With all this talk of fruitcake and Coke (sorry, Muse ) it made me think about how every family has favorite recipes that they make only at this time of the year
Here's a recipe for a simple, Hungarian pastry that is similar to what my mom makes for Christmas:


Hungarian Nut Rolls

1 package active dry yeast
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup warm milk
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 egg
zest of 1 lemon
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups flour

Walnut Paste
4 cups walnuts
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon or cocoa
2 tablespoons cognac
1/3 cup hot milk
1 whole egg, beaten

Pour 1/3 cup of the warm milk in a small bowl. Sprinkle the yeast and the pinch of sugar over the surface of the milk. Stir to dissolve and let stand at room temperature until foamy, about 10 minutes. In a large bowl using a wooden spoon or in the work bowl of a heavy duty electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg and beat vigorously for 1 minute. Beat in the remaining 2/3 cup milk, the lemon zest, salt, and 1 cup of the flour. Beat in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until a soft dough that just clears the sides of the bowl is formed. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth, about 3 minutes, dusting with flour only 1 tablespoon at a time as needed to prevent sticking. The dough will be very soft but not sticky. Place the dough in a greased deep container. Turn once to coat the top and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise at cool room temperature for 4 to 6 hours, deflating once or twice, or as long as overnight in the refrigerator. Gently deflate the dough. Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and divide into 4 equal portions. Form each portion into a thick rectangle, place on loosely floured parchment paper, cover loosely with a clean tea towel, and let rest for 30 minutes. To make the filling, combine the walnuts, sugar, and cinnamon in a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Process until finely ground. Combine the cognac and milk and, with the motor running, pour the mixture through the feed tube in a slow, steady stream, processing until a thick, spreadable paste is formed. Using a floured rolling pin on a very lightly floured work surface to minimize sticking, roll or pat out each dough portion into a 13-by-7-inch rectangle about 1/8 inch thick. Spread the surface of each rectangle evenly with one-fourth of the nut paste. Working with one rectangle at a time and starting from a long side, fold over a 2-inch section. Continue to fold the dough in this manner to create a flattish oval (rather than round) long log of dough. Pinch the seams and place the dough, seam side down, on a greased baking sheet, fitting all 4 rolls horizontally on the pan about 2 inches apart. Brush with the egg glaze and prick all over with a fork. Let rest, uncovered, at room temperature about 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 350F. Brush once more with the beaten egg. Place the baking sheet on a rack in the center of the oven and bake 30 to 40 minutes, or until golden and the loaves sound hollow when tapped with your finger. Let rest on the baking sheet 10 minutes. Using a large spatula, transfer the loaves to a cooling rack. Cool completely.


What are your holiday recipes? :santa:

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lil1 said:

applekisses said:

Hey

I make these every Christmas
My recipe for "Tee-Pee" cookies
(As a little girl I called them Tee Pees cuz of the hershey kiss middle)



Ingredients:
2 2/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Additional sugar
5 dozen kisses, unwrapped

OR...
You can get some Peanut Butter cookie dough...bake it up them slap the kisses in the middle



Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.


In a large bowl, mix flour, salt, and baking soda. Add butter and peanut butter and mix until smooth. Add sugars and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until smooth.


Make balls out of level tablespoons of dough - add flour if needed. Roll in sugar.


Bake 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet for 8 minutes.


Remove from oven and add 1 kiss to the center of each cookie. Return to the oven and bake for 2 more minutes.


Let Cool and then tear those suckers up.

lil1 said:

sorry

applekisses said:

I'm going to make these for the first time this year:

Oatmeal Scotchies

Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 measuring tsp baking soda
1/2 measuring tsp salt
1/2 measuring tsp cinnamon
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 measuring tsp vanilla extract
3 cups oats, uncooked (Quick or Old Fashioned)
1- 12oz pkg. (2 cups) Nestle Toll House Butterscotch Flavored Morsels

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside. In large bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract; beat until creamy. Gradually add flour mixture. Stir in oats and Nestle Toll House Morels. Drop by level measuring tabelspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 for 7-8 minutes for chewier cookies or 9-10 minutes for crisper cookies.

I'm sorry applekisses I live to be silly

lil1 said:

Oh...no, I'm not mad at you It's just that I post this thread every year and it's always a stinker!

Sorry for unleashing the brick on you!

applekisses said:

If the brick is thrown out of lust its okay

lil1 said:

Yes...it was a very lusty brick...

applekisses said:

Thank you

ThreadCula said:

The things I would do for one of those...
[Edited 12/6/04 14:41pm]

applekisses said:

This sounds good ...

.....But the Title brings Tears to my eyes

Heavenly said:

Be careful,Ive been known to take advantage of offers like that

ThreadCula said:

I've been known not to refuse any demands

Ok, this evening I attempted to make some Sugar Cookies (pre-frozen). I had bought it from my nephews school fundraiser proceeds. Ugh. They were gross. Thank goodness they were gross, for then I will not eat them. ~Smile.

But... one of the Dietitians at work make the most unbelievable sugar cookies ever, I mean really. I mean, melt in your mouth crumbly good.

I came across the recipe (which it has been haunting me for months to make), the only thing is... if I make a whole batch... you know what that will mean.

I will have to eat them all, all by myself. It is far too painful to share these tasty little morsels, I dare not.

Sugar Cookies (Grandad Daniels' Recipe) <----- Know you know this recipe has history when coming from a Grandad.

1/2 c. butter
1 c. sugar
1 t. vanilla
1/2 t. baking powder
1/2c. shortening
1 egg
2 1/4 c. flour
1/2 t. baking soda

Cream butter, shortening, and sugar. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Add dry ingredients. Shape into 1" balls. Roll in sugar. Place on greased sheets. Flatten with a glass. Bake at 350 for 10-12 min. Yields 5 doz. Yummy flavor!!!

Topping

2 c. powdered sugar
2 T. butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla
milk

beat til smooth



Now don't waste another sec. hop to it!

Freespirit said:

Thanks
Sounds yummy. I had the sugar cookies at McDonalds today and they were SO good!

I'm so glad you guys are doing this! Maybe we'll get enough recipes to actually make an Org holiday cookbook!

One of my VERY VERY favorite cold weather drinks, the recipe is from my gram.

Russian Tea (no idea why it's called this....)

1/4 c. Sugar
1/3 c. Instant Iced Tea mix (the unsweetened kind)
1/2 c. Tang
3 tsp. unsweetened lemonade kool-aid mix (if you double the recipe use entire pkg.)
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. cloves

put all ingredients in a jar and shake VERY well.

Add 2-3 heaping teaspoons to 1 cup boiling water (more or less to taste)

~sipping on my Russian tea~

anyone else care to share a recipe?

Here's a recipe for delicious cake cookies!

1 box Devil's food cake mix
1 Egg
1 Cup White Chocolate chips
1/2 cup Walnuts
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup softened butter


Mix everything together....Batter will be very thick. Heat oven to 350. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.


These are absolutely delicious!!

Smooches;)

MsMisha319 said:

Lol, and don't take this personally MsMisha319, but it's always funny when i look up recipes online or something, and (usually US sites) start with something like:
"1 portion of guacamole mix"
or
"1 box of pancake mix"
That's no longer cooking (imho), that's heating something, and the 'recipes' usually are on the packages. Real cooking should start with fresh and basic ingredients imho, but i'm probably beeing snobby here. Keep them coming!!!

Oh, here's mine:
125ml water
60 grams of fine sugar
juice of one lemon
one (sweet) orange, untreated
juice of two (smaller) oranges
2-3 sweet apples (500g)
some cognac, by taste
1.5g of gelatine (2 leafs)
half a teaspoon of cinnamon

Boil the 125ml water with the sugar and the lemon juice. Stir and take of the fire. Wash the untreated orange and grater it's skin. Cut the rest of the orange in peaces, after you removed as much as possible from the (white) skin. Peal the apples and cut into small rounds. Mix it with the sirop and bring it to boil. Let it softly boil for 12-15mins.

Soak the gelatine for 10mins. Put the boiled pieces of fruit in a bowl. Add the orange juice to the remaining fluids and boil for 5-10mins. Add gelatine, cognac and cinnamon and let it cool down for at least half an hour.

Pour a little fluid in a glass bowl and put in the fridge for 15 minutes. Arrange the pieces of fruit on the somewhat stiff bottom and pour the rest of the fluids over it. Leave it in the fridge for six hours.

Serve with the best chocolate ice you can find.

SpcMs said:

You are free to cook whatever way you'd like.

My recipe calls for '1 box Devils food cake'.....This recipe is not on the box, it is something I came up with


Smooches;)

SpcMs said:

Aren't you going to boil the horse hooves to make your own gelatin?

applekisses said:

I don't have my own recipes yet (hopefully I will learn with time
But here's one of the Jewish Hanukah's version Doughnuts


Hanukkah - Sufganiot (Hanukah Donuts)-

Sufganiot

Makes 24 servings

Ingredients

2 1/2 teaspoons 10 g active dry yeast
1/4 cup 50 g white sugar
3/4 cup 180 ml warm milk
(110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
2 1/2 cups 310 g all-purpose flour
2 egg yolks
1/4 teaspoon 2 g salt
1 teaspoon 3 g ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons 28 g butter, softened
1/2 cup 110 g drained cottage cheese
1 egg
1/2 cup 25 g white sugar
1 teaspoon 5 ml vanilla extract
2 cups 475 ml vegetable oil
1/2 cup 60 g confectioners' sugar



Directions
1 Dissolve the yeast and 2 tablespoons white sugar in the warm milk.

2 Sift flour into a large bowl, make a well in the center and add the yeast mixture, egg yolks, salt, nutmeg, butter and remaining sugar. Stir flour into center. Once combined turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface knead until dough is elastic. Cover and let dough rise overnight in the refrigerator.

3 Remove dough from the refrigerator and roll on a lightly floured surface to 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into 2 inch rounds. Cover and let rise for about 15 to 20 minutes.

4 In a medium bowl combine the cottage cheese, egg, 3 tablespoons white sugar and vanilla. Beat until well combined.

5 Form dough rounds into a ball and insert about 2 teaspoons of cheese filling into half of the rounds and 2 teaspoons of preserves into the other half.

6 In a heavy pot, pour in oil to about the 2 1/2 inch mark. Heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Drop sufganiot (doughnuts) into the oil, turning when browned. Drain on paper towels and roll in confectioners' sugar.

Take a pineapple cut it up
Put it in a bowl
Add a bottle of Absolute vodka
Let ferment in the refrigerator for 2 days

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