Holiday junk food.....

[Lady Hunter]

Our kitchen has been a busy place lately (and will continue to be for the next week or so).....

Enough bridge mix to feed an army:

Fruitcake from an old family recipe. A certain store I'll leave nameless used to sell these for $75 each. These have been liberally christened with apricot brandy, Amaretto, blackberry brandy, and bourbon before being tucked away in an airtight container to age for a few months...

 

[Lady Hunter]

Old fashioned Kentucky Cherry Bourbon balls.....

Black Walnut Scotch balls:

 

[Lady Hunter]

Buckeyes:

Bourbon dipped fig newtons and rum dipped strawberry newtons:

 

[bowhunter269]

WOW !! My wife has our daughters (3) over to make sweets for Christmas every year and I thought they made a lot. This is insane ! Looks awesome.

 

[davers]

Our kitchen has been a busy place lately (and will continue to be for the next week or so).....

Enough bridge mix to feed an army:

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Fruitcake from an old family recipe. A certain store I'll leave nameless used to sell these for $75 each. These have been liberally christened with apricot brandy, Amaretto, blackberry brandy, and bourbon before being tucked away in an airtight container to age for a few months...

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My Mother made excellent fruit cake. She'd start making them around the first part of November. She made a number of them for gifts to friends and family, very delicious, soaked in Cherry Brandy. I sure miss her fruit cakes and other Christmas treats she made,

 

[Lady Hunter]

My Mother made excellent fruit cake. She'd start making them around the first part of November. She made a number of them for gifts to friends and family, very delicious, soaked in Cherry Brandy. I sure miss her fruit cakes and other Christmas treats she made,

These will soak 3 to 6 months before they're ready to eat. And 1 batch generally lasts us about 2 years. Other than our son (who loves them & is more than happy to eat his share), no one else will even try them because they grew up with icky commercial fruitcakes. Ah well.... their loss!!!

 

[Lady Hunter]

Today's addition: beer cheese

 

[timer]

You should have a cooking show....beautiful work and I'm sure it is very tasty!

 

[Carl]

Old fashioned Kentucky Cherry Bourbon balls.....

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Black Walnut Scotch balls:

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Lady, You are starving me to death .

 

[Dark Cloud]

Old fashioned Kentucky Cherry Bourbon balls.....

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Black Walnut Scotch balls:

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Looks delicious

 

[Dark Cloud]

These will soak 3 to 6 months before they're ready to eat. And 1 batch generally lasts us about 2 years. Other than our son (who loves them & is more than happy to eat his share), no one else will even try them because they grew up with icky commercial fruitcakes. Ah well.... their loss!!!

No comparison to store bought

 

[barney]

Everything looks scrumptious LH!

 

[riverboss]

I think I just gained 10 lbs!
Looks delicious!

 

[JR in KY]

@Lady Hunter
I have Looked at Every One of your photos and I ain't seen any "Junk Food" yet.

 

[Lady Hunter]

When you're too lazy to fire up the food processor and roll balls.....