1 ea Pair White gloves (available At drug store) Flexible headband Ribbon Bells Fiberfill Straight pins White thread Needle Scissors Fabric paints Cut each glove into 2 sections, making a straight cut through the palm between the middle & ring finger. Start with 3 fingered sections. Turn inside out. Stitch the cut edges together. Turn right side out. Stuff fingers with fiberfill, making sure they are packed tight & leaving a short section at the cuff unstuffed. Wrap cuff tightly around headband. Pin in place to the stuffed part of the glove. Using double thread, stitch the cuff to the glove, pulling thread tightly so antlers stand up. Repeat with other glove. Paint. Make bows from ribbons & stitch onto base of antlers. Stitch a few bells in center of bows. |
-LISA CRAWLEY (TSPN00B) 2 tb Sugar 1 pk Active dry yeast 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour 2 tb Butter 1 ts Salt 1/4 ts Nutmeg 3/4 c Eggnog; at room temp.* I adapted a recipe from my food processor bread book for my b/m for the eggnog bread which you read about. Here is what I did; you may need to make adaptations for whatever type of b/m you have. Play with it, if it looks too sticky, add flour (1 tbsp. at a time.) If too dry, add liquid, also one tbsp. at a time. Then let her rip!!!!!!!! * Maybe as little as 1/2 c; (I took the chill off of it in the microwave) Place ingred. in the B/M according to your manufacturers' directions. Then adjust by adding flour or liquid as needed This made a real moist, light lg. loaf. It rose to the top of my breadmaker. I used the SWEET BREAD cycle and turned the lightness or darkness button slightly lighter than the center mark (I have a Welbilt). Let me know your results, we sure enjoyed it! FROM: LISA CRAWLEY (TSPN00B) |
14 lb Uncooked smoked ham 1 c Brown sugar 1/2 c Dry sherry 1/4 c Honey 1/4 c Dijon mustard Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Put ham, fatty-side up, in a foil-lined metal baking pan. Cover with foil and bake for 3 hours. Combine remaining ingredients. Remove ham from oven. Carefully trim away all but 1/8-inch of fat. Score with a sharp knife in a diamond pattern, making cuts 1/8-inch deep and one inch apart. Pour excess fat from pan. Line pan with new foil, and put ham in pan. Spoon glaze over ham and bake for 20 minutes. Raise oven temperature to 325 degrees, and glaze again. Bake an additional 20 minutes. Glaze once more and bake 15 minutes. Cool before carving into thin slivers. Formatted by T. Grant, HWWK11B, from Martha Stewart Entertaining. |
1/2 pound Butter -- at room temperature 1 tablespoon Butter -- at room temperature 2/3 cup Sugar 2 Egg whites 4 cups Flour Blackberry jam -- with seeds -----TOOLS----- Bowl Mixer Pastry brush Cookie sheet Spatula Wire cooling rack sm Spoon With an adult's help, preheat oven to 325F. Beat 1/2 pound butter until creamy., Add sugar, a little at a time, until all the sugar has been used. Add the egg whites and flour to the butter and sugar. Beat until the dough is well blended. Dip a pastry brush into the tablespoon of butter and lightly brush a very thin layer onto the cookie sheet. With clean hands, roll the dough into golf ball sized balls. Flatten the balls slightly, and using your thumb, press a dime size dent into the middle of each one. Place cookies, dent size up, about 1" apart on cookie sheet. Bake aobut 12 minutes or until Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before moving them to a wire rack with a spatula. When the cookies are completely cooled, use a small spoon to fillthe dent in each one with jam. Makes about 3 1/2 dozen blackheads. From the Book: Gross Grub by Cheryl Porter Random House ISBN 0-679-86693-0 Shared by Carolyn Shaw 10-95 |
See Part One FOR CAKE: Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Butter llxl7-inch jelly roll pan. Line with parchment. Butter and flour parchment. Coarsely grind toasted almonds with flour in processor. Using electric mixer, beat yolks with 5 tablespoons brown sugar in medium bowl until slowly dissolving ribbons form when beaters are lifted. Stir in orange peel and vanilla extract. Using clean dry beaters, beat whites with cream of tartar and salt in large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 5 tablespoons brown sugar and beat until stiff but not dry. Fold whites into yolk mixture. Gently fold in almond mixture. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Run small sharp knife around pan sides if necessary to loosen cake. Slide cake on parchment onto rack. Cool. Slide cake on parchment onto work surface. Loosen cake from parchment using heavy large knife as aid. Sift powdered sugar over cake. Invert onto cookie sheet. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and invert onto another parchment sheet. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in Grand Marnier. Add pastry cream 1/4 cup at a time, beating after each addition until just blended. Spread half of buttercream over cake, leaving 1/2-inch border. Starting at 1 long side, roll up cake jelly roll fashion. Arrange seam side down on parchment. Set aside 1/2 cup buttercream; spread remaining buttercream over cake. Cut 2 inches off each end of cake, cutting on diagonal. Transfer cake to platter. Attach ends to top of cake, forming branches. Spread reserved 1/2 cup buttercream over cake ends and seams. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour to firm buttercream. (Cake can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Let cake stand at room temperature 20 minutes before serving.) Arrange pine twigs on cake and on platter. Garnish with cranberries. |
49 Caramels 2 tablespoons Water 5 medium Apples Wooden sticks Miniature marshmallows Candy corn Melt caramels with water in 1 1/2 quart saucepan over low heat, stirring until sauce is smooth. Wash and dry apples; insert stick into stem end of each apple. Dip into hot caramel sauce; turn until coated. Scrape off sauce from bottom of apples. Place on greased waxed paper. Create eyes and mouth with miniature marshmallow halves. Create nose with candy corn. Make hat from construction paper, leaving opening for wooden stick. |
1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy canes or hard peppermint candies 1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter or margarine, at room temperature 1/2 cup plain or butter-flavored shortening 1 cup confectioners' sugar 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon liquid red food coloring Adjust two racks to divide the oven into thirds. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Have ready two ungreased baking sheets. In a small bowl, mix the sugar with the crushed candy; set aside. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer at medium-high speed, beat together the butter, shortening, confectioners' sugar, egg, vanilla, and peppermint extract until light and fluffy, 2 or 3 minutes. With the mixer at medium-low speed, gradually add the flour, beating just until blended. Remove half of the dough from the bowl and set aside on a sheet of waxed paper. To the dough remaining in the bowl, add the red food coloring and beat until evenly colored. (At this point both of the doughs can be tightly wrapped separately in aluminum foil and refrigerated for up to a week or frozen for up to three months. If frozen, thaw in the refrigerator and bring to room temperature before proceeding.) For each candy cane, scoop 1 teaspoonful of the plain dough and the same amount of pink dough. Roll each scoop between the palms of your hands to make a 4-inch rope. Twist the ropes together and shape into a candy cane. As they are made, arrange the canes on an ungreased baking sheet, spacing them about 1 inch apart. Bake for about 9 minutes until firm to the touch and barely golden. Reverse the baking sheets on the racks and from front to back once during baking. The moment the cookies come from the oven, sprinkle each one with the sugar-and-peppermint mixture. With a wide turner, immediately transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Store in a tightly covered container, separating the layers with sheets of waxed paper. |