What to fill the tins with this Christmas?

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toeblister, Nov 25, 5:35am
Any suggestions please on "What to fills the tins with this Christmas". For the last few years I have given our adult children baking at Xmas time. I always make chocolate chip cookies but this year I have added another tin. now what to put in it? Lol

kay34, Nov 25, 5:52am
A small Xmas Cake - ive heard the 450gm tuna tins recyclevery well for to use as the "cake tins"

figjamto, Nov 25, 6:39am
I am a bit traditional, so only make Xmas Cake, mince pies and shortbread at Christmas. maybe truffles

awoftam, Nov 25, 6:44am

greerg, Nov 25, 6:57am
If you'd like to do traditional but give it a lift shortbread with cranberries and chopped pistachios looks quite festive and keeps well, or biscotti with those additions or other flavours. A lot of younger people don't like fruit cake or mince pies which are real Chistmas baking for me.

toeblister, Nov 25, 7:16am
Thank you so much for your suggestions. Unfortunately greerg was right the kids ( adult children) do not like Christmas cake or pies. but thumbs ups to Shortbread!
Thank you again

sampa, Nov 25, 8:05am
Biscotti, as suggested, would be good. Baklava maybe.

How lovely that you make such personal gifts to give, hope your kids know how lucky they are.

Happy Christmas. :)

spider47, Nov 25, 8:23am
What about spiced nuts, fancy jams or pickles, shortbread shaped as stars.
Whatever goes in will be lovely. That is what Christmas is about, not all the commercial stuff.

toeblister, Nov 25, 8:40am
Again Thank you all for your inspirations. Sampa would you believe in my adult years my Mother gave me baking for Christmas and it was the best gift ever!
Happy Christmas to you all

daarhn, Nov 25, 9:16am
Traditional Croatian Biscuits just like my Baba and Tete's used to make.

Kroštule (My Favourite! )
http://www.bakenoir.com/2012/krostule/ Peach-Shaped Cookies Recipe - Croatian Breskvice http://easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/croatianserbiandesserts/r/breskvice.htm

Croatian almond crescent cookies (kiflici s mindolima)
http://withloveandcupcakes.com/2014/09/17/croatian-almond-crescent-cookies/ Kolači od oraha i pekmeza {walnut & jam cookies} http://heneedsfood.com/2014/02/kolaci-od-oraha-i-pekmeza-walnut-jam-cookies/

Black Pepper Cookies (Paprenjaci)
http://www.kitchennostalgia.com/croatian-recipes/paprenjaci-black-pepper-cookies.html kruške {pears} http://heneedsfood.com/2013/05/kru-ke-pears/
VANILLA CRESCENTS
http://www.mogwaisoup.com/2012/12/vanilla-crescents.html Istrian Fritule http://palachinkablog.com/istrian-fritule/

dreamers, Nov 25, 7:02pm
Thank you for the memories of my Croatian Mum.Fritule and Krostule were our favourites .

dreamers, Nov 25, 7:10pm
These are so easy everyone wants the recipe. There are slightly different recipes for the same biscuit.
http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/ricciarelli-biscuits/

awoftam, Nov 26, 12:27am
Excellent, thank you! Have printed off recipe and will def. make.

Cheers.

valentino, Nov 26, 2:03am
Kingston Biscuits

200 grams butter
3 tablespoons honey
1 cup oats
1 cup flour
¾ cup coconut
¾ cup raw sugar

Filling
¼ cup cream
40 grams butter
200 grams cooking choc

Melt 200g butter with the honey, stir in oats, flour, coconut & raw sugar.
Roll into cherry sized balls & flatten onto a baking tray.
Bake for 10-15 minutes at 180C.
Allow to cool.

FILLING-
Bring cream to the boil, remove from the heat, add butter & chocolate and stir & mix until all is smooth.
Cool & spread onto biscuits, sandwiching 2 together.

These are very nice, imagine can add a decoration and the sweetness is just right especially in this age of "Sugar" use.

rainrain1, Nov 26, 2:53am
I have a beautiful brown eyed grand nephew named Kingston, must pass the recipe on to his Granny

valentino, Nov 26, 3:03am
They are lovely and ideal to add to any special tins or boxes this Christmas.

rainrain1, nothing better than a real nice homebake cookie as these for an example.

A good Shortbread cookie, plus one or two others will make great special gifts especially to those whom appreciate these treats as such.

Dare I add the following but another nice one and will add a pic to get what they can be looked.

Creamy Caramels Recipe


Ingredients
1 teaspoon plus 1 cup butter, divided
1 cup sugar
1 cup dark corn syrup
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract .

Directions
Line an 8-in.-square pan with foil; grease the foil with 1 teaspoon butter and set aside.
In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup and remaining butter; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil slowly for 4 minutes without stirring.
Remove from the heat; stir in milk. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until a candy thermometer reads 115c (soft-ball stage), stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla.
Pour into prepared pan (do not scrape saucepan). Cool. Using foil, lift candy out of pan. Discard foil; cut candy into 1-in. squares. Wrap individually in waxed paper; twist ends.

Photo is as per this link.
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/428145706.jpg

mak47, Nov 26, 3:54am
For the last two years I have given my adult (early 30's) sons a jar with the dry ingredients in layers for gingerbread biscuits (2013, plus the cutters) and chocolate chip biscuits (2014) and the recipe so they could cook their own by adding butter, eggs etc, and they loved them.

sampa, Nov 26, 4:34am
Going to give these a go thanks dreamers. They look and sound delicious.

Thanks and Happy Christmas. :)

sampa, Nov 26, 4:40am
That is such a fantastic gift idea! Lucky them. Hope they appreciate and return the thought involved with a gift just as thoughtful and personal.

Have a lovely and fun Christmas!

dreamers, Nov 26, 6:02am

teddy147, Nov 26, 6:20am
same here but almond shortbread.

awoftam, Nov 26, 6:34am
They have made them, then? Best they tasted just awesome! So great when a tradition is passed on

sarahb5, Nov 28, 11:34am
Won't be filling my tins with much this year for a change because I'm going away on Boxing Day but definitely mince pies and some of nigella' fudge with cranberries and pistachios

sarahb5, Nov 28, 11:35am
I must be young still then - I don't like Christmas cake at all! I usually make white chocolate or caramel mud cake and decorate it

pony_girl, May 28, 1:50am
I recently got an AWW recipe book from the library and one of the things I made was their "best ever Peanut butter cookies" and they were absolutely delicious. The first time I made them with the suggested chocolate coated honeycomb bar in them (I chopped up crunchie bars) but the next time I made them with chunks of good quality chocolate in them instead of the Crunchie bar and I think they were even better the second time. Here's a link to the recipe . http://www.foodtolove.com.au/recipes/peanut-butter-cookies-17630