Pumpkin roll

Over the years I've bought these from some stay at home mom friends of mine as they sell them to raise money to buy christmas presents (great idea!)

I've been posting Thanksgiving recipes and I thought this would be a great one to include. I do like pumpkin roll but I'm not a fan of pumpkin or pumpkin pie. I have no idea why Ha!

Prep time: 15 minutes  total 1 hour 5 min
serves 12-16

you will need:

Ingredients

• CAKE
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar (to sprinkle on towel)
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup canned Pumpkin
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
• FILLING
• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
• 6 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Powdered sugar (optional for decoration)

 

FOR CAKE:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F. Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan; line with wax paper. Grease and flour paper. Sprinkle a thin, cotton kitchen towel with powdered sugar.

COMBINE flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt in small bowl. Beat eggs and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until thick. Beat in pumpkin. Stir in flour mixture. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle with nuts.

BAKE for 13 to 15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when touched. (If using a dark-colored pan, begin checking for doneness at 11 minutes.) Immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel. Carefully peel off paper. Roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end. Cool on wire rack.

FOR FILLING:
BEAT cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, butter and vanilla extract in small mixer bowl until smooth. Carefully unroll cake. Spread cream cheese mixture over cake. Reroll cake. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving, if desired.

COOKING TIP:Be sure to put enough powdered sugar on the towel when rolling up the cake so it will not stick.

Cranberry orange jello

Thanksgiving is my second favorite time of the year. I love the way my house smells on that day and the the excitement of black Friday and Christmas movies (I love Christmas movies) starting to air in November just makes me happy.

I didn't start shopping on black Friday until 2009. Since I've gone to Wal-mart around 10- midnight and shopped until 7 am. Then Dan and I head to target and best buy.

We make this alot from Thanksgiving to Christmas. I can't remember when my mom first started making this recipe but after a while it became something my grandpa and I would make for the big thanksgiving meal.

Oh, and if you plan on making anything with cranberries this holiday season (thanksgiving and Christmas) start buying them now.

It's called cranberry orange but there are alot of other fruits in this recipe. I've even experimented and added tangerine to the mix before (seeded tangerine) we usually double or triple the recipe.

You will need:

1 1lb package cranberries
1 orange
1 large or 2 small packages of lemon jello
3 cups sugar
3 cups boiling water
1 lb can of pineapple well drained (chunks or rings any other form won't work)

Grind or process cranberries, orange (peeling intact) and pineapple together, mix in 3 cups sugar. Let stand for 1 1/2 hours stirring occasionally.

Mix jello and boiling water  and refrigerate for 1/2 hour until cooled.

Mix jello mixture with cranberry mixture and refrigerate over night.

Hot Wassail

This beverage is traditionally a Christmas Beverage. So why am I thinking about it mid June? For years Dan and I have a Christmas in July sort of Celebration. We have a vast amount of Christmas movies so much so we have to start our "Christmas in July" celebration on July 1st and usually it goes past July. It's fun and we get to see movies that we loved as kids.


Anyway I thought this would be a fun recipe to try soon perhaps Iced!

You will need:
1 gallon apple juice
1/2 box brown sugar
1/2 jar orange tang
1 tsp cinnamon
1 small can of Lemonade
4 cups water
1 Orange sliced
15 whole cloves

Mix apple juice, brown sugar, drink mix, cinnamon, lemonade and water. Put in Crock pot and heat. Add orange and cloves. Let float on top for added flavor. Wassail will stay good all day.

Snickers Salad

Had this at a Christmas party several times and I love it! The nice lady who gave me the recipe says she always doubles this recipe because everyone loves it so much :)

8oz cream cheese, softened
7oz jar Marshmallow cream
1 small tub whipped cream, thawed
1 bag of miniature snickers, quartered
1 1/2 granny smith apples cubed

1. combine cream cheese and marshmallow cream.
2. Add whipped cream.
3. Stir in snickers and apples
4 keep refrigerated.

serves 6-8

Snow Globe cookies!

60


side note: there aren't 60 ingretients in this recipe and I can't figure out why it appears that way in the preview section on blogger.

Ingredients

• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons water
• 4-1/2 teaspoons meringue powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 6 sugar cookies (about 3-1/2 inches)
• Assorted decorations: miniature marshmallows, orange and brown jimmies, Fruit Roll-Ups, spearmint leaves, peppermint candies, edible glitter and holiday sprinkles
• 
  3 clear plastic ornaments (3 inches)

Directions

• In a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, water, meringue powder and cream of tartar; beat on low speed just until combined. Beat on high for 4-5 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Cover frosting with a damp cloth between uses. If necessary, beat again on high speed to restore texture.
• Working with one cookie at a time, spread 2 tablespoons frosting over the top of cookie.
• For snowman, cut two miniature marshmallows in half. Attach three halves with a small amount of frosting. Decorate face with jimmies. For scarf, trim a thin 1-1/2-in. strip from a Fruit Roll-Up. Shape a toboggan from a strip of Fruit Roll-Up; attach toboggan to cookie. Attach snowman to toboggan. Add spearmint leaves for trees.
• With a dab of frosting, attach four peppermint candies to the bottom of each cookie. Let stand overnight to dry completely.
• To assemble, separate ornaments into halves. Working with one cookie at a time, spread edge of ornament half with frosting. Place 1 teaspoon edible glitter and 1 teaspoon holiday sprinkles inside ornament; carefully invert decorated cookie onto ornament half, sealing edges. Use frosting and a star tip to pipe a decorative edge around globe. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 6 snow globes.

Ruby Christmas Slush

Ingretients:
2 (6oz) cans frozen Orange Juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
4 1/2 cups water
2 (46oz) cans red fruit punch
1 (46oz) can unsweetened pineapple juice
1 (48oz) bottle cranapple juice
2 (33.8oz) bottles ginger ale, chilled

combine thawed orange juice concentrate and water, mixing well. Stir in fruit punch, pineapple juice and cranapple juice. Freeze in a large container, stirring occasionally. Remove from freezer 3 1/2 hours before serving, stirring occasionally as mixture thaws. Stir in ginger ale just before serving

Yields: about 2 1/4 gallons