It might not be in the holiday spirit, but we want to know anyway: What's the best present you received this year?
See this post.
- My novel sucks. #
Apparently my daughter has a hidden talent: "What goes ha ha, thud? Laughing your head off."
Oh yes, I understand she has plans for ski pictures and such soon. But the woman has so much booze in her blog. When Cimmy stumbled across this I couldn't help but think of her. Not like I'm suggesting she's gotten that snockered, oh no. I have no idea. Merry Christmas, Daisy!
Fay McKay's famous "The 12 Daze of Christmas":
Use this as a much desirable alternative to fruitcake! It uses candied fruits, too, but... it is NOT fruitcake, OK?
Two disclaimers:
- This is written for 1.5 and 2 lb. bread machines
- I do not think making the glaze from soynog would be a good idea. Fortunately, it is quite tasty sans glaze.
Ingredients (2 lb. amounts in parentheses)
1/2 C. (3/4 C.) canned or dairy eggnog
1/4 C. (1/2 C.) water
1 egg
2 T (3 T) butter or margarine, cut up
3 C. (4 C.) bread flour (all-purpose works fine)
2 T. (3 T.) sugar
3/4 t. (1 t.) salt
1/4 t. (1/2 t.) ground nutmeg
1 1/4 T. (1 1/2 T.) active dry yeast or bread machine yeast
1/3 C. (1/2 C.) mixed candied fruits and peels
Select loaf size and add ingredients to machine according to the manufacturer's directions for your machine. Bake on basic white bread cycle.
The eggnog glaze is made from 1 cup sifted powdered (confectioner's) sugar and about 1-2 T. of eggnog, whisked together. It should be of a "drizzling" consistency, according to the book. If Purplesque can manage this with soynog, I guess I'll be damned. I'm not sure of the other substitutions; I'm guessing the egg has to be replaced with oil and I'm assuming coconut oil (which is butter/margarine/shortening consistency at room temperature from what I've been told) or vegetable shortening would be the substitution for the butter or margarine. I'm sure I will get a reply stating what worked for a vegan adaptation.