Christmas Recipes Easy

For a good holiday staple, use this Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie recipe to make your Christmas dinner a success.

Ingredients:

• 2 – 9-inch single pie crusts
• 2 sticks of butter, softened
• 3 large sweet potatoes
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Wash sweet potatoes and boil in a saucepan on the stove until tender, which is when you can easily insert a fork. Drain when done and cover with cold water to cool for 5 minutes.
3. In a bowl, mix together the butter, sugar, milk, vanilla extract and eggs.
4. Pull the skin off the sweet potatoes by rubbing it until it breaks so that you can pull it off.
5. Add the peeled sweet potatoes to your wet mixture in the mixing bowl. Blend together well.
6. Pour into pie crusts and cook for one hour. Place on wire rack to cool.

Makes 2 pies.

If you love Paradise Cake, you can easily make one for your holiday party or Christmas dinner. Here’s an easy recipe for Christmas Paradise Cake.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped almonds
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups firm banana, chopped
• 1 can crushed pineapple, undrained (8 ounce)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven at 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
2. Use a large bowl to mix flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and sugar. Once mixed, stir in the almonds.
3. In another bowl, beat the eggs. Add in the oil, banana, almond extract and pineapple.
4. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture. Stir well, but do not beat.
5. Pour into tube pan and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. Let stand for 15 minutes once removed from oven before you place it on a wire rack to cool.
7. Top with cream cheese frosting once it has cooled.

Cream cheese frosting can be used on a variety of Christmas treats. Here’s an easy recipe for cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup of butter, softened
• 2 cups of powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla
• 1 tablespoon milk

Directions:

1. In a bowl, combine the cream cheese, vanilla, milk and butter until you have a creamy consistency.
2. Stir in the powdered sugar and beat until smooth.

Jazz up your holiday party or Christmas dinner by making this quick and easy Piña Colada Christmas cake. It’s island flavor just might warm you up on that cold Christmas day.

Ingredients:

• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 can coconut
• 1 can of sweet condensed milk, such as Eagle Brand milk
• 1 can of cream of coconut
• 1 medium carton of whipped topping, such as Cool Whip
• 1 small can of crushed pinepple

Directions:

1. Follow the directions on the cake mix box to make your cake.
2. Punch holes in the top of the cake, once it is out of the oven. Do this while it is still warm. You can use chopsticks to poke the holes.
3. Mix together the cream of coconut and sweet condensed milk in a bowl. Pour the mixture over the cake.
4. Pour the can of pineapple over the cake.
5. Spread whipped topping on exterior of cake.
6. Sprinkle with can of coconut.

If you’re getting spice overload from the gingerbread men and pumpkin pie, make a different flavor for Christmas this year. Try this easy recipe for a strawberry cake. It is sure to be a hit at your holiday feast.

Ingredients for cake:

• 1 box of strawberry gelatin
• 1 box of white cake mix
• 3 tablespoons of flour
• 1 cup of vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup of water
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 sliced strawberries (frozen or fresh)

Ingredients for icing:

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pound box powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons of strawberries and juice

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and flour two 8-inch round pans.
3. In a large bowl, mix flour, gelatin and white cake mix. Add the eggs, oil and water. Beat well.
4. Beat in strawberries and pour into the pans.
5. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. For the icing, slowly mix the powdered sugar into the softened butter. Add the strawberries to soften.
7. Mix in vanilla. Spread on the cake when cooled completely.
8. Decorate the cake with fresh sliced strawberries for presentation.