Happy Holidays!

Our featured recipes are Peppermint Biscotti, Almond Crunch Cookies and Chocolate Cherry Pinwheels.

As a special holiday treat we also have these on recipe cards for you to download and print!

Don't forget to check out our special section on Christmas Cookies!

Tired of Fruit Cake? Try an Update— Iced Apricot-Cherry Holiday Fruit Bread by Nancy Baggett

Die-hard fans and defenders of the old-fashioned fruit cake can rightly brag that it has been a beloved holiday menu item for at least six centuries. The British are given credit for devising the rich, heavy, fruit-studded recipes we now know as fruit cakes during the Middle Ages, though the practice of forming simple yet special goodies from luxury ingredients like dried fruit, nuts, honey, and spice dates back to ancient times. read more . . .
Recipe: Iced Apricot-Cherry Holiday Fruit Bread

Milder (and early) Hanukah, Same Wonderful Treats by Marcy Goldman

We can’t blame this too on global warming but it does seem that Hanukah comes earlier each year. That means the weather is usually warmer and somehow less Hanukah-ish. Or perhaps it is simply that the very first week of December is so soon (!) to haul out all the festive foods of this season of light and holiday of freedom. read more . . .

Recipes:
Classic Latkes Almost Ok – these are not too classic but are they good! This recipe combines the best of homemade latkes with a package of dry potato pancake mix for a double-potato flavor in an especially crisp little pancake.

Hanukah Orange Spritzer Cake Those meals of latkes and brisket need a citrus respite. Here is an oil-based or pareve cake that is packed with flavour and the zesty goodness of a whole orange grove.

Honey Cake Cupcakes Why didn’t I think of this sooner? Mini honey cake takes on a whole new appeal when you present them as bite-sized cupcakes.

Sweet Cheesecake Filo Coffee Pastries A little sweetened cream cheese and semolina custard batter in a filo foundation yields a marvelous Danish style pastry, with a Middle East touch.

Hanukah Gold Fruitcake I’ve made this cake since I was a teenager learning to bake and wanted something for Hanukah that was a cake that would also last for eight days.

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