Close your eyes and anticipate the sights, sounds, and aromas of the winter holiday season...
There's no better way to meet the requirements for holiday hospitality than with a delicious dessert recipe. Good ones are festive, a bit extravagant (or so they seem), and extraordinarily delicious. Some grace the center of your holiday table and are rich and traditional, while others provide a satisfying end to a special meal. And those of us who have kids are always on the lookout for recipes that can put little hands to good use.
If you don’t have a lot of time, you can still create a delightful baked dessert to serve holiday guests. Whip up a batch of Pecan Snowballs (rolled in confectioner’s sugar, they melt in your mouth like snowflakes). Or, in about the same time, you can make a batch of the always-popular Almond Cookies.
For even more time saving and convenience, check out these dessert recipes using our mixes. Most use just a Simply Organic baking mix and a
couple of other ingredients to give you something special that's ready for the
oven in 5 to 10 minutes.
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If you enjoy baking from scratch, try one of these holiday recipes that showcase the outstanding flavor of Simply Organic Vanilla and Almond Extracts:
Plum
Pudding
While the ingredient list looks daunting,
plum pudding is easy to make—much like mixing up a batch of stuffing.
Once it’s in the steamer, you don’t even have to check on it for a few hours.
Serve with a hard sauce (rum for adults, orange for the kids).
Orange
Cardamom Bells
Kids love making the bell shapes
(no cookie cutters needed) and adding the clappers. Try this recipe instead of
your regular sugar cookie recipe for other shapes, too.
Coconut
Rum Truffles
These rum delicacies are an adult
dessert! They are surprisingly simple—though messy—to make and
perfect for prepare-ahead entertaining. To give as a gift, pack each in paper
candy cups, then place in a pretty tin.
Cream
Cheese Wreath Cake with Maple Glaze
Cream cheese, maple glaze and holiday
decorations put a new twist on old-fashioned pound cake, whose recipe once
read: 1# butter, 1# sugar, 1# flour, 1# eggs and flavoring.
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