1651 holiday herbal Recipes

ingredients for basic butter cookies, decorating icing (optional), ing in various colors (optional), garnish: edible glitter and nonpareils (see cooks note, below)

unsalted butter, room temperature, golden brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, ground nutmeg, more) powdered sugar (about 2 1/4 lb), just whites (pasteurized powdered egg whites ), more) water, assorted food colorings , preferably wilton concentrated gel pastes in golden yellow, violet, moss green, red (no taste) and sky blue

dry yeast, granulated sugar, eggs, vegetable oil , such as canola or safflower, kosher salt, all-purpose flour, firm-tart apple (about 8 oz), peeled, cored, and cut into small cubes, raisins, lemon juice, honey, ground cinnamon, egg yolk

egg, applesauce, vegetable oil, molasses, sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, boiling water, sugar , to sprinkle

dark brown sugar (packed), butter (1 stick), dark rum, dark molasses, spicy mustard, cider vinegar, ground cinnamon, fresh ground pepper

water, water, water, eggs, butter or 1/4 cup margarine, cut up, salt, bread flour (i ve used all-purpose), sugar, yeast, egg, lightly beaten, sugar

flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, orange juice, freshly squeezed (if possible), melted butter, egg, well beaten, fresh cranberries, halved, chopped walnuts

frozen cut green beans, grated orange rind, dried cranberries or 1/2 cup fresh cranberries, honey, bacon bits (home made are best)

high quality white bread , torn into quarters, unsalted butter, salt and pepper, grated parmesan cheese , the good stuff, garlic cloves, minced , never press, flour, red pepper flakes, green beans, ends trimmed, chicken broth, lemon juice, minced fresh thyme

pretzels (i prefer the square shape ), hugs chocolates, m & s plain chocolate candy (christ as colors)

fresh rosemary, fresh cranberries, wooden skewer, white vinegar or 1 bottle red wine vinegar (5 % acidity)

all-purpose flour, baking soda, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, salt, ground allspice, ground nutmeg, butter, softened, sugar, egg, molasses, water, brown sugar, water, butter, melted

cake layers, cooled, boiling water, red gelatin, lime gelatin, cool whip, thawed

strong coffee, irish cream, hazelnut-flavored liquid coffee creamer, cream

bone-in smoked ham, dole pineapple slices, apricot preserves, dry mustard, ground allspice, maraschino cherry

sweet butter, granulated sugar, egg yolk, vanilla extract, almond extract, flour, semisweet chocolate (optional)

graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, vanilla chips, dried cranberries, sweetened condensed milk, flaked coconut, pecan halves