This Week’s Christmas in July Edition of the Carnival of the Recipes is being hosted at Christmas Recipes
This very special Christmas-themed Recipe Carnival provides some absolutely amazing Holiday Recipes.
While you still have some time to plan for the Christmas Holiday and Thanksgiving Holidays you should try some of these that sound especially good and decide whether they should be added to your menu plans for your holiday meals and become a part of your family’s holiday traditions or should become a staple of your regular cooking all year ’round.
The Carnival is divided up into categories of Recipes for Christmas below:
Let’s get the Carnival under way with this Recipe for Christmas Joy submitted by the Christmas Weblog
And now for the cooking recipes.
Christmas Appetizers and Appetizer Recipes for Christmas
DHM presents The Common Room: Cheese Fondue posted at The Common Room.
Chinese Chicken Rolls is up at Chicken Recipes as a possible appetizer for your Christmas party.
Main Dishes
Annette Berlin presents Roasted Potatoes posted at Frugal Journey.
Christmas Turkey Tips at Turkey Recipes
Kevin Menard at techno gypsy also submits Chicken Corden Bleu
Chicken Corden Bleu
Stephanie presents Manhattan Style Seafood Stew posted at Adventures in the 100 Acre Wood.
Mama Squirrel presents Christmas Day Lunch posted at Dewey’s Treehouse. She had this to say about these recipes “Some people don’t really eat lunch on Christmas Day, but we eat breakfast early enough that we’re hungry again by lunchtime.”
From the Christmas Recipes page on World Famous Recipes we get this recipe for Christmas Bread
Christmas Bread
1 c Nonfat milk
1/2 c Sugar
2 pk Yeast
1/2 c Warm water (105 115’F.)
1/2 c Nonfat egg substitute
1 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 ts Salt
6 c Flour
1 Grated lemon zest
1 c Mixed candied fruit
1 c Golden raisins
1 tb Butter, melted
Powdered sugar
Red candied pineapple
Heat milk and sugar in saucepan to scalding, then cool to lukewarm.
Combine yeast and warm water in mixing bowl, stirring until yeast is dissolved.
Add cooled milk mixture to yeast mixture in mixing bowl.
Stir in egg substitute, vanilla and salt. Beat in 3 cups of flour and lemon zest.
Beat in remaining flour to make soft dough.
Knead in mixed candied fruit and raisins.
Knead about 10 minutes, until smooth and elastic.
Put dough in greased bowl and let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
Punch down. Divide dough in half. Roll first half of dough on lightly floured surface into oval about 1/4″ thick.
Fold in half lengthwise. Place on greased baking sheet. Brush with half of melted butter.
Repeat with second half of dough.
Cover loaves and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
Bake at 375’F. 25 30 minutes, until golden brown.
Let cool to warm.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and decorate with candied pineapple or cherries.
Makes 2 loaves, or 16 servings.
Dawn presents STUFFING! posted at My Tasty Space.
Another alternative to traditional turkey and mashed potatoes or baked ham comes from Famous Recipes who brings us a succulent Cajun Roast Pork.
Premade “Mixes in a Jar” make excellent Christmas Gifts for the chefs and foodies on your shopping list and Pancake Recipes has provided an example of one mix in a jar with their CINNAMON PANCAKES IN A JAR Recipe
Thelly at Chicken Recipe gives us Apple and Wild Rice-Stuffed Chicken
Christmas Snacks – Christmas Snack Recipes
Christmas Candy Recipes- Christmas Candies
Christine presents Candied Walnuts posted at Morning Coffee & Afternoon Tea.
No list of holiday recipes is complete without a fudge recipe and so we have Strawberry Fudge Balls from Recipes
Cade Krueger presents Hopi Sunflower Bread posted at Write To Right Your Business Opportunity.
Bill at Famous Recipes presents Butter Crunch Candy
Christmas Drinks – Christmas Drink Recipes
Michele from Meanderings Butterbeer – a kid friendly drink recipe using vanila ice cream, apple cider, butterscotch extract, and real butter.
Slow Cooker Recipes presents CROCKPOT MULLED CIDER
Everyday Weekender supplies us with a substantial drink for holiday festivities with Baileys Choclatini and tells about a wild night – beware or you will end up making these all night long.
And what would Christmas and the Holidays be without Egg nog?. – Smarter Dollar Recipes submits a wonderful Eggnog Recipe
Christmas Desserts – Dessert Recipes for Christmas
Diabetic Christmas Recipes
Diabetic Recipes presents Christmas Pudding as a healthy alternatve for those who need to keep their diabetees under control during the holidays.
Online Free Recipes submits Christmas Jello Recipes
Recipes Recipe presents Chocolate Mint Divinity
Christmas Pie Recipes – Christmas Pies
Mommy the Maid presents Chocolate Cream Pie is Christmas in July posted at Mommy the Maid.
wee wifey at Leader Ladies provides us with a great collection of Holiday Pies and includes such delicious treats as Wisconsin Cranberry Pie, Mom’s Lemon Custard Pie, and Pumpkin Mousse Pie.
Christmas Cake Recipes – Christmas Cakes
Shawn Lea at Everything and Nothing presents Hummingbird cake and says:
“My family insists that I make this cake every Thanksgiving AND Christmas. And sometimes Easter. And for birthdays. And just because… ;)”
Christmas Cookie Recipes – Christmas Cookies
Kevin Menard at techno gypsy provides a recipe for Christmas Cookies called Noah’s Ginger Snaps from his 14 year old.
The Grande Finale – Christmas Trifle
Last but not least, the favorite recipes of all time right here on Christmas Recipes are the Trfile recipes that we have posted here in the past. We will include those here again as a fitting finish to the Christmas in July Edition of the Carnival of the Recipes.
Santa’s Christmas Trifle
English Christmas Trifle
Merry Christmas in July and all year ’round.
Christmas Tree Clipart courtesy of Christmas Tree Clipart
Since you now have plenty of Christmas Recipes, here are some other Christmas related sites to get you into the spirit of the “Christmas in July” Season include:
Christmas Quotes
Christmas Carols
Christmas Jokes
and this page with Handmade Christmas Stocking Designs for you to knit.
The next Carnival of the Recipes will be hosted at cehwiedel. The theme will be “Just Say No” (Recipes for restricted diets…low-carb, vegetarian, etc.)
Submit your recipes via email to recipe dot carnival at gmail dot com, or use the Blog Carnival submit form.
The following week, the topic will be Slow Cooker Recipes and it will be hosted at Slow Cooker Recipes
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