A Holiday Recipe and Read: Craisin-Walnut Dressing and A Regency Christmas Collection by Emma Lane...
This year seems to have zipped by much too fast. Our family is alreadyhinting for me to cook their favorite dishes for Christmas dinner. One wants a hamwith gravy from drippings. Another is pleading for green bean casserole, whileanother wants fresh asparagus spears and dinner rolls. Me, I have a sweet toothand am looking forward to a home baked apple pie, of course ala mode, fordessert. 😊 One thing the entire family islooking forward to is my special dressing. Here’s the recipe for you.
CRAISIN-WALNUTDRESSING
1 bag seasoned breadcrumbs, or mixed breadcrumbs1½ cup chickenstock, just enough to moisten breadcrumbs2 tbsp. butter1 onion, chopped¼ cup celery, chopped⅓ cup dried craisons,dried cranberries or raisins¼ cup choppedwalnutsSalt & pepper totaste
Preheat oven 350° F.
Soak craisins, or raisins,in warm water to soften for fifteen minutes.
Melt butter in a fryingpan. Sauté celery and onion until opaque, about 7 minutes.
Drain craisins. Combineall ingredients in a medium size bowl, then season with salt and pepper. Pour chicken stock to moisten ingredients andmix lightly.
Grease an oven safe panthem scoop in mixture.
Bake 25 – 30minutes.
Merry Christmas,
Emma
Here's a peek at my Christmas collection. I hope you enjoy it.
Winter stormsswirling snow and unexpected guests on the eve of Christmas, the pungentfragrance of fresh pine boughs, springs of mistletoe hung with red ribbons, anda stolen kiss underneath the kissing ball comprise scenes of Christmas in thecountry. Ice skating anyone? Have a cup of wassail and toast your toes in frontof a warm fire while you enjoy four short stories of sweet Regency Christmasromances.
Emma Lane is a gifted author who writes cozy mysteries as Janis Lane, Regency as Emma, and spice as Sunny Lane.
She lives in Western New York where winter is snowy, spring arrives with rave reviews, summer days are long and velvet, and fall leaves are riotous in color. At long last she enjoys the perfect bow window for her desk where she is treated to a year-round panoramic view of nature. Her computer opens up a fourth fascinating window to the world. Her patient husband is always available to help with a plot twist and encourage Emma to never quit. Her day job is working with flowers at Herbtique and Plant Nursery, the nursery she and her son own.
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