Christmas Leftover Recipe From The Best Christmas Blog Day 4

I know you guys have candy canes left. Well here on day four of the Christmas leftover recipes week at The Best Christmas Blog, I have something you can do with them and I’m sure you will love it.

Here’s how you can make Chocolate Candy Cane Kisses out of those leftover candy canes.

Just take 4 3-oz. chocolate bars, 2 semisweet, 1 milk and 1 white chocolate
1/2 c Crushed candy canes

Melt the 3 kinds of chocolate in 3 separate bowls. Stir half of the crushed candy into the semisweet chocolate. Reserve a bit for sprinkling; stir the remainder into the milk and white chocolates. Drop teaspoons of the semisweet onto a parchment-lined tray. Top with 1 dollop each of the milk and white chocolates. Sprinkle with crushed candy. Let harden.

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Christmas Leftover Recipe From The Best Christmas Blog Day 3

As the title says this is day three of the Christmas Leftovers week. Today here at The Best Christmas Blog, I want to bring you a dessert recipe. Cranberry sauce is like a Christmas tradition so I’m sure many of you had cranberry sauce at your Christmas dinners and may have some leftover.

Well here’s a recipe that will allow you to use up that leftover cranberry sauce. It is for Cranberry Brownie Pie. Hope you like it.

Ingredients:

* 4 (1 oz.) squares unsweetened chocolate
* 2/3 cup butter (1 stick plus 2 Tbsp.)
* 2 cups sugar
* 4 eggs
* 1-1/4 cups flour
* 1 tsp. baking powder
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 3/4 cup heavy cream, whipped
* 3 Tbsp. powdered sugar
* 1 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
* 1/2 cup chopped pecans
* 1/3 cup hot fudge sauce

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10" springform pan and an 8x8" square pan and set aside. Melt unsweetened chocolate and butter together in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently until blended and smooth. Remove from heat; beat in the sugar and eggs until smooth. Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix well.

Spread half of the batter in a greased 10" springform pan, and the other in a greased 8x8" square pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, until just set. Don't overbake these! If they are underbaked a bit, that's just fine. The springform pan brownies will probably bake faster than the square pan brownies because they will be thinner, so check frequently. Cool both completely.

Cut the brownies in the 8" square pan into cubes. In large bowl, beat cream with powdered sugar until stiff; fold in cranberry sauce. Spoon half of this mixture over the springform pan brownies. Top with half of the brownie cubes and half of the pecans. Repeat layers. Drizzle with hot fudge sauce. Chill for a few hours in the refrigerator, then cut into wedges. 12 servings

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Christmas Leftover Recipe From The Best Christmas Blog Day 2

For the rest of this week The Best Christmas Blog will be bringing you Christmas leftover recipes. I hope these recipes will get you out of the leftover humdrum.

Yesterday was for those who had leftover ham. Today’s recipe is for those that have leftover turkey. This is a Turkey Mornay recipe. Enjoy

Ingredients:

* 1 (16-ounce) jar four cheese Alfredo sauce
* 1 cup shredded Gruyere or Swiss cheese
* 2-3 cups sliced cooked turkey or chicken
* 5 English muffins, split with fork and toasted
* 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
* 1 Tbsp. torn fresh basil leaves or 1/2 tsp. dried basil leaves
* 1/2 cup chopped grape tomatoes

Preparation:
Place Alfredo sauce in medium saucepan. Stir in Gruyere or Swiss cheese. Cook over low heat until cheese melts, stirring frequently. Then add the turkey or chicken slices and spoon sauce over them; heat gently until sauce begins to bubble, stirring frequently.

Preheat broiler. Place the English muffins on a broiler pan and spoon the turkey slices and cheese sauce over each. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Broil 4-6" from heat source until the sauce bubbles and brown spots appear.

In small bowl combine chopped tomatoes and basil. Spoon this mixture over the hot sandwiches and serve immediately. Serves 6-8

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A Christmas Leftover Recipe From The Best Christmas Blog

Well Christmas is finally over and here at The Best Christmas Blog there is hope that you enjoyed having your friends and family over. You fixed a lot of food and not all of it was eaten so it looks like there will be some leftovers for a while. You could just heat them up and serve them to the family as is or you could do something different with those leftovers.

If you have leftover ham here’s a recipe that will delight your family. It’s a Ham Filo Roll.

Ingredients:

* 2 Tbsp. olive oil
* 1 onion, chopped
* 2 cloves garlic, minced
* 1 cup basmati rice, uncooked
* 2 cups chicken broth
* 1 cup cubed cooked ham
* 1/2 cup bottled Alfredo sauce
* 1 cup frozen baby peas, thawed OR chopped leftover asparagus
* 1/3 cup butter, melted
* 16 (9" x 14") sheets frozen filo dough, thawed
* 1-1/2 cups shredded Havarti cheese, divided

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Cook onion and garlic in the olive oil until tender. Add rice and stir to coat. Add the chicken broth, cover pan and simmer for 15-20 minutes until rice is tender. Stir in ham, Alfredo sauce, 1/2 cup of the cheese, and asparagus or peas. Set aside.

Place one filo sheet on a cookie sheet and brush with butter. Layer seven more filo over the first sheet, brushing each with butter. Spread half of the rice and ham mixture over one-third of the stacked filo on the 14" side, leaving a 1 inch border on three sides. Cover with the half of the remaining cheese.

Begin to roll up the filo, starting with the long end. You'll only be able to roll the dough over one and a half times; that's okay. Using two spatulas, place on a RIMMED cookie sheet (the butter will melt and make a mess in your oven if you don't used a rimmed sheet). Brush with butter and cut a few slits in the filo roll. Repeat with remaining filo, butter, and filling to make two rolls.

At this point you can cover the rolls tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 8 hours. Add another 8-13 minutes to the baking time if the rolls are baked directly from the refrigerator.

Bake for 25 to 35 minutes until the rolls are browned and crisp. Let it stand for 10 minutes before cutting each roll into thirds for serving. The filling is hot! Serves 4-6

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A Holiday Greeting From The Best Christmas Blog

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

The Best Christmas Blog Brings You Free Christmas Music

Just in time for Christmas The Best Christmas Blog presents free Christmas music. Okay the Christmas music isn’t here, but I will tell you where you can get the music. At All Things Christmas you’ll find popular Christmas songs along with their lyrics.

The songs are in midi format and play they are clicked on, but if you right click them and choose “Save Target As” in Internet Explorer or “Save Link As” if you’re using FireFox you can download the songs to your computer. You can play the songs in Windows Media Player. You can copy the lyrics in notepad, print them out and sing along with the music, it’s fun for the whole family.

Head over to All Things Christmas and have some Christmas caroling fun.

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The Best Christmas Blog Last Christmas Kids Activity Of 2009

In a couple of days Christmas will be here and The Best Christmas Blog have its last Christmas activities ideas for your kids, this time it’s Christmas crafts. At Amazing Moms there are crafts that will fill your home with the holiday spirit.

There are crafts like making a clay pot Reindeer candy holder and jingle bell snowflake ornament. There are a bunch of crafts that you and your kids can do leading up to and on Christmas day. So head on over to Amazing Moms and find the fun.

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The Best Christmas Blog Last Funny Christmas Video Of 2009

This will be the last funny Christmas video for The Best Christmas Blog this year. In this video you’ll see a side of Santa you have never seen before. Enjoy



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The Best Christmas Blog Christmas Gift Ideas

With Christmas just a few days away this will be the last Christmas gift idea from The Best Christmas Blog this year so I'm going to give a few of them for those last minute shoppers. As you may know Amazon has about the best prices you will find on the Internet. So I am going to show you some of the most popular items people are looking for as gift items.

The Kindle reading device is becoming the popular reading device for people that like to read on the go. If you know someone who loves reading Kindle Wireless Reading Device sure would make a great Christmas gift.

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Yet Another Unusual Christmas Recipe At The Best Christmas Blog

This week's unusual Christmas recipe here at The Best Christmas Blog is for Christmas breakfast strata. This is an easy egg and sausage strata that you make the night before you can pop it in the oven then open presents and you can have after all the gifts are unwrapped. Enjoy this Christmas breakfast recipe.

Ingredients

* 1 lb. (500 g) sausage meat, any kind
* 1 onion, chopped
* 1 loaf egg or other hearty bread, sliced (day old is fine)
* 4 cups (1 L) shredded cheese, any kind (a mixture is fine)
* 5 eggs, beaten
* 3 cups (750 mL) milk
* 1 tbsp. (15 mL) Dijon mustard
* 1 tsp. (5 mL) salt
* 1/2 tsp. (1 mL) ground cayenne pepper
* 2 medium tomatoes, sliced
* 1/3 cup (75 mL) grated Parmesan cheese

Cooking Instructions

1. Grease a 9x13-inch (23x 33-cm) baking dish.
2. Remove the sausage meat from the casing into a skillet. Add onions and cook over medium heat, stirring, until the sausage is lightly browned and the onions are softened. Set aside.
3. Place a layer of bread slices into the prepared baking dish, cutting them so that they cover the bottom completely. Sprinkle with half of the cooked sausage mixture, then one-third of the shredded cheese. Now add a second layer of bread slices, the remaining sausage mixture, and another one-third of the shredded cheese. Finally, add a third layer of bread and all the remaining shredded cheese.
4. In a bowl, beat together eggs, milk, mustard, salt and cayenne. Pour over the layers in the baking dish and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight.
5. When you're ready to cook, remove the plastic, arrange the tomato slices on top and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 50 to 60 minutes, until puffed in the middle and a knife poked into it comes out clean.

Serves 4 to 6

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Christmas Freebies Day At The Best Christmas Blog

It's another Christmas freebies day at The Best Christmas Blog and today our freebie is a free Elf pattern for recycling a light bulb into a Christmas Elf. First of all here is where you can get your free pattern, Click Here.

Now here are the instructions on how to create you Christmas Elf.

Supply List:

~ One burned out light bulb
~ acrylic craft paint in white, medium green, dark green, brown, red, white, flesh tone and gold
~ paint brushes
~ 2 green chenille stems or small amount of green felt to make a hat
~ rubbing alcohol
~ brass bell for hat trim
~ hot glue or craft glue
~ free printable elf pattern

Instructions:

1. Clean the light bulb thoroughly with rubbing alcohol to help the paint adhere to the glass.

2. Paint the bulb in a base coat of white, let dry, and repeat.

3. Using our free printable elf pattern as a guide, use a pencil to sketch the elf freehand onto the bulb. Use the photo to help position the top and the bottom of the pattern, and to help with the following painting instructions:

4. Paint the face, arms, and legs in flesh tone.

5. Paint the tunic sleeves, a line just below the elf's chin, and his outside pant legs in medium green.

6. Paint the tunic body in dark green as shown. Paint the lightbulb screw top in dark green as well.

7. Add a circlet of white at each ankle and outline the shoes in white. Also outline the bow tie in white.

8. Paint inside of bow tie and shoes in red, and when dry add white lace lines to the shoes and polka dots to the tie.

9. Use the dark green to add creases to the pant legs in circular sweeps to suggest folds in the material and to highlight the jagged edges and folds of the tunic sleeves.

10. In narrow lines, using a fine brush and brown paint, add the hand details with fingers, and paint in the face. Add a small amount of red to accent the mouth. Fill in the eye shapes with white, and add round brown irises. Accent each iris with a dot of white to add sparkle to the eyes. Paint in brown hair.

11. Using gold metallic paint, dot in two gold buttons on the tunic, and paint the remainder of the bulb in gold.

12. Wind the chenille stems around the screw top, leaving enough length on the end to form the top of the elf's hat, which hangs to one side. Use hot glue or craft glue to secure. You could also make a simple felt hat to use instead of the chenille stems. Whatever your choice, glue a circle of thread to the back of the hat to hang your Christmas elf lightbulb ornament from the tree. Finish by gluing a brass bell to the hat.

I hope you enjoy this. Have Fun!

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Christmas Activities For Adults From The Best Christmas Blog

Usually Wednesdays here at The Best Christmas Blog is dedicated to pointing you to Christmas activities for kids. However today I want to do something different and point you to some Christmas activities for adults.

Today let me direct your attention to LoveToKnow where you will find adult game ideas both naughty and nice. Here are a couple of examples of the type of games you will find at LoveToKnow.

Pair o’ Carolers

1. Count off an even number of people. Large groups work well for this game.
2. Write down the name of a popular Christmas carol on two slips of paper.
3. Put all the slips into a bag, and ask everyone to draw for one.
4. When the individuals draw their slip, they can’t show it to anyone. But they do have to start humming the song written on the paper.
5. People then walk up to other people in search of the other person humming their tune.
6. Once a matched pair find one another, they need to start singing the Christmas song loudly in front of everyone else, and they are the winners!
7. Designate as many winners as you like, and present them with a small token of goodies.

Punch Flip

1. Can be done with alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinks, but some group members may enjoy a spiked punch flip more.
2. Divide the group into two teams on either side of a long table.
3. Set out a row of plastic cups in front of the players.
4. Line the players up in front of the cups.
5. At “go”, the players drain the cups as fast as they can, and set them mouthpiece down on the table.
6. Players then try to flip the cups right-side up. The first team to flip all their cups upright wins.

Go check out LoveToKnow for some adult Christmas fun. For some more intimate fun you might want to check out the The Naughty, Naughty Christmas Kit

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Another Funny Christmas Video On The Best Christmas Blog

Tuesdays are now always funny Christmas videos here on The Best Christmas Blog and I must admit I love these videos. This video is about the night Santa went nuts. I hope you enjoy it.



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The Motorola Droid A Christmas Gift Idea From The Best Christmas Blog

As Christmas draws ever closer the Christmas shopping gets even more intense. Well, one of the most anticipated new devices is now out on the market and The Best Christmas Blog is here to tell you where you can get it at a really low price. The device I'm talking about of course is the new Motorola DROID. The Droid is Motorola's answer to Apple's iPhone.

The Droid uses Google's Android operating system and comes with features like the Google-powered voice-activated search, a 550MHz processor, and a 3.7-inch screen with 480x854-pixel resolution. Another big plus for the Droid is that it is exclusively available on the Verizon Wireless network, which is the largest wireless operator in the U.S. This is why here at The Best Christmas Blog I think the Motorola DROID will make a great Christmas gift.

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A Christmas Dessert Recipe From The Best Christmas Blog

Like I said before here at The Best Christmas Blog I like to bring you Christmas recipes that are a little unusual. In that vain here is a holiday twist on a traditional Italian pastry, the Cannoli. This is a Chocolate Cannoli that is stuffed with whipped cream, bittersweet chocolate and toasted pistachios. I think you will like this one a lot. Enjoy

Ingredients

* 1 cup unsalted pistachios
* 1 cup heavy cream
* 2 tablespoons sugar
* 2 tablespoons golden raisins
* 1 cup chopped bittersweet chocolate
* 1 cup ricotta
* 14 cannoli shells

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Toast the unsalted pistachios in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until crisp. Pull from oven, cool and finely chop. Place chopped pistachios in a bowl.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, whip the heavy cream with 1 tablespoon of sugar until it holds a soft peak. In a large bowl fold together the whipped cream, raisins, 1/3 of the chopped chocolate, 1/3 of the chopped pistachios and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Gently fold the whipped cream mixture into the ricotta. When ready to serve, spoon the filling into a pastry bag fitted with a fat round tip. Fill the cannoli shells from each end.

Blend the remaining chopped chocolate and pistachios on a plate.

To garnish: Dip each end of the cannoli into the chocolate pistachio mixture.

Cannoli can be filled and stored in the refrigerator no more than 1 hour ahead of time.

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Another Freebie From The Best Christmas Blog

Here is another freebie from The Best Christmas Blog. This time it’s something that really fits well with the spirit of Christmas. It’s the Holy Bible. Every year the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints give away Holy Bibles. I don’t know how many people know about this so for those that don’t know about it I wanted to present it here.

Just click this link to get your free Bible and I hope you enjoy this freebie.

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More Christmas Activities For Kids From The Best Christmas Blog

Remember when you were a kid how much you loved to color. Well. Kids today still love to color. They still like to make those purple and green people and the orange trees. It just seems to be so much fun for them.

Here at The Best Christmas Blog I think that coloring would make a good Christmas activity for kids so I have found a site that has some fun printable Christmas coloring pages. That site is Kaboose . It doesn’t just have your traditional coloring subjects like Santa and Christmas stockings. There are also things like a stained glass angel and the manger.

Coloring pages aren’t the only kid activities you’ll find Kaboose, there’s also easy crafts for your kids do as well as other activities. So if you need to keep your kids busy this Christmas remember to head over to Kaboose .

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The Best Christmas Blog Funny Video Tuesday

It’s Tuesday and that means it time for another funny Christmas video here on “The best Christmas Blog”. This time it’s a parody of the holiday song “Oh Christmas Tree”. However little Chris has another message he’s trying to get across. I hope you like it.



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The Best Christmas Blog Christmas Gift Idea

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again the hottest things around this year is the Netbooks and here at The Best Christmas Blog we think they will make great Christmas gifts. You can take these lightweight little computers anywhere with ease and they don’t need a lot of room.

They also have WiFi built-in so you can connect to the Internet at lots of hotspots. I just got me one and I love being able to take it with me when my band plays out of town gigs. There is no fuss with this thing. I just toss it in a bag and go. I love it.

Right now Amazon is having great deals on Netbooks loaded with Windows 7 and they have all the popular name brands.

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An Unusual Christmas Recipe From The Best Christmas Blog

Here on “The Best Christmas Blog I like to give you Christmas recipes that are somewhat untraditional and this is no exception. Here is a recipe for Jalapeño-Honey-Glazed Ham.

Ingredients
· 1 8- to 10-lb. boneless, smoked ham, cooked
· 1/2 cup honey
· 1/2 cup brown sugar
· 1/4 cup bourbon
· 1 to 2 tbsp. minced fresh jalapeño pepper, or to taste
· 2 tsp. dry mustard
· 1 tsp. ground cloves
· 8 to 15 whole cloves
Instructions
Heat the ham according to the package directions. Remove the ham from the oven 30 minutes before it is done. Score the outside of the ham with a sharp knife in a diamond pattern 1/4-inch deep and about 1 inch apart. Combine the honey, brown sugar, bourbon, jalapeño pepper, dry mustard and ground cloves. Mix well and brush over the outside of the ham. Stick a whole clove in the center of each diamond. Continue baking the ham for 30 minutes, basting frequently. Let the ham stand at room temperature 10 to 15 minutes before slicing. Serves 8.
Hope you enjoy this.
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A Best Christmas Blog Freebie

Everybody loves freebies and if you can get something for free at Christmas time that’s even better. The Best Christmas has found a website where you can get free Holiday wallpapers for your cell phone. Just head over to Cellbits and you will find some nice free holiday wallpapers.

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The Best Christmas Blog’s Christmas Activities For Kids

Christmas time is an especially fun time for the kids. The joy of opening and playing with all their gifts is things every kid can get into for hours. But, there will come a time when they will tire of playing with their toys and will want something else to do while you adults are doing your Christmas activities.

Well, put your mind at ease “The Best Christmas Blog” is here to help. At The Kids Page you will find lots of fun activities that will keep your kids busy for hours. You’ll find online jigsaw puzzles, printable coloring pages, games and a whole more and it’s all for free.

So if you’re looking for something for your kids to do during this holiday season be sure to check out The Kids Page.

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The Best Christmas Blog Presents A Funny Christmas Video

Here on The Best Christmas Blog I always like to bring you funny Christmas videos that I find. This year I have decided that every Tuesday will be funny video day. Here is the first video of this season. It’s titled “Damn It I’m Vixen”. It tells how the other reindeer might really feel about Rudolph.

I hope you enjoy it, it brought a smile to my face.



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Cyber Monday Sale On The Best Christmas Blog

If you didn’t find everything you wanted from the Black Friday Sales here is another chance to get some great deals on those Christmas gifts. The Cyber Monday Sale is the online answer to Black Friday. This is the time when you can find the best deals in all the online stores.

Just like with Black Friday, The Best Christmas Blog is recommending Amazon.com. Just click the link to get their best Cyber Monday Sale deals.

You already know that Amazon has great prices everyday, but today you will get even lower prices on things like the Creative Labs Vado HD 4GB Pocket Video Camcorder and the Apple iPod touch 8 GB.

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The Best Christmas Blog Black Friday

Well it's Black Friday and the retail stores are over flowing. Well The Best Christmas Blog is here to help you avoid the madness out there. You can get around the crowds and even get better deals by shopping online.

One of the best places to shop online is Amazon.com. By going to their Black Friday page you are going to get even better deals then their regular deals.

So if you're looking for the perfect gifts and what to by pass those crowed retail stores or maybe you just don’t feel like going from store to store trying to find what you want, take some advice from The Best Christmas Blog and check out the Amazon.com Black Friday Sale.

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Thanksgiving Greetings From The Best Christmas Blog

I just want to take this time to wish you a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Enjoy your friends and family and all the things you are thankful for.

So from The Best Christmas Blog

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

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A Thanksgiving Dessert Recipe From The Best Christmas Blog

Yesterday I gave you a Thanksgiving ham recipe. Today on The Best Christmas Blog I want to give you a dessert recipe to go with it. Thanksgiving and cranberries seem to go together. Well, here's a different way to serve cranberries. How about as a pudding.

This is a baked cranberry pudding recipe that I hope you will enjoy.

Ingredients:
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs, separated
half cup whipping cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
half teaspoon ground nutmeg
1and half cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons grated orange peel
1 teaspoon baking powder
half teaspoon cream of tartar, divided
One eighth teaspoon salt
3 cups coarsely chopped fresh cranberries
One fourth cup butter or margarine, melted

Topping :
1 and half cups sugar
half cup orange juice
2 and half cups whole cranberries

Preparation:
In a bowl, combine brown sugar and egg yolks, then add whipping cream, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg; set aside. In a large bowl, combine flour, orange peel, baking powder, quarter teaspoon cream of tartar and salt. Add chopped cranberries; stir to completely coat. Add brown sugar mixture and butter; mix well. Beat egg whites until foamy. Add the remaining cream of tartar. Fold into batter. Pour into a greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes.

Meanwhile, for topping, bring sugar and orange juice to a boil in a saucepan. Cook for 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat; add cranberries and simmer for 6 to 8 minutes or until berries begin to burst. Remove from heat and cover.

When pudding tests done, place spring form pan on a jelly roll pan. Spread warm cranberry sauce over top. Return to the oven for 10 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing sides of springform pan. Cool at least 1 hour or overnight. Before serving, reheat at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes.

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The Best Christmas Blog's Best Thanksgiving Recipe

With Thanksgiving right around the corner I thought I'd bring you a good Thanksgiving recipe here on The Best Christmas Blog. I wanted to break away from the traditional turkey recipe that you see all over the place so I decided to give you ham recipe with a little difference.

This is a baked ham recipe with a fruit marinade. This recipe will serve 10 to 12 people. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
2 cups fresh Pineapple, chopped
1 1/2 cups Baking Apple, chopped
2 Oranges, peeled, sectioned, and chopped
1/4 cup fresh Basil, minced
2 Tbs. Onion, finely chopped
2 Tbs. fresh Lime Juice
1/4 tsp. ground Cumin
1/8 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
4-lb. cooked boneless Ham
Preparation :
Prepare the fruit mixture, combining the pineapple, apple, oranges, basil, onion, lime juice, cumin, and cayenne pepper in a large bowl. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days, and be sure to allow ham to marinate for at least 4 hours prior to baking and serving.

Place ham on a rack in a shallow baking pan. Score the top in a diamond pattern. Insert a meat thermometer. Bake, uncovered, in a 325-F degree oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until thermometer registers 140-F degrees.

To serve, slice ham and pour a hearty line of the fruit mixture over the row of slices. You may serve any leftover fruit mixture as a compote, on the side.

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Well it's time again to open “The Best Christmas Blog”. This year as always there will be Christmas recipes, free Christmas activities for the kids and adults, funny videos and more.

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