Holiday cooking, what's on your holiday plans and menu? (316 views)

DH and I are spending Christmas day with my family. It will be a casual day with family members coming and leaving at different times, so the features will be a spiral ham and fixings for ham sandwiches, mac and cheese in a crockpot, a spinach casserole. Also a variety of appetizers/snacks. I made a double batch of Moomie's buns for our sandwiches. I made them somewhere between slider size and burger bun size. Some with sesame seeds, some without.I am also bringing my Dad's fish cakes, a Christmas day tradition that I have been keeping up since he passed 10 years ago. Deviled eggs, and Hot Brie Kisses made with peach jalapeno jam. I have a batch of lemon shortbread cookies in the oven, they are a birthday gift for my sister whose bday was Dec 18. Also some Vitamix lemon curd to go with them. She is getting one batch of baked cookies and one log of frozen cookie dough for future enjoyment. My mom is getting a batch of mincemeat tarts. Everyone else will get a jar of caramel sauce. We don't do a typical gift exchanges, but we have presents for my mom's two great grandchildren.

Before we leave for my mom's house, we will have our traditional Christmas bread called French Twist, it's a slightly sweetened yeast dough that is spread with meringue, cinnamon, and raisins, then rolled up, cut into 6 sections, and baked in a tube pan. (Not sure if that link will work, the recipe was on my website, but I took my website down this week because I am in the process of closing my personal chef business.)

I'd love to hear about what you are cooking.

-Patti