Holiday Recipes! The more calorific the better!

[iamshadow]

Well, I just think I found something I'm going to try for the first time, this Christmas.

Apple Cider Caramels.

What are your favourite holiday dishes? Christmas? Hannukah? Kwanzaa? Secular? Hit us with that festive goodness.

Comments

[northern]

I have made these and they are great! A tip: you'll need to boost the apple cider taste a lot if you want them to taste of it. I have no idea how to, without throwing the amounts off, but yeah. The caramels taste fantastic as they are in the recipe though, just not of cider!

[leeshajoy]

It's a tradition in my family to make Chex Mix as a gift for co-workers, does that count?

[minoanmiss]

I love fruitcake. I recently wrote a post about it, which I won't duplicate, but fruitcake has cultural resonance for me. And also requires lots of alcohol.

[ladydreamer]

I always make peanut butter kisses. Those are basically sugar, egg, and peanut butter cookies with a hershey's kiss on top.

We used to make a lot more cookies, because my mom would make these huge gift plates to give to family friends and for the shop. That would include various breads (cranberry orange bread, banana nut, zucchini), and other cookies like buckeyes and pecan pick-ups. :)

[kelkyag]

Potato latkes for me! (With cranberry chutney, because I am an odd duck sometimes, though applesauce is good, too.) Caramel bars for my sweetie. Or maybe that's just my favorite of his family holiday treats that he's shared.

[tameiki]

Reading through everyone's recipes and discussions made me hungry :)

My SO's sister made these amazing Bonbons. The inside is shredded coconut, minced pecans, powdered sugar, sweetened condensed milk, a stick of real butter (melted), all rolled into small balls and frozen. Dip them into melted chocolate and refreeze. Allow them to warm up to room temperature before serving. It's labor intensive but so very good for a rare treat.