What are you baking for the holiday season this year?

[Twin Mom]

I just made some Toffee Bark to bring to my uncle's this weekend. I've never tried the version with saltines or graham crackers.

Ingredients
1 bag of pretzels (you won't use the whole bag)
1 cup of butter
1 cup of light brown sugar
12 oz bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips
sea salt

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line a jelly roll pain with foil or parchment paper.
Cover the pan with a layer of broken pretzels pieces (I don't even bother breaking mine. (I use the mini twists and fill in holes with pieces)
In a small saucepan melt the butter and brown sugar over medium heat. When the mixture starts to gently simmer and bubble, let cook that way for 3 minutes without stirring.
Pour mixture over the pretzels.
Bake for 5 minutes.
Place the pan on a cooling rack and immediately sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over the top. Wait a couple of minutes until the chips start to melt, then spread the chocolate over the toffee.
Sprinkle with sea salt.
Let the toffee cool completely, then break into pieces.

I think some people put crushed candy canes or red and green m&m's on top to make it holiday but I just make it the regular way!

[jgenie]

we are making
meat pie (DS1 request, never made one before!)
carrot cake for christmas day
french toast casserole for breakfast christmas morning
bacon and cheddar quiche for breakfast christmas morning

we are not making cookies for the first time in years!

Here’s the recipe we use for meat pie.

INGREDIENTS

1 medium potato, peeled and cubed

½ pound ground beef
½ pound ground pork

⅓ clove garlic, chopped

½ cup chopped onion


¼ cup water

½ teaspoon mustard powder


½ teaspoon dried thyme

¼ teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

¼ teaspoon dried sage

1 (15 ounce) package refrigerated pie crusts

DIRECTIONS

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Place the potato in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain, mash, and set aside.



Step 2

Meanwhile, crumble the ground beef and pork into a large saucepan, and add the garlic, onion and water. Season with mustard powder, thyme, cloves and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring to crumble the meat and mix in the spices, until the meat is evenly browned. Remove from the heat, and mix in the mashed potato.



Step 3

Place one of the pie crusts into a 9 inch pie plate. Fill with the meat mixture, then top with the other pie crust. Prick the top crust a few times with a knife to vent steam. Crimp around the edges using the tines of the fork, and remove any excess dough. Cover the edges of the pie crust with aluminum foil.

Step 4

Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the crust has browned. Serve by itself, or with a beef gravy.

[StantonHyde]

I make my rolls from scratch--batch dinner rolls.
Apple pie for Xmas Eve--we do soup and salad on Xmas eve so we have time to get to church
This year I am making a chocolate cake for Xmas dinner
I always make an egg/cheese/sausage casserole for Xmas breakfast
I always make cinnamon scones for xmas breakfast
and this year I am going to make a share and tear rough puff pastry from the GB Baking show for an appetizer. We will see how it goes

and that's enough :-) I do love me some Christmas Crack though!!!!