Christmas Foods & Drinks

6. cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices
8. use your thumb to leave an indention in these cookies before baking. Fill indention with jam.
10. pecan filled cookies rolled in powdered sugar
11. consists of peppermint candy pieces in white chocolate on top of dark chocolate
12. striped candy often hung from a tree
13. a cookie made with ginger and molasses and decorated with royal icing
15. a strip of candy that is first flattened and then folded back and forth
16. a beverage made from hot mulled cider, ale, or wine and spices
17. made with milk, cream, sugar, egg yolks, and whipped egg whites

1. made of sponge cake, to resemble a miniature actual Yule log, it is a form of sweet roulade.
2. another name for sugar cookies that frosted
3. made by mixing sugar, butter and milk, heating it to the soft-ball stage at 240 °F (115 °C), and then beating the mixture while it cools so that it acquires a smooth, creamy consistency
4. Italian waffle cookies made from flour, eggs, sugar, butter or vegetable oil, and flavoring
5. a mixture of fruits and spices in a suet pastry
6. contains a sour-sweet creamy layer of honey, fruits and nuts, "now bring us some ______ ______"
7. fruit bread of nuts, spices, and dried or candied fruit, coated with powdered sugar or icing sugar and often containing marzipan.
9. heated drink consisting of shaved chocolate, melted chocolate or cocoa powder, heated milk or water
14. a cookie topped with a layer of dough with a characteristic circle shaped cut-out exposing the fruit preserves, and dusted with confectioner's sugar