Holiday baking - Page 6

SR5Rfan · 11-29-2008, 10:13 PM

Canuckinchile - Ok, I bit the bullet and tried making the butter tarts this evening, using your recipe but adding walnuts and coconut. I used pre-made pie crust because I wasn't feeling quite that brave. Well, they just cooled enough for testing - and the one I tried was absolutely wonderful! It was so much like I remembered from when Mom made them. You've made my son a very happy man (he'll be getting his samples tomorrow morning) and my Dad is going to be just as happy at Christmas! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!

By the way - I think that when my mom wrote "c milk" she may have meant condensed milk; would that make sense as an alternative to the corn syrup? But I don't think she actually used milk of any kind ... these are too similar to what she made.

Again -- thank you!

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canuckinchile · 12-01-2008, 10:38 AM

You're so welcome

I can't really take any credit, but I'm glad they turned out well. Condensed milk is sweet, so maybe that's right, but honestly I have never used milk of any kind when making butter tarts. Now, I'm going to have to make some

It's the only thing my hubby likes that contains raisins.

livin4reality · 12-08-2008, 08:35 AM

Anyone doing any baking? This week I'm going to be making buckeyes (and freezing them) and maybe some fudge.

myrosiedog · 12-08-2008, 09:55 AM

I love Buckeyes.

I will probably make cookies closer to Christmas, but I'm not doing the baking I usually do this year.

Bunny555 · 12-08-2008, 10:35 AM

I'm making "church windows" this week and hiding it from the kids for a little while or else it will all be gone before Christmas.

Yardgnome · 12-08-2008, 12:07 PM

I'm making cookies this year, but not till next week. I have finals for school this week so I just don't have the time. I would love to have all my roll-out cookies done and then just decorate them next week, but it's not going to happen.

bbnbama · 12-08-2008, 02:25 PM

I'm going to attempt to make homemade cookies this year. Do you normally cook them and then frost them a few days later?

Somehow I feel slightly doomed

livin4reality · 12-08-2008, 03:23 PM

I've done it both ways bbnbama. I'll bake them and freeze unfrosted or frost and then freeze.

I'm also going to make the cranberry almond bread someone posted a week or so ago.

Yardgnome · 12-08-2008, 07:38 PM

Me too. I'll sometimes just bake them a couple weeks early, freeze them, and frost closer to Christmas. I usually make a lot of them so it's a couple of days process for me. It's fine to bake and frost on the same day though.

Unklescott · 12-08-2008, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myrosiedog

I love Buckeyes.

I knew you would see the light MRD!

Oh, wait this isn't the sports thread is it?

11-29-2008, 10:13 PM	#51
SR5Rfan Little Thing Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: In the Inland Empire, CA Age: 51 Posts: 459	Re: Holiday baking Canuckinchile - Ok, I bit the bullet and tried making the butter tarts this evening, using your recipe but adding walnuts and coconut. I used pre-made pie crust because I wasn't feeling quite that brave. Well, they just cooled enough for testing - and the one I tried was absolutely wonderful! It was so much like I remembered from when Mom made them. You've made my son a very happy man (he'll be getting his samples tomorrow morning) and my Dad is going to be just as happy at Christmas! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!! By the way - I think that when my mom wrote "c milk" she may have meant condensed milk; would that make sense as an alternative to the corn syrup? But I don't think she actually used milk of any kind ... these are too similar to what she made. Again -- thank you! __________________ I never met a piece of chocolate I didn't like.

12-01-2008, 10:38 AM	#52
canuckinchile Forum Assistant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: back in "The Big Smoke" Posts: 4,498	Re: Holiday baking You're so welcome I can't really take any credit, but I'm glad they turned out well. Condensed milk is sweet, so maybe that's right, but honestly I have never used milk of any kind when making butter tarts. Now, I'm going to have to make some It's the only thing my hubby likes that contains raisins.

12-08-2008, 08:35 AM	#53
livin4reality smooshy face! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: jayhawk land Posts: 1,764	Re: Holiday baking Anyone doing any baking? This week I'm going to be making buckeyes (and freezing them) and maybe some fudge. __________________ "The food I encountered every time we went to eat at someone else's house instilled a deep and insurmountable neurosis regarding what horror I might encounter at an unfamiliar dinner table. I still tense up just thinking about the assorted lard infused or boiled to mush atrocities doled out by the Shakespearean-quality trio of Cockney belles." __________________

12-08-2008, 09:55 AM	#54
myrosiedog FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nat'l Championship bowl bound. Go Gators! Age: 46 Posts: 12,060 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Holiday baking I love Buckeyes. I will probably make cookies closer to Christmas, but I'm not doing the baking I usually do this year. __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds. - Bob Marley Que me amat, amet et canem meum (Who loves me will love my dog also)

12-08-2008, 10:35 AM	#55
Bunny555 ♥ ♥ ♥ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ♥ ♥ ♥ Posts: 1,456	Re: Holiday baking I'm making "church windows" this week and hiding it from the kids for a little while or else it will all be gone before Christmas. __________________ "It's time now to sing out,tho the story never ends, let's celebrate, remember a year in the life of friends. Remember the love!"

12-08-2008, 12:07 PM	#56
Yardgnome Being VIP Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Harnessing my evil for good. Age: 31 Posts: 5,195	Re: Holiday baking I'm making cookies this year, but not till next week. I have finals for school this week so I just don't have the time. I would love to have all my roll-out cookies done and then just decorate them next week, but it's not going to happen.

12-08-2008, 02:25 PM	#57
bbnbama Waiting for Jan. 13th.... Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In my own little world where all things are Idol...... Age: 42 Posts: 10,613	Re: Holiday baking I'm going to attempt to make homemade cookies this year. Do you normally cook them and then frost them a few days later? Somehow I feel slightly doomed __________________ Reality is the beginning...not the end....Wallace Stevens

12-08-2008, 03:23 PM	#58
livin4reality smooshy face! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: jayhawk land Posts: 1,764	Re: Holiday baking I've done it both ways bbnbama. I'll bake them and freeze unfrosted or frost and then freeze. I'm also going to make the cranberry almond bread someone posted a week or so ago. __________________ "The food I encountered every time we went to eat at someone else's house instilled a deep and insurmountable neurosis regarding what horror I might encounter at an unfamiliar dinner table. I still tense up just thinking about the assorted lard infused or boiled to mush atrocities doled out by the Shakespearean-quality trio of Cockney belles." __________________

12-08-2008, 07:38 PM	#59
Yardgnome Being VIP Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Harnessing my evil for good. Age: 31 Posts: 5,195	Re: Holiday baking Me too. I'll sometimes just bake them a couple weeks early, freeze them, and frost closer to Christmas. I usually make a lot of them so it's a couple of days process for me. It's fine to bake and frost on the same day though.