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Holiday cookie or cake recipe !!!! I thought this would be something nice we all could share !!!

Struffoli

To make a batch you will need:
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:

* ** For the dough **
* 3 1/3 cups (400 g) flour
* 4 eggs
* 1 teaspoon grain alcohol
* A chunk of butter the size of a small walnut
* 1 tablespoon sugar
* The zest of a half a lemon, grated
* The zest of half an orange, grated
* 1 pinch salt
* 1 pot full of olive oil for frying
* ** For the seasoning (for want of a better term) **
* 3/4 pound (300 g) honey
* 3/4 cup (150 g) sugar
* 1/3 cup water
* 2 ounces diavolilli (tiny, variously colored candied almonds)
* 4 candied cherries, halved
* 2 ounces (50 g) candied orange peel, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips
* 2 ounces (50 g) candied citron, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips
* 2 ounces (50 g) candied melon rind, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips

Preparation:

The recipe:
Combine the ingredients for the dough to make a workable dough, knead it well, and let it sit for at least an hour, covered. Pluck off piece and roll them out under your fingers to form snakes about as thin as your pinkie, and cut them into quarter-inch long pieces. Fry the pieces a few at a time in hot oil until brown, and drain them on absorbent paper. Should the oil start to froth after a bit, and the froth overflow the pot, change the oil.

Take a second, preferably round-bottomed pot and put the honey, sugar and water in it. Boil the mixture until the foam dies down and it begins to turn yellow. At this point reduce the heat as much as possible and add the struffoli and the diced candied fruit. Stir to distribute everything evenly through the honey and turn the mixture out onto a plate. Shape the mixture into a wreath with a hole in the middle, dipping your hands frequently into cold water lest you burn yourself.

Sprinkle the candied fruit or sprinkles over the Struffoli. Your Done !! Enjoy !!!

Made these for a Christening and everyone ate them up. probably making them for Christmas too.

Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients

* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
* 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
* 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
* 1/2 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons, divided
* 2 large eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* Streusel topping, recipe follows
* 1/2 cup caramel topping

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a medium bowl, combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Press evenly into a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking pan lined with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 1/2 cup sugar in an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Then add eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla. Stir to combine. Pour over warm crust.

In a small bowl, stir together chopped apples, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Spoon evenly over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle evenly with Streusel topping. Bake 30 minutes, or until filling is set. Drizzle with caramel topping.
Streusel Topping:

* 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
* 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

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Posted by mikendeanna

Struffoli

To make a batch you will need:
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:

* ** For the dough **
* 3 1/3 cups (400 g) flour
* 4 eggs
* 1 teaspoon grain alcohol
* A chunk of butter the size of a small walnut
* 1 tablespoon sugar
* The zest of a half a lemon, grated
* The zest of half an orange, grated
* 1 pinch salt
* 1 pot full of olive oil for frying
* ** For the seasoning (for want of a better term) **
* 3/4 pound (300 g) honey
* 3/4 cup (150 g) sugar
* 1/3 cup water
* 2 ounces diavolilli (tiny, variously colored candied almonds)
* 4 candied cherries, halved
* 2 ounces (50 g) candied orange peel, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips
* 2 ounces (50 g) candied citron, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips
* 2 ounces (50 g) candied melon rind, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips

Preparation:

The recipe:
Combine the ingredients for the dough to make a workable dough, knead it well, and let it sit for at least an hour, covered. Pluck off piece and roll them out under your fingers to form snakes about as thin as your pinkie, and cut them into quarter-inch long pieces. Fry the pieces a few at a time in hot oil until brown, and drain them on absorbent paper. Should the oil start to froth after a bit, and the froth overflow the pot, change the oil.

Take a second, preferably round-bottomed pot and put the honey, sugar and water in it. Boil the mixture until the foam dies down and it begins to turn yellow. At this point reduce the heat as much as possible and add the struffoli and the diced candied fruit. Stir to distribute everything evenly through the honey and turn the mixture out onto a plate. Shape the mixture into a wreath with a hole in the middle, dipping your hands frequently into cold water lest you burn yourself.

Sprinkle the candied fruit or sprinkles over the Struffoli. Your Done !! Enjoy !!!

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Thanks!! My grandma used to make Struffoli every year and I remember we used to eat the honey at the bottom of the bowl with a spoon....eww gross!!

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Posted by mikendeanna

Struffoli

To make a batch you will need:
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:

* ** For the dough **
* 3 1/3 cups (400 g) flour
* 4 eggs
* 1 teaspoon grain alcohol
* A chunk of butter the size of a small walnut
* 1 tablespoon sugar
* The zest of a half a lemon, grated
* The zest of half an orange, grated
* 1 pinch salt
* 1 pot full of olive oil for frying
* ** For the seasoning (for want of a better term) **
* 3/4 pound (300 g) honey
* 3/4 cup (150 g) sugar
* 1/3 cup water
* 2 ounces diavolilli (tiny, variously colored candied almonds)
* 4 candied cherries, halved
* 2 ounces (50 g) candied orange peel, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips
* 2 ounces (50 g) candied citron, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips
* 2 ounces (50 g) candied melon rind, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips

Preparation:

The recipe:
Combine the ingredients for the dough to make a workable dough, knead it well, and let it sit for at least an hour, covered. Pluck off piece and roll them out under your fingers to form snakes about as thin as your pinkie, and cut them into quarter-inch long pieces. Fry the pieces a few at a time in hot oil until brown, and drain them on absorbent paper. Should the oil start to froth after a bit, and the froth overflow the pot, change the oil.

Take a second, preferably round-bottomed pot and put the honey, sugar and water in it. Boil the mixture until the foam dies down and it begins to turn yellow. At this point reduce the heat as much as possible and add the struffoli and the diced candied fruit. Stir to distribute everything evenly through the honey and turn the mixture out onto a plate. Shape the mixture into a wreath with a hole in the middle, dipping your hands frequently into cold water lest you burn yourself.

Sprinkle the candied fruit or sprinkles over the Struffoli. Your Done !! Enjoy !!!

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my dad usually makes the every year but not w/ candied fruit. ITs so much cheaper to make them yourself then buy them at the store.