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I'm eating Sainsbury mince pies right now, with a cup of steaming coffee. This is going down well, refreshing after having walked for almost 4 hours today in the cold.
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Ok, here's a nice easy cookie to make which is not too sweet and very festive and somewhat reminiscent of Christmas cake in look at any rate. This was my Dad's favourite Christmas cookie which my Mom made every year. I hope you enjoy it, Arctic Fox.
***Before anything, turn on your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (your oven should always already be at the correct temperature before you insert your goods for baking)***
--2/3 cup shortening (Crisco that kind of thing, NOT lard though; you can probably substitute with butter or margarine though, however I've not ever tried)
--1 cup brown sugar
--2 eggs, well beaten
--2 tablespoons milk
--2 cups flour
--1 tsp. baking powder
--1/4 teaspoon baking soda
--1/4 teaspoon salt
--1/2 teaspoon vanilla (try to get the pure vanilla extract it is much better than the artificial, though more expensive; they come in very little bottles too so it costs less if you don't bake very often )
Directions:
Cream shortening (ie., beat it to death with an electric mixer or hand mixer or wooden spoon if you want a work out LOL). Add sugar gradually, beating between additions. (See I told you there was beating involved!) Add eggs and mix well. Sift dry ingredients. Add alternately with liquid to above mixture (which is your milk; always add in this order for cookies and cakes: dry-wet-dry). Add vanilla. Then add the following ingredients:
--1 cup of red and green cherries (maraschino kind ya know); measure them out first and then cut them in halves or quarters
--1 cup of raisins (we use Thompson raisins here in Canada pretty much; you might want to dust them with a bit of flour before putting them in the batter, this way they mix better by clinging to the batter)
--1 cup of walnuts (measure them out and then coarsely chop)
--1 cup of chocolate chips (well for fun, get 1 cup for the cookie mix and 1/2 cup for yourself to munch on )
More directions:
Now mix this lumpy batter until the fun ingredients are covered in batter and everything is pretty well mixed nicely. Get your cookie pans/sheets out. If they are non-stick you might want to lightly spray them with a cooking spray. If they are just plain metal, grease them lightly. Now drop the dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake them for 10 to 12 minutes but watch them at the end since oven temperatures do vary. When they are baked (bottom should look nice and not scorched!!) Take them out of the oven. Let cool for a minute or so on the cookie sheet and then transfer to a cooling rack. Hmm if you don't have a cooling rack don't fret, just take them off the cookie sheet to cool off somewhere and so you can reuse the cookie sheet.
And those are my family's Christmas Drop Cookies. Hope you enjoy!
Cheers for now!...Aemma
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I think I've eaten too many mince pies this year - I'm having difficulty walking!
I was thinking about trying out some German recipes this Christmas. Can anyone share some traditional German Christmas recipes (or a link to a book would be good too)? Thanks in advance.
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http://allrecipes.com/recipe/downeas...ad/detail.aspxDowneast Maine Pumpkin Bread
Ingredients
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
3 cups white sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
2. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.
3. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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Healthy Pie
http://tvnz.co.nz/the-food-truck/ep-...se-pie-4174304Ep 1 - Steak & cheese pie
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Steak and cheese pie
Makes 4
1/2 onion, sliced
1/2 clove garlic, crushed
250g rump steak, sliced into stir fry strips
2 Portobello mushrooms, sliced
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
12 cherry tomatoes
4 x 10 cm diameter volauvent cases, precooked, warm
1 cup cooked potato
3 Tbsp olive oil
3 Tbsp reduced fat milk
Pepper to taste
1 tsp grated Parmesan
Preheat grill.
Heat a heavy-based pan. Spray with oil and add onion and garlic. Stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
Add beef, mushrooms and mustard and stir fry for 2-3 minutes.
Add tomatoes.
Pile mixture into warm volauvent cases.
Mash potato with olive oil, milk and pepper to taste.
Place in a piping bag and pipe potato onto the top of each pie.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Place under preheated grill until potato is golden.
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Hungarian Balish Pastry
http://www.eatingininstead.com/2012/...pricot-balish/
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