Holiday Baking Ideas

rarebunnies · 2020-12-11T13:48:56+00:00

I haven't found a recipe yet but I'm gonna make brownies with a dark chocolate ganache glaze & sprinkle it with some sea salt this weekend! Hope you find something yummy to bake

215893450013 · 2020-12-11T14:44:02+00:00

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peachblossom241 · 2020-12-11T14:43:21+00:00

Ooh this is the best idea for a thread, I’m going to do my holiday baking next week to distribute ASAP and all my practice cookies need to get tested this weekend.

I was going to fix a variety to please everyone so my plan includes shortbread with sprinkles, cocoa crinkles, peanut butter chocolate chip, and snickerdoodles. I’ll probably make some chocolate rice crispy treats too, but I’m still trying to think of a way to fancy those up a little. I might sprinkle some cocoa powder or powdered sugar on top.

I’ll edit my reply through the weekend if my other recipes check out, I haven’t tried them yet and don’t wanna steer you wrong.

scamall15 · 2020-12-11T13:51:13+00:00

That's a really cool topic! And don't worry about it being off topic, I've recently reread past years Christmas baking megatreads- tons of interesting suggestions and holiday spirit :)

In my family, there is a tradition to bake a ton of wallnut cookies using various Christmas themed forms. The first stash is already eaten, so I'm going to bake another one during the next week. The recipe is really easy, but you eed a lot of wallnut and it's tiresome to peel them.

My aunt has already made a dough for a gingerbread (it has to rest for around two weeks) and it would be finished just for Christmas. Preparing a traditional gingerbread is a epithome of baking mastery, I didn't even try to prepare one myself.

Last but not least, I'm going to make a poppy layer cake with white chocolate. It's my (another) aunt recipe and poppy is a traditional ingredient for a Christmas dishes in my country ( traditionally we eat poppy noodles, poppy rollypolly and poppy and wheat with honey).

Personally, I don't like poppy food, but that cake is an exception. But I know that for a lot of people abroad eating poppy is considered drug abuse, so I'm a little bit apprehensive to share the recipe.

junior_primary_riot · 2020-12-11T16:45:49+00:00

My family has a very old pastry dough recipe. It was received from an older friend of my mother’s who had it as a special family-crafted recipe. It is thought to be close to 200 years old, with a delightful flavor. The ingredients have been updated to modern US measurements. This was made every Christmas morning until my mom grew exhausted when I was 14 and we went without it. At 15 years old, I copied the recipe from a very worn and faded sheet of old paper and began the tradition of making this on Christmas morning so my mom had one less thing to worry about. I still have the recipe in my teenage handwriting today. This sweet pastry dough is used to make cinnamon rolls and braided pastries. The closest tasting dough to this recipe is the jumbo pecan rolls at Panera Bread.

*This recipe works at sea level in Houston, Texas humidity. You may need less flour or find the moisture needs tweaking at different altitudes. Add the bread flour 1 cup at a time and stop when you get a sticky dough ball that generally stays together enough to knead.

Old-World Butter Pastry Dough:

1 cup (2 sticks) of butter, softened to room temp (salted or unsalted is fine, both work!) 1/3 cup white granular sugar 1 Tbsp instant dry yeast or 2 packages instant dry yeast (I have used both Fleischmann’s & SAF yeast with success) 1/4 cup warm water 3/4 cup warmed milk (I use 2%) 1/2 tsp salt 3 eggs (farm/pastured eggs ideal) 5 shaken level cups bread flour (Bread flour is a must; all purpose flour tastes lackluster and doesn’t rise as nicely)

In a large mixing bowl or KitchenAid stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the yeast, warm water and warm milk. Let the yeast proof for 1-2 minutes then add salt, eggs and flour one cup at a time until a sticky dough ball forms. Turn out on a floured surface and knead for 10 minutes until dough appears smooth and is only very slightly sticky to the touch. (You can let the KitchenAid do the kneading if you want; up to 10 minutes on low speed.)

Butter a bowl (coconut oil/spray is also fine) and place the dough ball in, turning to coat. Cover with a flour sack towel and let rise 1 hour in a warm spot.

Follow instructions for making cinnamon rolls, round wreath pastry braids or other recipe instructions using this buttery dough. Cinnamon rolls should touch sides, which creates a very soft interior.

Bake the dough at 350 F for 12-18 minutes for various sized cinnamon rolls or 20-25 minutes for large pastry braids, watching carefully to ensure the top does not brown but appears light golden. The dough bakes up a pretty shade of yellow by itself but looks gourmet and gorgeous when an egg wash is applied.

I use Aspen Mulling brand original cider spice blend (a powder) in my cinnamon roll filling to craft Christmas-y flavored pastries that are genuinely to die for! Family members (especially male family members!) are impressed to near speechlessness by this dough and Cider Spice cinnamon roll combo. You can also make killer copycat Panera Bread pecan rolls using this dough.

Enjoy! ❤️

Icy-Commission-173 · 2020-12-11T14:44:51+00:00

My mother when she did the mommy and me classes learned to make candies from Ritz crackers and peanut butter dipped in Almond bark. We do it as a Christmas tradition.

JacksonPolish · 2020-12-11T15:01:13+00:00

I love baking! I make challah every week for shabbat, but I'm also making yeast donuts (suffganiyot) for Hanukkah tonight.

I have a bunch of cookies and such to make for the Christmas holiday too. If you're looking for something super impressive and ridiculously easy I recommend candied pecans for something sweet and homemade cheez it's for salty.

rosesonthefloor · 2020-12-11T15:25:50+00:00

I haven’t made them this year because I’m away from some of my tools, but last year I made these Oreo “truffles” and they were a HUGE hit with my coworkers, family, and friends. That was batch one. The recipe is basically crushed Oreos and cream cheese (if you search the name above there are several different recipes online) and then you freeze and decorate with candy melts (or chocolate, to your preference). They’re a lot of fun to make! I also like to make them for different holidays and switch up the decoration as well.

My mom and I are planning to make some standard peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies this evening, and maybe some holiday bark. :)

Javret · 2020-12-11T23:16:01+00:00

I've personally found that you can never go too wrong with baking (everyone loves it no matter what) but I do have my favorite recipes.

If it's something like a chocolate cake or chocolate chip cookies, I just buy the box mix and add more egg/chocolate chips and no one can tell I didn't bake it from scratch. You can make a lot of things using a boxed cake mix (cake pops, cookies, brownies, bread) without having to go crazy with the baking.

I try to save my experimenting for bigger/unique baked goods, not the basic things everyone is going to gobble down in thirty seconds.

(I bake for 30-60 people each Holiday season so I don't have much time to be making everything from scratch but no one seems to be bothered!)

My Favorite Recipes: (In the order they appeared in my head)

Cheesecake- I don't use this recipe but it's basically identical. You can buy a graham cracker crust from the store and still tastes great. It's stupidly easy! You can put toppings on it and make it fancy or serve it plain.
Swirl Cookies - Super Simple to make and look impressive. These aren't the most flavorful cookies in the world but go great with tea.
Peanut Butter Cookies - These are simple. You can put a Hershey kiss on top, a pretzel on top, peppermint, really anything to dress it up seasonally.
Salted Caramel Pretzel Cookies- I did not enjoy these but my party guests LOVED them. They ask about them all of the time. They weren't any harder than any standard cookie but make sure you make them on parchment paper because the caramel is sticky.
Dirt Cake - I usually try to save this for more casual events but it is also a favorite. If you bake for kids, this is always a hit. It's hardly even baking. I have served this at fancier events than I would care to admit. If you have young kids, a gummy worm makes this a real fun treat. If you're at a nicer event, finding nice cups to make individual portions, can dress it up.

I have so many more I have tried over the years but these are the favorites among the people I bake for!

I'm sorry for the lack of pies/fancy things, I come from a line of bakers who don't bake pie and who are very impatient.

Enter_The_Nucleus · 2020-12-11T14:45:59+00:00

Every year for Christmas I make a different item from a different country and the mincemeat pie is one of the best things I have made.

https://www.daringgourmet.com/authentic-traditional-mincemeat/

doris94cooks · 2020-12-11T15:57:11+00:00

I’ve also been trying to expand my baking repertoire. I’ve always been more of a cook than a baker. But so far this season, I’ve made some cranberry oatmeal cookies, found an excellent recipe on foodnetwork. I also did a pumpkin cake, this wasn’t really from scratch, it basically doctored up a yellow cake mix and some pumpkin purée. I made a few other things so far but those have been my two favorites. I definitely plan on baking some brown butter chocolate chip butterscotch cookies in the next week.

Noressa · 2020-12-11T19:44:10+00:00

What do you want to try, and what do you like? I have a ton of recipes from my grandparents (and variations of them.) You can look up "Scandinavian butter cookies" or "traditional Scandinavian cookies" as well. There are a great many different types, including those that need to be fried (rosettes), pressed (goro and krum kager), rolled, frozen, chopped, etc. I am more than happy to share my list.

Cookies I made this year:

Vanilla chocolate chip
Pleskener
Spritz
Pfeffernusse
Wienerstube
Shortbread

Cookies I wanted to make and didn't have time:

Berlinerkranser
Molasses Gingerbread
Knekk Kaker

In addition I make candies, typically caramels and toffee.

These are all delicious cookies and candies and I have had a ton of compliments on them this year! Please let me know what recipes you want, if any, and I'll be more than happy to share.

This is what my 2020 Christmas Cookie gift boxes looked like this year.

azemilyann26 · 2020-12-12T00:32:20+00:00

I find a different recipe to try every year, but if you google "cookie dough recipe that can make different kinds of cookies" or "christmas cookies from one dough" you'll find a good one. I love making a HUGE batch of dough and then just adding different flavorings, toppings, chips, nuts, etc. to make my holiday cookies. Saves a lot of time and you still get a great variety of cookies :)

Ringthrowaway77 · 2020-12-12T02:58:02+00:00

https://www.marthastewart.com/339353/chewy-chocolate-gingerbread-cookies

These are the BEST. Dough also is good for refrigerating/freezing if you want it ready to go.

MrsChiliad · 2020-12-13T14:27:38+00:00

This is a popular desert in Brazil, and my mom’s recipe is my favorite, and it’s super easy! (This is what it looks like)

Condensed Milk Flan

1 can of sweet condensed milk
same quantity of whole milk (measure it in the condensed milk can)
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
1 cup of sugar

Make a dry caramel with the sugar (just heat the sugar in a pan with no water, stirring occasionally, watch out for when it turns brown
Pour it in a ring style pan focusing on the bottom, and when you’re done, spread it to the sides a bit before it sets
Blend all the other ingredients in a blender until smooth, pour it on top of the caramel
Bake it in a water bath at 350°F for an hour, or until it passes the toothpick test
Let it cool in the fridge
Right before serving, put pan on stovetop for a few seconds to melt the caramel, you then can take the flan from the pan
Enjoy!

FlouncyMcTwinkle · 2020-12-11T18:12:03+00:00

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Title	Holiday Baking Ideas
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Date	December 11, 2020 1:23 PM UTC (5 years ago)
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