Orange Cranberry Dream Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Pre heat oven to 350° F.
• 2. Cream together butter and sugar.
• 3. Blend in egg, vanilla, rum extract and eggnog.
• 4. Stir in cranberries and pecans.
• 5. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Stir into eggnog mixture just until incorporated.
• 6. Scoop rounded teaspoons of dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake at 350° F. for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Remove to a rack to cool completely.
• 7. Glaze cooled cookies with Orange Dream glaze. (Recipe follows)
• 8. Orange Dream Glaze: Mix together confectioners sugar, orange extract, the zest of one orange, and enough cold orange juice to make a thick glaze. Drizzle glaze over cookies.

Steps:

• STIR boiling water into gelatin in large bowl at least 2 minutes until completely dissolved.
• Stir in cranberry sauce until melted.
• Stir in cold water.
• Refrigerate about 1 1/4 hours or until slightly thickened (consistency of unbeaten eggs whites).
• Gently stir in mandarin oranges.
• MEANWHILE stir crumbs, 1/4 cup of the sugar and butter in 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Firmly press firmly onto bottom.
• Refrigerate until ready to fill.
• BEAT cream cheese, remaining 1/4 cup sugar and milk in large bowl with wire whisk until smooth.
• Gently stir in 1 tub of the whipped topping.
• Spread evenly over crust.
• Spoon gelatin mixture over cream cheese layer.
• REFRIGERATE 3 hours or until firm.
• Just before serving spread or dollop with remaining tub whipped topping.
• Helpful Hints: Soften cream cheese in microwave on High 15 to 20 seconds.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugars, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Whisk the egg, milk, orange juice, oil and orange zest; stir into dry ingredients just until blended. Fold in the cranberries and apple., Pour into 2 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Freeze option: Securely wrap cooled loaves in foil and freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature.