Foo - Show us your goodies!

what tasty treats are you making this holiday season?

First on my list was lefse.
Still to go, rosettes, scones, fudge, and monkey bread (my annual treat for work, I get up at about 430am & cook it all so I can bring it in fresh. yumm!)


Took about 3.5 hours to produce about 80 sheets of lefse.

I used to make it using a standard pastry mat (plastic), teflon rolling pin and electric pancake griddle. It was a battle.
This year I upgraded to the real deal, and it turned out awesome!
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mm, a steaming pile of lefse.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm51/artifice4/IMG00165.jpg

Doesn't end up looking like much, huh? All my favorite people will get a package this year.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm51/artifice4/IMG00166.jpg

I just set a case of Rolos and a case of King-sized Mounds bars out by our work coffee station.

No pics, sorry

whats your scone recipe? and what is monkey bread?

I just had some awesome pumpkin bread/cake at my sister's place, so I'll try to make that. The family favorite is kolacky cookies/pastries, hopefully mom will bring some of those out...

No baking here :)

goodies. hmmmph...

such a tease....:p

Be looking forward to a few of these this Christmas.
http://www.myhouseandgarden.com/recipes/Berliner%20Brot0.jpg
Berliner Brot, Berlin bread, is kind of like biscotti, but harder than diamonds.
My bro and sis are the committed bakers in my family. Looking forward to seeing them.:)

Nothing. I did not gain an ounce from Thanksgiving and intend on loosing weight during Christmas and the New Years.
Almost into the 140s... again.

I just set a case of Rolos and a case of King-sized Mounds bars out by our work coffee station.


And my ravenous coworkers took them all and left the empty boxes (which have bite marks on them).

Wow....not what I was hoping for :innocent:

Wow....not what I was hoping for :innocent:
I call this a thread fail. :P

whats your scone recipe? and what is monkey bread?

I just had some awesome pumpkin bread/cake at my sister's place, so I'll try to make that. The family favorite is kolacky cookies/pastries, hopefully mom will bring some of those out...
The scone recipe I'll have to dig up. I know I posted it in some recipe on here at one point... but the search feature = the suck lately.

I worked (front-end) at a scandinavian bakery that made the most amazing almond and poppy-seed filled kolaches. yum. Never even thought of making them myself. Are they difficult? Do you have a recipe?

monkey bread is rhodes bread dough, butterscotch pudding, and butter (more or less) baked in a bundt pan. The product is a caramely mess of pull-apart goodness that would probably freeze an artery so fast you wouldn't even know what hit you. (thats how I'd chose to go!)

monkey bread is rhodes bread dough, butterscotch pudding, and butter (more or less) baked in a bundt pan. The product is a caramely mess of pull-apart goodness that would probably freeze an artery so fast you wouldn't even know what hit you. (thats how I'd chose to go!)
I want the recipe for this. It sounds amazing.

I want the recipe for this. It sounds amazing.
Here it is! Its very easy, and makes a nice presentation.

1 pkg frozen dinner rolls (i use rhodes)
1 pkg regular (not instant) butterscotch pudding
Chopped pecans (optional)
3/4 c brown sugar
6 Tablespoons melted butter

Grease bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts on bottom. Arrange rolls over nuts. Sprinkle dry pudding over rolls. Mix sugar and melted butter together and pour (drizzle) over rolls. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

Cover with towel and let rise over night or at least 8 hours.


Bake 350°F for 45 min to 1 hour.


COOL NO LONGER THAN 5 MINUTES (or it will GLUE into the pan!). Turn pan over on serving dish and enjoy.

Here it is! Its very easy, and makes a nice presentation.

1 pkg frozen dinner rolls (i use rhodes)
1 pkg regular (not instant) butterscotch pudding
Chopped pecans (optional)
3/4 c brown sugar
6 Tablespoons melted butter

Grease bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts on bottom. Arrange rolls over nuts. Sprinkle dry pudding over rolls. Mix sugar and melted butter together and pour (drizzle) over rolls. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

Cover with towel and let rise over night or at least 8 hours.


Bake 350°F for 45 min to 1 hour.


COOL NO LONGER THAN 5 MINUTES (or it will GLUE into the pan!). Turn pan over on serving dish and enjoy.

That does sound good. Thanks for sharing.

This thread title is misleading! I was hoping to see Arti's goodies, not Arti's goodies! And what's lefse?

Anyways, my wife vetoed homemade fruitcake even though I saw it on Good Eats so I guess I'll have to make something else. I do have a recipe for a buche noel...

This thread title is misleading! I was hoping to see Arti's goodies, not Arti's goodies! And what's lefse?

Anyways, my wife vetoed homemade fruitcake even though I saw it on Good Eats so I guess I'll have to make something else. I do have a recipe for a buche noel...based on the number of hits on this thread versus replies, I'd guess you aren't the only person feeling mislead! :)

Lefse is a scandinavian potato flatbread (think nordic tortilla). I enjoy it with lingonberry cream cheese spread (which I make), a little butter & cinnamon sugar- although the norwegians enjoy it with lutefisk. I also hear its a great holder for hot dogs, too :thumb:

Oh my goodness, lefse. My wife is half-Norwegian, so her mom makes lefse and krumkake and we had a kransekake at our wedding (link to pic) (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8wyVLF4Hnj7M7u7ciI-Byg?feat=directlink). Mmmm. Actually, we've made krumkake too on occasion.

Too bad my wife has been gluten-free for years and is 7 months pregnant and won't be in the mood for baking anything this Christmas... except for the boy inside! She did a nice GF pecan pie for Thanksgiving though.

kransekake is a new one to me. looks tasty!
krumkake i might make if I had an iron, but I don't really need any more cooking equipment for my once-yearly Scandinavian cooking spree :lol:

We have a krumkake iron laying about somewhere. And a complete set of kransekake rings.

If I get the time (work, dog and pregnancy permitting), I might do a big batch of GF sugar cookies before Christmas. I can't screw them up THAT badly.

It had nothing to do with a holiday (what holiday is it? The next holiday is almost a month away), but I just decided to make cupcakes from scratch last night. I have no photographic evidence, but they are delicious.

I had three for lunch today.

It had nothing to do with a holiday (what holiday is it? The next holiday is almost a month away), but I just decided to make cupcakes from scratch last night. I have no photographic evidence, but they are delicious.

I had three for lunch today.

Something tells me they have some additional fiber too.

based on the number of hits on this thread versus replies, I'd guess you aren't the only person feeling mislead! :)

Lefse is a scandinavian potato flatbread (think nordic tortilla). I enjoy it with lingonberry cream cheese spread (which I make), a little butter & cinnamon sugar- although the norwegians enjoy it with lutefisk. I also hear its a great holder for hot dogs, too :thumb:



I call shenannigans. No one enjoys lutefisk....

based on the number of hits on this thread versus replies, I'd guess you aren't the only person feeling mislead! :)
You can make it up to the internet by posing suggestively with your goodies. That sentence is rife w/ possibilities!

I just bought a fresh bag o' flour and yeast. Should I look up Stacey's old bread recipes or does someone want to post a fairly simple, yet delicious one?

Stacey's. Why did you even ask?

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm51/artifice4/IMG00163.jpg


Hey! You're watching SCRUBS. Best show evah!

Quickie Monkey bread:

Can of biscuits
Cinnamon / sugar mix (like you put on buttered toast)

Quarter biscuits, roll in cinnamon sugar mix, toss biscuits into bundt pan
bake until done.

[QUOTE=trsidn;10099751]I call shenannigans. No one enjoys lutefisk....[/QUOTE

OMG, not, not, not true. Many of us really like it. Even though I'm Welsh, I do like it. Da iawn.

Stacey's. Why did you even ask?

Cuz I'm lazy.

My grandma made the best christmas cookies. She's passed away, so the recipe falls upon my mom. I've also decided to make them, since I'm in a different town and can spread the joy around here.

They're basically a standard "cookie-cutter" cookie with anise. What makes them unique is they use hartshorn for leavening. Hartshorn is bakers ammonia and was used before baking powder took off. They reek of ammonia, but when baked in something thin like cookie dough, the ammonia harmlessly evaporates out - leaving behind a uniquely-delicious cookie.

I'll be making something like 6 dozen of them next week for all (that live close) to enjoy.

I worked (front-end) at a scandinavian bakery that made the most amazing almond and poppy-seed filled kolaches. yum. Never even thought of making them myself. Are they difficult? Do you have a recipe?
2 cups sifted flour (doesnt have to be sifted just stir it up to get air in it)
1 stick of butter
1 stick of margerine
1 8oz pack cream cheese.

Mix together flour, butter, margerine & cream cheese with a fork or cut with a knife as you would for a pie crust. If you have a cuisinart (blender) put all these in and blend for a few mins. Works best with the butter, marg & cream cheese cold from the fridge. Form the mixture into a ball (or 3 smaller balls) and wrap in handi-wrap and put in fridge overnight. (or use it right away)

Roll out about a 1/3 of the pastry at a time as thin as possible (flour everything so it doesnt stick). Cut into 3 x 3 inch squares or use the lip of a drinking glass to cut circles (faster). Peel away the scraps and ball it up for the next roll-out.

Fill each shape with about 1 teaspoon of "filling." Solo brand pie fillings or other filling that is thick (not jam).

Brush the edges of the pastry with water and pinch together to seal. It works best if you do different shapes for each flavor. The circle shapes can be pinched into crescents by folding over one side, triangles by pinching to create 3 corners, or just fold both sides upwards into a log. Try to seal them well or they might leak all over the pan.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, then put them on a cookie rack to cool. You can wrap and freeze if you want and sprinkle with powdered sugar when defrosted and ready to serve.