Posts Tagged ‘Christmas recipes’

How to Make a Splendid Pumpkin Pie for the Holidays

Diabetics and others watching their sugar intake can afford to indulge over the holidays just like everyone else when you serve this “Splendid” Pumpkin Pie.  Top with sugar free whipped topping lightly sprinkled with cinnamon for a festive holiday touch.  Grab a cup of coffee and a slice of pie just like everyone else in [...]

How to Make a Healthy and Delicious Carrot-Fruit Bundt Cake

This tasty Carrot-Fruit Bundt Cake is made with a healthier for you dessert in mind.  Most cakes of this type would contain about a cup of oil.  This cake only has a quarter cup of heart healthy canola oil while the remainder of oil is replaced with applesauce.  The carrots add beta-carotene to this dessert.  [...]

Favorite Foods of Christmas

Favorite foods enjoyed by Americans for any given holiday, season or special occasion will likely include some ethnic dish, given the many ethnic groups that reside in the country. Despite this variety of melting pot cuisine, there are some similarities in dishes that will be a part of most meals during celebrations such as Christmas.
Christmas [...]

How to Make a Yeast Bundt Cake with Fruit Preserves

If you are tired of making the same old cakes every time you entertain or treat your family, give this recipe a try for a cake that will be different yet tasty.  This bundt cake is sure to become a favorite at your house.  You can change the cake by using different flavors of preserves [...]

Fruitcake Sauce in 3 Simple Steps

Is that fruitcake I smell on your breath?! No…just the new fruitcake sauce.
Good fruitcake is hand prepped, gently baked for hours then doused with generous quantities of fancy liqueurs. The flavors of the particular liqueurs infuse every morsel over the months of cool storage ahead so you can savor the flavor! It sounds perfect but [...]

The Amazing Story Behind Pumpkin Pie

Did you know that at the first original Thanksgiving feasts in the colonies of the new world, none of what we call traditional thanksgiving foods were served? So how is this known? It’s known because these foods simply weren’t available to them with one exception. That would be squash, including pumpkins. You see pumpkins are [...]

Tips For Making Delicious Yorkshire Puddings

 
Once an obscure peasants’ food, Yorkshire pudding has risen to the rank of a traditional Sunday dinner dish. These days it’s even something of a gourmet item, as presented by chefs like Delia Smith and James Martin. Not too shabby for a simple savory dish made from nothing but the most basic ingredients. Its popularity [...]

Gingerbread Men Recipe – Homemade Gingerbread Men Recipe

Momma’s Gingerbread Men Recipe - Article taken from Momma Explains. Momma loves Christmas and having some homemade cookies available for guests, but Momma likes simple and fast recipes that deliver on taste.
Momma Explains: Over the years a few cookie recipes have become a necessary -must have during the Holidays. I will try to share a few [...]

How to Build a Graham Cracker Gingerbread House

When it comes to spending time with the family at the holidays, nothing beats the sticky sweet fun of constructing some easy-to-make graham cracker gingerbread houses. If you want to start this fun family tradition, here are the essential ingredients you will need:
* One box of graham cracker squares
* Icing sugar
* Milk
* Lots of assorted [...]

Easy Peezy Gingerbread Cookies

 
This is my favorite gingerbread cookie recipe because it’s easy enough for the kids to help (they love to help make cookies) and the cookies are delicious.  The quick and easy icing has a lemony zing that puts these cookies over the top!
Ingredients:
Gingerbread Cookies:
1 package sugar cookie mix
1 egg
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup melted butter
2 [...]