"Denise~*" > wrote in message
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>
> Me? I'm the cookie person in our family, so I always have a couple days
> of baking, but I'm also making some tins of various candies so I have
> done much more this season.
>
> So far I have made (to be divided amongst decorative gift tins)
>
> Old Fashioned Fudge (3 successful batches, one more to be made)
> Rum Balls (2 batches)
> Almond-Cranberry Biscotti
> Orange-Pecan Biscotti
> Peanut Brittle (2 batches)
> and I might possibly make a coconut macaroon type cookie, Maybe with a
> Hershey kiss in the center. Only if I have the time Thursday.
>
> And for the cookies (for the annual Christmas eve family party)
> Spritz
> Lefse (I make the flour kind, and it turns out wonderful)
> Krum Kake (to be made Thursday)
>
> I usually make Rosettes, but my fryer broke & discovered it when I tried
> to make donuts for Halloween. :-/


Well, besides the cookies listed in the cookie party post:
Bittersweet Raspberry Truffles (bittersweet chocolate, raspberry puree,
cream, touch of butter. Rolled in raspberry flavored sanding sugar)
White Chocolate Raspberry Truffles (same truffles, made with white
chocolate)
Bittersweet Orange Truffles (bittersweet chocolate, orange oil, dipped and
topped with candied orange crystals {candy orange peels, bake until crisp,
pulse in processor}; someundipped rolled in orange crystals)
Orange Cappucino Truffles (based on a favorite drink, made with dark
chocolate, cream that's been steeped with espresso beans, orange oil)
Espresso Truffles (similar to above, cream steeped with espresso beans,
espresso powder added as well, no orange oil. Some dipped, some rolled in a
mixture of espresso powder and powdered sugar)
Peppermint Truffles( dark chocolate rolled in crushed candy canes, dark
chocolate dipped in white chocolate, and dark chocolate dipped in white
peppermint chocolate and topped with crushed candy canes!)
Coconut Truffles (bittersweet chocolate, coconut oil, coconut cream, heavy
cream. Rolled in superfine dessicated coconut.)
Peanut Butter Truffles (white chocolate, cream and peanut butter, dipped in
dark chocolate)
Peanut Butter Candies (peanut butter, white chocolate, crushed pretzels,
dipped in white and dark chocolates)
Cream Cheese mints, some dipped, some not
Caramels, and Chocolate Caramels (basic caramels, half batch w/melted choc)
Rocky Road Bars (chocolate, butterscotch chips, extra chunky peanut butter,
marshmallows)

And the funny thing is, I have no desire to eat any of it after making it
for the last couple days!!
Now on to the savory stuff......



kimberly


>
> If you cannot tell from the cookies, we are a Norwegian family.
>
> ...gather around kiddies, here's my story...
>
> The Christmas after grandma died I all of a sudden realized (thought) If
> I didn't make the Krum Kake, nobody else would. I called my then
> boyfriend (now husband) from college crying & asking him to buy me a
> Krum Kake Iron for Christmas & he had to give it to me before Christmas.
> (we had been dating for a few years, he understood my quest)
> I called my Aunt for grammas recipe & brought the cookies to the party.
> Come to find out that my cousin also brought some. I was surprised to
> find out he had "inherited" grammas old cast iron krum kake iron. (I
> had the new-fangled electric double iron) He was happy to allow me to
> take the Krum Kake throne, as he had a terrible time at making them.
> I've been the cookie maker for the last 10 years & happy to be it.
> I remember that we both marveled over the fact that gramma made hers on
> that same old ancient cast iron (right over the burner kind) and also
> made about 10 other batches of cookies & candies each year in addition
> to planning the family party (buffet dinner) each year up until the year
> she died. She was an amazing person.
>
> And that is how traditions are started & kept. :-)