It’s that time of year when I feel festive and want to bake treats to gift to friends. I tried a few “new” recipes this year as well as some trusted ones I’ve done before to put together these boxes
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There were 6 main items in each box:
- Brownie Doughnut – aka Bronut
- Marshmallow Krispy Tree
- NYC Chocolate Cookie
- Gingerbread Blondie
- Eggnog Truffles
- Peppermint Oreo Bark
The recipes for each were as follows:
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Bronuts were made with a recipe from Jane’s Patisserie
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NYC Cookies were another from Jane’s Patisserie
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The third recipe from Jane’s Patisserie were the Gingerbread Blondies
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Not everything came from Jane’s Patisserie though. The Eggnog truffles were based on the recipe found here.
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The Christmas trees weren’t from an online recipe. I melted a bag of (vegan) marshmallows with 3 tablespoons of baking spread and vanilla essence. I then added in the rice krispy cereal and green food dye.
I shaped the trees using a cake slice mold:
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The last thing I made was the peppermint bark which again was not based on a recipe.
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To make the bark, I used 300g of dark chocolate, 300g of white chocolate, oreo crumbs and peppermint candy canes.
- Melted the dark chocolate & spread out on a lined baking tray after adding a few drops of peppermint essence.
- added the oreo crumbs & allowed to set for 10 minutes in the fridge
- Melted the white chocoalte & spread on top of the base
- Crushed candy canes and sprinked them on top of the chocolate.
- Allowed to set in fridge then broke into pieces.
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