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Christmas Cookies 101 – Hilda Brötchen

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Mary Berry’s Christmas Collection: Over 100 Fabulous Recipes and Tips for a Trouble-free Festive Season $18.00 Known for her practical and unfussy approach to cooking, Mary Berry has finally taken on the trickiest of culinary periods. In Mary Berry’s Christmas Collection Mary combines all her favourite winter recipes with a selection of new mouthwatering dishes to give us not only the time-honoured traditional roast turkey and classic Victorian Christmas cake, but also a variety of new and exciting food id…

Cooking for Christmas $21.31 Celebrate the magic of Christmas with this exciting and contemporary take on traditional yuletide fare. From roast turkey with hazelnut and porcini stuffing to a cardamom, chocolate and pear trifle, more than 120 recipes are presented in this stunning compilation of old favourites and soon-to-become new classics. With every dish accompanied by beautiful photography and foolproof instructions, your…

For Friday, I need to make some geography/christmas related food (desserts). Any recipes?

It could be a speciality from some country, but preferably something to do with the subject of geography. (e.g. globe cupcakes). It would be nice if it was christmas related too! Not too hard to make either! Thanks

Tiramisu
It’s a well known Italian dessert.
Here is a photo:
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Pronounced… tir a me su.

It is made with ladyfingers, mascarpone cheese, and espresso. You can substitute the mascarpone with cream cheese. You can make it in individual serving glasses also.

Ingredients(4 servings you may want to triple it)
1 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup sugar, divided
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (7-ounce) package ladyfingers
1 cup strong black coffee
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
Directions
Have 4 (8-ounce) wine glasses ready.
In a chilled bowl combine 3/4 cup of heavy cream and 1/4 cup sugar. Whip with a hand mixer until soft peaks form. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
In a large bowl combine the cream cheese, 1/4 cup heavy cream, vanilla and the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar. Whip with a hand mixer until light until fluffy.
Reserve 4 ladyfingers for garnish. Using1 lady finger at a time, snap or cut in half, then dip it quickly into the coffee, and drop it into the bottom of a wine glass. Repeat with the other 3 glasses. Put a heaping tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture on top of the ladyfingers in each glad. Do another layer of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, another of the cream cheese mixture, then 1 more layer of ladyfingers. Top with remaining filling and dollop with the whipped cream. Break the reserved 4 ladyfingers in half and insert 2 halves into the top of each glass.
Put the cocoa powder into a small sieve and tap it gently over each glass to dust the tops. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or longer before serving. (could do it overnight)

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Sweetening the Pot: A Look at the World of Confection
Satisfying one’s sweet tooth has never been easier or tastier, and yet in many ways, it has never been more complicated.
Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe

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Classic Dessert Collection: There are so many ’sure-to-please’ recipes you will find it difficult to choose! $14.97 The recipes in the Classic Dessert Collection are the most requested, most popular and most memorable desserts. If you’re looking for a cookbook with sure-to-please desserts this one is a winner. With over 400 recipes from Ambrosia to Zwetschgendatschi, from favorites to traditional, we are quite sure this is the only dessert collection you will ever need. Most of the recipes are are quite easy to…

If you still havent decided upon what you want to ask for this christmas, read on to see if you fancy any of these things. Is there anything you could ask for at the moment that you would see immediate benefit from over the Christmas period?

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