so uneven. The peppermint in the white chocolate is lovely! midwitch - 2007-11-19 19:58:00 |
| 447 | Bumping for Bluebell42 :-) juliewn - 2007-11-25 00:46:00 |
| 448 | hi all! been away on a couse this week so not able to get to the internet much. man sooooooooooo hard to believe that we are on the homeward straight!! here comes the "most wonderful time of the year"!!!! keep those yummy idea's coming!! windy today but sunny - blessing all!! timetable - 2007-11-25 07:57:00 |
| 449 | welcome newbie hey have fun on this thread kiddo, look forward to seeing you post soon!!! timetable - 2007-11-26 09:55:00 |
| 450 | could someone please tell me the site where the trademe recipes can be found? It has the word forumer in it supadeal - 2007-11-26 09:58:00 |
