Sunday, December 27, 2009

Christmas with family

Finished another amazing dinner with my in-laws. My husbands god-parents really know how to throw a party - it also helps that I won one surprise gift of $140!! For the dinner I made desserts & decided to try making all kinds of finger food sized bites that allow you to try a few different things! I made mini vanilla almond cheesecake, butter pecan tarts, strawberry pound cake, chocolate mousse, chocolate pudding, and what turned out to be the hit: mini-maple walnut cheesecakes: http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/mini-maple-walnut-cheesecakes-105542.aspx These little delights took no more than 10 minutes to make & the artistic feature when you flip them over & see the maple leaf cookie had everyone thinking they were gourmet!


Of course I also had my usual bevy of holiday cookies, peanut butter, shortbread, snowballs, gingerbread men and of course a few types of biscotti!

Unfortunately, I didn't get around to making a few I had hoped to like mini lemon meringue tarts, and a few others from the kraft site (which I recommend if your looking for a super quick & easy recipe, especially for entertaining or cooking with/for kids too):
- mini raspberry cheesecakes (which can be topped with anything really) http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/mini-raspberry-cheesecakes-108678.aspx
- individual baked cheesecakes http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/individual-baked-cranberry-cheesecakes-107179.aspx
- Yuletide slices (Which remind me of Rocky Road cookies we had growing up) http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/yuletide-slices-85005.aspx

1 comment:

  1. ok I had to bookmark this entry in my dessert folder, I can't believe you served all of those things, and it all sounds amazing! Those maple walnut cheesecakes are adorable.

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