What's everyone making or baking for the holidays?
A friend gave me this recipe for saltine candy. That doesn't make it sound good, but I think it's probably delicious. I'm going to have to add it to my Christmas eve preparations. Anyone else ever make it?
Here's a link to it:
Saltine Toffee CandyI'm also going to make my famous biscotti….CRANBERRY ALMOND BISCOTTI
INGREDIENTS:
2 1/4 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 eggs
2 egg whites
1 tablespoon almond or vanilla extract
1 6-ounce package Ocean Spray® Craisins® Sweetened Dried Cranberries, any flavor
3/4 cup sliced almonds
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 325ºF.
Combine dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Whisk together eggs, egg whites and almond or vanilla extract in a separate mixing bowl. Add to dry ingredients, mixing just until moist, using an electric mixer on medium speed. Add sweetened dried cranberries and almonds; mix thoroughly.
On a floured surface, divide batter in half and pat each half into a log approximately 14-inches long and 1 1/2-inches wide. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 300ºF. Cut biscotti into 1/2-inch slices. Stand upright on cookie sheet and bake for an additional 20 minutes. Let cool and store in a loosely covered container. Makes about 2 1/2 dozen.
PER SERVING (1 cookie): Cal 100 (5%DV), Fat Cal. 15, Total Fat 2grams(2.5%DV), Chol. 14mg(5%DV), Sodium 38mg(2%DV), Pot. 35mg(1%DV), Carb. 19grams(6%DV), Fiber <1gram(3%DV), Protein 2grams(4%DV), Vit. A 21IU(0%DV), Vit. C <1mg(0%DV), Calcium 18mg(2%DV), Iron <1mg(3%DV), Dietary Exchange: Fruit 1, Fat 0.5
And my tiramisu….Ingredients
1 cup boiling water
2 Tbsp. MAXWELL HOUSE Instant Coffee
1/2 cup plus 1 Tbsp. sugar, divided
2 pkg. (3 oz. each) soft ladyfingers, split, divided
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Fat Free Cream Cheese, softened 2 cups thawed COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping
1 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
Directions
ADD boiling water to combined coffee and 1 Tbsp. sugar in small bowl; stir until dissolved. Arrange 1 pkg. ladyfingers on
bottom of 13x9-inch dish; brush with 1/2 cup coffee.
BEAT cream cheese in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Add remaining sugar; mix well. Whisk in COOL WHIP.
SPREAD half the cream cheese mixture over ladyfingers in dish; top with remaining ladyfingers. Brush with remaining coffee mixture; cover with remaining cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with cocoa powder. Refrigerate 4 hours.
Extras
Add 2 Tbsp. almond-flavored liqueur or brandy to cream cheese along with the 1/2 cup sugar.
MAKEOVER - HOW WE DID IT
A creamy mixture of fat-free cream cheese and COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping replaces the full-fat ricotta cheese used to prepare a traditional tiramisu. This change results in a savings of 30 calories and 6g of fat, including 4g of saturated fat, per serving.
Makes 12 servings
My kids go and make goodies with my mom though.
