easy xmas dessert

A nice pavlova would look festive and be delicious. You just make circles of merengue and layer them with freshly whipped vanilla/rum cream and seasonal fruit.

It looks so fancy and tastes great.

>>8377089
That does sound good, but I was hoping for something more finger food-y, like bars or cookies. I forgot to specify.

>>8377160
Hmm, my grandmother always makes Christmas jewel cookies. They're pecan shortbread with those red and green candied cherry and pineapple bits. They're like crack.

Raspberry dollies with coconut and a chocolate swirl are also good. Make a blondie base mixed with toasted coconut and almonds, spread raspberry jam when they're halfway done and put it back in with foil over the top so it doesn't burn. Sprinkle with more toasted almonds before the jam cools and drizzle it with chocolate. It's so good.

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I'm making financiers, not too hard to make.

>>8377160
baklava is pretty easy, idiot proof.

>>8377267
I don't know, when I was just starting to make it I had issues with not using enough butter between layers, so the dough would crack badly while I was placing it. Also, awful globs of burned honey all over the pan, grasping at all of the lower layer of pastry to make an ugly mess.

I was able to trim it into respectability, but it was an unpleasant introduction to baklava making.

Pan de pascua

>>8377007
fudge is really easy if you have a decent recipe, just Google and pick one with lots of good reviews. I used to use my grandma's recipe but it was no better than minute fudge and a lot harder

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/7620/apple-bundt-cake/