Top 5 Delicious Christmas Recipes for Faster Preparation

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Christmas is knocking at the door. This auspicious day gives us the moment that we remember for the rest of the day. Everybody engages themselves in gifting sisters, brothers, family members as well as friends around. Why not make this day enjoyable with a delicious Christmas belly feast! Without mouth-watering baking or dessert recipes, Christmas is discontented!

So, we are going forward to exposing 5 of the most desired categorical recipes for Christmas that everyone loves to have. First, check out the recipes we are going to introduce.

1) Christmas Baking Recipe

2) Christmas Dessert Recipe

3) Christmas Dinner Recipe

4) Christmas Easy Recipe

5) Christmas Nigella Recipe

Christmas Baking Recipe

Christmas recipe baking is extremely popular as bakery foods are the primary purpose of serving food during Christmas. The baking recipe contains several types of recipe items but ‘Elf and Santa Cupcakes’ takes a special place for Christmas. Let’s take a look at the ingredients and preparation procedure.

Christmas Cupcake

Ingredients

For Cupcakes Preparation

Softened Butter à 175g

Golden Caster Sugar à 175g

Scraped-off and Half Juiced Orange à 1 piece

Eggs à 3-4 pieces

Self-Raising Flour à 200g

Cinnamon à a little amount

Vanilla Extract à 1 Tablespoon

For Ice Preparation

Butter Unsalted Softened à 100g

Vanilla Extract à 2 Tablespoon

Sifted Icing Sugar à 250g

For Legs Preparation

Icing Sugar Fondant

Candy Canes

Strawberry Sweets Pencil

Fondant Icing Black, Green & White

Small Balls Golden & Silver

Preparation

For Cupcakes

1.     Heat the oven to 180C or 190C and align bun tins and paper cake cases

2.     Put all the ingredients for Cupcakes in a bowl and pour 1 tbsp orange juice

3.     Mix and beat all the ingredients until you get the smooth result

4.     Spoon the mixture into the cases and make those three-quarters full

5.     Bake those for 16 to 17 minutes or until you get the golden color

6.     Keep it cool for 5 minutes and place those on a wire rack

For Icing

1.     Take vanilla, butter, and icing sugar, making it creamy, add 1-2 tbsp water if too thick

2.     Start icing with a palette knife and squeeze deep to place Santa and elf legs

For legs

1.     Follow the instructions to make fondant icing

2.     Form candy canes and pencil sweets into 3-4cm

3.     Take green fondant to form elf boots on the strawberry pencil

4.     Take black fondant to form Santa boots on the strawberry pencil

5.     Add white fondant around the Santa boots

6.     Use fondant icing to put gold or silver balls on each toe of elf boots

7.     Let the boots dry and push the legs prior to serving

Christmas Dessert Recipe

Without dessert recipes, Christmas is unimaginable. With exquisite decoration and nutritious ingredients, you can prepare a dessert recipe for Christmas. There are plenty of dessert recipes you can try out but the ‘Gingerbread Tree’ recipe has been made it all the way up with its unique decoration and design. Check the ingredients and preparation below

Christmas Gingerbread Tree

Ingredients

All-Purpose Flour à 3 c

Ground Ginger à 2 tsp

Baking Soda à 1 tsp

Ground Cinnamon à 1 tsp

Ground Allspice à 1/2 tsp

Ground Nutmeg à 1/2 tsp

Salt à 1/2 tsp

Ground Cloves à 1/4 tsp

Ground Black Pepper à 1/4 tsp

Butter (1 1/2 sticks), Softened à 3/4 c

Granulated Sugar à 1 1/2 c

Vanilla Extracts à 1 tsp

Large Eggs à 2 pieces

Molasses à 1 c

Preparation

Prepare Oven

1.     Heat your oven to 350 degrees F at first, later, grease and flour a pan

Take Medium Bowl

2.    Mix all the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, salt, cloves, and pepper and keep it aside

Take a Large Bowl

3.    Start mixing and beating at high speed and take butter, granulated sugar, and vanilla for at least 3 minutes until it looks creamy

4.     Set the mixture to medium speed and add eggs while beating well

Take Measuring Cup or Medium Bowl

1.     Mix molasses in a 4-cup measuring cup or medium bowl with hot water

2.     While mixture speed on low, add molasses mixture and flour mixture to butter mixture

Baking & Wrapping Procedure

1.     Pour batter into ready pan and take a close look at releasing bubbles while tapping pan

2.     Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, while you can test with toothpicks if it’s properly cooked

3.     After baking, cool the cake for 15 minutes, look for the edges and remove those with the side of the pan; cool the pan properly

4.     To make ahead, wrap the whole thing with a double layer of plastic and foil

5.     Freeze it up to 1 month and thaw it in refrigerator

Serving

1.   For serving and decoration purposes, pile the cake with whipped cream and dust over the cake with confectioner’s sugar

Christmas Easy Recipe

You may want to prepare an instant recipes whether for kids or guests for instant serving. So, here are two of the recipes that make kids or guests feast instantly on the candy haven and margaritas.

Crunchy Buttery Almond

Buttery Almond Recipe

Ingredients

Butter Softened and Divided à 1 tablespoon plus 1/2 cup

Sugar à 1/2 cup

Light Corn Syrup à 1 tablespoon

Sliced Almonds à1 cup

Preparation

Prepare Pan

1.     Take an 8-inch square pan and put foil on the pan

2.     Smear butter on the foil with ½ tablespoon and keep it aside

Cooking Preparation

1.     Take a saucepan and spread the sides with ½ tbsp butter

2.     Put ½ cup of corn syrup, butter, and sugar in the pan

3.     Keep mixing the ingredients over medium heat

4.     Keep mixing and cook for 3 minutes, later stir in almonds

5.     At the end, instantly pour it into the prepared pan with foil

Serving

1.     Keep it in the freezer and remove the foil

2.     Break the prepared candy into pieces

Christmas Margaritas

Christmas Margaritas

Ingredients

Unsweetened coconut milk à 1 can

Silver Tequila à 12 oz

Triple Sec à 8 oz

Lime Juice à 1/2 c

Ice à 2 c

Lime, Liced into Rounds for Garnish à 1 pc

Lime Wedge à Rimming Glass

Sanding Sugar à Rimming Glass

Cranberries à Garnish

Preparation

1.     Take a blender and put coconut milk, tequila, triple sec, lime juice, and ice

2.     Blend all the ingredients until smooth

3.     Brim glasses with a lime wedge

4.     Dip it into sanding sugar

5.     Decorate with lime and cranberries

6.     Serve and have a drink fest!

Christmas Recipes Nigella

Want to serve your guests a refreshing vermouth cocktail? Here is the Christmas Nigella Pomegranate Refreshing Cocktail. With a little touch of sparkle to your party, this mind-refreshing cocktail will bring your guests to enjoy every moment.

Christmas Pomegranate Cocktail

Ingredients

Pink Vermouth à 60ml

Pomegranate Juice à 30ml

Ginger Ale à 30ml

Ice for Serving

Preparation

1.     Mix the pomegranate and pink vermouth

2.     Pour it into martini glasses and add an ice cube

3.     Take ginger ale and top it up for serving

Christmas Dinner Recipe

Christmas is incomplete without non-veg food. Whether you like to have cakes, pastries, or buns at Christmas, you decidedly crave meatloaf recipes, beef or chicken meat. Chicken items are quite mainstream these days but beef is one step ahead in terms of taste and delicacy.

So, here is the ‘Onion Soup Beef Rib Roast’ for Christmas dinner recipe.

Onion Soup Beef Rib Roast

Ingredients

Standing Rib Roast à 8-lb

Onion Soup Mix à 1 oz.

Preparation

Prepare Oven

1.     Heat your oven to 450° at first and in the meantime, let beef ribs come to normal temperature

2.     Take beef ribs and season with onion soup mix

3.     Season with keen eyes while covering all the exposed sides

4.     Put the beef ribs in a roasting pan and make sure to put the fatty side up

Cooking

1.     In the oven, roast the beef ribs for 15 minutes to scorch the outside portion

2.     Reduce the temperature to 350° and keep roasting until the meat gets to medium rare

3.     Take the internal meat temperature readings that reach 120° about 2 hours

4.     Decorate meat with foil and let it rest for 12 minutes

In conclude these Christmas recipes are the standard recipes recommended by professionals. They provide these recipes to prepare within the shortest possible time. So, have a special time with your family and friends this Christmas and have a healthy feast.

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