Christmas Double Layer Pumpkin Pie Recipe December 21, 2008

Double Layer Pumpkin Pie

Yields: 8 servings

4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 1/2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust
1 cup cold milk
2 (3.5 ounce) pkgs. instant vanilla pudding
1 (15 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

In a large bowl, whisk together cream cheese, 1 tablespoon of
milk, and sugar until smooth. Gently stir in whipped topping.
Spread into bottom of crust. Pour 1 cup of milk into large
bowl, and thoroughly mix in pudding mix, pumpkin, cinnamon,
ginger, and cloves. When thickened, spread over cream cheese
layer. Refrigerate 4 hours, or until set.

Angel Angel Food Coconut Cream Cake Christmas Recipe December 18, 2008

Angel Food Coconut Cream Cake

1 (8- or 9-inch) purchased round angel food cake
1 (21 ounce) can coconut pie filling
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
2 tablespoons coconut, lightly toasted

Split cake horizontally to make 4 layers. (To split, mark side of
cake with toothpicks and cut with long, thin serrated knife.) Place
bottom layer on serving plate; spread with 1/3 cup of the pie
filling. Repeat with 2 more layers. Replace top cake layer. Frost top
and sides of cake with whipped topping. Sprinkle top with coconut.
Store in refrigerator.

Makes 12 servings.

Old-Fashioned Ginger Snaps March 18, 2008

Old-Fashioned Ginger Snaps

Old-fashioned ginger snap cookies, made with molasses, butter or margarine,
brown sugar, and spices.
INGREDIENTS:
2 3/4 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1 cup brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup margarine or butter, softened
1 egg
1/4 cup light molasses

PREPARATION:
Combine flour, soda, and spices in a bowl and set aside. Cream sugar and
margarine. Beat in egg and molasses until light and fluffy. Stir in flour
mixture just until blended. Chill for 2 hours or more.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls, roll in granulated sugar, and place on
lightly greased baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Flatten each ball with
the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Bake about 8 to 10 minutes, until
set.
Makes 8 dozen cookies.

Tequila Christmas cookies January 25, 2008

Tequila Christmas cookies

 BE SURE TO READ IT ALL – THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!!

 Tequila Christmas Cookies:

 1 cup of water

 1 tsp. baking soda

 1 cup of sugar

 1 tsp. salt

 1 cup of brown sugar

 1 tbsp. lemon juice

 4 large eggs

 1 cup nuts

 2 cups of dried fruit

 1 bottle tequila

 Sample the tequila in a large glass to check quality.

 Take a large bowl, and check the tequila again, to be sure it is of
 the highest quality. Pour one level cup and drink.

 Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.

 Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again.

 At this point, it’s best to make sure the tequila is still OK, so,
 try another
 cup.

 Turn off the mixerer thingy.

 Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.

 Pick the frigging fruit and the damn cup off the floor.

 Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, just
 pry it loose with a drewscriver.

 Sample the tequila to check for tonsisticity.

 Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Check the tequila.

 Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.

 Add one table.

 Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find.

 Greash the oven.

 Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.

 Don’t forget to beat off the turner.

 Put the bowl through the window, finish off the booze and make sure to

 put the dirty stove in the dishwasher.

 CHERRY MISTMAS TO ALL!

Tequila Christmas Cookies

Twelve Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do With A Fruitcake December 20, 2007

This seems to be appropriate for all three Christmas Blogs we have here.  As long as we add an actual fruitcake recipe, this should be appropriate for Christmas Quotes, Christmas Recipes and Christmas Jokes.And for the quotations lovers in the house here is a quote:

“Because I hate fruitcake.”
– Bonnie Napier – When asked why we had not posted any fruitcake recipes this year.

(updated – she noticed that we wrote about her.)

Twelve Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do With A Fruitcake

1. Paint a few white and place them outside on the grass so people won’t park on your lawn.

2. Use it as building material. (This is actually what the Ancient Egyptians used to build the Great Pyramids.)

3. Keep one under your pillow for home defense.

4. Send one to the junk mail company with a note asking them to take you off their list.

5. It’s colorful, use it as a Yule Log.

6. Carve the Presidents’ faces in it and submit as a science or art project.

7. Give one to your boss and tell him it’s a life preserver.

8. Use it as a base for flower arrangements.

9. Donate to the local airport for use as airliner wheel blocks.

10. Grind a few up and give it back to your in-laws in a bag marked “lawn fertilizer.”

11. For a community project, sink a few in the ocean and build an artificial reef.

12. Tie one to each foot when you walk through deep snow to keep your feet dry.

Fruitcake Recipe

5 eggs

1/2 lb. butter

1 C. sugar

1 3/4 C. flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 lb. candied cherries

1 lb. candied pineapple

4 C. chopped pecans

1 T. vanilla

1 T. lemon extract

Cut cherries into 4’s, cut pineapple into chunks. Cream butter and add

to sugar slowly. Beat eggs then add to sugar mixture; add flavorings to

sugar mixture. Sift flour, measure, then sift again with baking powder.

Place cut up fruit into flour mixture and stir fruit to coat it. After

coating fruit, gradually add fruit/flour mixture to sugar mixture until

all is combined. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured loaf pans.

Start fruitcakes in a cold oven set to 250F. Bake 2 to 2 1/2 hours.

Makes 2 loaves.

“Because I hate fruitcake.”
– Bonnie Napier – When asked why we had not posted any fruitcake recipes this year.