Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Place halved apples, cut sides down, on a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until apples are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
Simmer 2 cups apple cider, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg in a large kettle or pot for 10 minutes. Add the remaining apple cider, orange juice concentrate, and lemonade concentrate; stir until wassail is smooth. Mix brown sugar into the wassail; heat until almost boiling. Float baked apple halves and cinnamon sticks in the wassail; serve warm.
Simmer all together a couple hours and serve warm.
Wassail simmering on the stove adds a delicate aroma to the Christmas season and has long been a favorite in our Holiday Open House.
Stud the oranges with the whole cloves and bake in a 300 degree oven for 30 minutes.
On top of the stove, heat the cider and cinnamon sticks until almost boiling.
Pour the hot cider into a large punch bowl. Add the studded oranges. Add the brandy to taste -- the more the merrier!
To replenish wassail, just add more heated cider and more brandy. The longer the oranges sit in the punch, the more orange flavor there is to it.
Tie the last 3 ingredients in a cheesecloth and float in wassail.
Simmer 15 minutes in covered pan. Remove spice bag.
May add 1 jigger of rum for extra warmth.
Combine and simmer for 10 minutes.
Strain out spices.
Serve in bowl decorated with holly or other Christmas greens.
Simmer all ingredients for 10 minutes.
Strain out spice. Serve in bowl decorated with holly or other Christmas greens.
inch thickness. Cut with Christmas cookie cutters and arrange on
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tir while they make a Christmas wish.
Spoon the batter
Cut out picture from Christmas card, then with pinking shears, cut construction paper about 1/4 inch larger than the picture. Hold 2 pieces together and punch a hole in the top with hole punch.
Take approximately 4 inches of ribbon, double it over, put the looped end through punched hole and pull the two cut ends through the loop and tighten.
Tie tag to package.
These can be made from any size Christmas card.
Write to and from on the construction paper.
CHRISTMAS PUDDING:
Mix all ingredients for the Christmas Pudding together well.
Put into 1-pound coffee cans or other cans that have been greased.
Put a piece of foil over the top securely.
Set cans in water and steam for 3 hours, watching that the water does not boil away.
Serve with Sherry Sauce on top of each piece.
SHERRY SAUCE:
Beat eggs well.
Put sugar and butter in a bowl and work with fingers.
Add the beaten eggs and then beat again with mixer.
Add the sherry and mix well.
In a double boiler, melt caramels, butter, and milk. Keep water in the bottom of pot to a minimum boil.
Dip one marshmallow into melted mix using a fork (or something sharp).
Remove, and roll in Christmas colored Rice Krispies.
Place on tray covered with wax paper.
Repeat until bag of marshmallows is finished.
Freeze marshmallow balls if desired.
Enjoy.
Mix juice, syrup and ginger ale together well.
Add Christmas Ice Ring.
Place lime sherbet in bowl.
Stir in 1/4 Cool Whip until smooth*.
Spoon into crust.
Place raspberry sherbet in bowl.
Stir in 1/4 Cool Whip until smooth*.
Spoon on top of lime sherbet/Cool Whip mixture.
Cover with remaining Cool Whip.
Freeze about 4 hours or until firm.
Let stand about 10 minutes before serving. Garnish with Christmas candy.
Store pie in freezer.
Crumble Christmas pudding into a jug. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend with a hand blender until smooth and fluffy. Leave to chill in fridge for approximately 4 hours.
Blend the mixture again before serving with a little extra milk until you have froth. Pour straight into chilled shot glasses.
Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until thick and pale.
Break up the Christmas pudding with a fork and distribute it evenly through the yolk mixture.
Add the rum and mix.
Whip the cream until soft peaks and fold into the mixture.
Whip the egg whites, stiffly, and fold into the mixture.
Transfer to a container and freeze for several hours until set.
This ice cream does not require beating during freezing.
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Some recipes call for the dough to
rom having to strain the wassail later).
Tie cinnamon sticks
Heat water, brown sugar, cinnamon and cloves.
Strain with cheesecloth and add remaining ingredients.
Mix and heat again. Pour into heated mugs and serve hot.
Used mainly at Christmas or New Year's Eve or after caroling.
Wassail means \"be of health.\"
Mix all ingredients except oranges in a large pot, heating slowly.
Stuff 2 oranges with cloves.
Bake in 1 inch water in a shallow pan in oven at 350\u00b0 for 20 minutes.
Float oranges in Wassail mixture.
Serve warm.