XMAS TREATS
Appetizers & Snacks
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Cheese Puff
Chow Mein Candies
Christmas Pancakes
Christmas Pears
Cuban Lunch
Delicious Wonderful Tasty Peanuts
Kris Kringle Cake
Old Fashion Cough Syrup
Peanut Popcorn Balls
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Christmas Pears
Very Easy to do. No cooking. Very colorful and delicious.
Serves between 4 to 6 people (depends on size of pear halves).
1 can of pear halves
1 can of crab meat
1 apple
2 celery stems
4 walnuts
mayonnaise
pepper
lettuce leave
INSTRUCTIONS;
Crush walnuts into tiny bits. Dice apple (keep peel) and
celery. In a bowl mix the diced apple,
diced celery, crab meat with mayonnaise. Slightly pepper. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve. Scoop mixture into the hollow of each pear.
Serve on top of 4 lettuce leaves.
Christmas Pancakes
Easy to do. Very delicious. Frying. Serves a family of four.
1 cup of all-purpose flour
1 egg
milk
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt
vegetable oil
INSTRUCTIONS;
Mix together in a bowl. Add
enough milk that batter is not lumpy and can slowly pour. In a large frying pan add
vegetable oil. (1/3 inch) Heat oil.Using a tablespoon, make 6
small pancakes at a time. (Use a tablespoon of batter to make 1 pancake.)Flip frequently.
Remove from oil when both
sides are a golden brown. Serve with butter and maple syrup (or table syrup)
Cheese Puffs
Very Easy to do. Very delicious. Baking.
INGREDIENTS;
5 slices of bread
Butter
Philadelphia Cream Cheese
5 slices of bacon
15 toothpicks
INSTRUCTIONS:
Butter each slice.
Spread cream cheese on each
slice of bacon. Roll each slice.
Slice each bread roll into
3 equal pieces.Cut each bacon slice into
3 equal pieces. Roll bacon around each bread roll. Spear with toothpick each bread roll. Place in preheated oven at
400 F for 15-20 minutes.(until bacon is crisp)
Old Fashion Cough Syrup
*This Really Works*
Easy to do. Very effective! If you have a sore throat
then only 1 tablespoon of this syrup will cure your throat for at least 3 hours.
1 small bottle of beer
2 cups of white sugar
2 ounces of Essence of Mint
3/4 cup of honey
INSTRUCTIONS:
Mix sugar, honey and beer
in a saucepan. Place on stove at low heat.
Stir frequently. Remove when all the sugar
has disappeared. Add essence of mint.
Mix slowly. Bottle syrup and keep refrigerated.
The refrigerated syrup will last 1 year
Peanut Popcorn Balls
Easy to do.
5 cups popped corn
1/2 cup of white sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
INSTRUCTIONS:
Keep popped corn crispy in 300 F oven.
Combine sugar and corn syrup
in saucepan. Cook stirring constantly,
till mixture comes to a full rolling boil.
Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and
vanilla. Immediately pour over warm
popcorn; mix gently to coat. With buttered hands, form into 10 popcorn balls.
Kris Kringle Cake
Easy-Moderate to do. Baking.
1 2-layer-size package spice
cake mix
1/2 cup of boiling water
1/4 cup shortening
2 eggs
3 1/2 cups mixed chopped candied fruits
2 cups broken walnuts
INSTRUCTIONS;
Combine cake mix, shortening
and boiling water in large bowl. Mix till well moistened; let stand 30
minutes. Mix at medium speed on electric
mixer 2 minutes.Add 2 eggs and beat 2 minutes. Combine candied fruit, walnuts
and raisins; stir into cake batter. Pour into greased and paper-lined 10-inch tube pan.
Bake in slow oven (300 F) about 2 hours and 20 minutes. Cool; remove from pan & Serve.
Cuban Lunch
Easy to do. Cooking necessary. This is a family favorite that is made only during the holiday
season.
INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups of peanut butter chips
1 cup of chocolate chips
1 bag of ripple chips
1 cup of chopped peanuts
4 walnuts
INSTRUCTIONS;
Melt chips in a double boiler.Stir in chips and nuts. Drop into small x-mas cups or wax paper. SERVE
Delicious Wonderful Tasty Peanuts
Easy to do. No Cooking necessary.
Peanuts
1 cup of chocolate chips
any flavor of icing
sugar (you don't have to put sugar on it)
INSTRUCTIONS;
Take the peanuts and with a butter knife
cover each peanut with icing. Sprinkle sugar on peanuts.Let the peanuts sit for at least 15 minutes before eating.
Chow Mein Candies
Easy to do. Cooking necessary. Makes about
2 pounds of delicious holiday candy.
2-6 oz pkg. semisweet chocolate chips
2-6 oz pkg. butterscotch chips
2-3oz. can chow mein noodles.
1/2 cup cashew nuts or salted peanuts.
INSTRUCTIONS;
Combine chocolate and butterscotch pieces in a heavy sauce pan. Place over low heat and stir constantly until melted. Remove from heat and stir in noodles and nuts.Drip by teaspoonful on to waxed paper and let cool & Serve
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