Christmas
Christmas cuisine varies widely around the world, with each country and culture adding its own unique flavors and traditions to the festive table.
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Cherry Top Hats
Cherry Top Hats was a favorite cookie recipe of my Mother, Margaret. These are a colorful addition to a cookie tray. Use red and green maraschino cherries for a more festive presentation! It’s easy to make your own healthier Maraschino Cherries.
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Holiday Ambrosia
Holiday Ambrosia is spectacular on your holiday table. This salad is suitable for Christmas, Easter and Mother’s Day. Choose holiday colors for the marshmallows to tailor it for any holiday. Because of the process used to make commercial maraschino cherries, we suggest making your own Maraschino Cherries for use in this recipe.
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Russian Tea Cakes
Shortbread-like cookies filled with nuts and coated with sweet confectioners’ sugar, these delicious Russian Tea Cakes make an appearance at our house during the holiday season. These cookies are also known as Russian Snowballs. It is believed that these cookies originated in Lithuania. The main difference between Russian Tea Cakes and Mexican Wedding Cakes is that Mexican Wedding Cakes contain…
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Fattigman
Fattigman is a beloved crisp Norwegian cookie which is a favorite during the holidays. This recipe belonged to my step-Dad, Leo, a Norwegian, born and raised in Winona, Minnesota. We made this together at Christmas-time. Fattigman (futty-mun): “Poor Man’s Cookie”
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Cranberry Whip
Cranberry Whip is another of my Mom’s favorite recipes. It was ALWAYS on her table at Thanksgiving and Christmas. My Mom never used the nuts in this recipe, probably because there were so many nuts in the other dishes that she prepared.
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Bizcochitos
A wonderfully flaky Mexican Christmas cookie. It is the official cookie of the State of New Mexico.
