5 "Must-Bakes" This Holiday Season

[tessspark]

The Holiday Season is all about mixing the traditional with the exceptional, the classic with the unique, and the good with the better. I've been looking at recipes, especially those that take a new look at an old favorite, and have compiled a list of "must bakes" for the 2014 holiday season.

1) Ginger Bread and Molasses Cookie Bars. They are flat, dense, and fudgy. They also combined two holiday favorites, one current and one forgotten into an unforgettably good mix. Serve with mint-hot chocolate and you've got a good dessert for a cold night.

recipe: http://www.averiecooks.com/2013/11/soft-and-chewy-gingerbread-molasses-chocolate-chip-bars.html

2) Peppermint Stick Brownies. A creamy, dense (I really like dense desserts-desserts are meant to be indulgent, right?) peppermint-flavor cheesecake layer adds holiday happiness to an old favorite.

recipe :http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/peppermint-stick-brownies/


3) Brownie and Trix Trifle. Brownies...carmel...twix...cool whip, already sounds like the best, right? Not to mention, they are super simple to make and, if you want/need a quick dessert buy store bought brownies (I won't tell if you don't!).

recipe: http://www.pinterest.com/offsite/?t...-and-twix-trifles.html&pin=304415256034061920

4) Peppermint Cheesecake Dip. A new take on appetizers, right? A very, very sweet take. Pair with chocolate graham crackers, gingerbread, and chocolate candies and brownie bites for a sweet, refreshing, minty taste.

recipie: http://foodfolksandfun.net/2013/12/peppermint-cheesecake-dip/

Are there any recipes you're dying to try this holiday season?

 

[kammy]

Peppermint Stick Brownies definitely appeals to me as i've always have a weakness for any recipe that has peppermint in it...i am not sure if i will get around to making some for the holidays as my hands are full but i am looking forward to make myself a batch sometime in the future.

 

[Winterybella]

The ginger bread and molasses bar is the one I would likely try. Don't think it is something I would keep making because I don't think anyone in the family would necessarily go crazy about it. It's a bar and the person who might most likely enjoy it would be my husband.

The holidays are just about over but I am guessing it's something to try long pass the holidays.

 

[Tina Nord]

My vote is for the peppermint stick brownies. They sound delicious. I am not too fond of molasses, so I don't think I would be baking those at my home. I wish I would have had this before Christmas so that I could have made them this year. I guess there is always next year.

 

[Trellum]

I plan to bake a lot special treats for the Christmas of next year. Because I will be living in a house where Christmas must be celebrated Nothing Christmas themed really, just want to bake a lot stuff I found on Pinterest.

 

[superbobby]

Pepermint Cheesecake dip looks very interesting. I wonder what it tastes like.