Food to leave out for Santa Claus On Christmas Eve, this is what I would like you to leave out (not all of them but some): Barley sugar sweets for me to suck on if I start to feel airsick. Also extra strong peppermints to keep me warm on the frosty nights. Cookies or biscuits with a glass of lemonade or milk. Leave a hot jug of cocoa with a sifter of chocolate and cinnamon, and a bowl of punch in case Santa feels like something stronger. Chocolates! Yum! Yum!
For the reindeer, leave a bundle of sweet meadow hay, a bunch of reindeer moss and a crisp red apple.
Red Nosed Reindeer Drink
- 1 16 oz. bottle apple juice
- 1 16 oz. bottle cranberry juice
- 1 16 oz. bottle lemon-lime soda
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- Tiny candy-cane stirrers
- In a large saucepan, mix the apple juice, cranberry juice and lemon-lime soda with the cinnamon sticks.
- Heat and then serve in mugs with tiny candy-cane stirrers.
Mrs. Claus's Chocolate Cake
- 1 cup of shortening
- 2 cups of sugar
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla
- 4 one-ounce squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 5 large eggs
- 2 1/4 cups of sifted cake flour
- 1 teaspoon of soda
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 cup of buttermilk
- Whipped cream
- Red and green glazed cherries
Stir shortening to soften. Gradually add sugar, creaming until light and fluffy. Blend in vanilla and cooled
chocolate. Add eggs one at a time,beating well after each. Sift together flour, soda, and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating after each addition. Bake in a large pan in the shape of a Christmas tree in the oven (350 degrees) for 20 - 25 minutes or until done. When the cake is cold, ice it with whipped cream and decorate with glazed cherries. Sprinkle the trunk with crushed filberts and cashews.
Rudolph's Peanut Butter Oat Treats
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 1/3 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup oatmeal, not instant
- In a meduim bowl, combine melted butter, peanut butter, and brown sugar. Stir well.
- Add oatmeal and stir well.
- With your hands, roll oatmeal mixture into 1-inch balls and place on waxed paper.
- Makes 20 treats
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