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20. Christmas pudding

Wed Dec 4, 2024, 05:40 PM

Dec 4

after the brandy's lit

What is Christmas Pudding?

Traditional Christmas Pudding is more like a heavy cake than what you might think of as a pudding. It is made with raisins and other dried fruit and flavoured with brandy or stout (a very dark beer). Sometimes it contains nuts as well. My husband’s family recipe does not contain nuts – and woe betide anyone who tries to add them. Believe me, I know! People get very passionate about their family recipes for Christmas pud.

At the end of Christmas lunch or dinner, the pudding is garnished with holly and doused in brandy or other alcohol which is then lit. Not only does this create a spectacle, it may also flavour the pudding. That said, I favour vodka for flaming as it seems to light better, flame for longer and leaves the flavour of the pudding unaffected.

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What is favorite Holiday baked good, I like cinnamon bread, baked, sliced and toasted. EDITED [View all] debm55 Dec 4 OP

How do you bake your toast? SleeplessinSoCal Dec 4 #1

I edited the OP to explain how I do it. thank you debm55 Dec 4 #3

Have you tried the cinnamon roll hack with heavy cream? Hotler Dec 4 #4

That sounds divine! 10 Turtle Day Dec 5 #43

My cousin made the best frosted molasses cookies. Basso8vb Dec 4 #2

Poppyseed Kolachi and Baklava! Diamond_Dog Dec 4 #5

I tried the poppyseed, but I liked the apricot more. debm55 Dec 4 #36

A Kolachi story for you. Hotler Dec 5 #44

Wow!! Crazy!! Did your mom do the math to cut it down to a reasonable size? Diamond_Dog Dec 5 #45

I don't remember. The recipe is still in her old cookbook. nt Hotler Dec 5 #46

Sliced bread in the toaster, then topped with butter, honey and cinnamon. nt Hotler Dec 4 #6

Thank you Hotler. That sounds very good. debm55 Dec 4 #37

Homemade Panettone. Big Blue Marble Dec 4 #7

Thank you Big Blue Marble. debm55 Dec 4 #11

Santa face sugar cookies and gingerbread boys. Both with hand frosting, in very specific manners: rsdsharp Dec 4 #8

Thank you rsdsharp debm55 Dec 4 #12

My mother's cheese straws, pecan tassies, spritz cookies, and japple Dec 4 #9

Thank you very much japple. Mom's are always the best. debm55 Dec 4 #13

Brownies with chocolate chips inside and wnylib Dec 4 #10

Oh that sounds very good. Thank you wnylib debm55 Dec 4 #14

I had a job once that required me to work sometimes on wnylib Dec 4 #15

Thank you very much for your post. You were very loving to your co-workers. debm55 Dec 4 #16

Nah. I was really being selfish. I wanted something to nibble on. wnylib Dec 4 #18

I had to look up butterball cookies. Irish_Dem Dec 4 #31

My mother's cousin used to make them in two different batches. wnylib Dec 5 #41

Yes I have had both kinds. Irish_Dem Dec 5 #42

I like stollen JoseBalow Dec 4 #17

Same here, JoseBalow, Same here debm55 Dec 4 #19

Christmas pudding justaprogressive Dec 4 #20

Thank you justaprogressive. That sounds wounderful. debm55 Dec 4 #21

I'm detecting a theme in your posts Mike 03 Dec 4 #22

thank you Mike 03, I love pumpkin cheesecake. I live in SW PA. it is sold in stores and restaurants And yes I like my debm55 Dec 4 #23

By the way, I so enjoy your posts Mike 03 Dec 4 #24

Thank you very much Mike 03, I was a teacher for 43 years so I get it from there. Thank you for your very kind words. debm55 Dec 4 #27

Mincemeat muffins nuxvomica Dec 4 #25

Thank you very much nuxvomica. They sound very good. debm55 Dec 4 #29

My wife makes tourtierre (meat pie) for Christmas Eve displacedvermoter Dec 4 #26

Thank you very much displaceadvermoter. that sounds wonderful. debm55 Dec 4 #30

Whiskey fruitcake. Sneederbunk Dec 4 #28

Home baked from scratch Rolled chocolate cake with coconut whipped cream filling dusted with powdered sugar 😋 Clouds Passing Dec 4 #32

I think you will be okay if you don't over do it and it's only once a year. But do be careful Clouds Passing. The rolled debm55 Dec 4 #34

My Grandma used to make a Yule Log happybird Dec 5 #55

What a fun story. I would love to have tried your Grandma's Yule Log. Clouds Passing Dec 6 #58

I like fruitcake. LoisB Dec 4 #33

Thank you LoisB, Are you the poster that makes all the fruitcakes? debm55 Dec 4 #35

Not me. I couldn't make a fruit cake if my life depended on it. LoisB Dec 4 #38

stolen i supose. pansypoo53219 Dec 4 #39

Thank you pansypoo53219 debm55 Dec 4 #40

Pumpkin pie. Although I don't save it for the holidays. n/t malthaussen Dec 5 #47

Thank you malthaussen. Pumpkin pie is my favorite fall/winter dessert. debm55 Dec 5 #48

Homemade Estonian kringel bread Wicked Blue Dec 5 #49

Fancy! 👍 electric_blue68 Dec 5 #56

Baked ham. Different Drummer Dec 5 #50

Italian Sesame Cookies La Coliniere Dec 5 #51

I like Goatguy Dec 5 #52

Thsnk you Goatguy. It does sound like your house has a delicious smell. enjoy. debm55 Dec 6 #64

Thsnk you Goatguy. It does sound like your house has a delicious smell. enjoy. debm55 Dec 6 #65

Butter cookies with jam centers Eugene Dec 5 #53

Thank you Eugene. I have eaten then very, very good. debm55 Dec 6 #61

Mom makes cookies happybird Dec 5 #54

Oh those sound so good. Thank you happybird. debm55 Dec 6 #60

🤔 In our family we really didn't have anything I remember...but at one of my cousin's she started baking Chocolate... electric_blue68 Dec 5 #57

That sounds great, electric_blue68. Love all the dips you make. Yum debm55 Dec 6 #59

orange Kali999 Dec 6 #62

Thank you very much Kali999. wonderful. debm55 Dec 6 #63