Christmas treats (recipes)

these sounds wonderfully delicious, Lee
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As requested by Lee, here are a couple of recipes/ideas for Christmas treats. I can only give
NZ/Aus points for them though, sorry.

Has anyone else got Christmas recipes they'd like to share?

First thing, I made meringues yesterday, raspberry choc chip with crushed candy canes mixed in.
They are sooo good. I'll definitely be making these again and they're so low in points.

The next two recipes are ones that I'm planning to make next week, but haven't yet tried. I hope
they're as good as they sound.

Mocha Fruit Cake

1kg mixed dried fruit 2 cups strong black coffee 150g fruit and nut chocolate, roughly chopped. 2
cups self-raising flour

1) Soak the fruit in the coffee overnight.
2) Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius. Coat a 20cm x 28 cm tin with cooking spray. Line the base
with baking paper.
3) Mix together the fruit mixture, chocolate and flour. Spoon mixture into the prepared tin. Bake
in oven for 50-60 minutes or until cooked through.

Serves 25 2½ points per serve

Rum Balls

1 can skim condensed milk 10 Vita Brits, or Weet Bix, crushed. 1 cup dessicated coconut 2
tsp cocoa
1/4 cup rum
1/4 cup chocolate sprinkles, for coating

1) Combine all ingredients in a bowl and roll teaspoonfuls of the mixture into balls.
2) Roll each ball in sprinkles and refrigerate until firm.

Makes 25 1½ points per serve
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Erin in NZ
125/88.5/75 kgs
275.3/194.9/165 lbs

NYNY goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves" Sir Edmund Hilary

The rum balls look good. Perhaps I could turn them into brandy balls with some of the Christmas cake
brandy.... I've always had a soft spot for rum balls, especially ones without sultanas.

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Julie.
93.5/73.2/74 (WW)/72 (Personal) kg
93.5/74./162.8 (WW)/158 (Personal) lb

"Erin Marsh" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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As requested by Lee, here are a couple of recipes/ideas for Christmas treats. I can only give
NZ/Aus points for them though, sorry.

Has anyone else got Christmas recipes they'd like to share?

First thing, I made meringues yesterday, raspberry choc chip with crushed candy canes mixed in.
They are sooo good. I'll definitely be making these again and they're so low in points.

The next two recipes are ones that I'm planning to make next week, but haven't yet tried. I hope
they're as good as they sound.

Mocha Fruit Cake

1kg mixed dried fruit 2 cups strong black coffee 150g fruit and nut chocolate, roughly chopped. 2
cups self-raising flour

1) Soak the fruit in the coffee overnight.
2) Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius. Coat a 20cm x 28 cm tin with cooking spray. Line the base
with baking paper.
3) Mix together the fruit mixture, chocolate and flour. Spoon mixture into the prepared tin. Bake
in oven for 50-60 minutes or until cooked through.

Serves 25 2½ points per serve

Rum Balls

1 can skim condensed milk 10 Vita Brits, or Weet Bix, crushed. 1 cup dessicated coconut 2
tsp cocoa
1/4 cup rum
1/4 cup chocolate sprinkles, for coating

1) Combine all ingredients in a bowl and roll teaspoonfuls of the mixture into balls.
2) Roll each ball in sprinkles and refrigerate until firm.

Makes 25 1½ points per serve
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Erin in NZ
125/88.5/75 kgs
275.3/194.9/165 lbs

NYNY goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves" Sir Edmund Hilary

JulieB said:

The rum balls look good. Perhaps I could turn them into brandy balls with some of the Christmas
cake brandy....

I was thinking of doing that. I have some brandy left over from last Christmas but no rum. I'm not a
great fan of brandy though. How do you think they'd taste?

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I've always had a soft spot for rum balls, especially ones without sultanas.

Me too :-) But I feel safe having them in the house because I can't eat more than one at a time.

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Erin in NZ
125/88.5/75 kgs
125.88/5.1/165 lbs

NYNY goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves" Sir Edmund Hilary

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JulieB said:

The rum balls look good. Perhaps I could turn them into brandy balls

with

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some of the Christmas cake brandy....

I was thinking of doing that. I have some brandy left over from last Christmas but no rum. I'm not
a great fan of brandy though. How do you think they'd taste?

I'm not sure. I'm not a huge brandy OR rum fan, unless they're in some type of Christmas treat. I
might have to test it out on half a batch and see how I go.

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I've always had a soft spot for rum balls, especially ones without sultanas.

Me too :-) But I feel safe having them in the house because I can't eat more than one at a time.

I have been informed by the DBF that rum balls have to have sultanas in them. I think he's got rocks
in his head. Apparently his mother used to have a great recipe for them which she has since lost.
Now she tries to remember the recipe every Christmas with varying success. If the rum balls aren't
too sweet I can do a couple, but I certainly couldn't eat the whole batch 🙂

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Julie.
93.5/72.7/74 (WW)/72 (Personal) kg
93.5/72.7/1.8 (WW)/158 (Personal) lb