Recipes below (click on pic)Christmas Pretzels
Holly Cookies
Holly Cookies
Chocolate Mint Sticks
Puff Balls
Peanut Krispies
Peppermint Bark
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Holiday Treats
My little Baker Elf has been helping me FINALLY make some of our favorite holiday goodies, plus some new ones. With all these snow storms, we have been home bound and happy cooking! So here are some of the ones we have made (click on pics for recipes) and hopefully a few more to come!! PLEASE feel free to leave a comment with any of your favorites as I am always up for adding to our list and trying something new and yummy!! Hope your holiday baking and goody making is coming along as well!!
Recipes below (click on pic) Chocolate Mint Sticks
Puff Balls
Peanut Krispies
Peppermint Bark
Recipes below (click on pic) Chocolate Mint Sticks Puff Balls Peanut Krispies Peppermint Bark
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We have about 2' of snow on the ground with more coming, so we've been doing holiday baking too. Kurt and I make candy for family gifts, and here's a new favorite recipe that's yummy. It's not as complicated as it looks, and you can always use fewer kinds of chocolate to simplify it, too. It's an Emeril recipe.
Three Chocolate Bark with Spiced Pecans and Dried Cherries
Ingredients
* 7 tablespoons butter
* 1/2 cup brown sugar
* 2 cups pecan pieces
* Salt
* Cayenne pepper
* Pinch ground nutmeg
* Pinch ground cinnamon
* 1 pound semisweet chocolate, cut into pieces
* 1 pound milk chocolate, cut into pieces
* 1 pound white chocolate, cut into pieces
* 2 cups dried cherries, rehydrated and chopped
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in large pan. Add the brown sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves and is bubbly. Add the pecans. Season with salt, cayenne, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the sugar starts to caramelize and coat the pecans evenly. Cook for about 4 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and spread the pecans over a parchment lined baking sheet. Roast in the oven for about 6 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and cool completely. Break the pecans into small pieces.
Fill 3 small saucepans halfway up the pan with water. Place the pans over medium heat and bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. In three separate mixing bowls, add each type of chocolate into the individual bowls. Place the bowls over the saucepans. After about 2 minutes over the heat, the chocolate will start to melt. Stir each chocolate until totally melted. Remove the chocolate from the heat and stir 1 tablespoon of butter into each bowl of chocolate. Pour each type of chocolate over the marble or a large parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle the pecans and cherries over the chocolates. Using a metal spatula, spread the mixture out evenly back and forth to about 1/4-inch thick. Either place the marble in the refrigerator or allow to sit out until set, about a couple of hours. Break the bark into medium pieces and serve.
Yield 4 pounds of bark
Holy smokes, Erin ... I wish I lived close to share my goodies with you or do a cookie/treat exchange with you. You're quite a baker. They all look so beautiful!
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