The Christmas or Holiday season means different things to different people. For some, it lasts from Thanksgiving until whenever the tree comes down although the traditional 12 Days of Christmas runs from the day after Christmas, December 26th to the Epiphany, or “twelfth night” on January 6th. For me, it coincides with Eggnog season! It’s the perfect time of year to celebrate and this Classic Cooked Eggnog is a fabulous way to do so.
Drunken Pineapple Glazed Ham
The recipe for Drunken Pineapple Glazed Ham came by way of my baby Sis! Yeah, Drunken Pineapple Glazed Ham. I know, right? But don’t click off yet- stay with me here for a minute and hear what I have to say, coz this beauty of a glazed ham just put all my other hams to shame! They’re sittin’ in the corner right now, moping.
Drunken Pineapple Glazed Ham
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Rich & Creamy Eggnog
Well, it seems I’ve just skipped through fall and Thanksgiving and jumped right into Christmas now that it’s just about mid-December! But is there a better way to celebrate the season than an absolutely decadent, divine Homemade Eggnog? Especially if it’s a Rich & Creamy Eggnog – and one that’s safe, at that!
Rich & Creamy Eggnog
German Baked Apples Bratapfel
German Baked Apples Bratapfel takes me right back to childhood! I don’t think at the time anyone thought of them as being particularly “German.” They were, like so many recipes that were ubiquitous to the Midwest, just a part of small-town, down-home cooking. Baked apples appeared a lot-at our table for dessert.
German Baked Apples – Bratapfel; see all that deliciousness at the bottom of the pan!!
How to Make German Rumtopf
So have you guys ever heard of German Rumtopf? This post is all about How to Make German Rumtopf. The name means Rum Pot and it’s basically a fruity alcoholic dessert made in a crock. Successive fruits are layered in with sugar and rum, starting in the spring with strawberries.
My Rumtopf Pot
As the summer progresses and each fruit comes into season, it’s added to the pot, and the contents just get better and better. Once fall comes, and summer is over, the pot is closed up and left to mature until the Christmas season where it is traditionally first sampled for the first time in December on the first evening of Advent. We’ve been getting such good fruit this year that I don’t think there’d be an issue with starting a Rumtopf, now, even if it is a bit late in the summer.