11 christmas treats Recipes

bakers semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, peanut butter, cool whip (thawed slightly ), coconut or icing sugar or cocoa or colored crystal sugar or graham cracker crumbs or cookie candy sprinkles or ground almonds or crushed peanuts, etc

struffoli - - neapolitan christmas treats, struffoli are (they re always referred to in the plural) now an absolute requirement at the end of a neapolitan christmas day dinner. however, in introducing them in la cucina napoletana, carola francesconi says their inclusion is relatively recent -- crisci mentions them several times in the book he wrote in 1634, but doesn tsp include them in his christmas menu. to make a batch you will need, dough, flour, eggs, grain alcohol, a chunk of butter the size of a small walnut, sugar, zest of a half a lemon, grated, zest of half an orange, grated, salt, pot full of olive oil for frying, seasoning (for want of a better term ), honey, sugar, water, diavolilli (tiny, variously colored candied almonds), candied cherries, halved, candied orange peel, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips, candied citron, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips, candied melon rind, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips

semi-sweet chocolate chips, butter, egg, sugar, coconut or cocoa powder, walnuts, chopped, marshmallows , either plain or colourful

milk chocolate, marshmallows, unsalted peanuts, turkish delight, dark chocolate, white chocolate

butter or 3 tbsp margarine, softened, marshmallows , about 40 or 4 cups miniature, canned frosting or decorating gel, assorted candy, rice krispies cereal or 6 cups kellogg s cocoa krispies cereal

chocolate swiss rolls, vanilla extract, cocoa powder or chocolate sprinkles, marshmallow, hershey chocolate kiss , unwrapped, sugar, toothpick

golden raisins, dried apricots, orange juice, lg. bags coconut

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

dark rum, spiced rum, vanilla vodka, full-fat eggnog, nutmeg, honey , crushed graham crackers, and a cinnamon stick (optional garnishes)