5 christmas anytime Recipes

shortening (i used crisco), sugar, vanilla, eggs, flour, cream of tartar, salt, baking soda

cherries, with stems, hershey chocolate kiss, semi-sweet chocolate chips , for melting, sliced almonds, icing (optional) or red-hot candies (optional)

eggs, dry onion soup mix, dry seasoned breadcrumbs, dried cranberries, chopped, fresh parsley, minced, lean ground beef, whole berry cranberry sauce, ketchup, beef broth or stock, brown sugar, onion, minced, cider vinegar

port wine (3/4 to 1 full bottle of port), red wine (about 1/4 to 1/2 bottle, i used merlot), cranberry juice cocktail, sugar (more or less to taste), water, cinnamon sticks