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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 568939" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>My stepMIL goes to Sam's and gets a bunch of frozen stuff to cook. It is always super yummy, usually with tamales and another dish like enchiladas from a small mexican restaurant where they know the owners well (owners moved to OK from Mexico maybe 10 yrs ago and are amazing cooks!) but nothing fancy goes on. </p><p></p><p>We have a tradition that stems from my Dad's Dad. He believed that Christmas was a holiday for everyone, not everyone but Mom and the older females. So he cooked a ham while everyone else went to Midnight Mass on the 24th and on Christmas Day we had sandwiches, cold salads, a relish tray, etc..... Shortly after my Gma died and my aunt took over, her husband pressed us all into a big cooked meal and we tried it for 2 yrs and then no one would go back to her house for Christmas because we all HATED the big sit down meal, the hours of preparation, the endless cleanup. So we are back to the easy fix meal. We have only ever had my aunt's husband want the big meal. We often have guests who either cannot get home to their parents for some reason or are from other countries and new to local traditions and they always LOVE the meal. It is mostly buffet style and you can sit and have a big plate when you are hungry or nibble for several hours, whatever you like.</p><p></p><p>We often do a dessert tray with several items served in small portions, like brownies, cream puffs, candies, etc.... Last year J and I took oreos and dipped them in brownie batter (any recipe or mix is fine) and then put them into cupcake liners in muffin tins and baked for maybe half the time on the package (had to keep checking htem because not sure the time they take to bake). WOW! they were wonderful! I also take a package of oreos and mix with a bar of cream cheese in the food processor (or blender). Chill, roll into balls and dip into melted white chocolate (can use almond bark, white choc chips, those Wilton wafer things, whatever) and then let harden in cupcake papers (use the mini size or you get too big a ball and it is a bit overhwhelming).</p><p></p><p>I also melt white choc and mix in crushed candy canes or starlight mints, then put a small dollop onto a small pretzel. You can also dip pretzel rods into the mix or into the white choc and roll in the crushed mints if you want to look fancier. either way, majorly wonderful.</p><p></p><p>If you like hot cider, crockpots are awesome for heating and serving it. Though sometimes we have to use a second one for that cause we have taco soup in the crockpot - easy to make, everyone loves it, and easy to serve. </p><p></p><p>One festive touch if you want brownies or fudge or even to do a simple choc chip recipe - make them in a jelly roll pan or 9x13 pan, and then while warm but not too hot, use small cookie cutters to cut into festive shapes. For fudge you can warm the fudge that gets pulled away and pour it into a small pan and make more shapes. We often have the excess eaten before that though! Alton Brown has a super easy, yummy peanut butter fudge recipe, and I use that and sub melted choc chips for the pb to make choc fudge. I cannot make cooked fudge to save my life, so I make the easy recipes! I like this recipe because it does not use sweetened condensed milk or have any cooking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 568939, member: 1233"] My stepMIL goes to Sam's and gets a bunch of frozen stuff to cook. It is always super yummy, usually with tamales and another dish like enchiladas from a small mexican restaurant where they know the owners well (owners moved to OK from Mexico maybe 10 yrs ago and are amazing cooks!) but nothing fancy goes on. We have a tradition that stems from my Dad's Dad. He believed that Christmas was a holiday for everyone, not everyone but Mom and the older females. So he cooked a ham while everyone else went to Midnight Mass on the 24th and on Christmas Day we had sandwiches, cold salads, a relish tray, etc..... Shortly after my Gma died and my aunt took over, her husband pressed us all into a big cooked meal and we tried it for 2 yrs and then no one would go back to her house for Christmas because we all HATED the big sit down meal, the hours of preparation, the endless cleanup. So we are back to the easy fix meal. We have only ever had my aunt's husband want the big meal. We often have guests who either cannot get home to their parents for some reason or are from other countries and new to local traditions and they always LOVE the meal. It is mostly buffet style and you can sit and have a big plate when you are hungry or nibble for several hours, whatever you like. We often do a dessert tray with several items served in small portions, like brownies, cream puffs, candies, etc.... Last year J and I took oreos and dipped them in brownie batter (any recipe or mix is fine) and then put them into cupcake liners in muffin tins and baked for maybe half the time on the package (had to keep checking htem because not sure the time they take to bake). WOW! they were wonderful! I also take a package of oreos and mix with a bar of cream cheese in the food processor (or blender). Chill, roll into balls and dip into melted white chocolate (can use almond bark, white choc chips, those Wilton wafer things, whatever) and then let harden in cupcake papers (use the mini size or you get too big a ball and it is a bit overhwhelming). I also melt white choc and mix in crushed candy canes or starlight mints, then put a small dollop onto a small pretzel. You can also dip pretzel rods into the mix or into the white choc and roll in the crushed mints if you want to look fancier. either way, majorly wonderful. If you like hot cider, crockpots are awesome for heating and serving it. Though sometimes we have to use a second one for that cause we have taco soup in the crockpot - easy to make, everyone loves it, and easy to serve. One festive touch if you want brownies or fudge or even to do a simple choc chip recipe - make them in a jelly roll pan or 9x13 pan, and then while warm but not too hot, use small cookie cutters to cut into festive shapes. For fudge you can warm the fudge that gets pulled away and pour it into a small pan and make more shapes. We often have the excess eaten before that though! Alton Brown has a super easy, yummy peanut butter fudge recipe, and I use that and sub melted choc chips for the pb to make choc fudge. I cannot make cooked fudge to save my life, so I make the easy recipes! I like this recipe because it does not use sweetened condensed milk or have any cooking. [/QUOTE]
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