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A dark, rich fruit cake for wine and fruit lovers! This is a recipe I use at Christmas and for Birthdays. I prefer to use Jamaican Red Label Wine and White Rum. But you may use your Favorites….ENJOY!

Good old-fashioned eggnog flavored with vanilla and rum extract. Be sure to make extra! This recipe contains raw eggs. We recommend that pregnant women, young children, the elderly and the infirm do not consume raw eggs.

This is my own adaptation of an Indian recipe. It doesn’t look like much, but it is surprisingly yummy. Serve this for dinner over hot rice or a diced baked potato. Pair with carrots, cauliflower, or a fresh sliced tomato for a full meal.

A quick cake with maraschino cherries and walnuts.

This holiday treat is a simple pastry baked with a buttery almond flavored topping.

This recipe makes 2 loaves - have one now and freeze one for later. It’s very moist and tasty.

Great and green, this light gelatin salad made with pears and reduced fat cream cheese and whipped topping is a staple at any holiday meal in our family.

Versatile cream cheese frosting flavored with sugar-free instant pudding. It will frost one 9×13 or one 2 layer cake. Use any flavor of pudding mix.

A chewy bar cake made with raisins. I remember my Mother making this every week for us six children.

Pasta in a red sauce with bacon and peas.

This is a great tasting, easy cake to make.

It couldn’t be easier to make this treat. Just melt chocolate chips and stir in peanuts and marshmallows.

Quick cake that makes enough for a crowd.

I’ve made this goose several times, and it is fantastic. A perfect holiday meal!

Italian sausage and chunks of steamed sweet potato are added to this black bean soup seasoned with allspice, garlic and Worcestershire sauce.

Cherries and chocolate are an all time favorite combination. This chocolate fudge has candied cherries and almonds throughout, and is topped with more cherries and pecans.

This is my son Ben’s favorite cookie. For a tender tangier cookie use buttermilk in place of the milk.

This is an alternative to the classic recipe that calls for Powdered Sugar. My Husband and I use it to frost Fruit Cocktail Cake. Try it on Applesauce, Spice, Banana or Carrot Cake, too.

This is better than the commercial Irish Cream liqueurs and is very popular with family and friends. Will store for several weeks in fridge, just serve over ice.

Wassail is a hot spiced punch often served for winter celebrations, with historic roots in Northern Europe. This version adds cranberry and pineapple to the traditional cider base for the wassail.

Very impressive cake!

This is an old and simple recipe for a fried pastry also known as ‘bowties’. Substitute brandy for rum if you’d rather the taste of brandy.

A dense cake dotted with ground walnuts. The layers are stacked alternately with jam and a fluffy cream cheese icing and topped off with an elegant design.

Libertine in Dallas, Texas is having a beer dinner on August 26, so you Texans should try it out! Any time you can have doughnut holes paired with Belgian Dark Ale from French Canada, you must take full advantage of that opportunity.

From the restaurant:

Greetings! It’s that time again for the Libertine Bar monthly beer dinner. This month’s menu is amazing and we really went all out on the beer pairings, trying to bring out some good craft brews that may fly under a lot of people’s radar.

Tuesday August 26, 7 PM

The Libertine Bar
2101 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX
214-824-7900

Five courses of original cuisine paired with five craft beers.
$40 per person. Reservations required.

1st Course: Lobster sliders
Paired with El Salvador Pilsner

2nd course: Wedge salad with leek and roasted tomato
Paired with Stone IPA

3rd Course: Mascarpone mushroom ravioli
Paired with Unibroue Blanch de Chambly

4th course: Roasted duck with Spanish risotto and guacamole paint
Paired with Spaten Optimator

5th course: Coffee & Doughnuts- Coffee mousse with homemade
doughnut holes
Paired with Unibroue 17

These cookies are very pretty, and tasty. Look great on gift trays during the holidays, with the green and red. If you don’t like cherries used sweetened dried cranberries.