Christmas Desserts

What’s for Dessert Christmas Day ?

That seems to be a frequent question people keep asking me about Christmas Dinner. When even my hair stylist and my husband asked me what I was going to serve for dessert For Christmas dinner, I realized that it is a popular question.

Personally, I like to serve a striking dessert—flambé or flaming. It is so fun and adds to the excitement of the event. For flaming, I think the traditional Cherries Jubilee is hard to beat. It is so simple, with very little advance preparation and has Christmas colors—red and white—and green if you add a mint leaf.

I’m including my favorite preparation, which can be used on bananas for Bananas Foster or on Raspberries, Peaches or any combination of fruits. Making the sauce tableside in a chafing dish is quite spectacular and fun to watch.

Here in New Mexico, Flan is a favorite and very practical too, as it can be made ahead of time—up to one week in advance…great for the busy holiday preparations. The flan can be flamed too.

Just remember the following tips for flambé and you will always be successful.

1) Have warm food. (The cherry sauce or the flan need to be warm.)

2) Have a few Tablespoons of sugar ready in a small bowl to scatter on the food to be flamed just before igniting.

3.) Barely warm 50% alcohol liquor, such as brandy or rum—can be done in a ladle with a long wooden match or lighter held under it. When it catches aflame, pour the liquor over the food to be flamed. Or warm in small pan and when first bubbles come, pour over warm food and ignite.

4.) For safety, have a lid handy for snuffing the flame, if it is needed.

Cherries Jubilee

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This basic recipe can be used to create other fruit for flambéing, such as bananas, raspberries, peaches or any combination. Prior to the meal, place the balls of ice cream in sherbets or small bowls and place in the freezer. The sauce is great made tableside in a chafing dish, if available or it can be made ahead for reheating and flambéing just before serving.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

1/3 cup unsalted butter 5 Tablespoons sugar or to taste, divided—tart cherries will require up to 6 Tablespoons (light brown sugar is also good) 1 ½ pounds dark sweet cherries, fresh, frozen or canned (pie cherries are all right, just need more sugar)

1. Measure and prepare the ingredients and have each ready for immediate preparation. Using a chafing dish or heavy skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the sugar and stir, then add the fruit. Cook quickly until fruit is cooked—three to five minutes.

2. In the meantime, when the fruit is done, sprinkle 2 Tablespoon sugar over the top. Then heat the liquor over low heat—either in a small pan or in a ladle. When the first bubble forms, add to the fruit. It will flame up. As the flame dies, spoon sauce over the ice cream.

FLAN CARAMELISADO (Custard with Caramel Topping)

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Years ago, my Mexican aunt shared this, her favorite flan recipe. It is fool proof if you carefully follow the instructions and it is so delicious.

Yield: 4 – 6 servings

1 ½ cups sugar, divided 6 eggs 3 ½ cups milk 1 cinnamon stick, preferably canela or Mexican cinnamon 1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla Cold unsalted butter, for buttering custard cups

1. Caramelize ½ cup sugar in a small skillet over medium high heat, stirring constantly until sugar is melted and browned. Pour immediately into the bottoms of 10 to 12 well buttered 4 ounce custard cups.

2. Beat eggs until well mixed with a simple whisk. Gradually add the remaining cup of sugar, beating after each addition to dissolve the sugar. Do not beat until foamy.

3. Heat the milk with the cinnamon stick until warm. Add milk to egg flan mixture, stirring to combine well. Add vanilla and stir to combine.

4. Pour into the caramel-lined custard cups. Set cups on a cloth towel in a 10 x 14 pan(or one large enough to hold the custards) of hot water and bake in a 350 F oven for 35 minutes, or until they are slightly bubbled up and barely jiggle when the water bath pan is shaken a bit. (I prefer to not insert a knife, as it will make a hole. However an inserted knife should come out clean when done.) Overbaking is a popular problem. Do not bake past the point of doneness. Allow to cool for at least three to four hours. To serve, warm slightly in the microwave (about three minutes) or in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes or until the liquid in the bottom has softened and they slide out easily. Then using a table knife, insert it against the side of each bowl and invert onto a small dessert plate.

Notes: One large flan can be made if preferred. It will take longer to cool and must be made one day in advance.

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Jane Butel, the first to write about Southwestern cooking, has published 18 cookbooks, several being best sellers. She operates a full-participation weekend and week long vacation cooking school, an on-line school, a mail-order spice, cookbook, Southwestern product business and conducts culinary tours and team-building classes. http://www.janebutel.com

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Betty Crocker’s Best of Baking $24.95 Betty Crocker s Best of Baking When you want to bake the best, who do you turn to? Betty Crocker! Whether you are looking for fudgy brownies, luscious cakes, warm-from-the-oven muffins or tempting cookies, you can trust Betty Crocker to have the best recipes. The more than 350 recipes here cover your baking needs, from simple treats to special holiday desserts. And, there s also a special chapter on main and side dishes to perk up your meals. You ll find helpful tips and information on baking to help turn you into a pro. Learn how to make a pie crust, frost a cake, make a perfect loaf of bread and so much more! With Betty Crocker as a guide, baking is a breeze. The book starts with breads from yeast breads to quick breads to bread machine recipes, just about everything you d want is right here. Then head on to an entire chapter on cookies, from old favorites such as chocolate chip cookies to great new ideas such as Peachy Pinwheels. Next, enjoy main dishes and side dishes try Rustic Pizza Pie, Supper Popover or Spinach Phyllo Pie to spice up dinner. Ready for dessert? There s a whole chapter! Savor pies and cakes that range from the comforting to the exotic: Bittersweet Chocolate Cheesecake with White Truffle Sauce, Caramel-Pecan Torte, Blueberry Pie or Blushing Peach Pie. We have also included an entire chapter on baking with kids it s fun as well as delicious! You and your kids will love baking Mystery Cake, Elephant Ears, Cheesy Pretzels or any of the other recipes. Finally, there s a chapter on holiday baking everyone s favorite! Make Classic Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving or a fancy B che de No l for Christmas. Youcan also try our main dish ideas for the holidays it s always welcome to have new ideas for entertaining. Betty Crocker s Best of Baking is a book for everyone, whether a new or experienced baker. It s chock-full of favorite recipes and new ideas to me

Book Lover’s Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature, and the Passages That feature Them $13.99 THE BOOK LOVER’S COOKBOOKRecipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature and the Passages that Feature ThemShaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Kay JensenWake up to a perfect breakfast with Mrs. Dalby’s Buttermilk Scones, courtesy of James Herriot’s All Things Bright and Beautiful and Ichabod’s Slapjacks, as featured in Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. There’s homey comfort food like Connie May’s Tomato Pie, created with and inspired by Connie May Fowler (Remembering Blue); Thanksgiving Spinach Casserole (Elizabeth Berg’s Open House); and Amish Chicken and Dumplings (Jodi Picoult’s Plain Truth) . . . Sample salads, breads, and such soul-warming soups as Nearly-a-Meal Potato Soup (Terry Kay’s Shadow Song); Mr. Casaubon’s Chicken Noodle Soup (George Eliot’s Middlemarch); and Mrs. Leibowitz’s Lentil-Vegetable Soup (Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes) . . . After relishing appetizers and entrees, there’s a dazzling array of desserts, including Carrot Pudding (Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol); Effie Belle’s Coconut Cake (Olive Ann Burns’s Cold Sassy Tree); and the kids will love C.S. Lewis’s Turkish Delight from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.Sprinkled throughout with marvelous anecdotes about writers and writing, The Book Lover’s Cookbook is a culinary and literary delight, a browser’s cornucopia of reading pleasure, and a true inspiration in the kitchen.Shaunda Kennedy Wenger enjoys creative cooking and writing children’sstories and articles. She is currently working on a novel. Her work has been published in Babybug, Ladybug, Wonder Years, American Careers, South Valley Living, and Short-Short Stories for Reading Aloud (The Education Center, 2000). She is an

Book Lover’s Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature, and the Passages That feature Them $18 THE BOOK LOVER’S COOKBOOKRecipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature and the Passages that Feature ThemShaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Kay JensenWake up to a perfect breakfast with Mrs. Dalby’s Buttermilk Scones, courtesy of James Herriot’s All Things Bright and Beautiful and Ichabod’s Slapjacks, as featured in Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. There’s homey comfort food like Connie May’s Tomato Pie, created with and inspired by Connie May Fowler (Remembering Blue); Thanksgiving Spinach Casserole (Elizabeth Berg’s Open House); and Amish Chicken and Dumplings (Jodi Picoult’s Plain Truth) . . . Sample salads, breads, and such soul-warming soups as Nearly-a-Meal Potato Soup (Terry Kay’s Shadow Song); Mr. Casaubon’s Chicken Noodle Soup (George Eliot’s Middlemarch); and Mrs. Leibowitz’s Lentil-Vegetable Soup (Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes) . . . After relishing appetizers and entrees, there’s a dazzling array of desserts, including Carrot Pudding (Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol); Effie Belle’s Coconut Cake (Olive Ann Burns’s Cold Sassy Tree); and the kids will love C.S. Lewis’s Turkish Delight from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.Sprinkled throughout with marvelous anecdotes about writers and writing, The Book Lover’s Cookbook is a culinary and literary delight, a browser’s cornucopia of reading pleasure, and a true inspiration in the kitchen.Shaunda Kennedy Wenger enjoys creative cooking and writing children’sstories and articles. She is currently working on a novel. Her work has been published in Babybug, Ladybug, Wonder Years, American Careers, South Valley Living, and Short-Short Stories for Reading Aloud (The Education Center, 2000). She is an

British Desserts, Including: Bread Pudding, Mince Pie, Trifle, Crumble, Spotted Dick, Scone (Bread), Bird’s Custard, Lemon Meringue Pie, Pound Cake, Christmas Pudding, Ice Cream Cone, Arctic Roll, Shortcake, Bakewell Tart, Rice Pudding, Cupcake $16.43 New – Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. T

British Desserts, Including: Bread Pudding, Mince Pie, Trifle, Crumble, Spotted Dick, Scone (Bread), Bird’s Custard, Lemon Meringue Pie, Pound Cake, Christmas Pudding, Ice Cream Cone, Arctic Roll, Shortcake, Bakewell Tart, Rice Pudding, Cupcake $18.27 New – Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. T

British Desserts: Mince Pie, Trifle, Bread Pudding, Christmas Pudding, Cupcake, Deep-Fried Mars Bar, Sponge Cake, Ice Cream Cone, Eton Mess $23.99 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 151. Not illustrated. Chapters: Mince Pie, Trifle, Bread Pudding, Christmas Pudding, Cupcake, Deep-Fried Mars Bar, Sponge Cake, Ice Cream Cone, Eton Mess, Pound Cake, Custard Tart, Bakewell Tart, Bird’s Custard, Banoffee Pie, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Arctic Roll, Maid of Honour, Jumble, Cobbler, Spotted Dick, Shortcake, Eccles Cake, Liverpool Tart, Crumble,

British Desserts: Mince Pie, Trifle, Bread Pudding, Christmas Pudding, Cupcake, Deep-Fried Mars Bar, Sponge Cake, Ice Cream Cone, Eton Mess $16.38 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 151. Not illustrated. Chapters: Mince Pie, Trifle, Bread Pudding, Christmas Pudding, Cupcake, Deep-Fried Mars Bar, Sponge Cake, Ice Cream Cone, Eton Mess, Pound Cake, Custard Tart, Bakewell Tart, Bird’s Custard, Banoffee Pie, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Arctic Roll, Maid of Honour, Jumble, Cobbler, Spotted Dick, Shortcake, Eccles Cake, Liverpool Tart, Crumble, B

British Desserts: Mince Pie, Trifle, Bread Pudding, Christmas Pudding, Cupcake, Deep-Fried Mars Bar, Sponge Cake, Ice Cream Cone, Eton Mess $16.38 Used – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 151. Not illustrated. Chapters: Mince Pie, Trifle, Bread Pudding, Christmas Pudding, Cupcake, Deep-Fried Mars Bar, Sponge Cake, Ice Cream Cone, Eton Mess, Pound Cake, Custard Tart, Bakewell Tart, Bird’s Custard, Banoffee Pie, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Arctic Roll, Maid of Honour, Jumble, Cobbler, Spotted Dick, Shortcake, Eccles Cake, Liverpool Tart, Crumble,

British Desserts: Mince Pie, Trifle, Bread Pudding, Christmas Pudding, Cupcake, Deep-Fried Mars Bar, Sponge Cake, Ice Cream Cone, Eton Mess $23.99 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 151. Not illustrated. Chapters: Mince Pie, Trifle, Bread Pudding, Christmas Pudding, Cupcake, Deep-Fried Mars Bar, Sponge Cake, Ice Cream Cone, Eton Mess, Pound Cake, Custard Tart, Bakewell Tart, Bird’s Custard, Banoffee Pie, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Arctic Roll, Maid of Honour, Jumble, Cobbler, Spotted Dick, Shortcake, Eccles Cake, Liverpool Tart, Crumble, B

Brown Sugar: Soul Food Desserts from Family and Friends $0.29 Spiced with stories of family and friends, sweetened by memories of holidays and celebratory meals, Brown Sugar is a slice of life from African American communities across the country. In this collection of recipes and tales, Joyce White passes along generations of kitchen wisdom and dessert favorites, as well as fresh and creative variations on classic sweets.From the wedding reception-ready Coconut Peach lake to the simple joy of Gingered Tropical Fruits, these are desserts for any occasion. The flavors are comforting and festive, as are the many poignant stories that White shares. A sublime Sweet Potato Cheesecake is passed along from a hardworking mother in California, while Three Sisters Coconut Pie is White’s composite of three good friends’ favorite pie recipes, each reflecting their unique backgrounds. The results are at once innovative and familiar.Whether you are looking to make the perfect Lemon Meringue Pie or to preserve summer fruit, these recipes will satisfy your sweet tooth and add heirloom-quality recipes to your collection. The complex flavors of Star Anise Peach Ice Cream and West Indian Christmas Cake are within reach of any home cook, thanks to White’s masterful guidance and the tips and cook’s secrets that she provides. White’s recipes encourage creativity, offering suggestions for variations as well as a solid foundation for your own soul-inspired sweets.Brown Sugar is warm, memorable, and universal, and you will be eager to share its recipes and stories, to create your own sweet memories.

Chocolate Holidays: Unforgettable Desserts for Every Season $0.84 Dramatic, seductive, playful, infinite in its variety, otherworldly in its taste: It’s chocolate, and here’s all the impetus you need to indulge your passion for it every day of the year. The beloved Alice Medrich, renowned for impeccable recipes that produce stellar results, has written Chocolate Holidays especially for people who love to bake but don’t have enough hours in the day. Without compromising on flavor, texture, or ingredients, she pares down the preparation steps, teaches us restraint, and comes up with fifty amazing recipes, each a little jewel of elegance and simplicity. An ideal year in chocolate might start with a New Year’s brunch starring Chocolate Blini with Berry Caviar. Then there are Valentine’s Day chocolate scones and St. Patrick’s Day Irish Coffee Chocolate Mousse. And of course any "holiday" your imagination can conjure up is a perfect reason to indulge: perhaps a decadently rich hot chocolate served in demitasse portions to exorcise those end-of-February blues. Spring might whisper chocolate Giant Krispy Easter Treats or a Passover Chocolate Nut Sponge Torte, or white chocolate-glazed Apricot Orange Cupcakes for a wedding shower. Summer suggests fruit and ice cream desserts such as the Independence Day red, white, and blue sundaes, followed by autumn’s pies and tarts laden with chocolate and nuts. And no matter what you’ve been putting on the table for Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays past, it will be out-chocolated by Alice’s Chocolate Cranberry Pudding and her Chocolate Hazelnut Roulade—both unequivocally year-end musts. In Chocolate Holidays, Medrich unlocks the secrets of our favorite sweet, offering chocolate desserts for every season, for every reason. First published in hardcover as A Year in Chocolate (Warner Books, 2001)

Christmas 101: Celebrate the Holiday Season from Christmas to New Year’s $15.95 Everyone knows that the holidays are hectic—but Rick Rodgers, cooking teacher and bestselling cookbook author, knows that they don’t have to be. Christmas 101 offers the busy cook carefree ways to entertain with surefire recipes of old favorites, menus, timetables, make-ahead tips, and more. Rodgers will help you throw fabulous cocktail parties and traditional buffets, cook a perfect roast, and spice up your favorite recipes with a contemporary twist. You’ll also learn how to make classic breads, candies, and desserts that are the tokens of this special time of year. With patience, kindness, and humor, Rodgers will help you to cook up the very best holiday season yet.

Christmas Cookie Murder $6.99 After one of the guests at Tinker”s Cove”s annual Christmas Cookie Exchange is found strangled, it”s up to Lucy Stone to ensure that a cold-blooded killer gets his just desserts this holiday season. Reissue.

Christmas Cookie Murder $5.01 New – After one of the guests at Tinker’s Cove’s annual Christmas Cookie Exchange is found strangled, it’s up to Lucy Stone to ensure that a cold-blooded killer gets his just desserts this holiday season. Reissue.

Christmas Cookie Murder $1.01 New – After one of the guests at Tinker’s Cove’s annual Christmas Cookie Exchange is found strangled, it’s up to Lucy Stone to ensure that a cold-blooded killer gets his just desserts this holiday season. Reissue.

Christmas Cookie Murder $4.45 New – After one of the guests at Tinker’s Cove’s annual Christmas Cookie Exchange is found strangled, it’s up to Lucy Stone to ensure that a cold-blooded killer gets his just desserts this holiday season. Reissue.

Christmas Cookie Murder $2.37 New – After one of the guests at Tinker’s Cove’s annual Christmas Cookie Exchange is found strangled, it’s up to Lucy Stone to ensure that a cold-blooded killer gets his just desserts this holiday season. Reissue.