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You will also need small Christmas cupcake papers.
Cream shortening; add sugar.
Add egg yolks one at a time; beat well.
Add raisins, cherries, pineapple and nut meats.
Sift together flour and baking powder.
Add 1 cup milk and 1 cup orange juice alternately.
Lastly fold in egg whites beaten stiff.
Pour into prepared pan.
Bake in slow oven at 275\u00b0 to 300\u00b0 about 2 1/2 hours.
inch thickness. Cut with Christmas cookie cutters and arrange on
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Add honey to
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For the pine nut crumble, heat oil in large
/3 of the chopped nut brittle evenly over the top
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Bake for 25
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For the nut topping, combine butter, brown sugar
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Arrange 24 small candy paper cups on a tray.
Combine three-quarters of the melted chocolate, cookies and fruit and nut mix in a medium bowl. Spoon into candy cups.
Using a fork, drizzle with remaining chocolate. Refrigerate for 15-20 mins until chocolate is firm.
Variation: Add 1/2 cup chopped glace cherries.
Variation: Add 1/2 cup chopped marshmallow or Turkish delight to the mix.
Variation: Use milk or dark chocolate to drizzle instead of white.
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F or 180\u00b0C.
In a bowl add oil, sweetener, milk, nut-butter and combine well.
Take another bowl sieve flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Mix well.
Add dry ingredients to well and mix well.
Grease your muffin tin with oil and add muffin batter.
Bake for 15-18 minutes.
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.