Baked Christmas Gift Recipes

[SammysMom]

I love to bake and give them as gifts. Post your favorite or what maybe popular in your area or with your family.

White Chocolate Macadamia/Almond Bark
2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
2 cups white morsels (recommended: Guittard Choc-Au-Lait)
2/3 cup toasted macadamia nuts or toasted almonds, coarsely chopped

Line a 13 by 9-inch cookie sheet with waxed paper, allowing 2 inches of paper to hang over sides. Melt all but 1/4 cup of semisweet chocolate morsels in microwave on medium power for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, or until smooth. Pour chocolate onto prepared sheet and spread to cover entire surface and form 1 even layer. Melt all but 1/4 cup of white chips in microwave on medium power for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, or until smooth. Drizzle melted white chocolate over semisweet chocolate layer. Using a toothpick or skewer, swirl the melted chocolates together, creating a marbled effect.
Place nuts in a plastic bag and crush, using a rolling pin. Sprinkle chocolate with nuts and remaining semisweet and white morsels. Gently press toppings into melted chocolates. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until chocolate is firm. Remove waxed paper from chocolate. Cut or break chocolate into bite-size pieces

[sweetrebel]

Banana Bread

2 c all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 c butter
3/4 c brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/3 c mashed bananas


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x5 in loaf pan.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a seperate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn onto wire rack.



This bread is so moist and delicious! It tates great toasted!!