Our Gingerbread House!

The Guest House - Gingerbread House!

I love making & decorating the Christmas Gingerbread House. This year I only had to put one together & decorate it. It was already baked and cut ready to go. How convenient is that??? Wow - in 1 hour I had this gorgeous little Gingerbread house put together & decorated.

The Guests will enjoy looking at it - and eating it in the new year!

Enjoy your Christmas Baking. I love baking and have made many scrumptious things this year. I have tried baking outside the box and have made mini Christmas fruit cakes and Butter Tarts as well as 2 different kinds of chocolate bark. I do enjoy baking and this year has been busier than usual.

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Light Christmas Fruit Cake

LIGHT CHRISTMAS CAKES DONE & READY FOR PACKAGING

FRUIT AND NUTS SOAKING IN BRANDY!

This year was my first attempt at making a traditional Christmas Fruit Cake. I knew that I wanted a light one and I knew it would need lots of fruit and nuts. I spent days looking at lots of recipes from many different sources. I finally found one I really liked. It was more of an outline than defined recipe which gave me the choice of what I wanted to put in it.
I used mostly the innards of a DUNDEE cake for the fruit and then for nuts I used Pecans and slivered Almonds. I soaked the fruit in Orange flavored Brandy for 2 days (so busy could not get back to it the next day). I bought small muffin tins from the Dollar store. They are about the size of a pound of butter and came in a batch of 5 for $1. I bought 2 sets and used 8 of them.
I did cook the cakes for about 1 & 1/2 hours.
Then I brushed straight brandy on top when done.
They have been sitting for a couple of days. I will wrap them tonight in plastic wrap and then put them in special Christmas bags with name tags as part of the formal table setting for Christmas dinner.
I enclose the link to the Recipe. Just Click on either Picture above....
Enjoy.

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Christmas Baking at The Guest House

Whipped Shortbread:

This is one of the most favorite Christmas Baking recipes at The Guest House. I thought I would share it with all so for those who cannot join us this year - they can make them at their home. Enjoy and remember we are thinking of you and hope you are enjoying the Holiday Season.

I always do 2 batches

3 Cups Flour

2 Cups Butter

1 Cup Icing Sugar

You will need a stand mixer as you need to whip the ingredients for at least 10 minutes.

1) Add SOFT butter and mix for a minute or two

2) Add Flour & Icing Sugar - Mix start mixer slowly

3) Stop the mixer a couple of times during the mixing process to scrape down the dough from the sides of the bowl

4) The Mixture will be White & Fluffy when done

Drop by teaspoons onto cookie sheet lined with Parchment Paper

Top with either:

1/4 or 1/2 a Maraschino Cherry or

1/2 a Pecan

Sprinkled color sugar

or a combination of two

Bake @ 350' for 17-20 minutes. Make sure you watch them. The cookies should be light brown in color. They can burn fairly quickly. Bake on middle oven rack.

They freeze very well - Lay flat and cover completely to keep out freezer odor.

Enjoy

Seasons Greetings

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Christmas at The Guest House

The Formal Living Room At The Guest House has been decorated for Christmas

Enjoy sitting in the formal Living Room and taking in all things Christmas

The Fire Place Harth is also ready for Christmas

Tis' the season ......

Enjoy sitting in the formal living room and taking in the Christmas decorations. Hot Chocolate or Eggnog are always great drinks to enjoy in front of a roaring fire.

Whether you stay for a night or a week or a month enjoy what The Guest House has to offer.

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