Someone Loves you, more than you know...

A Dad, Chef, Freeper, A FRIEND ^ | Dec. 19, 2003 | Carlo3b, a FReeper lover.

[snippy_about_it]

Come on over SAM, somebody loves you!

[Indie]

Ahhh FOOOD. Cooking is my avocation. Bring on the recipes and the pings!!

[SAMWolf]

Thanks. That's shocking news!

Merry Christmas Carlo

[carlo3b]

Have you been reading my diary?

.. a.. er.. yes.. :)

 
HOMEMADE BAILEY'S IRISH CREME

• 1 cup light cream
• 1 14 oz. can Eagle Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 1 2/3 cups whiskey
• 1 tsp. instant coffee
• 2 tbs. chocolate syrup
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp. coconut extract (optional, but think about it before you leave it out.. LOL)
• 1 tsp. almond extract

Blend on high for 30 seconds. Bottle in tightly sealed container and refrigerate. Shake well before serving.

[potlatch]

Carlo, your posts are always 'special'!!

[hope]

mmmmmm, that's sounds like a sweet tooth satisfier..

[Ragirl]

Thanks for the YUMMY Chocolate Cake receipe! It is very similar to a cake my mother used to make called "The Brown Bomber". I will make this for my Christmas guests...it sounds YUMMY! (but totally off the charts as far as carbs! Heck it's Christmas right?!!!)

[Mo1]

{{{HUGS}}} .. Love you too Carlo

MERRY CHRISTMAS

[onyx]

Carlo3b,you're so sweet and thoughtful.

Thanks for the ping(s), your recipes, and most of all, your friendship.

[Hildy]

Having just seen the movie, LOVE, ACTUALLY today (We'll forgive the gratuitous slap against America in it), I have to say that I'm in the same mood as you. The movie was great, by the way, I recommend it to women AND men.

[carlo3b]

HOLIDAY CINNAMON BREAD WITH LOTS OF GOODIES

This baby is a special treat, made moist with cottage cheese.. don't wince, it's perfect.. :)

• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup small curd, low-fat cottage cheese
• 1/2 orange, grated (use fruit, juice and peel, remove any hard membranes)
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup yellow raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

1) Blend sugar, butter add egg add cottage cheese and orange peel until blended. Combine and add the next 6 ingredients and stir until dry ingredients are just moistened. Do not over mix.
2) Scrape batter into a greased 8 x 4-inch foil loaf pan, and sprinkle top with mixture of cinnamon and sugar. Place pan on a cookie sheet and bake in a 350 degree F oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a cake tester, inserted in center, comes out clean.
3) Allow to cool for 15 minutes, and then remove pan and continue cooling on a rack.
Serve with cream cheese and jam and a few sliced strawberries.

Yields 1 loaf.

[Mo1]

I love my Chocolate, with Chocolate and More Chocolate Cake

Nothing says love like a scoop full of Chocolate ;0)

Oh ok .. there are other things, but chocolate sure does taste good .. Thanks for the recipe Carlo

[MinuteGal]

Carlo, I love the flavor of egg nog. I don't have time right now to bake a cake from scratch.

Does Santa Carlo have any recipes in his goodie bag for egg nog cookies, puddings, bars, whatever? Just something to nibble on for that egg nog high?

Leni

[loftyheights]

The greatest love of all is, I think, expressed in the magnificent Lutheran Christmas hymn by Paul Gerhardt in 1653.
"O Jesus Christ, Thy manger is...My paradise at which my soul reclineth...For there, O Lord, Doth lie the Word...Made flesh for us...herein Thy grace forth shineth.
He whom the sea and wind obey...Doth come to serve the sinner in great meekness...Thou, God's own Son, With us art one,...Dost join us and our children in our weakness.
Thy light and grace our guilt efface...Thy heavenly riches all our loss retrieving...Immanuel, Thy birth doth quell...The power of hell and Satan's bold deceiving.
Thou Christian heart, whoe'er thou art...Be of good cheer adn let no sorrow move thee...For God's own Child, in mercy mild...joins thee to Him; how greatly God must love thee! Amen."
Merry Christmas for God has become man to redeem us in and through the human nature!

[carlo3b]

SANTA BABY, a little dab of love in a cookie, for you..:)

Egg Nog Cookies

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 3/4 cups salted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup AE Egg Nog
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 Tbsp. ground nutmeg


Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
1) Reserve 1/2 tsp. of the nutmeg for garnish. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and the rest of the nutmeg. Mix well with a wire whisk and set aside.
2) In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter with an electric mixer to form a grainy paste. Add AE Egg Nog, vanilla and egg yolks and beat at medium speed until smooth.
3) Add the flour mixture and beat at low speed just until combined. Do not overmix.
4) Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets, 1 inch apart. Sprinkle lightly with reserved nutmeg. Bake for 23–25 minutes or until bottoms turn light brown. Transfer to cool, flat surface immediately with a spatula.

Yield: 3 dozen

[carlo3b]

Nothing says love like a scoop full of Chocolate ;0)

I knew I would draw out the Chocolate lovers with this thing.. How about Chocolate with a kick..LOL.. :)

JACK DANIELS CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM

Liquor and liqueurs are often used to flavor ice creams and sorbets. In the south, sour mash whiskeys provide the Southern flavor that adds the perfect finish to chocolate ice cream.

PREP TIME: 1 Hour MAKES: 4 Quarts
INGREDIENTS:

• 2/3 cup Jack Daniels® Whiskey
• 1 (5 1/3 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolates, chopped
• 1 2/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 quart heavy whipping cream
• 1 quart half and half
• 12 large eggs, room temperature

METHOD:
In a heavy bottom sauce pan, sift together the cocoa powder and sugar. Add heavy whipping cream and half and half and, using a wire whisk, stir until well-blended. Add the semi sweet chocolate and cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly until chocolate is melted. Remove sauce pan from heat and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs until frothy. Add 1/4 of the hot chocolate mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly. Add remaining egg mixture into the hot chocolate whisking until well-blended.
Stir mixture over medium-high heat for 4-5 minutes until chocolate coats the back of the spoon. Do not allow mixture to boil as eggs will scramble. Pour the chocolate into a metal bowl and place it into a larger bowl of ice cold water to help chill the mixture. While chocolate is cooling, place the Jack Daniels® in a small sauce pan over medium-high heat. Heat until liquor ignites.
NOTE: Take care as flame will flare up and extinguish itself quickly. Stir the Jack Daniels® into the chocolate mixture and allow to cool. Once chocolate custard is completely cooled, place into a homestyle ice cream machine and freeze according to manufacturer’s directions.

Thank Jack Daniels, for this bad boy!

[nkycincinnatikid]

Gulp....Sob...nice post

[hope]

Perfect! That looks simple enough even for me, and appetizing too...Thank you, soooo much!

[maestro]

Wow!

Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas Carlo3b!

:-)

[carlo3b]

Quick and Simple LowCarb Egg Nog Pudding

• 1 package sugar free, fat free instant vanilla pudding
• 4 ounces cream cheese, allow to softened
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon rum extract
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger


1) Using a small bowl beat the softened cream cheese until very creamy.
2) Slowly pour in cream & water & beat until well blended.
3) Add the vanilla pudding, spices & extract; beat until the pudding powder is dissolved.
4) Pour into 8 fancy serving dishes,sprinkle with a touch of nutmeg.
Chill well before serving so the flavors of the spices blend in well.