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Cookies & Carols There is so much to love about Christmas From the sparkling lights brightening up the nights, to the squeals of delighted children opening presents, there are special moments to be found everywhere. Everyone celebrates the season in their own way, but there are two things that can unite us all — great food and classic song. Traditions surrounding both form many of our cherished holiday memories. In this special edition of Cookies and Carols, we’ve collected recipes and songs to help you celebrate the season in a memorable way. Try a new cookie recipe, such as the Van De Pol’s Gevulde
Koeken. Or, make your Christmas cooking a little easier with the always-popular Christmas Morning Wifesaver. And when your bellies are full, gather up your loved ones for a sing-along. Better yet, rally together with your friends and neighbours for some oldfashioned caroling. You never know whose Christmas will be brightened by it!
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Cookies & Carols Let It Snow Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we’ve no place to go Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
When we finally kiss goodnight How I’ll hate going out in the storm! But if you’ll really hold me tight All the way home I’ll be warm
It doesn’t show signs of stopping And I’ve bought some corn for popping The lights are turned way down low Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
The fire is slowly dying And, my dear, we’re still goodbying But as long as you love me so Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
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Cookies & Carols Jingle Bells
Silent Night
Joy to the World
Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh O’er the hills we go Laughing all the way. Bells on bobtail ring Making spirits bright. What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight.
Silent night! Holy night! All is calm all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace! Sleep in heavenly peace
Joy to the world! The Lord is come: Let Earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare him room And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Chorus: Jingle bells jingle bells Jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle bells jingle bells Jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh A day or two ago I thought I’d take a ride And soon, Miss Fanny Bright Was seated by my side, The horse was lean and lank Misfortune seemed his lot He got into a drifted bank And then we got upsot
Silent night! Holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia! Christ the Saviour is born Christ the Saviour is born! Silent night! Holy night! Son of God love’s pure light Radiant beams from thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord at thy birth Jesus, Lord at thy birth
Joy to the Earth! the Saviour reigns: Let men their songs employ While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow Nor thorns infest the ground: He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as, the curse is found. He rules the Earth with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousnes And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love, And wonders, wonders, of His love.
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Cookies & Carols Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Deck the Halls Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout I’m telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town
Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
He’s making a list And checking it twice; Gonna find out who’s naughty and nice Santa Claus is coming to town He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows if you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness sake! O! You better watch out! You better not cry Better not pout I’m telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town
Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
See the blazing Yule before us, Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Strike the harp and join the chorus. Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Follow me in merry measure, Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. While I tell of Yuletide treasure, Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Fast away the old year passes, Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Sing we joyous, all together, Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Heedless of the wind and weather, Fa la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen, But do you recall... The most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph with your nose so bright, Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight? Then how the reindeer loved him As they shouted out with glee, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, You’ll go down in history!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Had a very shiny nose, And if you ever saw it, You would even say it glows. All of the other reindeer Used to laugh and call him names; They never let poor Rudolph Join in any reindeer games. Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say,
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Cookies & Carols Coconut Craisin Christmas Cookies Gourmet Chocolate Fondue Ingredients: 2 chocolate bars (milk, dark or white) 1/2 cup (125ml) whipping cream 1 teaspoon (15g) butter 6-8 cups of fruit cut into bite size pieces (strawberries, oranges, bananas, etc.) Directions: Heat cream and butter in heavy saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat when mixture just starts
to simmer. Break chocolate bars into pieces and add to the cream mixture and whisk until smooth. Add a splash of your favourite liqueur if desired and stir until smooth. Add more heated cream if fondue is too thick. Transfer chocolate fondue mixture to fondue pot and keep warm with a lit tealight candle underneath. Dip fruit in chocolate fondue and enjoy! Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
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3 ¼ cups Flour 1 teaspoon Baking Powder ¼ teaspoon Salt 1 ½ cups Butter, softened 2 cups White Sugar 1 Egg 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract 1 ½ cups Craisins 1 ½ cups Sweetened Shredded Coconut Preheat oven to 350 F. Directions: Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until blended. Gradually add flour mixture and beat on low speed for about 5 minutes.
Stir in Craisins and coconut. Shape into little balls and put on greased cookie sheet. Flatten balls slightly with a fork before baking. Bake for about 13 minutes. Let cookies cool slightly before taking off of cookie sheet. Makes about 5 dozen soft & chewy cookies. by Petra and Chris Van Oort
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Cookies & Carols Italian Peach Cookies This is my mom’s recipe for these delightful cookies that look like little peaches. They were always on our Christmas cookie tray and they disappeared very quickly. 4 eggs 1 ½ cups sugar 1 cup butter 4 tsp. baking powder 4 ½ cups flour Pinch of salt Rind and juice of one lemon Filling: 1 pkg. vanilla pudding (not instant) 1 pkg. chocolate pudding (not instant) Coating: whiskey or rum- dilute half and half with water, granulated sugar, red food colouring add to whiskey or rum mixture. Mint leaves for decoration. Directions: Using an electric mixer, cream butter, add sugar, eggs and lemon. Mix dry ingredients in another
Gevulde Koeken
bowl. Add slowly to butter mixture. Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Use more flour if the dough is too sticky. Cover baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper and bake in oven 350 degrees for about 15 to 20 minutes. Cookies should be golden brown, not too well done. Let cool completely. Using a sharp knife, hollow out each cookie very carefully. Fill half of the hollowed cookies with vanilla pudding and the other half with chocolate pudding. Stick one vanilla and one chocolate cookie together on the filled sides. This looks like a peach shape. Add drops of red food colouring to whiskey mixture until pinkish. Roll cookies one at a time in whiskey mixture, then in sugar. They should look like little peaches. Place on a cupcake paper and add mint leaves to decorate if desired. Store in fridge or freeze to keep fresh. These freeze well to serve for Christmas. by Fran Froehlich
Dough: Filling: 1 cup butter 1/2 ib. grated almonds 2 cups brown sugar 1 egg 2 eggs 1 tsp. almond extract 3 1/2 cups flour 1/2 to 1 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt juice of 1/2 a lemon 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. almond extract Directions: Roll dough 1/8 inch thick, cut out rounds, approx. 2 inches in diameter. Place on greased cookie sheet. Put about 1 tsp. filling on each round. Cover with another round and press edges, brush tops with beaten egg yolk to give a shiny surface. Bake for 10 to 15 min in 375 F oven by Ineke & Jolanda Van De Pol
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Cookies & Carols Christmas Morning Wifesaver Ingredients: 1 onion, sliced 8-12 slices bread-cubed, toasted 1 lb sliced or crumbled sausage 1 teaspoon mustard 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 eggs beaten 2 cups milk 1 cup cheese, shredded 1. Saute onion with sausage. 2. In bowl mix mustard, salt, eggs and milk. 3. Add sausage, bread cubes and stir to coat evenly. 4. Pour into greased 9x13 pan. Make this Christmas Eve! Cover and chill 8 hours. Then cover with tinfoil and bake 45-60 minutes @ 350º. Then uncover, sprinkle shredded cheese, reduce oven temperature to 325 for 30 more minutes. This recipe feeds 2 adults and 4 children. It would be smart to make a double recipe of this. It goes quickly because it tastes so yummy. Ingrid Haines
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Soft Eggnog Cookies
Ingredients: 2 cups whipping cream pinch of sea salt 2 tbsp maple syrup (or more if you like a sweeter taste) 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract Method: Put cream in stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Add pinch of salt. Turn on low for 1 to 2 minutes. Turn up to medium. When it starts to thicken, add maple syrup and vanilla and continue to whisk until desired thickness. Top on your favourite dessert. Miel Bernstein
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Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups sugar 3/4 cup butter, room temp 1/2 cup light eggnog 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 egg yolks 2 1/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg Directions: Preheat oven to 300 degrees. (Yes 300) In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter with an electric mixer. Add eggnog, vanilla and egg yolks and beat at medium speed until smooth. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg; mix well with a wire whisk and add to your eggnog/sugar/butter mixture. Stick in the refrigerator until dough is cool
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Next drop by rounded teaspoons onto a greased baking sheets, 1 to 2 inches away from each other. Bake for 17 to 22 minutes or until bottoms turn light brown. Be sure to keep an eye on them Transfer to cool, flat surface immediately with spatula. If you leave them on the pan they will burn! Eggnog Icing 3 cups powdered sugar 1/4 cup softened butter 1/2 cup light eggnog In small mixer bowl, beat the powdered sugar and butter until well blended. Gradually beat in eggnog until icing is smooth and the desired consistency. You may need less or more egg nog depending on the consistency you like. Then frost the cookies and let the icing harden. Servings: About 36 Cookies Rachelle Barclay