Does anyone have good recipes for homemade Christmas gifts?

Question

Particularly some sort of brittle or candy. Something easy, delicious, yet somewhat unique. I am going to give them as gifts in tins or small clear cookie jars. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

peppermint bark is great. white chocolate with pieces of peppermint candy in it. just melt the chocolate, break up candy and add to melted chocolate, spread on cookie sheet, cool, break into pieces.

Answer 2

This is a great, good and easy candy. It is, in fact, called "Hard Christmas Candies"
1c water
1c light Karo
31/2 c sugar
1 tsp flavoring oil and food color for color
Mix sugar, water and syrup to up to 300 degrees. Mix in the coloring and flavoring. Make sure it is OIL found in little tiny bottles. You might want to call drug stores or grocery stores first. Then cover your slab or table with sifted confectioners sugar. Pour candy on top and quickly cover the top with the sugar again. Cut with scissors into a strip at a time then into pieces. This hardens quickly, so it helps to invite a friend. My favorites are orange, green mint, red cinnamon.
Have fun!

Answer 3

This one isn't candy but it's a very simple and very yummy fudge recipe: 1 tin nestle condensed milk (not home brands, the fudge won't set) 500g choc bits (dark or milk) 2 tspn vanilla and almonds (as little or as much as you like), Combine condensed milk, choc bits, heat in microwave to melt. Add vanilla & almonds. Put into tray lined with baking paper. Set in fridge. Enjoy!!

Answer 4

you take some candy canes and white chocolate and you melt the white chocolate .crush up the candy canes .put on wax paper after the white chocolate melts you put in spoonfuls on the paper and sprinkle some pieces of candycane over it .You also can dip the ends of long pretzels in the white or you can melt chocolate.cute wrap up with in Christmas color seran wrap or in tins.Dont forget the bow.

Answer 5

I like to melt chocolate and dip pretzels. Then I get those candy wafers in red and green, melt them and drizzle onto the pretzels.

Answer 6

"Hazelnut Toffee" - 1 3/4 lbs.

2 tsp. plus 1 cup butter; divided
1 cup sugar
3 tbsp. water
1 tbsp. light corn syrup
1/3 cup chopped hazelnuts
TOPPING:
2 cups (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup finely chopped hazelnuts

Line a 13x9x2" pan with foil; coat the foil with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
Butter the sides of a large heavy saucepan with 2 tsp. butter. Cube remaining butter; place in pan. Add the sugar, water and corn syrup. Cook and stir until mixture turns golden brown and a candy thermometer reads 300* (hard-crack stage).
Remove from heat; stir in hazelnuts. Pour into prepared pan without scraping; spread evenly. Let stand at room temperature until cool, about 1 hour.
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate chips; spread evenly over toffee. Sprinkle with hazelnuts, pressing down gently. Let stand 1 hour. Break into bite-size pieces. Store in the refrigerator.


"Butter Pecan Fudge" - 1 1/4 lbs.

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/8 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup pecan halves; toasted and coarsely chopped

In a large heavy saucepan, combine the butter, sugars, cream and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Stir in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Fold in pecans.
Spread into a buttered 8" square dish. Cool to room temperature. Cut into 1" squares. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.


"Merry Note Cookies" - 4 dozen

1 cup butter; softened
1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese; softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
Red and green colored sugar

In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar; beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate the dough for 2 hours.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4" thickness. Cut with a 3 3/4" x2 1/2" musical note cookie cutter dipped in flour. Place 2" apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake at 375* for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Answer 7

premade dry ingrediate cookie jars. You layer all of the dry ingrediates and the individual just adds the wet and cooks it.

Answer 8

Make homade chocolates or truffles.

Answer 9

5 gallons lard
2 cups dried octopus turd
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Mix together and serve at 0 degrees Kelvin

Answer 10

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