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Christmas Vanilla Sugar Cookies – a recipe as old as time

225gm/1cup unsalted butter softened (or use salted and skip the salt addition) 220gm/1cup caster sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 1 large egg 450gm (3 cups) plain flour 3/4 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 tablespoons salt ICING Icing Sugar Butter Hot water Food Coloring Preheat oven to 180C / 350F / 160Fan and line two baking trays …

Rum and Coke Christmas Ham thanks to #4 for the recipe.

1/4 cup Bundy Rum 500gm jar black cherry preserve 700ml Coke 400gm brown sugar 100gm fresh cherries pitted and halved extra whole cherries to serve Peel and Juice of 1 orange 2 teaspoons ground mixed spice 7kg whole leg ham on the bone Glaze Place all ingredients, except the ham in a saucepan over medium …

Classic Roast Turkey with Forcemeat Stuffing

More ‘retro’ recipes.  So many turkey recipes result in a very disappointing dry piece of meat.  Not this one, so moist and full of flavour that comes through from the stuffing. Serve with roast vegetables and a full flavour gravy made from the juices.  Mouth-watering !! 4.5kg of whole turkey 250ml water 80gm butter melted …

Christmas Cake

Everything is going retro these days, here is a Retro Christmas Cake recipe with an old fashioned Icing recipe to boot.  I usually make a boiled fruit cake around Christmas time and bake with almonds on the top. Thinking about it, I make the same boiled cake all year round.  This retro recipe is full …

Creamy Christmas Caramel Fudge

This is an adaptation of the old fashioned Caramel Fudge. Making the fudge in the microwave reduces the time taken and also there is not the usual big mess when cooking fudge.  The end result, however, is very much the same.   Enjoy ! 2 x 395g cans NESTLÉ Sweetened condensed milk 2 cups firmly packed …

Another Christmas Centrepiece

Puff pastry is great for parties.  There are so many things that you can do with it.  It is reasonably priced and ready to go. 1kg small cheerios (little red sausages) 1 packet of puff pastry. Sauce, cheese, jam or your choice of flavour if using. Break off individual sausages. Thaw some puff pastry and …