Posts tagged ‘Seasonal’
Various Ways of Cooking Turkey
Turkey thanksgiving dinner
- Delicious Garlic Rosemary Turkey for Thanksgiving
- Easy Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe
- Delicious Turkey with Honey and Herbs
For the leftover Turkey from Thanksgiving,
- Easy Leftover Turkey Biscuit Bake
Turkeys Sandwich
Turkey Burritos
Pasta Dishes
Sweet Potato Cream Cheese Pie Recipe
Ingredients
CRUST
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cake flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup ice water
- 1 cup butter-flavored Crisco, frozen and cut into small pieces
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
FILLING - 1 cup baked sweet potato (peeled), packed
- 3 eggs, slightly beaten
- 6 oz. cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
Direction
- For the crust:
- In food processor, combine the flours and salt.
- Add the shortening pieces and pulse until dough resembles coarse crumbs.
- Set aside. In a small bowl, beat together the egg, vinegar, and water.
- Add egg mixture to the flour mixture and combine with a fork, just until the dough comes together
- Do not over mix. Form dough into 2 discs, wrap in plastic, and chill for at least one hour overnight.
- Roll out one piece of pie crust into a 12-inch circle.
- Fit into a 9-inch deep-dish pie pan and flute edges.
- Reserve 2nd piece of dough for another time by freezing it.
- For the filling:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Mash sweet potatoes.
- Add all the other ingredients to sweet potatoes and mix with mixer until smooth.
- Pour into pie shell.
- Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until set.
- Remove from oven.
- Cool completely.
- Garnish with whipped cream.
Delicious Holiday Lollipops Recipe
Makes 6 lollipops.
Ingredients
- 3 1/4 cups white chocolate melts, from 2 (12 oz.) pkgs.
- 6 tsp. oil
- 1/4 cup red candy melts
- 1/4 cup green candy melts
Other things needed.

- Round Cookie Treat Pan (Cookie pans with 6 (3 1/2″-diameter, 1/4″-deep) round molds)
- Coarse red and or green decorating sugars
- 6 (6″ long) lollipop sticks
Directions
MELT CANDY:
- In microwave-safe bowl, microwave 3 cups white chocolate melts with oil on Medium 1 minute; stir.
- Microwave in 30-second intervals until melted and smooth. In separate bowls, microwave red, green candy melts and remaining white chocolate melts on Medium in 30-second intervals until melted and smooth; transfer to separate plastic food storage bags. Snip 1 corner of each bag.
MAKE LOLLIPOPS:
- Sprinkle decorating sugar around inside edge of some molds.
- Pipe dots of assorted candy colors into molds to cover. Swirl with toothpick. Carefully cover halfway with candy-oil mixture.
- Place sticks in molds; cover with additional candy-oil mixture. In other molds, cover bottoms completely with decorating sugars.
- Carefully cover halfway with melted white mixture. Place sticks in molds; cover with candy-oil mixture.
- Let stand until set, about 2 hours. Remove from molds.
- Enjoy and happy holidays.
Easy Dinner rolls for the Holidays
Prep: 30 min. and rising time / Bake:15 min. /Makes: 1 dozen
- 3 cups All-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp. Sugar
- 1 pkg. (1/4 oz.) active dry yest
- 1 tsp salt
- 1cup water
- 2 tbsp butter
- Melted butter
Steps
- In a bowl, combine 2 cups of flour, sugar, yeast, and salt. In a saucepan, heat water and butter to 1200- 130°.
- Add to dry ingredients; beat until blended. Add egg; beat on low speed 30 seconds, then on high for 3 minutes. Stir in the remaining flour (batter will be stiff). Do not knead. Cover; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- Stir the dough down. Fill 12 greased muffin cups half full. Cover and let the dough rise until doubled, about 15 minutes.
- Bake at 350° until golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Cool 1 minute before removing from pan to a wire rack. Brush tops with melted butter.
Easy Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe
Prep: 25 min. Cook: 3 hours Makes: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless turkey breast halves (2 to 3 lbs. each)
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. pepper
- 3 fresh thyme sprigs
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 1 cup whole-berry cranberry sauce
- 1 cup apple cider or apple juice
- ½ cup chicken stock
- 1 envelope onion soup mix
- 2 Tbsp. maple syrup
- 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup water
Directions
- Place turkey in a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Add thyme and dot with butter. Combine cranberry sauce, cider, chicken stock, onion soup mix, maple syrup and Worcestershire; pour over turkey.
- Cook, covered, on low 3-4 hours or until a thermometer inserted in turkey reads at least 165°. Remove turkey and keep warm.
- Transfer cooking juices to a large saucepan; discard thyme sprigs. Combine the flour and water until smooth. Bring cooking juices to a boil; gradually stir in the flour mixture until smooth.
- Cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Slice the turkey; serve with gravy.
Easy Home-made candy canes
Things needed
1 1/2 cups semisweet or
white chocolate chips, 9 oz.
1 tsp. oil
36 pretzel rods
snowflakes sprinkles, sprinkles, crushed candy, and any other candy
DIP PRETZELS:
- Line baking sheets with wax paper. In microwave-safe bowl, combine chocolate chips and oil; microwave on High in 20-second intervals, stirring, until melted and smooth.
- Dip each pretzel halfway or three-quarter way into chocolate, spreading with small spatula or back of spoon and allowing excess to drip off.
SPRINKLE COATING:
3. Immediately sprinkle pretzels with sprinkles, or candies. Place on baking sheets. Let dry, about 1 hour.