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DO NOT overbake or the cake will be hard to work with. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool
slightly.
Remove the cake from the pan by lifting out the wax paper. With the dark frosting, coat the top of the
cake. Carefully lift one end of the cake and begin rolling it up as if you were rolling up a map. When
you are done, anchor the cake with toothpicks and let it cook 5 more minutes. Let it cool for 30
minutes, then frost it with the dark brown icing. Next take the tubes of icing and make holly and
mistletoe on the top. To finish, use toothpicks to etch lines in the log. You can decorate with artificial
greenery until time to eat.
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Winter Solstice Lemon Shortbread
1 cup butter, softened, not melted.
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup and 2 Tablespoons sugar
2 cups flour (unbleached is best)
1 Tablespoon sugar
Beat together butter and lemon juice in a mixing bowl. Slowly add the sugar and the flour, beating
continuously until smooth. Put into a 10 inch buttered pan. Press down with your fingers. Bake in 350
degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes (edges will be slightly brown.) Cool on a wire rack.
Sprinkle with the Tablespoon of sugar and cut into wedges or squares.
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Yule Wreaths
3 Tablespoons butter
3 cups mini marshmallows
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon green food coloring
4 cups crispy rice cereal
Melt butter and marshmallows over low heat, stirring. Remove from heat and add vanilla and food
coloring. Stir. Fold in rice crispies. On wax paper, with buttered hands, shape into wreaths. Add red hot
candies, raisins, or chocolate chips to decorate. Let cool.
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Snow Caps
3 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tarter
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
Beat egg whites and cream of tarter. Slowly add the sugar while beating. Beat until shiny peaks form.
Drop by teaspoon full onto a cookie sheet with a piece of brown bag cut to fit it. Bake at 275 degrees
for 45 minutes. This works best on low humidity days. You can add nuts and/or chocolate chips if you
wish.
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Snow Balls
3/4 cup marshmallow creme
3 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
2 cups peanut butter
shredded coconut
Mix together in a bowl the marshmallow creme, the chocolate chips, and the peanut butter. Roll into
balls. Then roll on a plate of coconut.
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