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Colorful and flavorful sweets with candied fruit have seasonal flair Studded with glistening bits of can died orange peel and cherries desserts like fruitcake and are traditional Yule tide treats Colorful and intensely flavored their distinctive sweet yet slightly biitcr aroma and taste a result of the candied fruits and peels that arc added arc js much a part of the holiday season the Christmas tree Often ore bought desserts made candied fruits arc ideal for home baker particularly around he hectic holiday season because many of them can be prepared in advance and actually improve their flavors mel lowing and blending together as i hey age Even if theyve not been a pari of your regular holiday dessert repertoire they deserve consideration because of the festive air they impart and because they to contemporary Christmas celebrations the flavor of the past hi its most appealing The recipes below range from classic candied fruit recipes ones that art more unusual Hie simple Fruitcake is a Scan dinavian variation the recipe for which is reproduced from Great Si an dinauan Making Book Little Brown by Beatrice Ojakangvs aside tablespoons of the egg Add the remaining egg and cups the flour the yeast mixture beat until smooth Add the remaining flow gradually beating until a soft pliable dough lias formed Ikat until the dough is smooth and not sticky Sprinkle dough with a little flour ami let it rise in a warm place until it has doubled in volume about hours or cover refrigerate it lo let it rise overnight When dough has doubled in vol it down then turn it onto a lightly flouted board knead it until smooth Roll out Ihc dough into i strip about III IK in ches Spread the incited linn the apricot preserves oscr the rolled out dough sprinkle the and fruits to within I of the long Roll up the dough lenglhwisc nil sunn down on a ends under setting it its length and minimis with slurp mill apart but not through the Pull slues allern itely left Jnd right of each slice to a point I the roll stand a warm place for about 111 minutes to rise Brush the top with the reserved beaten egg Hake it degrees fur about ill it is golden Cool Wrap the bread in transparent wrap on a base of foilwrapped cardboard Finally from Candies A Goodies Allen D Publishers a tiny jewel of a book Tilled with ap pealing recipes for a wide range of con fections come two candy recipes Orange Poppy Seed Candies and Fruit and Nut Divinity cups honey I pounds poppy seeds 1 cup candied orange peel diced cups walnuts finely chopped Co cello sugar In saucepan cook honey and sugar over moderate heal until dissolves Add poppy v ids and boil until mixture rcJchc hard crack stage Add orange pnl and nuts and stir until mixture boils out a large 1 cup light corn 1 lup water egg whiles bealen stiff I vanilla cup chopped cup candled fruit SECTION THE HERALD Saturday December ltU- Page and nuts Then beat with wooden spoon lifting high to incorporate air until candy is very stiff Pour into but tered square pan cool Cut into squares Let dry until firm and wrap in dividually in waxed paper or store in a tightly covered tin ISSCOOOi In a saucepan combine sugar com syrup and water Cook stirring until sugar dissolves Then cook lo hard ball Pour syrup a thin into egg whites beating medium speed mixture begins to thicken Add vanilla candied tint has been nun water I llltenwitha hot iter Sprinkle sugar Allow into small ill i and Nil r it cups sugar OIL SPRAYING TRUCKS VANS Extra It lifer Lube can cleaning f Armstrong Una Makes one 10inch cake Vanilla wafer crumbs fur coating pan 1 cup butter room temperature 1 cup sugar eggs cups allpurpose flour tea baking powder teaspoon salt 1 j cups golden raisins tablespoons finely chopped candied orange peel tablespoons finely chopped candled fruit cake fruits cup finely chopped blanched almonds Butter a 10inch fluted lube mold and dust lightly with vanilla wafer crumbs Preheat oven lo In a large mixing bowl cream the butter and sugar until blended add eggs and beat until light and fluffy Mixlhc flour and salt In a small bowl combine Ihc sins orange peel cake fruits and al Add tablespoon of the flour mixture to the fruits and toss to coat each piece well Blend the flour into the creamed mixture then add the raisin mixture blending well into the prepared cake pan and smooth out the baiter Bake for to minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean Cool minutes before removing from the pan Also reproduced from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book is the recipe for Danish Rocks chewy drop cookies redolent with spices and filled with a myriad of good three kinds of plus candied pineapple and ROCKS Makes about dozen cookies 1 cup butter room temperature 1 cups light or dark brown sugar eggs cups allpurpose flour teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon nutmeg teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon vanilla cups mixed candled pineapple and themes or raisins pounds pitted dates cut up cup whole filberts cup whole pecans cup coarsely chopped walnuts Cover baking sheets with parchment C paper or lightly grease Preheat oven to In a large bowl cream Ihc butter and sugar Add eggs and vanilla and well Combine the flour salt baking J soda cinnamon nutmeg and cloves Add the creamed mixture make a dough Mix in the fruits and nuts Drop by leaspoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets 2 inches Bake to 10 minutes until I ighlly browned Remove from baking sheets and cool on racks Store in an airtight tin These cookies keep well The recipe for the yeasty filled -J- Frutlcd Braid a dessert as decorative as it is delicious is culled from a 7rra Christmas Decorations -J- Chalmers Cookbooks Sylvia Schur FRUITED BRAID Makes I long loaf c Preheat oven lo degrees 1 package active dry or one I ounce fresh yeast 1 cup warm milk jj cup granulated sugar cap pound butter or w margarine melted J J 2 teaspoon ground cardamom A tablespoons very finery ground blanched almonds J J eggs beaten allpurpose flour Filling 2 tablespoons butter melted w cup preserves cup sliced blanched almonds cup diced candied orange peel cop flatted cherries halved U cup yellow ratlins plumped in ho C sherry or liquor cup quartered pitted prunes We work together lor you Holton Hills Milton Areas BARBARA GLENN For appolntmanl call or Bar ban Glann Royal City B480800 ALEX GLENN 131900 bedroom spacious DR combo Kitchen has walkout to patio Lot is fl deep See it today 3 Plot 189000 Main Street Georgetown Acton 154900 WITH COUNTRY LOT AND STREAM TRADITIONAL CAPE COD Ing 900 Call Ale Km REALTY LIMITED 8532074 Holiday Greetings One And All BRAMPTON COUNTRY 2212WANLESSDRIVE GEORGETOWN DONT MISS THIS1 LOVE ANTIQUES WANT AN ANN OF GREEN GABLES HOME This 3 bedroom year M oilers large sen looking tor a lilt in ALL Do you family rung room Irving room and a gorgeous rec room brick win Ihc I re PLUS a mud room large and lor your in homo WANTED TOWNHOUSE OR SEMI IN ACTON CALL MORGAN FOR YOUR MOVE THIS YEAR DILIGENT SERVICE AND 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