Christmas Recipes

[lashbear]

Chocolate goes in the top, boiling water in the bottom, chocolate gets gentle melting heat.

Also good for non-burnt custards, sauces, etc.

[Not Afraid]

in lieu of a double boiler, you can also place a heat resistant bowl over a pan of boiling water (if you can find pieces that fit together and that you can get apart without burning yourself.

[Nephythys]

since the chips melt on the crackers I would use the double boiler for the butter and sugar?

[CoasterMatt]

Here's one that's nummy good...

Easy Holiday Rush Cookies

Makes approx. 4 dozen

Ingredients:
1 box yellow cake mix
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 C. butter, softened
powdered sugar

In large microwave-safe bowl, microwave the butter and cream cheese until very soft.
Stir in the cake mix.
Roll in to 1/2" balls and put on baking sheet.
Bake at 350degrees for 7-10 minutes.
Sprinkle warm cookies with powdered sugar.
Store in refrigerator.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Can you post a pic (I will tonight) so I can compare?

Well, it's not the greatest pic, due to my lousy camera but here goes...

[Nephythys]

I forgot to get a pic of mine-and then they got ruined by excess humidity in the fridge- they drowned in condensation.

I will try them again- (oh, can't see the pic yet cause I am at work- will look again at home-Thanks!)

[Matterhorn Fan]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

since the chips melt on the crackers I would use the double boiler for the butter and sugar?

I've never tried this recipe, but it sounds like it would help. Otherwise keep the heat really low and never stop stirring.

P.S. My double-boiler looks nothing like the one lashbear posted. That looks like a coffeepot. Mine looks like regular pots that sortof "nest." The top one has a round bottom, and a ridge around the side so that it doesn't fall into the bottom one. NA's alternative works, too--if you have one of those metal mixing bowls, that should work.

[Prudence]

My double-boiler is any convenient bowl balanced on top of a pot of some sort.

[Nephythys]

Okies- I saw the pics MBC- and I am glad to say mine looked as your do (or did if you guys have munched them all )

Well- next on the agenda- fudge. I have all the ingredients so....Sunday (or tomorrow night) is fudge time.

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

I've never tried this recipe, but it sounds like it would help.

I haven't been watching this thread closely, but I'm a little confused about the need for the double boiler. I've never needed it.

It's possible the sugar mixture is not getting hot enough, so I pulled my recipe and gave it a look-see for diffs.

Here's the one I use...

The Brickle Recipe (actually called "Butter Toffee Cracker Surprise")

Igredients:
Saltine Crackers
2 Sticks Butter
1 Cp. Sugar
1 - 12 Oz. bag Semi Sweet chocolate morsels
Nuts

Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Line cookies sheet or shallow pan with aluminum foil. Place crackers in
single layer on sheet.

Melt butter in saucepan and add sugar. Mix at full boil for three
minutes. Remove from heat and pour over crackers.

Put in preheated oven for five minutes. Should be very bubbly.

Remove from oven and spread chocolate chips over mixture. They will
melt. Spread the chocolate mixture evenly with a spatula or the back of a spoon and top with chopped nuts of your
choice.

Place in freezer to harden.

When hardened, remove from freezer and break into bite sized pieces.

Notice the few differences...

Sugar, instead of brown sugar

Boil the sugar and butter together

400 degrees instead of 325