Recipe for a Delicious Holiday, AICPA Style
Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Years. Late fall and early winter are choc-a-bloc with holidays and, thus, opportunities to entertain and cook for friends and family. Some people like to stick with their tried and true holiday recipes year after year. Others are always looking for something new to serve. And if you’ve been invited somewhere as a guest, you might be looking for just the right thing to bring to a party or holiday gathering.
AICPA staff and affiliates gathered some favorite recipes from aunts, uncles, or in my case, my second grade class in elementary school. We hope this collection of old favorites is helpful—and tasty. And as one colleague suggested, if toiling in the kitchen isn’t your thing, you can always make reservations!
Happy Holidays!
Fannie’s Crumb Cake
From Steve Rivera, CPA, CGMA, Worldwide Sr. Director, Financial Compliance & Procedures,
Johnson & Johnson
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Ingredients:
Use a 9 x 13 Glass Pan
Part I:
- 3 cups of flour
- 2 cups of sugar
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 cup of vegetable oil
- 2 tsp. of baking powder
Part II:
- 1 cup of milk (whole or skim)
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp. of vanilla
- Optional – 1 can of Comstock Fruit (apple, blueberry or cherry)
Part III:
- 1 ½ stick of margarine or butter, softened
- 4 tsp. of cinnamon
- Optional: Chocolate – Use dark chocolate cake mix and Hershey’s Special Dark instant pudding instead of the cinnamon.
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup flour
Part I
Combine all the ingredients above in Part I in a bowl using a hand mixer.
Take 3 cups of the mix out and place into a separate bowl. This will be used later for the crumbs.
Part II
For the remaining mix, add the ingredients listed above in Part II.
Mix well and pour into a greased glass pan
Optional – spoon fruit evenly on top of batter.
Part III
Using the 3 cups of the mix you set aside in Part I, hand squeeze or mix in (on a slow speed) the following ingredients:
- 1 ½ stick of margarine or butter, softened
- 4 tsp. of cinnamon (you may want to add more for taste)
- Optional: Chocolate – Use dark chocolate cake mix and Hershey’s Special Dark instant pudding instead of the cinnamon. Mix this with the remaining ingredients with the butter.
- Add ½ cup white sugar with the rest of the mix
- Add ½ cup flour with the rest of the mix
- Mix should be ready to lay on top of the batter in the pan when the crumbs stick together. Lay crumbs on top.
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Bake for about 55-60 minutes.
Pepperoni Balls
From Ann Marie Maloney
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Ingredients:
- Frozen bread dough, thawed and cut into small pieces (approx. 1 – 1 ½ inch in diameter).
- Pepperoni, diced
Wrap dough around a small amount of pepperoni to form a small ball.
Pinch edges and place balls on a cookie sheet
Bake seam side down until done (about 10 minutes). These cook quickly so keep a close eye on them so the bottoms don’t burn.
Semi-Homemade Potato Pancakes
From Alexis Rothberg
Ingredients:
- 1 box Manischewitz homestyle potato pancake mix
- 1 Spanish onion
- 3 Yukon gold potatoes, peeled
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup water
Classic accompaniments: applesauce and sour cream
Using a box grater, grate the potatoes. Wrap them in a kitchen towel and squeeze over the sink to remove excess liquid. Place the potatoes in a medium sized bowl. Next, finely dice the onion and add it to the potatoes. In another medium sized bowl beat two eggs with a fork under blended. Add 1 cup of cold water and mix well. Then add the contents of the potato pancake mix and stir to combine. Let the mixture sit for five minutes to thicken. Add the grated potato and diced onion and mix. Prepare a large frying pan with 1/8 inch of vegetable oil. Drop tablespoons of the mixture into hot oil. Cook the latkes until golden brown on both sides. Enjoy!
Aunt T’s Broccoli Casserole
From Stacie Saunders
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs, beaten well
- 1 can of Cream of Mushroom soup
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 1 Tbsp. grated onion
- Salt and pepper
- 2 boxes frozen chopped broccoli, cooked and drained
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Transfer to a baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.
Cranberry and Brie Cheese Puffs
From Carmen Encarnacion
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry dough
- Cranberry sauce (fresh or homemade)
- Brie cheese
Cut puff pastry to fit a cupcake pan (any size cupcake pan is fine).
Put a cut piece of dough into each individual cupcake pan spot; push down slightly into the cup.
Fill with 1 tsp or 1 Tbsp. of cranberry sauce.
Put a piece of brie cheese on top.
Bake at 400 degrees. Follow instructions on dough package or until you see them puff and turn a nice light brown, roughly 5-7 minutes.
Careful removing from pan
If you don’t like cranberry sauce, use your imagination. This works with anything. Just don’t overfill the cups to avoid them spilling over!
Pumpkin Muffins
Submitted by Lauren Sternberg, courtesy of Miss Flynn’s second grade class, Hewitt Elementary School, November 1986
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease muffin tin (regular or mini, or you can make 1 loaf of bread)
Sift together:
- 1 ¾ cups flour
- ¼ tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- In a large bowl, beat until fluffy:
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1/3 cup oil
- 2 eggs
Add and beat in:
1 cup canned or cooked pumpkin (I use canned)
Alternate dry ingredients with:
1/3 cup water
½ tsp vanilla
Pour batter in greased muffin tin/loaf ban. Bake at 350 degrees until tests done. For mini muffins, this is about 10-15 minutes, depending upon your oven. Larger muffins and a loaf of bread are longer.
Lauren J. Sternberg, Communications Manager, American Institute of CPAs.
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