Christmas Recipes

These are the Christmas goodies that we give out at Christmas on nice plates to our family and friends.

NUTS 'N' BOLTS

1/2 c. melted margarine (I use real butter)
1/2 c. canola or vegetable oil
3 c. Shreddies (I use Corn Chex)
3 c. Cherrios
2 tsp. salt
3 c. Life cereal
2 c. pretzels (I prefer the thin sticks)
2 c. peanuts (I just use regular, not dry roasted or anything)
2 c. Bugles

Combine butter and oil and I add a little garlic powder (a tsp?) and then I pour that over the combined cereals and everything. Mix together.

Put in a large roasting pan (I use the one I cook my turkey in) and bake in the oven for 1 hour at 250 stirring every 15 minutes.

Now, all of that said, my family likes the bugels, pretzels and cherrios the most so I am heavier on those.

SHORTBREADS

1 lb butter (You have to use real butter)
1 cup powdered sugar
4 cups flour

Mix in mixer adding flour one cup at a time. Work with hands before you put in the press. This isn't as hard of a dough as a typical cookie, it will be VERY soft. Put into a cookie press.

Bake at 300 degrees for 15 minutes. Mine don't even get browned.

WHITE CHOCOLATE GOODNESS

1 cup Captain Crunch (Plain kind)
1 cup Rice Krispies
1 cup mini marshmallows
1 cup peanuts (dry roasted)
1 lb. white chocolate melted in a double boiler or microwave carefully

Mix together and place by spoonfuls onto wax paper.

EATMORES

Eatmore is a chocolate bar from Canada.

Melt 1 cup chocolate chips and 1/2 cup honey together in a double boiler
Add 1/2 cup peanute butter and mix together
Add 1 cup wheat germ, 1/2 cup sunflower seeds and 1 cup chopped peanuts

Mix together. Place onto wax paper and roll up. Chill.

ROLL-UP CHERRIES (Also called no-bake fruitcake, but doesn't taste ANYTHING like fruitcake)

Small package of mini marshmallows
30 graham wafters crushed
1 lb glazed maracino cherries, candied (cut into 1/4s)
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 can Eaglebrand milk

Mix and pour milk over it, mix again. Divide into 4 and roll in coconut and wrap in saran wrap.

And last, but NOT LEAST!

FONDANT for homemade chocolates

1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 cups sugar

Boil to soft ball stage. Cool. Beat.
Remember to mix carefully-no sugar crystals on side of pan or the batch goes sugary. One crystal can ruin the entire batch.

Add flavors when you are beating them. I do orange, mint, chocolate and I'm thinking of raspeberry this year.

Then you refrigerate until you can roll/dip them. Then roll into 1 inch balls and dip in chocolate. This is an art I haven't perfected, but this is only my second year!

If you do want to make these, they are a LOT of work, but WAY better than store bought chocolates! If you want me to call you and tell you more about this, just email me or leave a note here for me to email you!

Do you have any great Christmas good recipes to share????