Chistmas Sweet Recipies (merged)

suec

Thanks For this look Lovely

Please could you tell me how long it stores for? also do you need to keep this in the fridge as it has cream in it.

Thanx

Quillion

2oz butter
4 oz sugar
2tblsp milk
2tblsp cocoa powder
1tsp coffee essence (or camp coffee)
5oz coconut
1oz coconut for rolling
Method
Melt butter, sugar and milk. Remove from heat
Add cocoa powder coffee and coconut and stir well
Form into small balls and roll in coconut
Place in cases and leave to set.

I always double up this mixture as they are so nice.

Quillion

suec wrote: »

Thanks For this look Lovely

Please could you tell me how long it stores for? also do you need to keep this in the fridge as it has cream in it.

Thanx

If giving as gifts i make xmas eve due to the cream. About a week but in our house it never lasts that long;) .

Quillion

4oz butter
4 oz chocolate
10oz icing sugar
Rum (to taste)
Vemicelli strands

Method
Melt butter and chocolate in a bowl over hot water.
Remove from heat
Add icingand rum and stir well
Form into small balls and roll in vermicelli
Place in cases and leave to set. Or on baking parchment

Keeps for a couple of weeks.

brookeslay

marshmallows

these would be nice for xmas eve hampers ::D

INGREDIENTS


170g egg whites, (4-5 eggs)
470g caster sugar
300g water
16g leaf gelatine, soaked in cold water
1 lemon, orange or lime, finely grated zest only
toasted desiccated coconut, for coating



Method


1. Whisk the egg whites to soft peak in a large, spotlessly clean bowl.

2. Put the sugar and water in a pan and bring to the boil. Bubble away until the mixture reaches 126C on a sugar thermometer. Remove from the heat and stir in the gelatine.

3. Pour the hot sugar syrup slowly onto the egg whites, whisking at all time. Continue to whisk at a slow speed until completely cool.

4. When cool, add in whichever citrus zest you have chosen (or you could use a little finely grated dark chocolate). Pour into a tray and leave to set overnight.

5. When set, cut into 2.5 cm squares and roll in toasted desiccated coconut.

amyparr

Hey guys,

I made these mince pies last year and they were so easy and gorgeous! Got them off a Jamie Oliver TV special:

http://justaddeggs.blogspot.com/2008/01/jamies-mince-pies.html

There's also a YouTube clip of Jamie making them here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbHgoKu6A8o

brookeslay

Almond brittle

1 tsp sunflower oil
2 tbsp water
175g granulated sugar
110g sliced blanched almonds

1. Oil a 23 x 5cm baking tray and set aside. In a heavy bottomed saucepan, pour in the water and sugar. Cook over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved.
2. Cover the pan and bring to the boil. Leave covered until condensation washes down the sides of the pan. Turn the heat up to medium and cook until the sugar turns amber in colour. Quickly stir in the almonds and pour onto greased baking sheet.
3. Spread out evenly and leave to cool. When cool, break the brittle into small pieces and wrap in greaseproof paper, then gift-wrap in a pretty box ready for giving. The brittle should be stored in a cool dry place and will last for about a week.

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hamish222

I am planning to make a homemade food and drink hamper but wondered what do you put sweets / mince pies etc in when you put in hamper as wondered if would go stale really quickly if not in airtight container.

Quillion

For the sweets i am going to use the same bags as the snowman soup cone shaped ones.

For the mincepies you could put them on a xmas plate and put them in a clear sealed bag or cover with clingfilm.

HTH

savvy

Hi Quillion
I've merged your thread with last years homemade sweet thread to aid people's searches and be linked to the Homemade Ideas sticky. It's a fantastic idea making sweets and is always received well