11 christmas favorite Recipes

your favorite cake mix , or your best cake recipe - twice, cream cheese frosting, sanding sugar

jiffy corn muffin mix (or your favorite corn bread recipe), egg, oil, water, link sausage, whole berry cranberry sauce

butter, room temperature (don tsp substitute margarine, here.), sugar, all purpose flour (don tsp substitute self-rising; it will ruin the cookie.), salt, pecans, coarsely chopped, vanilla extract, sugar to roll cookies in

suet, shredded, dark brown sugar, self-rising flour , sifted, white breadcrumbs, ground allspice, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, currants, sultanas, raisins, mixed candied peel, blanched almonds, chopped, apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped, grated zest of 1/2 small orange, grated zest of 1/2 small lemon, rum, barley wine, stout , more if needed, eggs, brandy , for flambeing, your favorite rum sauce , optional

cream cheese, basil pesto (use your favorite pre-made or make your own ), cinnamon stick, red bell pepper, chopped fine

egg, granulated sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, buttermilk, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, chopped pecans, chopped well drained maraschino cherry (best to use the candied ones from a jar,), raisins (optional) or 1/2 cup chopped dates (optional), semi-sweet chocolate chips

go to the crafts store., purchase 1 or more bags of dried fruit, some plaster of paris, brown paint and a disposable cake pan., go home ., unwrap the dried fruit , carefully folding the wrapper inside-out and placing it at the bottom of your trash can. better yet, send it through your personal paper shredder and use it for insulation in the attic., mix the plaster of paris with water and pour into the disposable cake pan. place dried fruit on top, gently pushing in so it looks baked in the batter. let dry., take your fruitcake out of the disposable cake pan ., cover the top, bottom and sides with brown paint, avoiding the fruit., wrap your fruitcake in festive , colored saran wrap and finish with a bow. i like using red wrap because it gives a warm glow to the fruitcake., give your fruitcake to someone you want to impress. when they lift it, they ll say, wow! you must have made a really rich fruitcake! don tsp forget to smile and say, oh, its paris-style fruitcake., worry about someone trying to eat your fruitcake. nobody actually eats fruitcake... that s just a rumor. just so you know, the dried fruit won go bad because it has the same preservatives as twinkies, which have a shelf-life of about 237 years.

shortening, light brown sugar, eggs, flour, soda, salt, buttermilk, chopped dates, chopped candied cherries, candied pineapple, cut into small pieces, white raisins (i have trouble finding , usually use golden, but can use dark), retain small amount of flour to coat fruit and nuts, before adding

vegetable shortening, granulated sugar, grated orange or lemon zest, pure vanilla extract, egg, milk, all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling out dough, baking powder, fine salt, egg yolk, sugar, milk, pasteurized egg white