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By: SherraLifeLesson.com » Baking Frenzy

SherraLifeLesson.com » Baking Frenzy — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:11:59 +0000

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By: SherraLifeLesson.com » Jingle Gourds

SherraLifeLesson.com » Jingle Gourds — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:28:56 +0000

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By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:42:53 +0000

2 cups sugar, 2 cups canned pumpkin, 1/2 cup fat-free vanilla pudding, 4 large egg whites, 3 cups all-purpose flour, 2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Comine flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, stirring just until moist. Stir in chocolate chips. Spoon batter into 2 (8 x 4-inch) loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes on a wire rack and remove from pans. My friend made it for me last year, it’s from Cooking Light, and it’s awesome. We’ve already made it twice this season. Favorite Christmas album is Mariah Carey.

By: wendy

wendy — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:15:21 +0000

Since I don’t like to bake, it would be great to have something to feed my family on Christmas. Hope you pick me!

By: mom23boys

mom23boys — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:11:26 +0000

OK – high altitude ruins most of what I try to bake, but here’s a good recipe for toffee that I can actually make! (PICK ME – I’ve got three growing, HUNGRY boys who need more sugar!!)

TOFFEE

1 stick butter (has to be butter)
1 stick margarine (has to be margarine)
1 cup sugar
3 TBSP water
2 Hershey bars
Crushed nuts (optional)

Melt all ingredients except Hershey bars in a large frying pan over low heat. After it’s melted, cook over med heat until it boils, stirring constantly. Boil 8 minutes by the clock. Mixture will start to turn a light brown. Pour onto a teflon coated cookie sheet. (I spray with Pam, too). Place 2 broken Hershey bars on top, spread with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle crushed nuts on top. Break into pieces when cool.

YUM!!

By: Faye

Faye — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:05:18 +0000

This is our family’s very favorite Christmas cookie. We love chocolate and mint. Enjoy your site and would enjoy your cookies, I am sure.

Creme de Menthe Squares

CAKE LAYER:
1 C sugar, 1/2 C butter, 1 C flour, 1/2 tsp. salt,
1 tsp. vanilla, 4 beaten eggs, 1 – 16oz. can Hershey Syrup.
Mix and pour in greased 9 x 13 pan. Bake 30 min. at 350 degrees and cool in pan.

MINT LAYER:
2 C pow. sugar, 1/2 C softened butter, 1/2 tsp. mint extract, 1 T water, 3 drops green food color.
Mix and spread on cooled Cake Layer.

GLAZE LAYER:
1 C chocolate chips, 6 T butter.
Mix and melt glaze together. Cool slightly and spread over mint layer. Chill at least 10 minutes before cutting in squares. This recipe freezes well.

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Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:09:44 +0000

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By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:52:52 +0000

Oh I love me some treats! LOL
Here is my favorite Golden Rum Cake! I leave out the nuts in mine.
INGREDIENTS
* 1 cup chopped walnuts
* 1 (18.25 ounce) package butter or yellow cake mix
* 1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
* 4 eggs
* 1/2 cup water
* 1/2 cup vegetable oil
* 1/2 cup dark rum (I’ve even used coconut rum)
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1/4 cup water
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1/2 cup dark rum

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. Sprinkle chopped nuts evenly over the bottom of the pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine cake mix and pudding mix. Mix in the eggs, 1/2 cup water, oil and 1/2 cup rum. Blend well. Pour batter over chopped nuts in the pan.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Let sit for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto serving plate. Brush glaze over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze and repeat until all glaze is used.
4. To make the glaze: in a saucepan, combine butter, 1/4 cup water and 1 cup sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat and continue to boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup rum.

By: Barb McCandless

Barb McCandless — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:57:48 +0000

Here’s what we make for our friends: Cranberry Orange Relish. This is SO easy to make, and it’s delicious. You can serve it with turkey, or even put it on toast like jam.
1 12-oz bag fresh cranberries, picked over and washed
1 1/2 C. sugar
1/4 C. water
1 1/2 tsp grated orange rind
1/4 C. orange juice
2 oz. blanched almonds, slivered

Combine all ingredients except the almonds in a saucepan and cook until the cranberries pop open, about 10 minutes. Add the almonds and cool. Makes about 4 cups of relish. We put it in 1/2 cup plastic containers for gifting. The relish should be kept in the frig.

By: Celebrate: Favorite Holiday Cookies | iLashGirls.com

Celebrate: Favorite Holiday Cookies | iLashGirls.com — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:04:02 +0000

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