Comments on: Christmas Gifts of Food

By: K @ Prudent and Practical

K @ Prudent and Practical — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:15:30 +0000

Yum! I’m still in the mood for Christmas baking even though I’m done. I might have to try out those chocolate peanut butter cookies or the peanut butter fudge! Thanks :-)

By: Jes

Jes — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:07:31 +0000

Oh My GOODNESS!!! My kids would so love the reindeer! hehehhe! Those look so good…I love baking when it is cold outside…makes that house warm and coze and smell amazing!

By: Char

Char — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:04:22 +0000

Shelly, THANKS! Fudge running out of my ears sounds like a good problem to have! :-)

By: sammie

sammie — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:23:44 +0000

Laura, your flourless peanut butter kiss recipe is almost the same as my peanut butter cookie recipe. Only difference is I use regular sugar instead of brown. I usually double the recipe and use 1 cup chunky peanut butter and 1 cup regular and about half as much sugar as called for. My hubby likes to garnish them with 1 little chocolate chip and calls them his Boobies Cookies and takes them to poker night.

By: Shelly W.

Shelly W. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:15:07 +0000

I have a recipe for fudge – it makes 5LBS!!! Its so good, but it’s not so great on the natural ingredient department. Maybe you can substitute natural ingredients. Anyway – here is the recipe -I just made mine yesterday. Hope you enjoy!!!

5 lbs. of Fabulous Fudge:

12oz (3 bars) german chocolate baking squares
12 oz of semi-sweet chocolate chips
7 oz of marshmallow creme
4 and 1/2 c sugar
12 oz (1 can) evaporated milk
6 Tbls. of butter or margarine
1 Tbls. of vanilla
2 cups of chopped walnuts
1/8 tsp. salt

Place all chocolate and marshmallow creme in large mixing bowl and set aside.
In a saucepan, combine sugar, evap. milk, butter and salt. Bring to a rolling boil on high heat -stirring constantly. Once boiling, turn heat to medium and set timer for exactly 6 miutes – stir constantly.
Pour over chocolate and marshmallow creme, stir in vanilla and walnuts.
Blend well – so as to have no white spots.
When blended, pour onto a jelly roll pan (or 9×13 for thicker)
Let set for 24hrs before cutting.
Enjoy and give as gifts!! You will have fudge running out your ears!

By: Ami

Ami — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:01:06 +0000

I have started giving homemade jams. They are a little more expensive, but you make them throughout the year so there’s no last-minute rush. And they can be low sugar and not so unhealthy. And it doesn’t spoil quickly. And for all our family friends, we go “Christmassing” just before Christmas and surprise our friends (unannounced) with a short visit homemade cinnamon rolls that they can bake on Christmas morning, or they can just stick them in the freezer. The cinnamon rolls have turned out to be so much simpler than making 10 different kinds of cookies & candy. Oh, I can’t wait to go Christmassing, my favorite holiday tradition!

By: Marsha

Marsha — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:23:51 +0000

I like to package up different kinds of homemade Chex mix and give them to friends and families. I make the traditional mix, White Chex mix with caramels and white chocolate, sweet almond chex mix, and Muddy Buddies. And of course, I taste test every batch. Only with my gift recipients in mind. ;)

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:56:04 +0000

I love giving food gifts too! I am in nursing school and I am giving little bags of homemade Christmas cookies to everyone in my cohort (and a bag of homemade gluten-free granola to the person who is allergic to pretty much everything). I also love receiving food gifts…hint hint ;-)

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:19:40 +0000

Yum!!!!! That post made me HUNGRY!

By: Char

Char — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:35:48 +0000

Ok, loving this post…except I really, REALLY (did I say REALLY??) need a fudge recipe that is easy, but has no peanut butter. Do you have one without the PB? Can you make up a recipe if you don’t have one? (It’s been a very long day, and Mama needs herself some FUDGE).

(And yes, I realize the point of the post was “gifts” for other people, but I promise it WILL be a gift to my family if I get some fudge…and soon)! :-)