Christmas Baking
My baking for Christmas is finally done. Here is what we’ve made for treats this year:
Cheesecake Oreo Balls
These are always a hit but quite time consuming to make so they are usually a Christmas treat only. They’re easy to do - it just takes a while rolling them all and then rolling them all in chocolate. I get the kids to do the initial rolling of the recipe which spreads the load a bit.
Click here for Cheesecake Oreo Balls Recipe.
Christmas Tree Biscuits
These are just a basic sugar cookie. It came in a pack with the mix, a couple of cookie cutters and a large pack of Christmas sprinkles. I bought the pack for the sprinkles mainly. We iced them with peppermint icing and they sure smell good! The kids had a great time icing and decorating them.
Lemon Slice
A family favourite and I had all the ingredients so I ended up making 2 double batches of this. My brothers are getting some for christmas (we don’t “do” presents so I’ve just done them a small container of homemade goodies since I was cooking anyway and we’ll be seeing them the day after Christmas). Some will be for Christmas Day and some for when we head down the beach with Farmboys family.
Click here for Lemon Slice recipe.
I tend to use 1/2-3/4 the amount of coconut mentioned in the original recipe. This happened one time because I didn’t have enough and we quite enjoyed the softer, doughier texture that it made.
Shortbread
Shortbread is another recipe I tend to only make at Christmas. Again, it’s not difficult, just time consuming. Usually I make Christmas stars which I then drop into castor sugar to coat. They are very more-ish.
This year I made most of them round and drizzled chocolate over them.
They’re also very more-ish.
Click here for Lightening’s Shortbread Recipe.
Christmas Chocolates
Each year the kids ask if they can make Christmas chocolates. It’s an easy activity to keep them occupied with and they really don’t need my help (other than melting the chocolate).
We made many more than in the image above. They’re just a few that haven’t been packed away ready yet (I hadn’t tipped them out of their moulds yesterday).
And that’s as far as we got with our Christmas baking this year. No fudge or popcorn balls or peanut clusters. It’ll be plenty though and I’m pretty happy I made it this far given how busy we’ve been.
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Yummie …
But how am I supposed to loose weight with pictures of yummies like that?
I’ll have to try the Cheesecake Oreo Balls. How much better can it get than a combination of Cheescake and Chocolate?
Those are AWESOME!!!!
I’m jealous because I’m staying away from sugar.
Hey, I didn’t know you had Oreos in Australia! Or maybe it’s something different there??
Ooooh yum… I’m almost feeling inspired enough to start baking myself.
There’s an awful lot of baking going on in blogland. Everyone is supplying the recipes too. GAH! I can feel my hips spreading with each recipe I read! I’m still going to try the cheesecake oreo balls though.
Congrats you have done more than me! Tomorrow is my cooking day, mainly for Christmas lunch as i am taking cheesecakes adn hot potato bake so not too hard but I also want a few nibblies that are meant for visitors but usually find their way into our own mouths.
yes Oreos are fantastic but expensive here? Anything else to use instead?
Have fun in all you do over the next week or so. Love to all.
L
Wow this is awesome, wow Des might even get those cheesecake truffles as a treat
Thank you for sharing this
Mark - it’s a terrible time of year for that isn’t it?
I’m working on whether I can maintain my current weight over the Christmas season (rather than gaining).
Dina - I’m pretty sure they’re the same Oreo’s. They haven’t been available here for that many years.
Marita -
River - I know what you mean!
Lynette - Potato Bake - yum!!! I’ve never perfected the art of making that. My potato never seems to cook properly. As for oreos - you can use any chocolate biscuit with vanilla cream in the centre. There are cheaper brands. This is the first time I’ve actually used the actual Oreo’s and the chocolate is stronger (they’re a darker chocolate than other brands). It really doesn’t matter though.
Suzie - thanks. Have fun!
Wow, I’m impressed. I was hard pressed to make shortbread and rum balls this year, but I did it. Then again, we did have 4 cooks in the house for Christmas, so getting any time in the kitchen at all was a challenge.
Next year Christmas is at my house, and I’m doing it MY WAY!! Mwa ha ha!