- fruitcake fruit -- yes, I actually like fruitcake and intend to honor my mother's memory by making her recipe
- pecans and almonds for baking and Swedish Christmas rice pudding -- a Christmas Eve dessert
- almond paste for homemade, Christmas morning Danish pastry
- smoked salmon -- even though it's been frozen, when thawed and mixed with cream cheese it makes a good spread
- frozen mounds of whipped cream -- good for homemade eggnog
- frozen croissants
- a variety of sausages -- I'll use some in a savory New Year's Eve pie
- several types of homemade pickles, jams, and marmalades
- frozen berries -- the frozen, wild blackberries make a good pancake syrup for cold winter mornings
- cream cheese -- good for pumpkin cheesecake (my daughters make this and it is soooo good)
- mixed nuts -- I plan on making spiced nuts as a gift and for ourselves with these
- baking chocolate, dipping chocolate, and chocolate chips
- peppermint oil for making peppermint patties
- phyllo dough
- lots of standard baking supplies, such as flour, butter, granulated and powdered sugar, spices, extracts, oil, and crisco
With so many wonderful ingredients already in the house there is little I need to buy at the grocery store for holiday treats.
