Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Christmas Recipe Traditions. Get your favorite Christmas recipe featured here!!!

Christmas morning traditions vary from one household to another. Some eat breakfast first then open presents, others have to tie their kids up to make sure they don't rip into the presents at 4am before the rest of the house is up. Some read the Christmas Story, open presents, have a big breakfast, and travel to visit family.

Here is one that I love. It's from AllRecipes.com and tastes as good as it sounds. If you have been to a mall and smelled that tell tale smell of Cinnabon... you know what I'm getting at. I love this recipe because I can do all the prep ahead. Stick them in an aluminum tin, cover with foil, and put them in the fridge for a day or more before I am ready to bake. It makes Christmas morning really easy. I get them out, put them in a warm spot for an hour or so, and bake.

photo from AllRecipes.com user CIKYAMX

It's really easy if you have a bread machine (dough cycle) or a KitchenAid Mixer with a dough hook. Don't be afraid of YEAST!!! It is your friend. Just make sure your water is warm but not too warm and get good bread flour. I like King Arthur's Bread Flour. It's worth it. Trust Me!

Clone of a Cinnabon:

Ingredients

* 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
* 2 eggs, room temperature
* 1/3 cup margarine, melted
* 4 1/2 cups bread flour
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup white sugar
* 2 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast

* 1 cup brown sugar, packed
* 2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
* 1/3 cup butter, softened

* 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
* 1/4 cup butter, softened
* 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1/8 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start.
2. After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
3. Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/3 cup butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
4. Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.

(Without a bread machine or KitchenAid: This come directly from AllRecipes.com user ANDYTAMI) Someone wanted to know how to make this without a bread machine, here is how. Dissolve the yeast in the warm milk in a large bowl. Mix in the sugar, margarine, salt, and eggs. Add flour and mix well. Knead the dough into a large ball, using your hands dusted lightly with flour. Put in a bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place about 1 hour, or until doubled in size. Then pick up with rolling out the dough. Hope this helped!

I'll take photos after I bake on Christmas Eve. We are having a Christmas Eve brunch with my side of the family is this is one luscious treat that WILL be on the table.

You can win a 9oz tin of Holiday Crunch just by sharing what kind of Christmas morning traditions your family has. Any recipes that your family expects you to make on Christmas morning?

Post a comment below with your story and share with the rest of us the recipes you couldn't live without over the holiday's. If you got the recipe elsewhere, be sure to give credit to the author. If you have a photo, please e-mail the photo along with your name and the name of the recipe you submitted to Stacey's Sweet Shop@gmail.com. Your recipe and photos could be featured on Stacey's Sweet Shop blog AND you could win a 9oz Tin of Holiday Crunch!!!

Deadline 12/27/2009

Merry Christmas from Stacey's Sweet Shop and Truly Custom Cakery, LLC.

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3 comments:

bettycd said...

Christmas morning was lost in the excitement of opening presents in my family. Then we were off to church and back home for the big traditional family meal. I seriously cannot remember breakfast anywhere in my childhood Christmas memories.
With my own children we often had pancakes or waffles in the morning.
Wish I had some spectacular holiday breakfast traditions to share.

LV said...

My family has always opened one gift each on Christmas eve. As children, this gift was always new PJs which we then wore to bed and are featured in all of of Christmas Morning pictures!

I'm planning on making some Peppermint Bark tomorrow. It's super easy to make.

Crush 12 candy canes.
Take 2 bags of white chocolate chips and melt in a double boiler.
Stir in 1/3 of the crushed candy canes
Pour on to a cookie sheet lined with parchament paper and top - before it cools!! - with remaining crushed candy canes. Cool and break into easy to handle pieces and EAT!!

Jeannine said...

Growing up every year and to this day we had a special Christmas Eve Dinner which is
1. Wafers with honey
2. Stewed Prunes (don't eat it)
3. Lima Bean Soup (my favorite)
4. Fish and Cole Slaw

A couple years ago I stumbled across a recipe for Pumpkin French Toast Casserole so we have that every Christmas morning now. I think this is the recipe my husband makes

Johnsville French Toast Bake

1 pkg (12 oz) johnsonville brown sugar and honey breakfast links
12 eggs
1 can (30 oz) pumpkin pie filling
1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
15 slices of bread, cubed
Confectioners’ sugar
Maple syrup

Method:
Cook sausage according to pkg directions. Cool slightly; cut into 1/4-in. slices. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, pie filling, milk, cinnamon and vanilla.
In a very large bowl, combine sausage and cubed bread. Add pumpkin mixture; stir to coat. Transfer to a greased 13-in x 9-in. baking dish.
Bake uncovered at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Dust with confectioners’ sugar. Serve with syrup.
12 servings.