christmas treats help please

mardatha

Yes please those both sound lovely, please post !

angeltreats

Christmas fridge cake

(which is really not that Christmassy and is good for any time of year!)

250g crushed digestive biscuits
100g roughly chopped macadamia nuts
100g dried cranberries
200g dark chocolate
100g butter (not margarine!)
150g golden syrup

Melt chocolate, golden syrup and butter together in a large bowl in the microwave.

Stir in the other ingredients. Pour into a lined tin about 8" square (I use a silicone tin and it just pops out). Pop in the fridge to set and cut into small squares - it is very rich so they don't need to be very big! There's no reason you couldn't substitute the nuts and cranberries for other things, like mini marshmallows, different types of nuts etc.

angeltreats

White chocolate and cranberry fudge

350g granulated sugar
25g unsalted butter
175ml can evaporated milk (if the can size is a bit over, that's fine, don't bother measuring it out)
100g dried cranberries
300g chopped white chocolate

Line a tin about 10x8 inches with baking parchment (or find something similarly-sized in silicone).

Put the sugar, butter and evaporated milk into a large heavy based pan. I use a preserving pan. Head gently until the sugar has dissolved completely.

Bring to the boil, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon, then reduce the heat and simmer for five minutes.

Immediately take off the heat and stir in the cranberries and chocolate. Let the chocolate melt, give it all a stir together and pour into the tin. It should thicken up immediately. Spread it right into the corners of the tin.

Let it cool, pop it in the fridge for an hour or so to set, and then cut into squares.

This keeps for a quite a while but best to keep it in the fridge if you're going to store it for a while. I have very successfully packaged this up and sent it by post to my dad who has nibbled it over several weeks

mardatha

Got these written down - thank you so much for taking the time to post them :j:j

[Deleted User]

:beer:Hello, have got some clemantine oranges, somew rum, plenty of sugars, can I make something like cherries in brandy do you think? Wouldx normally look on the Xmas 2013 index but cannot find it on this PC (saved as a fav) Thanks

krustylouise

I know this isn't my thread but I have to say I'm LOVING all these recipes and ideas! Thank you so much x

Rosetta92

mardatha wrote: »

I used to love them, sook off all the coconut and see how long I could make it last. Never made one though.. Asda is coming on Sun with all the ingreds for sweeties. Bet I make them all then eat them all then order the ingreds all over again

Hi Mardatha :santa2:

How is your Christmas sweetie project going? Did you have some stashed before the big storm arrived?

R

forgottenlife

How about The 50 Best Homemade Cookies for the [STRIKE]Holidays[/STRIKE] Christmas.

Suitable for Cookie Monsters Large & Small.

http://www.examiner.com/article/50-christmas-cookie-recipes-best-homemade-cookies-for-the-holidays

I am beginning to drool, typing this post, thinking about all the wonderful sugar content.

mardatha

Rosetta I've got all the ingreds in a polybag in the back room and haven't touched it...Waiting for nearer xmas because I know if I make anything now I'll just eat it and think "ah I'll make more later on, there's plenty time" ....

bess1234_2

Bumping this thread ,as I've been using it, but will be using it most days in the next week. Fab thread!