Okay, so my Swedish great-grandmother would be rolling over in her grave to see me sharing recipes, so I won't give away the secret family recipe for the "Swedish Christmas Breakfast Ring" (there's probably another official name for it, but our family has always called it just that), complete with chopped nuts, apples, dried berries, cinnamon and... well, let's let that one slide before she rises and does something untoward.
Instead, I'll offer one of my favorite treats for any time of year, but one which comes in handy when you don't have a working oven handy... such as is the case in my own kitchen (and I use the term "kitchen" with tongue firmly planted in cheek).
No-bake, no-knead, no-stress fudgy goodness
Ingredients:
4 cups granulated sugar
1 cup butter
2 cups evaporated milk
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups graham cracker crumbs (the plain, not the honey grahams)
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions:
Combine sugar, butter, and evaporated milk in a large saucepan, cook on medium-high, stirring constantly. Bring to a full rolling boil, then stir occasionally as it continues to boil for 10 minutes (be as precise as you can, here).
When 10 minutes are up, remove from heat, stir in remaining ingredients, spread in greased jelly roll pan. Before completely cool, mark off your grid for cutting into squares, top each square with a pecan half (or, if you're a candy sicko, you can use pretty little mints, but keep it simple). Allow to cool completely, then cut into squares. (May be refrigerated to cool faster.)
Be forewarned: this is not a cookie to treat lightly. It is highly addictive and not for the faint-hearted (or the arterially-challenged). It is rich, sweet, chocolatey, and, I'm assured, almost better than sex...
Wait. This is a Christmas recipe. There's nothing naughty about it at all. Nope, nothing. Not a lick of sin. Absolutely safe for everybody, and wholesome -- with all that nutritious Graham cracker goodness -- nothing could possibly be frowned upon.
Yah. Suuure. Ya betcha.
"All Hail to thee, O blessed morn"
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