Cooking Quick & Easy Christmas treats - *UPDATED* - compiled recipes - Page 53

[Sandy51]

I found some cinnamon candy canes and made cinnamon bark. It is good!


Sandy

 

[madge]

I am going to make the white chocolate popcorn tonight for gifts. I bought the natural popcorn and white chocolate chips.

Can I put the white chocolate chips in the microwave to melt? I saw the white bark at the grocery store, could I have used that? I didn't know if it would have been sweet like the chips.

the recipe I use calls for the white bark, with a spoonful of peanut putter mixed in. I also add a couple of handfuls of roasted peanuts to the mix.

I'm sure it will be great with the chips, too!

 

[Imzadi]

I just found a pic of some peppermint bark. Looks yummy!

It's from Martha Stewart. She added peppermint oil into the melted white chocolate.

2 pounds white chocolate, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
12 large candy canes
1/2 teaspoon peppermint oil

 

[momsgoofy]

To everyone who's posted those great ideas....THANK YOU!!!!!

I'm about to wrap up my Christmas goodie making...only 1 thing left and I've gotta say thanks! I'm so looking forward to all the family...it's gonna be the first time in many years that we've all been together so I went a little crazy in the goodies department...even made a deal with my sister...I'll do all the candy stuff and she can do the cookies.

So far I've made...

Chocolate covered pretzels, white and milk chocolate, sprinkled and non-sprinkled
Chocolate covered marshmallows, white and milk chocolate, sprinkles too and non-sprinkled
Quick Smores
Quick Turtles
Chocolate covered ginger snap cookies (had some extra chocolate to use, but they look really nice)
Mint Meltaways
Oreo Truffles, dipped in white and milk chocolate
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles (white and milk chocolate dipped)
Heavenly Hash (cherry, pecan & coconut truffle)
Peppermint Bark
Maple Fudge with pecans
Peanut Butter Fudge
Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge
Orange Slice Cake (it's not quick...takes 3 hours to bake and it's in the oven now...it's like a fruitcake without the liquor or dried fruit)
and if the humidity will go down (93% today)...I'm suppose to make divinity

Okay, like many here I was highly skeptical of that peanut butter fudge recipe....1 can of vanilla frosting to 1 jar of peanut butter...but OMG! It is fantastic! It's very smooth and not as hard as some other fudges...I made it with chocolate chips added and it was a bit harder, but tasty! Next time I'm gonna use a can of chocolate frosting instead of vanilla...think it'd work better.

The turtles...had those before, but so YUMMY!
Smores...my personal favorite dessert from 50s Prime Time...so thanks!!!

The Heavenly Hash and Orange Slice Cake are from my collection at home...I'll post the recipes next in separate posts.

So, with sis's additions...sugar cookies, chocolate fudge, peanut butter kisses cookies, and a couple of others she told me and I can't remember...think we've got the family covered. Matter of fact, my oldest nephew who's in the marines flew in today and we told him what we had...he said, "i'm gonna be on such a sugar high, I'll be able to fly myself back without a plane." Gwarsh!

So, again...THANKS!

 

[momsgoofy]

Heavenly Hash (this is a good Valentine's candy, too)

2 lbs. confectioner's sugar
2 1/2 sticks butter, softened
1 1/2 c. pecans, chopped
1 c. coconut flakes
1 jar marachino cherries, drained (not the smallest size...16oz. is it I think)

chocolate for dipping...I prefer to use the Ghirardelli chocolate that I can get at Sam's Club, 2.5lbs. blocks, but only need about a pound, but any kind will do...if you use almond bark add 1T. crisco to the chocolate to keep it smooth

Cut the cherries into small pieces (diced is about right).
Soften butter, mix with confectioner's sugar. Add cherries, coconut, and pecans. Mix well. (Should have a nice pink cast to it.) Roll into balls (about the size of a cherry) and allow to firm up in fridge.

Melt chocolate. (I use a make shift double boiler...a saucepan with water simmering and a glass pyrex bowl sitting on top of it.)

Dip each piece of candy in the chocolate and allow to harden in fridge.

***I make a half batch and get about 50 - 60 pieces. I use the smallest (8oz.) jar of marichino cherries and about half pound of chocolate.

 

[momsgoofy]

Orange Slice Cake (or what I call...Ain't Your Grandma's Fruitcake)

1c. butter or margarine
1/2 c. buttermilk
3 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
2 c. nuts, chopped (I prefer pecans)
1 lb. bag of orange slice candy
2 c. granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 package of dates or raisins (about 1c.)
1 can coconut
1tsp. baking soda

Pepare fruit, candy, and nuts by chopping finely and rolling in 1/2 cup of the flour.
Cream butter and sugar. Add 1 egg at a time, blending well after each addition.
Add buttermilk and blend well.
Sift remaining flour and baking soda and add to mixture.
Fold in nuts, dates/raisins, orange slices, and coconut.

Pour batter into a greased tube pan. **batter will be very thick!

Bake at 250 degrees for 3 hours.

Leave cake in pan. While still hot glaze with the following mixture. (It helps to poke holes in the cake with a fork to allow glaze to get inside.)

2c. confectioners sugar
1c. orange juice

This is a great alternative to traditional fruitcake and it's a huge cake!

 

[taraprather]

My husbands work party was today, and everything I made everyone loved, but the butterscotch crunchies were the biggest hit! thanks everyone for these wonderful recipes!

 

[PaulDavid's mom]

I am going to make the white chocolate popcorn tonight for gifts. I bought the natural popcorn and white chocolate chips.

Can I put the white chocolate chips in the microwave to melt? I saw the white bark at the grocery store, could I have used that? I didn't know if it would have been sweet like the chips.

I just made some last night for gifts for the girls i work with. I used the white bark I got from the grocery store. Turned out awsome!

 

[mannasn]

Too late for this christmas, but...

my boys and I made mock turtles. Take a bag of mini pretzels, lay them out on a baking sheet. Top each one with a Rolo candy; heat in the oven @ 200 degrees until they just start to get soft, you can tell they're ready when the tops start to look shiny. Pull out of the oven and smoosh the Rolo down with a pecan half. Yummy! My family gobbled these up!

 

[First-timer]

bumping so i can read it later....

 

[PrincessTiff]

Bumping in case anyone like myself forgot to subscribe this year. I had to hunt this down on pg.5.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

I think I needed to subscribe to it as well. Can't remember if I did it or not. Ok, so I am getting old.

 

[Imzadi]

Bumping!
Hate to see this thread lost, especially with the way the Search feature is.

Someone on the CB has a broken oven & needs items for a Bake Sale. It reminded me that this thread has some wonderful NO BAKE treats. With the weather getting warmer, we could all use that.

Some of these recipes are soooo easy & can be made for picnics, bake sales, summer parties - not just limited to Christmas.

If the OP is around, maybe she can change the Thread Title to "Quick & Easy Treats" and also add the link in her first post, to this post that has the condensed version of all the recipes:

---> ALL RECIPES IN THIS ONE POST <---

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[B&Bforever]

Thanks for the great ideas

 

[bevtoy]

I have lots of no bake recipes but they are in disarray. We will be creating our family cook book this summer so as DD types the recipes up I will post them.
2-3 generations of delicious easy recipes. Laziness is genetic.

 

[GoofyGolferGirl]

Bumping!!!

 

[jennyf2]

I'm going to watch this for some ideas

 

[grammynelliebelle]

Love this thread! Grammy

 

[samanthacatangel]

Just a bump for this year!!!!!!!

 

[It's A Happy Day]

Bumping!
Hate to see this thread lost, especially with the way the Search feature is.

Someone on the CB has a broken oven & needs items for a Bake Sale. It reminded me that this thread has some wonderful NO BAKE treats. With the weather getting warmer, we could all use that.

Some of these recipes are soooo easy & can be made for picnics, bake sales, summer parties - not just limited to Christmas.

If the OP is around, maybe she can change the Thread Title to "Quick & Easy Treats" and also add the link in her first post, to this post that has the condensed version of all the recipes:

That is actually what I did here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1577412

I actually started a new thread because last years thread ended up being 50+ pages long! I copied & pasted all the recipes so far but with starting a new thread I figured if anyone has some new ideas it could be added on as well.