We have been Christmas Treat baking FOOLS at our house lately!!!! We are making Christmas Kisses, Rolo Candy Pretzels, Caramel Roll Cookies, Chocolate Dipped Spritz Cookies, Buckeyes, and of course, Spiced Crackers. I’d be dead meat if I didn’t make … Continue reading
This is post 2 for today, be sure to go back a post and check out Cinnamon Cider.
I am excited to start my Holiday Baking! We give away plates of treats to family, friends and to the hostess of Christmas functions we attend.
I have several new recipes picked out to try, but those aren’t ready to be made, approved, photographed and shared yet. So, instead I’ll share some of our favorite treats from Christmas past!
Just follow the links below.
White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge
Happy Baking!
~T
This is Post 2 for today: Head back 1 post for “Mary Did You Know”.
So I am NOT a recipe inventor, much preferring to just make other people creations with my own twist. I don’t know if I actually “Invented” the recipe I am sharing with you today or not, but I will tell you this:
When I saw the Peppermint Kisses on sale at Dillons, I knew EXACTLY what I wanted to make.
These:
Ok, not THESE EXACTLY, but same concept as Autumn Hugs, except doing a Christmas version with different shaped pretzels, and M&M’s.
It was a roaring success!!!! They are so easy, SO pretty on a platter and they are super easy for my kids to help make. A WIN-WIN-WIN if you ask me.
Unless you have a naughty little Candy Snatcher named Paxton. It was all I could do to keep him out of the Kisses while the big kids helped. (Thus, the lack of photos……I was on Candy Patrol.)
Here are the sad remains of the 5 I found in Paxton’s mouth, little stinker!
“But, but, but Momma……I WANTED those.”
Poor, poor sugar deprived child.
ANYHOW, without further adieu, I give you…..
Cute, right?! Thankyouverymuch.
Ingredients:
24 Pretzel Waffle Squares
24 Peppermint Kisses, Unwrapped (great job for the kids!)
24 Red & Green M&M’s
1. Preheat your oven to 250*.
2. Place pretzels on a large baking sheet. Top each pretzel with a Candy Kiss. Place in the oven for 3 minutes, or until the Kisses gets soft.
CHECK THEM REGULARLY!!!! You don’t melt them all the way, they will still look “normal” when you pull them, but easily squish when candy is applied.
3. Remove from oven and lightly press an M&M to the middle top of each Kiss.
4. Let cool before serving or transferring to a Tupperware.
SO Easy, SO Yummy and just beautiful!
Hugs & Kisses (haha, get it?) 🙂
~T
Don’t miss post 1 for today: “Dear Abby”.
So let’s say you were having a super tough, running late, kids are disobeying so you ground them from the play closet until further notice, phone ringing off the hook, “WHERE ARE YOUR SHOES?!?!?!” kind of Monday.
Let’s also say you were 20 minutes late when you started your drive to Preschool. In your goal to accomplish two days worth of work in one day, you push your foot a little harder on the accelerator, the list of To Do’s racing through your mind: get the Chicken in the crock pot by 10 or it won’t be done by supper time, make fudge so it has time to set up before 11 so you can finish up holiday goodie platters for the teachers, edit wedding photos, write tomorrow’s blog post……
You are so busy with the list in your head, that you are not looking at your speedometer when, YOU SEE HIM….
THE COP.
Oh boy. This is not going to be good.
Nope. Not Good at ALL.
So, I went home, re-did my eye makeup, and ate 3 pieces of fudge for a morning snack, and lived happily ever after.
The End.
Let’s do a little math and review the situation:
Christmas Time + BIG Ticket = Bad.
Sad Tonya with tear streaked makeup + White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge = Good.
See, math is fun! And White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge is FANTASTIC!
adapted from Girl Who Ate Everything
Line jelly roll pan (or oversized cookie sheet) with wax paper.
Melt white chocolate chips in a double boiler or microwave, stirring often
While still warm, stir in frosting quickly before chocolate starts to set up. Add peppermint extract, stir.
Spread into prepared pan evenly, then drop food coloring over the top of the fudge. Swirl with a knife.
Add crushed candy canes and press lightly to set.
Cool for an hour in the fridge.
Remove from pan using wax paper and cut on a cutting board into small squares.
This makes a nice large pan of fudge, supposedly about 70 pieces. I didn’t count, but we did 14 goodie platters with this batch and had some leftovers to enjoy, but it all depends on how small you cut them.
Very simple, creamy and just plain GOOD!
Our Goodie Platters are almost complete, just need ribbons tied on them yet before delivery.
Here’s to hoping my Tuesday goes better than my MONDAY did…..
Happy day to you and yours!
~T
We’ve established I’m a Foodie, right?! Cooking, sharing and eating food just makes me happy!!!!! Guess it’s fitting then, that my most popular boards on Pinterest are 4 little Fergusons Food & Proud to be a Foodie.
Come see me: http://pinterest.com/4littleferguson/
So, here are my latest Foodie Cravings:
(And no, I am NOT pregnant, when you are a Foodie you have cravings pregnant or not.) 🙂
At $8 a package, this craving will have to be far and few between, but thanks to the generosity of Dale’s momma, I have a whole block to enjoy and savor. This cheese is salty, a bit dry and tastes amazing on crackers or shredded over a salad. YUMMMMMMM!
Christmas Cookie
Hello beautiful
Tiramisu
This is Dale’s bucket, but it sure is good. Tastes JUST like the dessert!I have to be careful with this one though, because I don’t do well with caffeine. Like bounce off the walls, jitter all night kind of problems.
Which brings me to THIS, may latest Foodie Favorite:
My friend Lori swears up and down she doesn’t like to cook. You’ve met Lori recently in THIS photo session with her sweet twin boys and hubby. She is ALSO the Lori that shared the “Can’t Leave ‘Em Alone Bars” with us. For not liking to cook, she sure comes up with some amazing recipes to bring to our Sunday school functions!
Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate 24 hours. Serve with chips and PREPARE TO BE AMAZED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So we are starting our Holiday baking this week and will continue into next week, getting ready to give out Goodie Platters to friends and teachers. The kids LOVE to help! We make things after school, or when daddy is home & supper is in the oven. This year we are making:
Christmas Kisses
Milk Chocolate Florentine Cookies-maybe
Spritz Christmas Tree Cookies
White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge
Spiced Crackers (Dale’s favorite, so we do these every year)
AND last but not least……………………..
a batch of Coyote Poo!
And man, was it DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELICIOUS!
This last one wasn’t necessarily for our Christmas goodie platters, but I HAD to try this recipe I found from Mama Bennie……
Now, if any are left by next week, they WILL be gracing our Goodie Platters, because they are THAT good! Savory and sweet, crazy and will be the unique pop, or poop, I guess, on the platter. Poo poo platter. tee-hee 🙂 That’s so gross.
I will be posting this recipe soon, as well as the others, IF they get the stamp of approval!
Hugs & Happy Snacking!
~T
This week I start my Holiday Baking. Here is the list of appetizer and dessert recipes we are trying this year: (IF all goes as planned) 🙂
If they are a success, I will be posting pics and sharing the recipes in the weeks to come.
Unfortunately, whether they are considered a success or not, they are being taken to various Christmas get- togethers, or some, are to be given as gifts, to friends, family and teachers. The kids will be involved in the baking and making whenever possible. They will LOVE it! And I am sure, will fight over who gets to wear the ONE kid-sized chefs hat and matching apron we own. Gotta love it! 🙂
Here are the plates, gift tags and tulle I got for 50% off at Hobby Lobby. I will put a few dozen choice goodies on them, and tie ’em up pretty!
Should be fun! (famous last words, right?!)
Get that Christmas music blastin’ and Happy Baking!
~T
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