This is my mother’s recipe, a bread she always made at Thanksgiving and Christmas to be used for tea sandwiches with a cream cheese filling. But it may also be eaten on its own like a cake. Because it is so delicious yet simple to put together, it makes a great food gift or potluck contribution. Substitute raisins for dates, if you wish.
This is an Israeli recipe that my aunt made last Passover – everybody gobbled them up and asked for the recipe.
Made-from-scratch dinner rolls. We had a Finnish exchange student a few years ago, who shared her family recipe for holiday dinner rolls. We love them fresh out of the oven with a little honey or butter on them.
I wanted to combine Thanksgiving flavors for a Hanukkah doughnut. This dough is very forgiving, and will last in the fridge, well-wrapped, for 3 days. That makes it easy to break up the recipe into batches and fry the doughnuts when it’s convenient for you. This makes a great holiday breakfast or dessert! Makes about two and a half dozen, depending on your cutters.
I made these delicious pancakes for our first Valentine’s Day. They are a great special-occasion treat.
This is a great breakfast dish for holidays or busy days. I prepare it the night before but do not bake it until Christmas Day.
This is a delicious pumpkin muffin that is very moist, with pumpkin seeds mixed into the batter. A great twist on pumpkin muffins. Pumpkin seeds are also very good sprinkled on top of the muffins before baking. I also add about two tablespoons of flax seed meal when making the recipe. If the batter seems too thick, more applesauce can be added to achieve the desired consistency.
‘Farl’ means four, so pat your dough into a 1.5-inch-thick round and cut into four pieces. Serve warm with butter and jam or use as part of an Ulster Fry. Mmmm! If you can find soda bread flour, use it in place of self-rising flour.
Try this for delicious recycling! Sick of the same old post-thanksgiving casseroles? Spice it up a notch with these delicious turkey cupcakes and gravy glaze! If you don’t have enough gravy, use turkey stock or canned gravy from your local supermarket. Feel free to garnish with a bit of stuffing and a sprig of parsley.
In hopes of creating pancakes that remind me of the Christmas season, I came up with these ginger pancakes. These are a delicious way to celebrate Christmas breakfast with your family.
A recipe handed down by my grandmother Anna Marie McNamara (nee Player). This is a great recipe for a light tea dessert bread. Delicious with light butter hot out of the oven. You can use any type of milk. I usually make this bread when my milk is about to go sour. I like to use raw crystallized sugar in place of the white granulated sugar. My father likes to use buttermilk.
How about a special cookie traditionally served only on New Year’s? This is a not too sweet treat.
What a lovely bread to serve at Christmas time–visions of sugar plums. I make a lot of sweet breads at the holidays and my family enjoys them. Baking is one of my hobbies which I cherish dearly. Slivered almonds can be substituted for pine nuts.
This is my family’s traditional St. Patrick’s Day bread. My grandmother has had this recipe for longer than I’ve been alive. I was SHOCKED to find out this wasn’t real Irish Soda Bread, but instead more commonly known as Spotted Dog. Whatever you call it, it is unbeatable topped with a bit of butter.
