Holidays
Cuisine for holidays varies widely around the world, reflecting different cultural traditions, local ingredients, and seasonal celebrations.
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Rocks
A grand fruit cookie — some like it better than fruit cake. It is best to use just one-quarter or one-half the recipe, or it will fill the house! The good thing is that it has no citron in it!
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Bourbon Balls
A favorite of ours at holiday time! These bourbon balls will keep for a long time, and they only get better with age.
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Pumpkin Pie Cake
Pumpkin Pie Cake is a delicious alternative to pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.
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Bacardi Rum Cake
This is a vintage recipe from Bacardi. We only make this during the holiday season. Instead of greasing and flouring the cake pan, use our Pan Release which will release the cake from the pan beautifully.
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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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Corned Beef and Cabbage
A slow cooker is an absolutely wonderful and foolproof way to cook your Corned Beef and Cabbage. The perfect corned beef will slice very easily, but it will not be cooked to the point of falling apart. About corned beef… A Saint Patrick’s Day dish? Corned Beef is widely associated with St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland. The Irish, however,…
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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.
