2008 christmas dinner suggestions

[jennielynn1970]

I have a good recipe for a creamcheese flan. It's outrageously good!!


Cream Cheese Flan

1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
7 egg yolks
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 egg whites
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Cook 1 cup sugar in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat, and cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until sugar melts and turns a light golden brown. Quickly pour hot caramelized sugar into a 2-quart flan dish. Using oven mitts, tilt dish to evenly coat bottom and sides. Let stand 5 minutes. Sugar will harden.

Whisk together egg yolks and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Process egg whites, cream cheese, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in blender until smooth. Stir egg white mixture into
egg yolk mixture. (Pour mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into a large bowl if there are lumps); pour custard over caramelized sugar.

Place dish in a large shallow pan. Add hot water to pan to a depth of 1/3 up sides of dish.
Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Remove dish from water bath; cool completely on a wire rack. Cover and chill at least 3 hours. Run a knife around edge of flan to loosen; invert onto a serving plate.

[joycenalex]

I have a good recipe for a creamcheese flan. It's outrageously good!!

share please?

[jennielynn1970]

Sorry, had to copy and paste, lol.

It comes out a lot like cheesecake, but is flan. If you don't mind some prep work, it's well worth the effort. It's just the sugar part that is a pain to do to get carmelized.

[kt_luvs_kitties]

What about sweet potato souffle? This is SO good, everyone loves it, and I dont even like sweet potatoes!

Sweet potato casserole

Bake potatoes first- I wrap in foil and bake them like you would a white potato for an hour or so. Wait until they cool, then easily peel away skins.

Ingredients

1 stick butter
1 T vanilla
3 cups sweet potatoes
1/2 Cup sugar
2 beaten eggs
1/4 cup evaporated milk

Topping
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 stick hard butter
1/2 cup flour
1 cup nuts

Mix potatoes, sugar, vanilla, evap. milk,eggs and butter. Pour in buttered casserole dish. In a separate bowl combine brown sugar,flour, butter and mix well to make crumbs. add nuts to the mix (I use walnuts). Sprinkle on top of potato mixture and bake for 30 mins at 350 degrees
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I make 2 patches and freeze one for later

[joycenalex]

we don't have a "traditional meal", so what i fix has varied over the years. i'm going to make the 2 suggested recipies. thanks for the suggestion, any others?

[Daisy and Delilah]

What about sweet potato souffle? This is SO good, everyone loves it, and I dont even like sweet potatoes!

Sweet potato casserole

Bake potatoes first- I wrap in foil and bake them like you would a white potato for an hour or so. Wait until they cool, then easily peel away skins.

Ingredients

1 stick butter
1 T vanilla
3 cups sweet potatoes
1/2 Cup sugar
2 beaten eggs
1/4 cup evaporated milk

Topping
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 stick hard butter
1/2 cup flour
1 cup nuts

Mix potatoes, sugar, vanilla, evap. milk,eggs and butter. Pour in buttered casserole dish. In a separate bowl combine brown sugar,flour, butter and mix well to make crumbs. add nuts to the mix (I use walnuts). Sprinkle on top of potato mixture and bake for 30 mins at 350 degrees
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I make 2 patches and freeze one for later

I make this for every holiday. I also add pumpkin pie spice or seperate spices. Whatever you like(if you like spice). My family treats it like a dessert and they go absolutely crazy over it.

[kt_luvs_kitties]

It is good , isnt it?

If I dont bring it, my family gets so upset!

I have tried it with coconut as well, but I did not like that as a topping.
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I forgot to add I use a BIG bag of those tiny marshmellows, I put them on the last 5 minutes, and let them brown a bit. If you have not tried it this way, try it! IT IS DELISH! More like a dessert for us too