Any good homemade xmas treat recipes?

lilly81

Hi Guys,

Im after some recipes for treat for myself and my DS aged 6. he is allergic to food colours and brown chocolate.
I have looked through the indexed recipes but need some more idea. I was thinking basic flapjack, basic scones etc.

Thanks

Lilly X

Kentishmaid_2

Quick thought - how about a gingerbread house with snowy white icing or gingerbread winter elves (gingerbread men with white icing)? Could you pop a few dried cranberries (don't know about colourings) in the flapjack or make cheese scones?

Kentishmaid

lilly81

Do you have any recipes for flapjacks or cheese scones?

Kentishmaid_2

Sorry for the delay but work and cards for those I forgot got in the way! There is a thread for flapjack so that may help and the cheese scone recipe I use is..

200g self raising flour
1 level teaspoon dry mustard
pinch cayenne pepper
pinch salt
50g margarine/butter
50g grated cheese
125ml milk
milk for brushing
1. Turn on oven 230c/450f, gas no 8
2. Sift flour, mustard, cayenne pepper and salt into bowl.
3. Rub in margarine/butter finely. Add cheese.
4. Add all milk and mix to soft dough with hands or knife.
5. Turn onto lightly floured board and knead.
6. Roll out 1cm thick and use 6cm cutter to make 9/10 scones.
7. Put onto greased baking tray/sheet. Brush with milk.
8. Bake for 7 - 10 mins until risen and golden brown.
9. Cool and serve with margarine/butter.:j

If they're not scrummy please get back to me.

Kentishmaid

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lilly81 wrote: »

Do you have any recipes for flapjacks or cheese scones?

These threads may help:

Flapjacks

HM Cheese scones

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npsmama

I know you mentioned baked goods but how about honeycomb?
It's really easy.

Place 3/4c sugar and 1/4c golden syrup in a saucepan. Slowly bring to the boil and then simmer, stirring often, until golden brown.
Take off heat and stir in 1 tablespoon of bicarb. Be very careful as it will froth up a lot and be very, very hot.
Pour into a greased foil lined tray.

Let harden and then break into chunks.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

We like panetonne at this time of year and as it is expensive in the shops I make my own! easy in the BM or just by hand if you haven't got one.

1 pkt dried yeast, 1lb 2 oz bread flour, 2 oz butter, 1 egg make up to 350 mls water (include egg in this measurement) 2 tbspns brown sugar, 1 tspn salt, 1 tbspn milk powder, knead together then add 6 oz mixed dried fruit which has been left to soak in the juice of an orange and 1 lemon to plump up and zest from 1 orange and 1 lemon, nutmeg/ ginger/ cinnamon / mixed spice(whatever I have in!) leave to rise then bake (for those with BM do large raisin bake and add fruit at the beep).

Even if it goes dry I like it toasted and if you really had some left you could make a bread pud out of it, all round a good os xmas 'luxury' money saver!

We had visitors at the weekend and they loved it for breakfast toasted with butter on.