Winter of Wishes
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8 oz. tub of whipped topping
Cream the cream cheese, then add the sweetened condensed milk. Next stir in the pineapple and pie filling, then stir in the whipped topping. Pour into a large glass serving bowl and chill for several hours.
Raspberry Walnut Brownies
Oh, but these dense, moist brownies are the best chocolate fix! The layer of raspberry jelly between the brownie and the velvety chocolate frosting adds a sweet, tangy surprise as you bite into one.
Brownies
6 squares (6 oz.) unsweetened chocolate
1 C. shortening
6 eggs
3 C. sugar
3 tsp. vanilla extract
2 C. flour
3 C. walnuts, chopped
Velvet Chocolate Frosting
2 squares (2 oz.) unsweetened chocolate
4 T. each butter and light corn syrup
2 C. powdered sugar
2 T. milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
C. raspberry jelly
Preheat oven to 325°F and spray/grease a 9-by-13-inch pan. Melt the chocolate with the shortening in a double boiler over warm water or in a microwave-safe bowl for about a minute, stirring after thirty seconds. Cool slightly. Blend eggs, sugar, and vanilla, add the melted chocolate, and then stir in the flour and walnuts. Spread batter evenly in the prepared pan and bake about 40 minutes, until center is firm. Carefully spread the jelly to cover the brownies. Let cool.
For the frosting, melt the chocolate, then stir in the butter and corn syrup. Mix in the remaining ingredients until smooth and velvety. Spread on the cooled brownies. Cut in 6 columns by 8 rows to make 4 dozen sinfully rich brownies.
Kitchen Hint: These freeze well, but unfortunately they get messy when you pack them and mail them—not that anyone receiving them has ever complained!
Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
What a yummy way to enjoy cranberries! This coffee cake can also be served as a dessert, but I love it warm for breakfast. The cornmeal cake is dense and satisfying. My husband likes to put his serving in a bowl and pour milk over it, while the cake is still warm.
Topping
½ stick (¼ C.) butter or margarine
¾ C. packed brown sugar
1 bag of fresh or frozen cranberries
½ C. golden raisins (regular raisins are fine, too)
Cornmeal Cake
1 stick (½ C.) butter or margarine (not spread), softened
¾ C. packed brown sugar
1 T. vanilla extract
1½ tsp. baking powder
2 large eggs
C. milk
1¼ C. all-purpose flour
C. yellow cornmeal
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray an 8- or 9-inch round cake pan. For the topping, put the butter in the cake pan and melt it in the oven, tilting the pan to spread it evenly and coat the sides. Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly on the bottom, then add the cranberries in one layer. Scatter the raisins over the top of the berries.
For the cake, cream the butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and baking powder with a mixer until well blended. Beat in the eggs (mixture might look curdled). On a lower speed, mix in the milk, flour, and cornmeal just until blended. Spread batter over the topping. Bake about an hour, until top is browned and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with moist crumbs. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serves 8–10.
Kitchen Hint: The cooled cake keeps well for a couple of days at room temperature, or it can be wrapped well and frozen. Rewarm in the oven or microwave.
Enjoy another visit to Willow Ridge next month in a special holiday treat,
An Amish Country Christmas
by Charlotte Hubbard and Naomi King.
In Willow Ridge, Missouri, the Christmas season is a time when faith brings peace, family brings warmth, and new romance brings sparkling joy . . .
The Christmas Visitors
For spirited Martha Coblentz and her twin, Mary, the snow has delivered the perfect holiday and birthday present to their door—handsome brothers Nate and Bram Kanagy. But when unforeseen trouble interrupts their season’s good cheer, it will take unexpected intervention—and sudden understanding—to give all four the blessing of a lifetime . . .
Kissing the Bishop
As the year’s first snow settles, Nazareth Hooley and her sister, Jerusalem, are given a heaven-sent chance to help newly widowed Tom Hostetler tend his home. But when her hope that she and Tom can build on the caring between them seems a dream forever out of reach, Nazareth discovers that faith and love can make any miracle possible . . .
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