Christmas in July 2020 day 2 / Noël en juillet 2020 jour 2

CIJ day 2 / jour 2

B - BAKING

To me there is lots of baking associated with Christmas.  Of course, nowadays, I bake less as we are now empty-nesters but some traditions continue. 

Isn’t it fun to be in house that smells like pies, cookies, bread? (not that I bake bread 😉)

For the holidays, I usually make fudge (the Carnation classic five-minute fudge recipe)

Ingredients

1 2/3 cups400 ml granulated sugar

2/3 cup150 ml Carnation® Evaporated Milk

2 tbsp30 ml butter

1/2 tsp2 ml salt

2 cups500 ml miniature marshmallows

1 1/2 cups375 ml semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 tsp5 ml vanilla extract

1/2 cup125 ml chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

  1:  Line 8-inch (2 L) square baking pan with waxed paper; set aside

  2:  Combine sugar, evaporated milk, butter and salt in medium saucepan; bring to rolling boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 4 to 5 minutes or until mixture starts to thicken. Remove from heat. Stir in marshmallows, chocolate chips, vanilla and nuts (if desired) until marshmallows and chocolate melt and blend.

  3:  Pour into prepared pan. Chill until set 4 hours or overnight. Cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) squares. Store in refrigerator in sealed container.

I now make these in November and freeze them – the keep a long time and are delicious!

I also make thumbprint cookies, rice-Krispy squares, date squares and 2 more desserts which change from year to year.

Last year I omitted the thumbprint cookies…. My daughter said it wasn’t Christmas without them, so they are back on the list for this year!