Christmas with Paula Deen: Recipes and Stories from My Favorite Holiday
By Paula Deen
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There's no holiday Paula Deen loves better than Christmas, when she opens her home to family and friends, and traditions old and new make the days merry and bright. Filled with Paula's trademark Southern charm and happy reminiscences of Yuletide seasons past, Christmas with Paula Deen is a collection of beloved holiday recipes and stories interspersed with cherished family photographs. Included are Paula's most requested homemade gifts of food; a collection of cookies sure to become your family's favorites; easy dishes for a Christmas breakfast or brunch that will let you enjoy the food and your guests; impressive fare for Christmas dinner and holiday entertaining and, of course, spectacular cakes, puddings, pies, and other sweet things.
"So Merry Christmas, y'all, and best dishes and best wishes from me and my family to yours."
Paula Deen
Paula Deen is the bestselling author of eighteen books and an Emmy Award–winning Food Network television star. She was born and raised in Albany, Georgia. She later moved to Savannah, where she started The Bag Lady catering company. The business took off and evolved into The Lady & Sons restaurant, which is located in Savannah’s historic district and specializes in Southern cooking. She also co-owns Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House with her brother. Paula publishes a bimonthly magazine, Cooking with Paula Deen, and is a regular guest on QVC, where she sells her books and food products.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I was surprised at this size of this book - it's *tiny*! Rather than a full-fledged cookbook, it's really just a small collection of Paula's favorite holiday recipes, tied together by some of her and her family's christmas memories. I did enjoy the book, but at $23US, the price is a bit steep for what you get.
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Copyright © 2007 by Paula Deen
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Simon & Schuster Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition October 2007
SIMON & SCHUSTER and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Photographs on pages xii and 136 by Marcy Black for Cooking with Paula Deen magazine. Photographs on pages 8, 112, and 154 by Mac Jamieson for Cooking with Paula Deen magazine. All other photographs are from the author’s personal collection and are used with her permission.
Much of the material in this book has previously appeared in The Lady & Sons Just Desserts, Paula Deen & Friends, and Paula Deen Celebrates! Owing to limitations of space, acknowledgments of permissions will be found on page 202.
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Data Deen, Paula H.
Christmas with Paula Deen : recipes and stories from my favorite holiday / Paula Deen.
p. cm.
1. Christmas cookery. 2. Christmas—United States. I. Title. TX739.2.C45D44 2007
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-9286-3
ISBN-10: 0-7432-9286-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-7164-3 (eBook)
Acknowledgments
It’s so nice that the people in my life don’t change too much; if you’ve read my other books, you’ll recognize a lot of these names! So thank you, more than I could ever say:
First, to my husband, Michael Groover, who proposed to me on Christmas Day and gave me the best present I could have ever asked for—himself.
To my boys, Bobby and Jamie; my daughter-in-law, Brooke, and grandbaby, Jack; the Groover kids, Anthony and Michelle, and Michelle’s husband, Daniel Reed; my baby brother, Bubba, and his new bride, Dawn; my wonderful niece, Corrie, and nephew, Jay, and Dawn’s sons, IChristmas be without yain and Trevor; and my beloved Aunt Peggy Ort. What would Christmas be without y’all?
To my parents, Corrie and Earl Hiers, and my Grandparents Hiers and Grandparents Paul. You taught me the real meaning of Christmas.
To my wonderful staff at The Lady & Sons, especially Dora Charles, who’s been with me since the beginning; Rance Jackson, who keeps the kitchen running; my general manager, Dustin Walls; and executive kitchen manager, Scott Hopke. You’re my family, too.
To Theresa Luckey and Brandon Branch, my left and right hands.
To Martha Nesbit, my collaborator on Paula Deen & Friends and Paula Deen Celebrates!, and to Sherry Suib Cohen, who collaborated on my memoir.
To Phyllis Hoffman, who publishes my beautiful magazine, Cooking with Paula Deen, and to her wonderful staff.
To my manager, Barry Weiner; my literary agent, Janis Donnaud; Gordon Elliott, executive producer of my television shows; and Nancy Assuncao, my publicist.
To my friends at the Food Network.
To publisher David Rosenthal; associate publishers Deb Darrock and Aileen Boyle; my publicist, Tracey Guest; and everyone at Simon & Schuster, especially my editor, Sydny Miner, and her assistant, Michelle Rorke.
And to all my fans—I love y’all.
In memory of my two grandmothers, Grandmomma Hiers and Grandmomma Paul
Because of y’all, my cookbooks were born.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Don’t Ever Mess with Christmas
‘Tis Better to Give .. . Gifts of Food
Oven Caramed Corn
Icebox Fruitcake
Mama’s Divinity
Fruited Rice Curry Mix
Greek Salad Dressing
Chocolate Cheese Fudge
Salty Dogs
Chocolate Brickle
Vanilla Extract
Orange-Ginger Butter
Cinnamon-Honey Butter
Herb Butter
Lemon-Dill Rice Mix
Russian Spiced Tea Mix
Christmas Cookies
Paula’s Ultimate Oatmeal Cookies
Chocolate sandwich Cookies
ginger Cookies
Benne Seed Cookies
Sand Farts
Raisin Puffs
Lace Cookies
Magnolia Lace Trumpets
Manster Cookies
Savannah Bow Ties
Date- Nut Sticks
Willie Wonder Wafers
Cream cheese Cookies
Chocolate Meringue Kisses
Gingerbread Boys and girls
Pecan Dreams
Frosted Pumpkin Bars
Christmas Morning
Breakfast Casserole
Sour Cream- Butter Biscuits
Sausage Swirls
Mushroom makes a huge, rich quiche.
Baked garlic-Cheese grits
Spinach and Bacon Quiche
Broiled Parmesan Tomatoes
Praline French Toast Casserole
The Best Damn Blueberry Muffin You’ll Ever Eat
Orange-Walnut Sunrise Coffee Cake
Gorilla Bread
Almond Danish Swirls
Fruit Kebabs
Christmas Dinner
Christmas Lime Salad with Aunt Peggy’s Cranberry Sauce
Aunt Peggy’s Cranberry Sauce
Crab Mousse
Standing Rib Roast
Soy-Rubbed Tenderloin
Twice-Baked Potato Casserole
Crème Fraîche Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Potato Bake
Brussels Sprouts with Onion and Bacon
Waterford Chocolate Mousse
Mama’s Eggnog
Holiday Open House
Tomato Tarts
Wonton Cheese Crisps
Slice-and-Bake Cheese Straws
Pinks Shrimp Dip
Egg Caviar Mold
Cheese-Stuffed Mushrooms
Bacon Wraps
Pecan-Stuffed Dates
Southern Holiday Pecans
Sugar ’n’ Spice
Hot Cranberry Cider
Apple Martini
Cakes, Pies, Cupcakes, Puddings, and More Sweet Things
Coconut Pound Cake with 7-Minute Frosting
Southwest Georgia Pound Cake
Applesauce Cake
Jamie’s Coconut Cake
Bobby’s Caramel Cake
Grandmomma Paul’s Japanese Fruitcake
Almond Cups
Old South Jelly Roll Cake
Plum Cake
Cheesecake Cupcakes
Peanut Butter Brownie Cupcakes
Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie
Bob’s Peppermint Pie
Christmas Nut Pie
Eggnog Pudding
The Best Bread Pudding
Cassata Cake
Strawberry Delight
Chocolate Delight
Table of Weights and Measures
Metric Equivalencies
Index
Christmas with Paula Deen
Paula Deen.
Merry Christmas, Y’all
Hey, y’all!
Christmas is one of my most favorite holidays, and I love the run-up just as much as I do the Big Day itself. Maybe even more; I think the anticipatin’ is the best part. How many times have we all been more excited unwrapping a present than about what was in the box, like my grandbaby Jack? His first Christmas, he had way more fun with the boxes and ribbons than he did with what was inside them!
Still, I hope you enjoy what’s inside my little Christmas gift to you. I’m big on tradition: My family wouldn’t stand for a Christmas dinner without a big piece of beef, or a party without my momma’s eggnog. But comes time to make dinner or bake my Christmas cookies, I’m pawing through stacks of torn-out magazine pages and cookbooks to find those recipes I turn to again and again. So I’ve gone through all my books and put together this collection of my most treasured recipes and memories for the holiday season to share with you, grouping them by occasion. You’ll find a few new dishes, a sprinkling of new holiday stories, and some family pictures you might not have seen before.
So Merry Christmas, y’all; and best dishes and best wishes from me and my family to yours.
INTRODUCTION
Don’t Ever Mess with Christmas
If ever I’m tempted to go to a glamorous, exotic place for Christmas—just my husband, Michael, and me—just in time I’ll remember the rule I made when I was very young: Never mess with the holidays. Always be with the people you love, as many of them as you can round up.
No matter what, I always got everyone nuts trying to get us home for the holidays, wherever we were: I can remember when Jimmy Deen (my boys’ father) and I had just moved to Savannah. I’ll tell you, I missed my hometown of Albany, Georgia, something fierce.