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Warning- do not read or view the following posts (initiated by Debi) on an empty stomach. - Critter -

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS DESSERT? IS IT CHRISTMAS COOKIES? NUT ROLL? CHRISTMAS PUDDING? HOW ABOUT THE INFAMOUS FRUIT CAKE??? WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE?

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Around here, the favorites are the peanut butter blossoms made with Hershey Kisses, and the apricot Kolache.

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Yes, cookies, cookies, cookies! Ditto for the PB with Kisses too Debi. Love the fingerprint ones - similar to Lynne’s sugar cookie (without the sugar on top) with a dollop of jam which is then left to dry. Anything with chocolate of course. And a real delicacy for me is the wedding cookies - the dough has really finely dice nuts and the baked cookie is rolled in powder sugar.
 
Okay time for sharing (stolen) recipes. I don’t know where I got it from but I made a super simple cake as follows:

1. Take a pound cake (store baked or frozen then thawed) and cut it in half horizontally so you have a top and bottom. If you’re really skilled go ahead and cut the cake into three roughly equal pieces instead of two.

2. Next take ricotta cheese and stir in some Cointreau (orange liquor). How much, I don’t know. But not enough to cause the cheese to become soggy. Have a shot on me too, the cake won’t miss it.

3. Spread the liquored up cheese in between the cake slices and reassemble the cake.

4. Ice the cake (just the top if you like because why make this a full time job) with best quality prepared chocolate frosting easily available to you. On one occasion I added a little Cointreau to the frosting too but only a very wee bit else the frosting falls apart.

5. And if you’re making this for guests, then dress it up by adding a little of the candied fruit used in fruit cakes to the cheese filling. An alternate to this would be just roughly chopped candied orange rinds.

6. Put in the fridge for a short time to allow the ricotta to slightly firm up but not long enough for the frosting to turn grey.

Enjoy. Easy peazy.
 
Okay time for sharing (stolen) recipes. I don’t know where I got it from but I made a super simple cake as follows:

1. Take a pound cake (store baked or frozen then thawed) and cut it in half horizontally so you have a top and bottom. If you’re really skilled go ahead and cut the cake into three roughly equal pieces instead of two.

2. Next take ricotta cheese and stir in some Cointreau (orange liquor). How much, I don’t know. But not enough to cause the cheese to become soggy. Have a shot on me too, the cake won’t miss it.

3. Spread the liquored up cheese in between the cake slices and reassemble the cake.

4. Ice the cake (just the top if you like because why make this a full time job) with best quality prepared chocolate frosting easily available to you. On one occasion I added a little Cointreau to the frosting too but only a very wee bit else the frosting falls apart.

5. And if you’re making this for guests, then dress it up by adding a little of the candied fruit used in fruit cakes to the cheese filling. An alternate to this would be just roughly chopped candied orange rinds.

6. Put in the fridge for a short time to allow the ricotta to slightly firm up but not long enough for the frosting to turn grey.

Enjoy. Easy peazy.
LOL The recipe description makes me happy! lol :p My kind of pastry chef!
 
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS DESSERT? IS IT CHRISTMAS COOKIES? NUT ROLL? CHRISTMAS PUDDING? HOW ABOUT THE INFAMOUS FRUIT CAKE??? WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE?

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I will take one of all of the above please. . . Well . . .maybe not the fruit cake. My father was gifted a fruit cake each Christmas when I was growing up. I could eat it, but it was not my favorite.

What WAS my favorite was the nut rolls baked by my Aunt Kathleen. I have had many versions of this treat. I still favor the ones made by my Aunt. Yum.

I am fortunate to have friends and family who bake what seems like the entire month of December each year. Cookies, cookies, cookies is mostly what they bake. These become gifts to which I am very grateful. My favorite cookie . . well . .two favorites are snicker doodles and oatmeal - the thicker and chewier the better. Yum.