Holiday Baking and Treats

Cookie Truffles

If you're looking for holiday treats and baking ideas, here's links to recipes I've published before.  

I'm making many of them again this year, plus some new ones, which I'll be posting soon. They're fairly simple to make, and ever so good.  

Several I've made for over 40 years and are family favorites I used to make with my kids.

http://gooddealmeals.blogspot.com/2011/12/cookie-truffles.html

Microwave Caramel Corn

http://gooddealmeals.blogspot.com/2012/02/microwave-caramel-corn-cracker-jacks.html

Cake Mix Cookies

http://gooddealmeals.blogspot.com/2011/11/cake-mix-cookies.html

Mini Puff Pastry

http://gooddealmeals.blogspot.com/2011/12/holiday-party-delights.html

This link includes old fashioned Chex Mix, Mini-Puff Pastry, Date Nut Bread, Rosettes/Crullers, Liver Sausage Paste, Clam Dip, and Black Russian Liqueur.




http://gooddealmeals.blogspot.com/2011/12/peanut-butter-pie_15.html

Peanut Butter Pie

Peanut Butter Pie

A bridge playing friend shared this recipe with me back in the late 70s.  It's so easy!  We had first tasted a homemade one at a local restaurant after a game of bridge, then she found a recipe, as whipped topping products were becoming popular at the time for chilled desserts. I always receive "raves" when serving it.

Be creative with decorating the top, as now days I've seen it drizzled with chocolate or caramel or chocolate swirled in, but this was the original version.

Peanut Butter Pie
1 baked pie shell, or graham cracker shell, homemade or from the store
1 pint of whipped topping
1 8 oz. package cream cheese
1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar (or Splenda)
1 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Soften cream cheese in a mixing bowl, stir in and blend peanut butter, sugar and vanilla.  Fold in whipped topping until mixture smooth.  Spread into pie shell then refrigerate until set before serving. Decorate with chocolate shavings or sprinkles if desired.

Shell can be made from graham cracker crumbs and butter, or flavored ground cookies such as chocolate, vanilla wafers etc. Serves 6-8
Estimated cost: $5.00 or less