[Ice]

I also watched Ina Garten make the thumbprint cookies and decided to make them as pressies.

Also going to make these from the BBC Food website:-

Homemade Irish Cream
Sour Cherry and stem ginger florentines a la Hairy Bikers
Christmas mini muffins (made them last year, absolutely delish)
Fondant fancies
Chocolate mince pies
Gingerbread cupcakes with salted caramel icing

Should be something there for everyone.  Looks like I won't be on the forum for a couple of days.

Forgot to mention the Ina Garten white truffles.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/white-truffles-recipe/index.html

[lazza]

Just started the damson gin soaking, so should be done for Christmas... hope enough survives to make it into some Christmas stockings!

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First time on this year, and I can report that the damson gin was fantastic! It ended up a little thick and syrupy, so too much sugar, I think. But nothing that an extra glug of gin couldn;t fix while bottling up.... so I will definitely be raiding my father's damson trees this autumn!

[Auntiemogs]

Sloe gin for us Iazza and it came out really well too. Also made some chocolate marshmallow fudge which was fantastic (and I don't even like fudge). 

[Ice]

My homemade chocolate Irish cream was fab and was great to drink but even better on ice cream.  Will definately make that again. 

[Auntiemogs]

My homemade chocolate Irish cream was fab and was great to drink but even better on ice cream.  Will definately make that again. 

That sounds lovely Ice, have you posted a recipe for it? 

[Ice]

The recipe is by Lorraine Pascale.  Should be easy enough to find on t'internet.  If not, I'll post it.

I don't even like whiskey, but this was delish.

[Auntiemogs]

The recipe is by Lorraine Pascale.  Should be easy enough to find on t'internet.  If not, I'll post it.

I don't even like whiskey, but this was delish.

Ooh, thank you!  It was her recipe for fudge that I used (although I did use more dark choccie on the second batch and it was much nicer).