Best Merry Christmas Freeze Recipes

MY GRANDMA'S FRUITCAKE COOKIES

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My grandmother called them Merry Christmas Cookies. This recipe is her own take on fruitcake cookies.

Provided by minky410

Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 144

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter, at room temperature
1 cup brown sugar, packed
3 eggs
½ cup milk
2 tablespoons vanilla-flavored cream sherry
7 cups chopped mixed nuts
2 cups chopped raisins
2 cups pitted chopped dates
1 pound candied pineapple, coarsely chopped
1 pound red and green candied cherries, chopped

Steps:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease several baking sheets. Sift together the flour, cinnamon, and baking soda in a bowl; set aside.
Beat together the butter and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Gradually beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture, alternating each addition with about 2 tablespoons of milk until all the milk is incorporated and the dough is soft. Beat in the sherry, and mix in the nuts, raisins, dates, pineapple, and cherries until thoroughly mixed. Drop the dough by rounded teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets.
Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are set and the bottoms are very lightly browned, 20 to 30 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 99.6 calories, Carbohydrate 12.4 g, Cholesterol 7.3 mg, Fat 5.3 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 1.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 20.9 mg, Sugar 8.1 g

MERRY CHRISTMAS FREEZE

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a co-worker made this recipe for a holiday gathering and it was wonderful. Something different. It is classified as a salad, but we eat it for dessert as well.

Provided by Catherine Thompson Floyd

Categories Other Salads

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

3 c cranberries, fresh
1 1/2 c sugar
8 oz crushed pineapple, drained very well
1/2 c nuts, chopped
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 c heavy whipping cream

Steps:

1. Crush or grind cranberries. Add sugar and blend well. Add pineapple, nuts and cream cheese. Mix well.
2. Whip heavy whipping cream until light and fluffy. Fold cranberry mixture in and pour into a bowl that is able to be put in freezer. Freeze.
3. When ready to serve, take out of freezer approximately 30 minutes before serving.

CHRISTMAS JAM

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I have a passion for cooking, and I can probably thank my grandmother for it. She was a marvelous cook who could really stretch a food dollar. -Jo Talvacchia, Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 35m

Yield about 14 half-pints.

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1 package (40 ounces) frozen unsweetened strawberries, thawed or 2-1/2 quarts fresh strawberries, hulled
1 pound fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed
5 pounds sugar
2 pouches (3 ounces each) liquid fruit pectin

Steps:

Grind strawberries and cranberries in a food processor or grinder; place in a Dutch oven. Add sugar. Bring to a full rolling boil; boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat; stir in pectin and return to a full rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat. , Cool for 5 minutes; skim off foam. Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 84 calories, Fat 0 fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 0 sodium, Carbohydrate 22g carbohydrate (21g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 0 protein.