Originally Posted By Lisann22 Ok, for many of us Thanksgiving weekend kicks off the baking of all our favorite holiday cookies and desserts. Tell us here what you bake and let's share recipes too. I added drinks because I'm always looking for different holiday drinks alcohol and non-alcohol types. Especially punches and hot drinks for kids.
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I have several good desserts that I will add. I will have to dig up my recipes. Hope your trip was uneventful and safe!!!
Originally Posted By goodgirl Everyone gets down on their knees and worships me when I serve my Berlin Bars. Berlin Bars Crust: 1 cup butter ½ cup sugar 2 cups flour ¼ teaspoon salt Filling: 1 cup raspberry jam 6 egg whites 1 cup sugar ¾ teaspoon vanilla 1 cup ground almonds 1 ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted Topping: 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, melted 1 cup butter 1 cup toasted sliced almonds Crust: Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in flour and salt until dough is firm and evenly combined. Press dough onto bottom of a 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, or until crust is light brown. Cool. Filling: Spread raspberry jam over cooled crust. Whip egg whites until foamy. Add 1 cup sugar slowly and continue whipping until soft peaks form. Fold in vanilla, ground almonds and melted chocolate. Spread evenly over raspberry jam. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes or until chocolate layer is set. Cool completely. Topping: Melt 2 cups chocolate chips in a double boiler or microwave. Pour over 1 cup butter. Stir until butter is melted and mixture is smooth. Spread evenly over baked chocolate bars. Sprinkle with 1 cup tasted sliced almonds. Refrigerate. Cut into bars once chocolate has set. Note: This is a very rich and decadent dessert.
Originally Posted By goodgirl Another name for this is "Poor Man's Almond Roca." It is very easy to make. People scarf it all down quickly so there's never any left over. Toffee Surprise 35 Keebler Club crackers (or Waverly Wafers or any other square buttery cracker) Pam vegetable oil spray 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 16-ounce package chocolate chips 1 cup ground walnuts or almonds Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a jellyroll pan or cookie sheet with aluminum foil placed shiny-side down. Spray with Pam. Line pan with crackers in a single layer, sides touching. Combine butter and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring frequently, and boil for 2 to 3 minutes, until mixture is thick and fluffy. Pour over crackers. Bake at 400 degrees for 6 minutes. Remove from oven and cool 1 minute. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top and let melt a few minutes, then spread evenly. Sprinkle top with nuts. Chill. To serve, break into pieces.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Chocolate Chip Renos - by Jim in Merced, CA 2 1/4 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 Cup (2 Sticks) butter 1 1/2 Cups packed brown sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 large eggs 2 Cups (one pkg) semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 Cup quick rolled oats 5 Tablespoons ground cinnamon Preheat oven to 350 degrees In a small bowl combine ground rolled oats and ground cinnamon. Set aside. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. In another bowl, combine butter and brown sugar. Blend until smooth. Add eggs one at a time. Then vanilla. Slowly add in flour ingredients. Then slowly add in oatmeal/cinnamon ingredients. Last, add chocolate chips by hand. When combined, batter will be dense and thicker. These cookies do nicely if you make them larger -- like a soup spoon to scoop them onto the cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes. Great with a glass of milk, and fantastic with coffee in the morning. I've used butterscotch chips, dark chocolate chips, half white sugar, half brown sugar -- so have fun with this recipe, and your own favorite chips.
Originally Posted By poohbear14 I've gained 5 lbs just reading the recipes. :-D Hi goodgirl! Long time no post!
Originally Posted By LVBelle On Christmas Eve we traditionally drink something that we've always called "Clods." No idea why they're called that... It's just rainbow sherbert scooped into a punchbowl of Sprite. Simple but it tastes like Christmas to me!
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt My Grammy used to make that!! only she also through in a can of fruit cocktail..not sure why!!
Originally Posted By mater4 Russian Teaballs 1c.soft butter 1/2c. sifted powdered sugar 3/4c.finely chopped walnuts 1tsp. almond extract 2 1/4c. sifted flour Cream together butter,powdered sugar &almond extract.Mix in remaining ingredients& refridgerate until chilled. Roll into 1" balls & place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 325 until firm not brown. Roll in powdered sugar while still warm.
Originally Posted By mater4 Slushy Punch 5c. warm water 2c.sugar 1 can pineapple juice (46oz) 1sm frozen OJ 1sm frozen lemonade 3-4 mashed bananas Mix all ingredients and freeze in a rectangular container. Pour 2qts of lemon lime soda and ginger ale in a bowl. Then using an icecream scoop scrape the frozen mix in the bowl. You can also just keep the mix in the freezer and scoop it into cups pouring the soda over it and mixing in the cups. This is a good alternative if you don't want the punch to melt sitting in a bowl.
Originally Posted By beamerdog Here's a site that Klucky did for the first LaughingPlace cookbook: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/56lhnv" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/56lhnv</a> Tons of great recipes here for all kinds of things! Thanks for putting that together for us, Klucky!
