Holiday Recipes
Special holiday recipes for the best time of the year. If you love the holidays, you will love these wonderful free recipes.
There are a total of 141 holiday recipes.
# Sift the icing sugar into a bowl then add the ground almonds
# Stir the egg into the almonds and sugar then add the vanilla essence and enough lemon juice to make a stiff dough
# Shape into a ball and knead lightly
Almond Paste
# Measure the brandy into a jug and add the honey orange and lemon juice
# Mix well then pour in to chilled glasses containing crushed ice
# Top with lemonade to taste and serve
Aphrodites Love Cup
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine horseradish, sour cream, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Stir well. Stir in bacon; cover and refrigerate one hour...
Bacon Horseradish Dip
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9 inch baking dish.
In a mixing bowl, mix together the pineapple, sugar, cornstarch, water, eggs and vanilla. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Dot the mixture with butter and s...
Baked Pineapple
Prepare the cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes. Cool. Frost cupcakes with chocolate frosting.
Break the cookies in half, and press two halves into the top of each cupcake for wings, stripes facing the frosting. Place a chocolate k...
Bat Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Arrange the bread slices in a single layer on a baking sheet. In a bowl, mix the onion, garlic, olives, 2 tablespoons olive oil, oregano, basil, and parsley. Gently toss in the tomatoes. Top bread slice...
Beccas Bruschetta
In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt cream cheese. Stir in paprika; mixture should be pink. Stir in hot sauce and beer. Serve warm or cold.
Beer Dip
On bottom of pie crust, spread strawberries evenly; cover with whipped cream.
Spread cherries on whipped cream and cover cherries with whipped cream layer.
Spread blueberries on top of whipped cream and cover with last layer of whipped cream.
Sp...
Berry Valentine Pie
In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the milk, sugar and butter. Heat until slightly warm to the touch then remove from heat and stir in the yeast. Let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, stir together the flour and salt. ...
Best Basic Sweet Bread
POUR 2 cups of the milk into large bowl. Add chocolate fudge flavor pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes. Fill 10 to 12 (7 oz.) glasses or plastic cups about 1/2 full with pudding mixture.
Pour remaining 2 cups milk into another large bowl. A...
Black And Orange Spook Cups
Place black beans in a large pot with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour, or until tender.
In an electric blender or food processor, process black beans until smooth. Stir in cumin, chili powder, salt, and cilantr...
Black Bean Cakes
In a saucepan bring water and pandan leaf to a boil. Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove pandan leaf and stir in brown sugar and white sugar. Continue to cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the coconut milk and remove from ...
Black Glutinous Rice Porridge
To make a frozen hand, wash a disposable glove, fill with water, seal with a rubber band and freeze until hard.
Stir together grape soft drink mix, orange soft drink mix, sugar and water until solids are dissolved. Combine with chilled ginger ale ju...
Black Halloween Punch
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, and cook the onion, pepper, and celery until tender. Pour in the chicken broth, and mix in rice, blackeyed peas with liquid, diced tomatoes and green chiles, diced tomatoes, and garlic. Bring to...
BlackEyed Pea Gumbo
Bring a small pot of rice and water to a boil. Cover pot, reduce heat to simmer and let cook 20 minutes or until rice is tender.
In a large saucepan, combine rice, peas, tomatoes and chili. Stir the mixture over a medium heat until it is heated thro...
BlackEyed Pea Salsa
Toss together the coleslaw mix and onion in a bowl. In a saucepan, mix the vinegar, sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil. When sugar has dissolved, pour over the slaw mix and onion. Toss to coat, and let stand 15 minutes.
Drain the slaw mix i...
Bleu Cheese Coleslaw
# Squeeze the juice of half a lemon into a cocktail shaker then add the tomato juice and ice cubes
# Add a couple of drops of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco while being careful not to overdo the Tabasco then add a pinch of salt
# Close the shaker...
Bloody Mary
Soak corn husks in hot water for 20 or 30 minutes until pliable. Stand in a pan to let them drain.
Mix masa with shortening, then add sugar, kneading and adding a little warm water at a time to make a smooth dough. Then add cinnamon, raisins and an...
Bolitas Sweet Christmas Tamales
Juice the sour oranges, and combine with the garlic, onion, oregano, bay leaf, and white wine in a large bowl. Place meat into the marinade, cover, and refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours.
In a large pot, heat oil over medium high heat. Place meat into the...
Braised Lamb With A Sour Orange Marinade
In the microwave or in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, melt evaporated milk and chocolate chips, stirring frequently until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in the crushed vanilla wafers and brandy until well blended. Roll the dough into s...
Brandy Or Rum Balls
# Warm together the sugar and syrup until melted then remove from heat
# Blend in the flour, nutmeg, ginger and lemon then add the brandy
# Beat well together then drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture, well spaced apart on to greased baking sheets
# B...
Brandy Snaps
# Mix together the cake crumbs and ground almonds
# Melt the jam and add to the mixture together with the brandy and mix again to form a stiff mixture
# Divide the mixture into about 20 small balls then roll in the chocolate vermicelli
Brandy Truffles
# Stud the prepared onion with the cloves
# Place in a pan with the milk and bay leaf
# Bring to the boil, remove from heat, cover and infuse for about 20 minutes
# Remove the onion and bay leaf then add the breadcrumbs, butter and seasoning
# Si...
Bread Sauce
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
Place a steamer basket in a pot over boiling water, and steam the broccoli about 5 minutes, until tender. Place the onions in a separate pot with enough water to ...
Broccoli And Onion Casserole
Mix oil, garlic, salt, pepper, cumin and oregano; spread paste on both sides of the lamb and let stand for an hour until meat comes to room temperature.
Adjust oven rack to upper or uppermiddle position (depending on lamb's thickness) and preheat br...
Broiled SlowRoasted Butterflied Leg Of Lamb With Cumin And Garlic
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (275 degrees C).
Dip mochi into soy sauce, then place on a baking sheet. Let bake for about 5 minutes, or until heated through.
While mochi is cooking, cut the dried seaweed into 8 strips. Place these strips in a larg...
Broiled Mochi With Nori Seaweed
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 or 10 inch cast iron skillet.
In a large bowl, stir together the selfrising flour, sugar, onion powder, dill weed and salt. Pour in the beer, and stir until all of the dry is inco...
Bubbas Beer Bread
# Preheat oven to 350F, Gas mark 4, 180C
# cut the butter into small cubes and mix with the flour in a mixing bowl until like fine breadcrumbs
# Stir in the muscovado sugar, ground cinnamon and the grated lemon rind
# Stir in the egg yolk and enou...
Bunny Biscuits
# Mix together the sausagemeat, onion and stuffing
# Season with salt and pepper and shape into 8 burgers
# Fry in the oil for about 8 minutes each side or till cooked through
# Split the burger buns and toast lightly
# Place burgers in buns, top...
Cheesy Sausage Burgers
# Boil and mash the potatoes, boil and mash the turnip and lightly fry the onion
# Preheat the oven to 345F, Gas Mark 4, 180C
# Mix together the potato, onion, turnip, chestnut puree, breadcrumbs and herbs
# Season to taste
# Lightly beat the egg...
Chestnut Loaf
# Preheat the oven to 400F, Gas Mark 6, 200C
# With a sharp knife, make a slit in the outer skin of the chestnuts
# Arrange chestnuts on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven until the skins crack
# Peel off the two layers of skin off the ...
Chestnut Soup
# Put the chicken and giblets into a large saucepan then add bay leaves, salt, pepper, onion and carrots
# Add water, cover the saucepan and cook over a gentle heat for one and a half to two hours or until the chicken is tender
# Heat the oven to 4...
Chicken And Mushroom Volauvent
# Blend all the ingredients , appart from the parsley and breadcrumb mixture, together
# divide into 24 pieces and ,with floured hands, roll into small balls
# Roll the balls in the parsley and breadcrumb mixture
# Serve on cocktail sticks
Chicken Bites
# Gradually fold in the egg white into 6 oz. of the icing sugar until stiff
# Add the rest of the icing sugar and the peppermint essence then knead to form a stiff paste
# Divide the paste into three pieces, adding red colouring to one, green colou...
Chocolate And Mint Creams
Bake cake as directed on the package in a 13 x 9inch pan. Cool and pierce all over with a fork.
Cook and cool vanilla pudding.
Whip heavy cream, sweetening to taste with confectioners' sugar.
In a large glass bowl, put in a layer of chocolate...
Chocolate Candy Cane Trifle
# Add a pinch of salt to the flour and sift into a bowl
# Dissolve the yeast in a cupful of warm water and stir into the flour
# Set aside in a warm place for one hour
# Add the sugar to the dough mixture then stir in the creamed butter, currants,...
Christmas Bread
# Wash the dried fruit in a sieve, under the cold tap, two days before making the cake
# Drain and turn on to clean tea towel, pat dry then spread on kitchen paper to dry
# On baking day, grease a 9 inch round cake tin, line with double greaseproof...
Christmas Cake
Put marshmallows, milk and Hershey bar in the top of a double boiler. Stir over hot water until melted and cool.
Whip whipping cream and fold into cooled chocolate mixture. Pour into 6 small dessert dishes and chill.
When ready to serve, garnish...
Christmas Chocolate Mousse
Warm milk; add eggs, sugar and salt. Cook, stirring constantly, until temperature reaches 155 degrees F or until mixture coats the back of a spoon. Do not overcook. Remove from heat and add cream. Stir occasionally while mixture cools.
In separate ...
Christmas Eggnog Ice Cream
Mix Cool Whip, nuts and wafers. Spread 1/2 of mixture in a 9 x 13inch pan. Spread sherbet on top of mixture. Spread remaining mixture on top of sherbet. Cover. Place in freezer at least 8 hours. Decorate with cherries or coconut, etc. Keep frozen and ...
Christmas Eve Rainbow
Blend together milk, vanilla extract and salt. Add cherries, marshmallows and wafer crumbs. Line an 8 or 9inch pan with half the coconut. Add marshmallow mixture, spreading evenly over the pan. Top with remaining coconut. Press firmly. Place in refrig...
Christmas Marshmallow Squares
# Gently pour the wine into a saucepan and then add the sugar, cinnamon, cloves and thinly pared rind of one orange
# Place the pan over a gentle heat and increase the heat to near boiling point, being careful not to allow the wine to boil
# Add th...
Christmas Party Punch
Cream the butter and sugar together in an electric mixer. Beat the eggs in, one at a time.
Combine the citron, prunes, raisins, and pecans in another bowl. Add the flour to the fruit and nut mixture and toss together so that everything is coated wi...
Christmas Plum Pudding
Step 1: Lightly grease a 1 1/2quart steamed pudding mold or casserole. In a mediumsize bowl, stir together the flour, orange rind, cinnamon, baking powder, ginger, and cloves.
Step 2: In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium, cream the bro...
Christmas Plum Pudding With Brandied Cider Sauce
Add washed and drained rice to boiling water. Again bring to a boil and cook, uncovered, 1 minute. Drain rice thoroughly; add butter. Add rice, salt and sugar to milk in top of double boiler. Cover and cook over gently boiling water until rice is tend...
Christmas Porridge Julgrot
Sift together the flour, salt and spices into a large bowl. Stir in the grated vegetable shortening and apple, and other dry ingredients, including the grated lemon rind.
Heat the molasses until runny and pour into the dry ingredients.
In a sepa...
Christmas Pudding
# Place all the ingredients, except sugar, into a punch bowl or large fruit bowl and mix together
# Add sugar to the bowl and mix again
# When serving add ice to individual glasses
Claret Cup
Oil sides and bottom of 1 pound coffee can and foil to fit top of can.
Mix pudding ingredients.
In large pan with top add 1 to 1 1/2 inches water. Place can with pudding and covered with foil in large pan and cover. When it starts to steam, turn...
Cranberry Christmas Pudding
# Put the cranberries in a preserving pan and just cover with vinegar
# Simmer gently until tender
# Add the remaining ingredients and cook until a thick mixture is formed
# Bottle in clean, warmed jars, while the chutney is hot, and close securely
Cranberry Chutney
# Melt the butter in a frying pan then add the crab meat and fry gently for 2 minutes
# Put the egg yolks and the cream in a bowl and beat together
# Stir in the sherry into the crabmeat then slowly stir in the egg and cream mixture
# Season with ...
Crazy For You Crab Newburg
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