Holiday Cooking With Amazing Authors

Today we are going to have fun with some holiday cooking.  Stopping by our blog is Elaine DeGroot , Dale Rogers and Ilena Holder. 

Check out some of their recipes.

 Elaine M. DeGroot

 

Hot Buttered Rum

1 lb Butter

1 lb Dark Brown Sugar

1 lb Powdered Sugar

1 qt or ½ gal Vanilla Ice Cream

Soften butter & mix in sugars. Add ¾ tsp ground cloves and 1 ½ tsp cinnamon, to taste. Mix well. Add softened ice cream and mix well. Store in the freezer.

To Serve: In a mug, put one shot of rum and 2-3 Tbsp/heaping spoonful of batter. Fill with boiling water and stir well. Sprinkle nutmeg on top.

3 Bean Salad

1 can each kidney beans, green beans & yellow wax beans

½ cup onion, chopped

1 cup celery, chopped

½ cup cider vinegar

½ cup sugar

½ cup water

Mix vinegar, sugar & water; boil until sugar is dissolved. Allow to cool, as it must be cold before adding the remaining ingredients.

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Dale Rogers

Key Lime Pie

This is the easiest key lime pie recipe in existence--and my favorite!

6 limes (or 3/4 cup bottled juice) 

 1 can sweetened condensed milk 

1/2  (8 oz) container Cool Whip (More o1 or 2 drops green food color (optional)

Squeeze juice from limes into bowl with sweetened condensed milk and stir until a thickening occurs. Fold in Cool Whip and color as desired. Pour into Graham Cracker Crust.  Refrigerate until firm.  (At least one hour)

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Ilena Holder

Romaine and cranberry holiday salad

2 heads Romaine lettuce, washed and chopped

1 pack dried cranberries (6 oz)

1/4 red onion, thinly sliced

1/4 cup thinly sliced celery

1 bottle raspberry vinaigrette salad dressing

1/4 sliced almonds

1 small can drained mandarin oranges

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lightly toss all ingredients and chill 4 hours or overnight.  Serve with a slotted spoon

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