truffles
Our family has cut down on Christmas spending in the last few years, but we still have a great time!
This year my sister and I got together to make biscotti and truffles for friends and relatives. Biscotti are hard cookies/bread that are baked twice and traditionally dipped in coffee, but can also be eaten plain or dipped in hot chocolate. The ingredients are basic cookie ingredients. You can get great recipes just by typing "biscotti" and "recipe" into your search engine.
Type "truffles" and "recipe" in to find truffle recipes!
We planned ahead by choosing our recipes and then buying ingredients when they were on sale. Becky was able to get "fancy" chocolate cheaper than plain label by doing this and that made the truffles taste like they came from a specialty store.
We chose a weekend to do all of our baking and candy making, and our daughters helped, too. We had a great time! We created simple cards for each kind of biscotti, with the name of that biscotti, and packaged it in snack-sized zip-lock bags, two pieces to a bag. We included the label for the kind of biscotti in each bag.
We packaged it by putting about 6 snack-sized bags of biscotti, and 3 of truffles, in a green plastic Ziplock brand container, also purchased on sale. We didn't need to use any wrapping paper or ribbon or bow! We lined the containers with tissue paper first. The finished product looked like it had been professionally done.
We took the packages to our relatives when we visited last week for Thanksgiving. That way we avoided some of the "food" overload of Thanksgiving, and also saved money on postage, as we didn't have to mail them.
So, we spent less money, spent the weekend together AND made gifts that had a personal touch.
Here is our favorite truffle recipe:
DECADENT TRUFFLES
1, 8 oz. package of cream cheese (frequently on sale this time of year!)
2-3 c. powdered sugar
3 C. semi-sweet chocolate, melted
1 1/2 t. vanilla
For dipping; cocoa, sprinkles, chopped nuts, sugar, cinnamon, coconut
Beat cream cheese until smooth; beat in sugar and vanilla. Stir in chocolate. Refrigerate until firm enough to scoop out with a spoon and with your hands, roll into balls about 3/4" to 1" in diameter.
If desired, then roll in cocoa, sprinkles, chopped nuts, etc.
This recipe makes approx. 60 or more truffles, depending on the size you make them.
ENJOY!
Shelly Burke
www.shellyburke.net
Shelly Burke
Shelmar Publications
"Books to Inform, Inspire, and Encourage"
www.shellyburke.net
This year my sister and I got together to make biscotti and truffles for friends and relatives. Biscotti are hard cookies/bread that are baked twice and traditionally dipped in coffee, but can also be eaten plain or dipped in hot chocolate. The ingredients are basic cookie ingredients. You can get great recipes just by typing "biscotti" and "recipe" into your search engine.
Type "truffles" and "recipe" in to find truffle recipes!
We planned ahead by choosing our recipes and then buying ingredients when they were on sale. Becky was able to get "fancy" chocolate cheaper than plain label by doing this and that made the truffles taste like they came from a specialty store.
We chose a weekend to do all of our baking and candy making, and our daughters helped, too. We had a great time! We created simple cards for each kind of biscotti, with the name of that biscotti, and packaged it in snack-sized zip-lock bags, two pieces to a bag. We included the label for the kind of biscotti in each bag.
We packaged it by putting about 6 snack-sized bags of biscotti, and 3 of truffles, in a green plastic Ziplock brand container, also purchased on sale. We didn't need to use any wrapping paper or ribbon or bow! We lined the containers with tissue paper first. The finished product looked like it had been professionally done.
We took the packages to our relatives when we visited last week for Thanksgiving. That way we avoided some of the "food" overload of Thanksgiving, and also saved money on postage, as we didn't have to mail them.
So, we spent less money, spent the weekend together AND made gifts that had a personal touch.
Here is our favorite truffle recipe:
DECADENT TRUFFLES
1, 8 oz. package of cream cheese (frequently on sale this time of year!)
2-3 c. powdered sugar
3 C. semi-sweet chocolate, melted
1 1/2 t. vanilla
For dipping; cocoa, sprinkles, chopped nuts, sugar, cinnamon, coconut
Beat cream cheese until smooth; beat in sugar and vanilla. Stir in chocolate. Refrigerate until firm enough to scoop out with a spoon and with your hands, roll into balls about 3/4" to 1" in diameter.
If desired, then roll in cocoa, sprinkles, chopped nuts, etc.
This recipe makes approx. 60 or more truffles, depending on the size you make them.
ENJOY!
Shelly Burke
www.shellyburke.net
Shelly Burke
Shelmar Publications
"Books to Inform, Inspire, and Encourage"
www.shellyburke.net
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