Holiday Cooking, Blogger Style

Overwhelmed With Joy is hosting Holiday Cooking, Blogger Style. Here are a few of my favorite tried and true holiday recipes.

This recipe was one our family tried for the first time last year and really enjoyed. It is from Mitford Cookbook & Kitchen Reader.

Father Tim’s Baked Ham

  • vegetable oil for greasing the pan
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1/2 cup bourbon
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 2 tbsp. dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp. whole cloves
  • 1 (6 to 8 pound) smoked ham

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Lightly grease a large baking dish and set aside. Combine the brown sugar and molasses in small saucepan and melt over low heat. Remove from the heat, add the bourbon, orange juice, mustard and cloves and mix well. Remove the skin and fat from the ham and place in the baking dish. Make 1/4-inch cuts in the ham in a diamond pattern. Pour the glaze over the ham. Bake for 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest portion of the ham registers 140 F, basting every 15 minutes with the glaze. Remove the ham from the oven and cool in the pan. Remove from the pan and refrigerate. Pour the pan drippings into a bowl and refrigerate. When ready to serve the ham, remove the fat from the top of the drippings, remove the whole cloves, warm it up and serve it with the ham.

Category: Main Dish

The holidays are not the same without these cookies.

Peanut Butter Blossoms

  • 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • sugar (for coating cookies)
  • 40 Hershey’s kisses, unwrapped

In a large mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, butter and brown sugar. Beat at medium speed until well blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Mix in flour and salt. Shape dough into 1” balls. roll each one in the sugar to coat lightly. Place on ungreased baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 F for 12-14 minutes or until very lightly browned. Remove cookies from cookie sheet. Pressing down gently, place a Hershey kiss in the center of each cookie. Cool completely before storing.

Category: Cookies

This is a recipe that my mother-in-law makes every Christmas.

Raspberry Pretzel Dessert

  • 2 cups pretzel sticks, crushed
  • 3 tbsp. sugar
  • 3/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 (12 oz.) cool whip
  • 1 (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 large box raspberry jello
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 2 boxes (10 oz.) frozen raspberries

Mix the crushed pretzels, sugar and butter. Pat into a 9×13 inch pan and bake at 400 F for 7 minutes. Let cool. Carefully fold cream cheese with cool whip and spread on top of pretzel layer. Mix the jello and water; stir in raspberries. Pour over second layer. Refrigerate overnight.

Category: Dessert

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October 2, 2006 | Filed Under Holidays & Celebrations, Recipes 

Comments

8 Responses to “Holiday Cooking, Blogger Style”

  1. Jessica on October 2nd, 2006 6:03 pm

    Anything with peanut butter catches my attention!! Everything sounds great! Thanks!!

  2. http://strandedinthemountains.blogspot.com/ on October 2nd, 2006 7:38 pm

    I love peanut butter and the ham sound delcious! Thanks bunches!

  3. Magi on October 2nd, 2006 10:32 pm

    These all sound delicious! Thanks!

  4. Neighbor Jane Payne on October 3rd, 2006 12:21 am

    These look great!

  5. Katrina on October 3rd, 2006 1:53 am

    These all sound great, Tami! Thanks for sharing them.

  6. Brony on October 3rd, 2006 4:51 am

    Raspberry Pretzel Dessert, what a neat idea. I will have to give it a try.

  7. Overwhelmed! on October 3rd, 2006 2:08 pm

    Oh my gosh Tami, your ham recipe reminded me of my love of the Mitford series books! I have almost all of these books, I’m probably missing 2 of the most recent ones and now I’ll have to go look for them! I love that you got a Mitford cookbook! :)

    Thanks for sharing all 3 of your recipes. They sound yummy and I will be trying them!

    And thanks so much for participating in my Holiday Cooking, Blogger Style recipe exchange. I really do appreciate it!

  8. Jenna on October 6th, 2006 12:07 am

    Oh, I make a Stawberry Pretzel Salad that sounds just like your raspberry one. But we LOVE raspberries and I think I’ll try this new “twist.” Thanks for sharing!

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