75756 christmas pudding with apricots and chocolate Recipes

biscuits (arnotts chocolate royal), white chocolate, imitation cherries, green icing

raisins, sultana raisins, dried currants, candied cherries, chopped, candied mixed fruit peel, fruit juice, almonds, ground cinnamon, freshly grated nutmeg, heavy whipping cream, chocolate ice cream, softened

plain sweet biscuits, butter, cream, brandy, glace fruit, vanilla ice cream, chocolate chips, chopped cherries

toasted almond, chopped, raisins, chopped, sultana, currants, rum, vanilla ice cream, glace cherries, quartered (red & green ), mixed spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, chocolate ice cream

chocolate chips, dried apricots , such as mariani ultimate apricots, sixty 2 1/2-inch-long pieces thin black licorice , such as licorice laces, special equipment : a wooden skewer

apricot preserves, shortbread cookies (such as lorna doone), prepared vanilla pudding, cool whip (or other whipped cream)

christmas with louise, as a joke , my brother, jay, used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before christmas. he said all he wanted was for santa to fill them., what they say about santa reviewing behavior and checking the list twice must be true because every christmas morning, although jay s kids stockings overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty., year i decided to make his dream come true. i put on sunglasses and with a hat pulled down and went in search of an inflatable love doll. they don tsp sell those things at walmart., i had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. if you ve never been in an x-rated store, don tsp go. you ll only confuse yourself. i was there an hour saying things like, what does this do you re kidding me! who would buy that finally, i made it to the inflatable doll section. i wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my car so i could use the car pool lane, during rush hour. finding what i wanted was difficult. love dolls come in many different models. the top of the line , according to the side of the box, could do things i d only seen in a book on animal husbandry. i settled for lovable louise. she was at the bottom of the price scale. to call louise a doll took a huge leap of imagination., on christmas eve , with the help of an old bicycle pump, louise came to life., my sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours, long after santa had come and gone, i filled the dangling pantyhose with louise s pliant legs and bottom. i also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. i went home, and giggled for a couple of hours., next morning my brother called to say that santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him very happy but had left the dog confused. she would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. we all agreed that louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional christmas dinner., my grandmother noticed louise the moment she walked in the door. what the hell is that she asked. my brother quickly explained , it s a doll. . who would play with something like that granny snapped. i had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. where are her clothes granny continued., boy , that turkey sure smells nice, gran, jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room. but granny was relentless. why doesn tsp she have any teeth again, i could have answered, but why would i it was christmas and no 1 wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, hang on granny! hang on! ., my grandfather , a delightful old man with very poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, hey, who s the naked gallon by the fireplace i told him she was jay s friend. a few minutes later i noticed grandpa by the mantel, talking to louise. not just talking, but actually flirting. it was then that we realized this might be grandpa s last christmas at home., dinner went well. we made the usual small talk about who had died , who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. the cat screamed. i passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to mouth resuscitation. my brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants laughing and granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car., it was indeed a christmas to treasure and remember. later in my brother s garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of louise s collapse. we discovered that louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape , we restored her to perfect health., louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. i think grandpa still asks about her whenever he can get out of the house

marshmallows, dark cooking chocolate, copha, white chocolate, glace cherries, chopped, glace cherries , cut into strips

sultanas (1 1/2 oz), currants (1 1/2 oz), raisins (1 1/2 oz), dried figs, chopped (1 1/2 oz), glace cherries, quartered (2 1/4 oz), black treacle, extra virgin olive oil, apple, cored, peeled, grated, whiskey, plain flour (1 1/2 oz), molasses sugar (1 oz), cocoa powder (1/2 oz), mixed spice, salt, bitter chocolate , 70% cocoa solids, grated (3oz), egg, beaten, clotted cream, to serve (8 oz)

apricot nectar, all purpose flour, sugar, nonfat dry milk powder, fast-rising dry yeast, unsalted butter, room temperature, sugar, eggs, egg yolks, apricot-flavored brandy or apricot nectar, salt, vanilla extract, ground ginger, fast-rising dry yeast, water (120of. to 125of.), all purpose flour, bittersweet (not unsweetened ) or semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped, moist dried apricots, quartered, golden brown sugar, ground cinnamon, powdered sugar, bittersweet (not unsweetened ) or semisweet chocolate, chopped, whipping cream, sugar, apricot-flavored brandy or apricot nectar

unsweetened applesauce, raw sugar, brandy, vanilla extract, white spelt flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, chocolate chips, chopped glace cherries

sultana, currants, chopped raisins, dessert fig, finely chopped, brandy, plump dried apricots, chopped, good quality vanilla ice cream, softened, dark chocolate, chopped, sliced almonds, toasted

food cake mix (prepared ), cook and serve chocolate pudding mix or 2 (3 1/2 oz) packages jell-o chocolate fudge flavor pudding and pie filling or 2 (3 1/2 oz) packages vegetarian chocolate pudding mix or 2 (3 1/2 oz) packages vegetarian chocolate fudge pudding mix, whipping cream, powdered sugar (you can use more or less depending on how sweet you like it), real vanilla

butter, melted, chopped croissants , cinnamon rolls, or bread pieces, brown sugar, cinnamon, chocolate covered raisins , cherries, or cranberries, eggs beaten, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, nutmeg, heavy cream, milk, apricot preserves (optional), cream (optional)

ground suet or shortening, brown sugar, crumbled bread with crust removed, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt , cinnamon & nutmeg, golden raisins, currants, seedless raisins, mixed candied peel, sliced cherries, eggs, beaten, dark molasses, brandy (or milk), grated rind & juice of 1 orange, lemon juice, mixed berry jam, chopped english walnuts, sauce for plum pudding, egg yolk, powdered sugar, rum or brandy, egg white, cream

chocolate eclair cake, instant vanilla pudding mix, milk, chocolate graham crackers, milk, unsweetened cocoa powder, white sugar, butter, vanilla extract, in a large bowl, combine pudding mix and 3 cups milk; mix well. fold in whipped topping and beat with mixer for 2 minutes., in a buttered 9x13 inch baking dish , spread a layer of graham crackers on the bottom of the dish., spread 1/2 of the pudding mixture over crackers , then top with graham crackers. spread remaining pudding over crackers; top second pudding layer with another layer of crackers., make topping : in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine 1/4 cup milk, cocoa and sugar and allow to boil for 1 minute; remove from heat and add butter and vanilla. mix well and cool., pour sauce over graham cracker layer and refrigerate until set; serve.

apricot preserves, vanilla pudding, shortbread cookies (such as lorna doone)

all-purpose flour, baking soda, butter, softened, brown sugar, white sugar, instant white chocolate pudding mix (or chocolate for chocolate chocolate chip cookies), eggs, vanilla extract, semisweet chocolate chips, chopped walnuts (if you want)