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Post by takilasunrise on Dec 11, 2007 12:10:58 GMT -5
Ok, we've had your favorite Christmas movie thread. Now, let's get our mouths watering and name your favorite Christmas cookies and candy! Of course there are many for me, but I would have to say gingerbread cookies with butter frosting has got to be at the top of the list. I also love chewy molasses cookies! As for candy, I love english toffee (my girlfriend makes the best!) and Old Dutch Caramel Corn (see link below to recipe). www.olddutchfoods.com/recipe/recipe.php?id=18Also, it would be fun to hear about your family traditions! |
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Post by Lady B on Dec 11, 2007 12:48:08 GMT -5
We like lots of cookies but the most popular here are - Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies with ice cold milk to wash them down! YUM!!!
- Snickerdoodles...the name alone makes us smile!
- Mexican Wedding Cakes (AKA Russian Tea Cakes and many other names)--those little, melt in your mouth, crumbly, buttery, cookies that get rolled in powdered sugar! And for a special treat, you can put an unwrapped Hershey's Kiss or Andes Mint chips in the center before baking...
Now I need to get started on our Christmas Cookies...Oh Joy!!! Lady B |
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onewomanarmy
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Post by onewomanarmy on Dec 11, 2007 13:12:47 GMT -5
mmmmmm....cookies
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Post by BuiltonRock on Dec 11, 2007 13:40:14 GMT -5
My favorite is Divinity!
john
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Post by onewomanarmy on Dec 11, 2007 14:53:56 GMT -5
I'm a Snickerdoodle girl myself. Unless there's some good peanut butter fudge around. My grandmother used to make a lot of candy this time of year - she made homemade Snicker bars - they were awesome. She even bought the little candy bar molds that she would "paint" the melted chocolate into to form the shell. mmmmm My other grandmother was well known for her divinity - I barely remember it now though. Man, does anything make you realize how much you miss your grandparents like Christmas?  |
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Post by garock on Dec 11, 2007 16:11:19 GMT -5
Coconut bon-bons and orange slices, mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!
Frank
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Post by takilasunrise on Dec 11, 2007 17:09:29 GMT -5
I like divinity, too, but I've never made it. I don't have any experience with making candy with the whole candy thermometer thing!
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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 11, 2007 20:00:03 GMT -5
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Post by bouldergal on Dec 11, 2007 20:01:09 GMT -5
Too many choices, too little time! Real chocolate fudge (not marshmallow, Eagle brand milk or choc. chips. Divinity with black walnuts. Buckeyes. Swedish Ginger cookies. Mmmmmmmmmmm.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Dec 11, 2007 22:52:25 GMT -5
As for candy, I love english toffee (my girlfriend makes the best!) and Old Dutch Caramel Corn (see link below to recipe). www.olddutchfoods.com/recipe/recipe.php?id=18Also, it would be fun to hear about your family traditions! I'd love the recipe for the english toffee please - you can PM me if you want. my favorite cookies are lemon sugar cookies |
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Post by catmandewe on Dec 12, 2007 0:43:30 GMT -5
My mom used to make coconut bon-bons with the dark chocolate coating, ummmmm.
I sure do miss her and her bon-bons, no one else can make them like she could.
Also cherry chocolate fudge, I am getting fat just thinking about it...................Tony
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Post by takilasunrise on Dec 12, 2007 9:46:55 GMT -5
Tweetiepy, I'll have to get the recipe from my friend and then I'll get it to you.
The coconut bon-bons sound good, Tony! It seems like moms and grandmas always make the best stuff!
I had a great-aunt that used to make these killer gingerbread cookies. They were the soft kind. She always had them Martha Stewart-like decorated.
Sandsman, Kenosha is a very Italian town, so you can find pizzelles in the local bakeries like Paielli's or the local Italian Deli and Grocery store called Tenuta's. I love the anise flavored pizzelles!
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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 12, 2007 12:53:02 GMT -5
yea the anise ones are the best when we would make them we would cook for hrs with two griddles goin and they made 2 each turn and my mom would make the batter she would make them with like tripple the anise in each batch and wile you where eatin them they would start to burn your tonge man i miss them i havet had any in like 4 or 5 christmas's -- but i was just lookin at that site and if i can swing it im gonna try and order some
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Post by stefan on Dec 12, 2007 13:02:13 GMT -5
My wife is a Baking WIZ- and my mom is too- so I'm very spoiled this time of year!!! but my favs have to be: Nutmeg Logs and Frosted cutout butter cookies (My daughter and I have a blast frosting the cookies- eating the frosting- and getting food coloring all over everything!)
SO what is divinity?
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Post by docone31 on Dec 12, 2007 13:42:58 GMT -5
Alice B Toklas Christmas specials!!! Full of herbs for insight and inspiration. Especially the ones made by Alice at the Santa Claus and his Old Lady Commune.
It is amazing how much time you get after eating them. Even the clock slows down.
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Post by karenfh on Dec 12, 2007 17:06:48 GMT -5
Divinity..... Well, it's not my favorite! Not to make, not to eat. Or maybe we just have never made it right? Lotsa work for stuff nobody ate, haha! I'm all about the English Toffee, tho. That could even look like a rock! Post it in the recipe contest, which is still running, by the way.
In fact, most of those recipes probably look like rocks!
Now if someone could cut me a few Gingerbread Men out of agate slabs, I could hang those on my tree! I have 'memories' of everything else, but not a rock on my tree yet!
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