8 gifted holiday Recipes

vanilla wafer crumbs, chopped hazelnuts or 1/2 cup walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans, granulated sugar, butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted, cream cheese (philadelphia brand, full-fat), granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, lemon zest or 1 -2 tsp orange zest, flour , scant, semisweet chocolate (ghirardelli), light cream, red ribbon, gold chocolate coins (alternate ( can also try chocolate & white-chocolate shavings), nuts (same as in crust) (optional), cocoa, for dusting (not dutch-process )

cream cheese (room temp ), butter (room temp ), sugar, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, flour, maraschino cherries (rinsed and drained ), chopped walnuts, milk chocolate chips

cream cheese, softened, butter, softened, sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, cake flour, baking powder, maraschino cherries, drained, chopped pecans, sugar, milk, birthday candles , optional

cream cheese, softened, butter, softened, sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, cake flour, sifted and divided, baking powder, maraschino cherries, well drained and chopped, pecans, finely chopped and divided, powdered sugar , sifted, milk, garnishes: red or green maraschino cherry and pecan halves

flour, baking soda, dried orange peel, ground, dried lemon peel, ground, ground nutmeg, cinnamon, brown sugar , packed, sugar, honey, butter, softened, egg, milk