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Black Friday Christmas Home Offers

Black Friday Christmas Home Price: /Was: $49.99/ Now: $29.99 VIEW MORE HERE Nulaxy 3D Pen, First Robot 3D Drawing Printing Printer Pen with Voice Prompts PLA Filament Refills Automatic Feeding, Best Birthday Holiday Gifts Toys to Inspire Kids Teens Creativity. Nulaxy Robot 3D drawing pen is the first 3D pen with voice prompts on the market. It can help children improve their spatial thinking and imagination. It can turn their ideas into reality! It's also a great way for parents and children to spend quality time together. This 3D printing pen is very easy to use for kids. Control it with just 2 buttons. There is an automatic feed to help hand fatigue. Just press the function button and start doodling! Both PLA & ABS filament are supported. Comfortable for the hands for both children and adults. Robot's change in eye color and voice feedback can both guide you when using the 3D printer pen. Children as young as 5 years old can use it easily and let their

Hamilton Beach 25490A Dual Breakfast

Hamilton Beach 25490A Sandwich Maker Only today $39.99! Hamilton Beach      Makes 1 to 2 sandwiches     Ready in 5 minutes     Cook delicious breakfast sandwiches in the comfort of your own home     Use your own fresh ingredients, including eggs, cheese and much more     Timer with audible tone; Quick and easy recipes included; Easy cleanup - all removable parts are dishwasher safe     Cook delicious breakfast sandwiches in the comfort of your own home     Use your own fresh ingredients, including eggs, cheese, and much more     Makes 1 or 2 sandwiches     Quick and easy in 5 minutes     Timer with audible tone     Country of origin : China Top Price $39.99 You decide.We just found out MIGMAGING

Christmas cranberry turkey pie

INGREDIENTS ½ quantity hot water crust pastry 1 egg, beaten, to glaze 25g butter 25g plain (all purpose) flour 300ml whole milk 1 bay leaf 4 cloves Pinch of grated nutmeg 50ml double cream 3tbsp freshly chopped parsley Salt and freshly ground black pepper 115g prepared cranberries, thawed if frozen 50g caster (superfine) sugar 115g cooked turkey meat, finely chopped or minced 115g cooked gammon, finely chopped or minced PREPARATION 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C Fan/400°F/Gas Mark 6. Grease and line a 20cm (8inch) diameter, 4cm (1¾inch) deep loose bottomed cake tin. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry quite thickly to fit the tin and transfer the pastry inside. Trim and reserve the trimmings. 2. Push a circle of baking parchment into the pastry case and fill to three quarters with baking beans or raw pulses or rice. Place the tin on a baking tray and blind bake for 20 mins. 3. Remove the beans or rice and paper and remove

Gingerbread Crisp Cutouts

INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup molasses 1 large egg 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg PREPARATION 1. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses and egg. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture and mix well (dough will be soft). Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle. 2. On a lightly floured surface, roll out to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with floured 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters and place on greased baking sheets. 3. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen. tasteofhome.com

Yummy Cracker Snacks

INGREDIENTS 96 Ritz crackers 1 cup creamy peanut butter 1 cup marshmallow creme 2 pounds milk chocolate candy coating, melted Holiday sprinkles, optional PREPARATION 1. Spread half of the crackers with peanut butter. Spread remaining crackers with marshmallow creme; place creme side down over peanut butter crackers, forming a sandwich. 2. Dip sandwiches in melted candy coating, allowing excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper-lined pans; refrigerate for 15 minutes or until set. If desired, drizzle with additional candy coating and decorate with sprinkles. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 4 dozen. tasteofhome.com

Peppermint Stick Cookies

INGREDIENTS 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoons mint extract 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 12 drops red food coloring 12 drops green food coloring 1-1/2 cups white baking chips Crushed mint candies PREPARATION 1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. 2. Set aside half the dough. Divide remaining dough in half; add green food coloring to one portion and red food coloring to the other. Wrap dough separately in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1-2 hours or until easy to handle. 3. Preheat oven to 350°. Divide green and red dough into 24 portions each. Divide plain dough into 48 portions. Roll each into a 4-in. rope. Place each green rope next to a white rope; press together gently and twist. Repeat with red ropes and remaining white ropes. Place 2 in. apart on ungre

Chocolate Snowballs

INGREDIENTS 3/4 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 large egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts 1 cup (6 ounces) chocolate chips Confectioners' sugar PREPARATION 1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips. 2. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 15-20 minutes or until set and bottoms are lightly browned. Cool on pans 2 minutes. 3. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool completely on wire racks. If desired, reroll cookies in confectioners' sugar. Yield: about 4 dozen. tasteofhome.com

Nice 'n' Soft Sugar Cookies

INGREDIENTS 1 cup butter, softenedb 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar 1 large egg 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2-1/2 cups self-rising flour ICING: 2-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar 1/4 cup water 4 teaspoons meringue powder 1/4 cup light corn syrup Food coloring of choice Colored sugar and sprinkles, optional PREPARATION 1. Cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Divide dough in half. Wrap each in plastic; refrigerate 2 hours or until firm enough to roll. 2. Preheat oven to 375°. On a floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 3/16-in. thickness. Cut with floured 3-in. cookie cutters. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until set, 5-7 minutes. Cool on pans 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. 3. Beat confectioners' sugar, water and meringue powder on low speed until blended; beat on high until soft peaks form, about 4 minutes

White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

INGREDIENTS 1/3 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/3 cup sugar 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 cup dried cranberries 1/2 cup white baking chips PREPARATION 1. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to butter mixture and mix well. Stir in cranberries and chips. 2. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen.  tasteofhome.com

Snickerdoodles

INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided 1 large egg 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon PREPARATION 1. Preheat oven to 375°. Cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; gradually beat into creamed mixture. 2. In a small bowl, mix cinnamon and remaining sugar. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in cinnamon-sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. 3. Bake until light brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen tasteofhome.com

Mini Cinnamon Roll Cookies

INGREDIENTS 1 cup butter, softened 1-3/4 cups sugar, divided 3 large egg yolks 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon honey, divided 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 8 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped PREPARATION 1. In a large bowl, cream butter and 1-1/4 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, 1 tablespoon honey and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and cream of tartar; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. 2. Shape a heaping tablespoonful of dough into a 6-in. log. In a shallow bowl, combine cinnamon and remaining sugar; roll log in cinnamon-sugar. Loosely coil log into a spiral shape; place on a greased baking sheet. Repeat, placing cookies 1 in. apart. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon-sugar. 3. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. In a small

Chocolate Thumbprints Cookies

INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup butter, softened 2/3 cup sugar 1 egg, separated 2 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup baking cocoa 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup finely chopped walnuts FILLING: 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar 1 tablespoon butter, softened 2 teaspoons milk 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 26 milk chocolate kisses PREPARATION 1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until or until easy to handle. 2. In a small bowl, whisk egg white until foamy. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; dip in egg white, then roll in nuts. Place on greased baking sheets. Using a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in center of each cookie. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until center is set. 3. For filling, combine the confectioners' sugar, bu

Favorite Sugar Cookies

INGREDIENTS 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup confectioners' sugar 1 egg 1-1/2 teaspoons almond extract 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt FROSTING: 6 tablespoons butter, softened 3 cups confectioners' sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 to 4 tablespoons 2% milk Food coloring of your choice, optional Colored sugar, edible glitter, nonpareils or frosting of your choice, optional PREPARATION 1. In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine flour and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Chill 1-2 hours. 2. Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with floured 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters. Place on greased baking sheets. Bake 7-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. 3. For frosting, in a small bowl, combine butter, sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve a s

Traditional panforte

INGREDIENTS 100g shelled almonds 1/2 cup plain flour 1/4 cup cocoa 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1/2 cup honey 4 tablespoons sugar 250g mixed glace fruit, finely chopped 1 tablespoon finely grated orange rind 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind Juice of 1 lemon Icing sugar to decorate PREPARATION 1. Preheat oven to 150°C, butter and line an 18cm round cake tin. 2. Put almonds and hazelnuts in a greased shallow pan and bake until golden (about 20 minutes). Set aside to cool. Reduce oven to 140°C. 3. Sift flour, cocoa, cinnamon and allspice. Mix well. 4. Place honey and sugar in a saucepan, cook over a low heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and mix into flour mixture. 5. Then add in glace fruit, rind, juice and roasted nuts. Stir until well combined. 6. Place mixture into prepared tin, bake for about 50 minutes or until firm. 7. Remove from oven, turn out onto a cake tray, remove baking pa

Light Christmas fruit cake

INGREDIENTS 500g fruit medley 750g mixed fruit 750g raw mixed nuts 3/4 cup plain flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 3 eggs 3/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or essence PREPARATION 1. Preheat oven to 150°C. Butter a 20cm square tin with butter, line base and sides. 2. In a large bowl, combine fruit and nuts, sift in flour and baking powder and stir until fruit and nuts are well coated. 3. Beat eggs and sugar until light and creamy, pour over dry ingredients, add vanilla and mix well. 4. Spoon mixture into cake tin, smooth top and bake for 2-2 1/2 hours. Cool in tin, remove and wrap in plastic wrap, then foil. 5. Store in an airtight container in the fridge. NOTES Use a serrated bread knife to cut this cake. Try for thin slices (0.5cm) as it is quite rich. You can now buy thin bars of this cake in foodie sections of department stores - but can make the whole cake for the same price! This cake has fewer ingredients to Traditional Ch

Eye fillet beef with horseradish cream

INGREDIENTS 1kg beef fillet 1 teaspoon olive oil 2-3 tablespoons black peppercorns 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 cup (250mL) sour cream 2 tablespoons horseradish cream PREPARATION 1. Preheat the oven to 220ºC. 2. Crush the peppercorns with a mortar and pestle (I just stood in the kitchen 'freshly grinding' until I had enough). Mix the pepper with sea salt and place on a sheet of plastic wrap. 3. Coat the beef fillet with the oil and roll in pepper and salt mixture until well covered. Heat a large ovenproof non-stick frypan over a high heat and seal beef on all sides; this takes 2-3 minutes. Transfer pan to oven and roast for 15 minutes for rare, 25 for medium. Cover with foil and rest for 10 minutes. 4. Combine the sour cream with horseradish (use more if you prefer a hotter dressing) and warm in the microwave for 30 seconds. 5. Slice the fillet thickly and arrange on a large platter, place a teaspoon of horseradish cream on each slice. NOTES S

Christmas Yule log

INGREDIENTS 1 chocolate-flavoured Swiss roll 100g butter, softened 2 cups soft icing mixture, sifted 1/3 cup cocoa, sifted 2 tbsp milk To make the snowmen 6 Ferrero Rocher Rafaello truffles Currants Red licorice Cachous 1 tbsp icing sugar or icing mixture 3 skewers PREPARATION 1. Using a mixer, beat the butter until pale and fluffy, add the icing mixture and cocoa and mix well. 2. Add the milk and mix on high for a minute or two until the mixture is light and fluffy. 3. Place the Swiss roll on a platter and surround it with baking paper. 4. Spread the chocolate buttercream icing liberally over the Swiss roll using long sweeping strokes to make the bark pattern. 5. To make the three snowmen, thread two truffles onto a skewer and lie down. Repeat twice. 6. Using a dab of icing, place the currants for eyes and cachous for the noses. 7. Place a spoon of buttercream icing into a ziploc bag and snip a tiny piece of the corner of the

Christmas trifle

INGREDIENTS 1pkt strawberry flavoured jelly 1 pkt lime jelly 6 cups milk 6 tbsp custard powder 6 tbsp sugar 600ml cream, whipped 1 punnet strawberries 1 tin (825g) sliced peaches 1 tin (425g) mango slices 1 swiss roll 1/2 cup or sherry or orange juice PREPARATION 1. Prepare jelly as per packet instructions and refrigerate. 2. Prepare custard as per instructions using the custard powder, sugar and milk. Refrigerate. 3. Whip cream and refrigerate. 4. When ready to assemble, drain the peaches and mango. 5. Slice the swiss roll and lay in the bottom of the bowl. Sprinkle over the sherry or orange juice. 6. Lay ingredients in the following order. Green jelly, half of the custard, peaches, red jelly, custard, mango and then cream. 7. Smooth the cream out and decorate the top with the hulled and halved strawberries. NOTES This recipe takes a bit of preparation but it it's worth it in the end. You can make this the day before

Boiled christmas pudding with brandy custard

INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup rum or brandy 500g butter, melted 500g currants 500g sultanas 500g raisins 250g chopped dates 250 g mixed peel 125g flour 1 teaspoon bicarb soda 125g slivered almonds 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 750g light brown sugar 375g fresh breadcrumbs 10 eggs, lightly beaten 1 teaspoon mixed spice 1 teaspoon cinnamon Brandy custard: 1 cup (250mL) milk 1 cup (250mL) cream 1 vanilla bean, split 5 egg yolks 125g caster sugar 60mL brandy PREPARATION 1. Add all fruit to a large bowl and soak overnight in the rum or brandy. 2. Sift in the flour and bicarb; add the almonds, essence, sugar, breadcrumbs, eggs and spices. 3. Mix all together (with hands is best) and divide mixture between three puddings cloths. Tie the ends of each cloth together with kitchen string. 4. In a stockpot large enough to hold all three puddings (or several large saucepans), bring water to the boil, add puddings and boil for 6 hours. 5. Che