i have to bring a desert?

Question

i have a christmas party to go to this weekend and i have to bring a desert. im totally stumped. what should i bring?

Answer 1

Here are some delicious recipes that are not just the traditional pies that we see at holiday parties. I have the recipes for pies and sugar free pies at http://giftwrapandmore.com/tag/desserts/ if you are looking for that plus many more deserts and cookies. Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Banana Upside Down Cake

Ingredients:

2 c Flour
9 1/2 tb Butter
1/2 c Brown sugar
1 1/2 c Granulated sugar
1 c Bananas, mashed
2 Eggs
1 tb Vanilla extract
1/4 c Dark rum
1 t Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1 t Ground cinnamon
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1/4 ts Ground ginger
1/2 c Sour cream
2 lg Bananas, unripe, cut in 1/2
1 1/4 c Walnuts, broken
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F. In a 10-inch oven-proof skillet, melt 5 1/2 Tbs of the butter with the brown sugar over very low heat. Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, cream the remaining 4 Tbs of butter with the white sugar until light. Add the mashed bananas, eggs, vanilla and rum; stir. Then add the flour, baking soda, salt and spices; beat in sour cream. Arrange the banana slices in a pretty pattern in the skillet with the brown sugar mixture; top with the walnuts. Pout the batter over all and place in the oven for 50 to 60 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Turn out immediately onto a plate.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Crisp Balls
Wrap these wonderful Chocolate Peanut Butter Crispy Balls in a unique cello bag and tie with a ribbon. Place a tag on them that says “May you enjoy all of the sweet blessings of this Holiday Season”

1 (18 ounce size) jar of peanut butter

2 cups Rice Krispies cereal

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

In a double boiler over low heat, melt chocolate and set aside. In a medium sized bowl, combine all other ingredients. Blend well until mixture forms dough. Roll into 1-inch balls. Using a toothpick or fork, dip the balls into the chocolate until well coated. Place onto a cookie sheet lined with wax paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Bourbon Balls
INGREDIENTS:

1 cup fine vanilla wafer crumbs

1 cup finely chopped pecans

1 cup confectioners’ sugar

2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 cup bourbon1 tablespoons plus

1 1/2 teaspoons light corn syrupconfectioners’ sugar, sifted

DIRECTIONS: Thoroughly combine 1 crushed vanilla wafer crumbs, chopped pecans, 1 cup confectioners’ sugar, and the cocoa. In a separate bowl, blend the bourbon and corn syrup. Stir this bourbon mixture into the dry mixture; blend well.


Cover and chill for at least a few hours. Sift about 1/2 to 1 cup of confectioners’ sugar on a cookie sheet. Shape small bits of the dough into balls and roll them in the confectioners’. Store in refrigerator in tightly covered containers. Make these a few days in advance for best flavor, and roll in confectioners’ sugar again before serving, if desired.

Coke Cake

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups sugar

2 cups flour

3 tablespoons cocoa

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 eggs

1 cup butter, melted

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 cup Coca-Cola

Icing: 3 cups powdered sugar 2 1/4 tablespoons cocoa 6 tablespoons butter, melted 4 1/2 tablespoons Coca-Cola

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 13×9 pan. Combine all ingredients except coke. Mix well then add coke and mix. Bake for 30-40 minutes.

2. Set the cake on a cooling rack to cool 30 minutes to an hour.

3. Mix all ingredients for the icing then pour over cooled cake.

Rum Logs

1 c. butter
2 tsp. rum extract
2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. sugar
1 egg
3 c. flour
1 tsp. nutmeg

Cream butter, sugar and extracts, add eggs. Add sifted flour and nutmeg. Shape dough on lightly floured board into logs 1/2 inch in diameter. Cut in 1 1/2 inch logs. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Frost with white powder sugar frosting.

Recipe for frosting
1-1/2 boxes of Powder Sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons of rum extract

Add different colors of food coloring to make a colorful Christmas look.Add enough milk or water to mix well, needs to be stiff enough to stay on top of the rum logs. If you add to much liquid then add more powder sugar till you get the right consistency.

Pumpkin Cheesecake
Crust:
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Filling:
2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
3 eggs
1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin
1 tablespoon flour
2 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
1 1/2 teaspoons McCormick® Pumpkin Pie Spice
Whipped Cream (optional)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.. For the Crust, mix all ingredient in medium bowl. Press evenly into bottom of 9-inch springform pan; set aside.
2. For the Filling, beat cream cheese and brown sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended. Add pumpkin, flour, vanilla and pumpkin pie spice; beat until smooth. Pour into crust.

3. Bake 50 minutes or until top is lightly browned and center is almost set. Turn off oven; let cheesecake stand in oven 1 hour. Remove from oven. Run small knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cheesecake. Cool in pan on wire rack. Refrigerate 4 hour or overnight. Garnish with whipped cream and sprinkle with additional pumpkin pie spice, if desired

Answer 2

Ty this one

Why X'mas
Ingredients
45g (1 1/2 cups puffed rice ceral
100g (1 cup) milk powder
125g (1 cup) icing sugar
90g (1 cup) desiccated coconut
80g (1/3 cup) chopped red glace cherries
80g (1/3 cup) chopped green glace cherries
55g (1/2 cup) sultanas
250g (9oz) copha

Line a shallow 28x18 cm tin with foil. Put the puffed rice, milk powder, icing sugar, cocont, glace cherries and sultanas in a large bowl and stir. Make a well in the centre.

Melt the copha over low heat, cool slightly, then add to the well in the puffed rice mixture. Stir with a wooden spoon until all the ingredients are moistened.

Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth down the surface. Refridegerate for 30 minutes, or until completely set. REmoce from the tin, and peel away and discard the foil. Cut into 24 small triangles to serve.
Makes 24 pieces

Merry X'mas

Answer 3

When you bring a desert to a party, you will feel bad when people dont love it. So I usually try not to bring wht others would cos you know, if 5 people or more brings cake, how much cake can a person eat? Same goes for pudding, cookies, etc. Bring something that will make others say,"Oh, whats this, let me try them!". Eventhough its not delicious, it would be the first to finish cos everybody wana to taste it and you can go back with an empty caserole.

Answer 4

I like to eat dessert in the desert, and on a rainy day I bring the desert to my friends.

It sounds like you are not much of a cook, so here are some simple ideas.

Buy a melon baller, and take a bowl of canteloupe, water melon, honey dew melon balls. If other people are bring cake, this is the perfect thing to go with other people's cakes.

Bring a fruit bowl. Also popular.

If you don't want to cook, buy a cake. Easy but boring.

If you want to be different go to an asian grocery store and buy some vietnamese, korean, japanese or chinese cakes (usually small). Sometimes they are in a packet and sometimes fresh. Even if people don't like, they are different and interesting.

Answer 5

This a cookie bar recipe soooooooooo simple and soooooooo damn good !!!

Layer a cake pan with graham or saltine crackers (yes either cracker will work wonderfully!! ). Melt 2 sticks of butter with 1 cup of brown sugar and a dash of salt. Pour this over the crackers evenly and bake for 17 minutes at 350*. Remove from oven and sprinkle with chocolate chips or any chocolate chunks you desire. Wait a few minutes for chocolate to melt then spread out over the entire bar. Let cool completely, cut ans serve.

I hope you love them as much as we do. SO simply and very few ingredients !!

Merry CHRISTmas !!

; )

Answer 6

This is really easy, and really good! Put all the ingredients in a big bowl, and stir!

1 Can of mixed fruit (with the juice)
1 Bag of small marshmallows
1 Can of Cool Whip
1 Bag of chopped nuts (optional)
1 Bag of shredded coconut (optional)

Mix all the ingredients together until it is all well mixed. Serve cold. If there will be a lot of people, then just double the everything!

It tastes really good, and it is easy and cheap!

Answer 7

Pumpkin pie cake 1 can pumpkin (29 oz) 4 eggs 1 can evaporated milk (12 oz) 1 1/2 cup sugar 2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. ginger 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1 package yellow cake mix 1 c. melted margarine 1 c. chopped nuts Direction beat all ingredients except cake mix, margarine and nuts. Pour in a 9 x 13 pan sprinkle dry cake mix over pumpkin mixture. Pour melted margarine over cake mix and sprinkle with chopped nuts Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour no longer. Top with whipped cream if desired.

Answer 8

Egg nog!!! Pick up a few gallons at the store and some festive plastic holiday cups. Easy!!! Done!!! If you wanna go the extra mile, serve it chilled down in a punch bowl and throw in a little rum!!! Maybe set a bottle of rum next to the containers of nog if youre not going the punch bowl route.

Answer 9

Blueberry Cheesecake

Ingredients:
1 can blueberry pie filling (if you like a ton of blueberries use 2 cans)
2 – 8oz. pkg. cream cheese (softened)
2 cups powdered sugar
1 T. vanilla
1 large tub Cool Whip (store brand works great)
graham cracker crust (bottom of pan only)
large cake pan 10x13

1.Make the crust, pat into cake pan
2.Whip the cream cheese, when creamy ad the vanilla & powdered sugar, beat until smooth
3.Fold in the entire tub of cool whip, gently and thoroughly
4.Spead this mixture over crust
5.Top with blueberry pie filling
6.
*Refrigerate 1 or more hours (it keeps for several days & still tastes great)

Voila! How easy is this???

Answer 10

Plain cheesecake with assorted fruit toppings and whip cream on the side would be a good idea. Or, you could buy an assortment of cookies and brownies and arrange them on a festive tray. No one need know you didn't bake them yourself. But, if you want to put a little effort into it you could buy cookie dough or mix and bake them yourself and brownie mix and bake it yourself. It would at least cut out a few steps in preparation, but would still be homemade.

Answer 11

Take an Eclair dessert. Simple and elegant and sure to please, plus easy to make. Receipe follows: 1 (16) oz box graham crackers, 2 (33/8 oz ea.) French Vanilla INSTANT pudding, 3 cups of milk(cold), 1 (16 oz) cool whip, 3 TBL butter(melted) 2 TBL cocoa, 2 cups powdered sugar, 2-3 TBL milk, 1 tsp vanilla.
Line 13x9x2 pan with layer of crackers. In bowl whisk or beat milk and pudding till completely dissolved. STIR in cool whip till well blended. Put 1/3 of pudding over crackers then another layer of crackers on top of this, pudding, crackers, till all is used and ending with crackers. (3 layers usually I get) THEN: In med pan over LOW heat combine 3 TBL butter, cocoa and stir till dissolved and smooth. REMOVE from heat and add powder sugar and vanilla and milk. (May have to use an additional drop or so of milk to get spreading consistency) stir well until smooth. Spread over top layer of crackers(Will harden fast, so work relatively fast). Chill at least 4 hrs or overnight. Cut in squares when cold and enjoy. I made this first time about 6 yrs ago for a party and now everyone asks for the reciepe and for me to make it again when I come over. iIhave eaten and made the cracker receipe above too. It is good. I use saltines in mine.