Favorite Holiday Recipes

[KeptByTheWord]

Yikes PO.... you are on a roll.... and I am going to LOOK like a roll if I make ANY of these awesome recipes you have posted....

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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Yikes PO.... you are on a roll.... and I am going to LOOK like a roll if I make ANY of these awesome recipes you have posted....

I'm always on a roll at Christmas and when it's not....

Check this out - great ingredients! I guess the "magic" means no calories, right?



“Magic” Chocolate, Coconut, and Pecan Pastry Braid

http://willowbirdbaking.com/2012/10/...-pastry-braid/

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Originally Posted by Lacey

That sounds so yummy! I did not see the recipe? Can you post it here? Thanks!



Gonna make this weekend!

You want a fudge recipe, this one is great! Nutella - to die for!



Chocolate Nutella & Sea Salt Fudge

http://tastykitchen.com/blog/2011/12...ea-salt-fudge/

[MawMaw]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

You want a fudge recipe, this one is great! Nutella - to die for!



Chocolate Nutella & Sea Salt Fudge

http://tastykitchen.com/blog/2011/12...ea-salt-fudge/

Gotta try that!! Thanks!!

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

I'm always on a roll at Christmas and when it's not....

Check this out - great ingredients! I guess the "magic" means no calories, right?

I gained weight just looking at this!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Lacey

Gotta try that!! Thanks!!

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

I gained weight just looking at this!!!!!!!

Most of these recipes, I wouldn't make to keep around the house. I used to make my husband dessert, but now I just buy him a gallon of Blue Bell.

Well, my Christmas festivities begin today, so I am out for the rest of the season.

And adding one last recipe for the Holidays......



Cinnamon Cream Cheese Streusel Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup sour cream
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. each: ground nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, allspice

Filling:
1 (8oz) package cream cheese
1 egg yolk
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Streusel Topping:

1/4 cup of brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup butter (semi-soft)
1Tbl. cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Cream the butter and sugar in a medium sized bowl fitted with a paddle attachment for 3-4 minutes.
Add the eggs & sour cream and beat for another 3 minutes.
Sift together in a separate bowl: flour, baking powder, salt, and spices & add to creamed mixture, mix on low just until combined.

Spread 1/2 of the batter into the bottom of a greased spring form pan.

Cream Cheese Filling:

Mix cream cheese with the egg yolk for 1 minute, add sugar and vanilla and mix to combine.
Spread filling mix over coffeecake mix. Spoon remaining 1/2 of coffee cake mixture over top.

Stresuel topping:
Combine all ingredients, using your fingers or fork to cut the butter into the topping mixture until it resembles crumbles. Sprinkle over top.
Bake for 50-55 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack and run a knife around the pan before you remove it.

NOTE: I used a 6 inch spring form pan. You can use a different size pan you are just going to have a much thinner coffee cake in the end.

Hope you have a very



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[KeptByTheWord]

I agree that these desserts are wonderful to make for a huge group of people but if it is just me and my family... who would end up eating it all.... ME! The cinnamon coffee cake looks so yummy, I wish I could have it for breakfast this morning!

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Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Looks like a great recipe - good ingredient choices.



http://www.sophistimom.com/butter-pe...eesecake-bars/

I have all these ingredients and I have decided to make this instead of the Sex in a Pan. I have to make this! Almonds and Pecans - my favorite to work with. I'm going to toast the pecans first. It sure brings out the flavor. If this recipe is good, it will be my second best cheesecake recipe. And it is easier than using a springform pan. And anything is better than graham cracker crust.

Just have to say that this dessert ought to be a sin!! It's a little time consuming, but along with the taste, the presentation is awesome!!!!!

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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

I agree that these desserts are wonderful to make for a huge group of people but if it is just me and my family... who would end up eating it all.... ME! The cinnamon coffee cake looks so yummy, I wish I could have it for breakfast this morning!

Yes, I have a bunch of great recipes for a crowd, but I get bored if I don't have something new, so I keep searching....

I'll let you know about the coffee cake later. It took longer than the 55 minutes, so I will need to test it to see if it stayed moist. I think it would have been done according to the recipe time if I had used a Bundt pan, but they wanted the springform. And it does come out prettier than the photo in the link. I also drizzled some white icing around the top with a fork to make it look more festive and to have a bit of a design.

[KeptByTheWord]

I made a recipe today that turned out fabulous, and was sooo easy... I love bread, but I don't always have the time that it takes to make it "from scratch".

Here is an awesomely buttery yummy super easy quick bread that will be the talk of your Christmas dinner... PROMISE!



You can go here for pictures of each step in the process of making these delicious rolls! http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/brea...-dinner-rolls/

No Knead Dinner Rolls

3 cups Warm Water
2 Tablespoons Yeast
½ cups Sugar
½ cups Vegetable Oil (canola Works Best)
2 teaspoons Salt
6 cups To 7 Cups White Flour
1 stick Butter

In a large mixing bowl dissolve yeast in warm water with 1/4 teaspoon sugar.

When the yeast has activated, add all other ingredients (except butter) and stir well with a wooden spoon until all ingredients are incorporated. Avoid over mixing and do not knead the dough. Just stir it. The dough is soft and will be somewhat sticky, not drier like other roll doughs that you may be used to using.

Cover bowl and let dough rise until doubled in bulk. Punch dough down and let it rest for a few minutes.

Melt the butter in a small bowl. Prepare a baking pan by greasing the pan with some of the melted butter.

To shape a Parker House style roll, divide the dough in half and roll out one half of the dough on a well floured counter top until about 1/2-inch thick. Using a round biscuit cutter, cut out circles of dough. Stretch the dough just a little lengthwise and dip one half into melted butter. Fold dough over in half and place on the pan. Place the rolls close to each other in rows. Repeat with remaining half of dough. Work the left-over dough from the two dough halves together to finish making your rolls. You should be able to get 32 rolls on a large baking sheet (4 rolls across and 8 rolls down).

Cover rolls and let rise again until almost doubled in size. Bake at 375ºF for 20 minutes or until the rolls are golden brown. Brush hot rolls with additional butter if desired.

Note: This dough can be kept in the refrigerator for at least a week and the dough just pulled off as you wish to use it to make cinnamon rolls, scones, pull-aparts, hot rolls or bread sticks during the week.