Christmas Baking 2012

For Christmas this year I didn't attempt any new recipe for my baking. I went with my favourites.

I started off with Chocolate Pretzel Treats. I used chocolate, candy cane, and hugs Kisses along with Smarties for the topper. I prefer Smarties to M&Ms. I do recommend turning off the oven and watch the Kisses very carefully so that they don't over melt or in my case seize. I did this to 8 dozen of these treats! Not fun unwrapping all those Kisses! Mr. T's work were treated to the rejects. At least they went to a good home.

Then I made the Easy Orea Truffles. They really are easy. The most cumbersome part is dipping them into the chocolate and ensuring that you have got all the excess off. I recommend freezing the Oreo/cream cheese balls before dipping so they hold their shape.

Next I made some mini cupcakes. 2 dozen chocolate with chocolate icing, 2 dozen chocolate with buttercream icing topped with candy cane pieces and 2 dozen carrot with cream cheese icing.

There is a theme of chocolate to my baking. So good! Aunt Teen's Creamy Chocolate Fudge is very easy to make and quite tasty. One 8 x 8 pan cut into 1" squares yields 64 pieces. They do go a long way!

Finally, my personal favourite is the Chocolate Caramel Shortbread also known as Million Dollar Shortbread.

All together....

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