holiday brunch ideas

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Doris' TV snacks

These irresistible coffee table snacks are absolutely delicious!
I make 2 or 3 recipes of these snacks every Christmas. I have them on hand for before dinner snacks or après snowshoeing.
Turn on oven to 225 F.
Sauce:
1/2 cup of butter or margarine (I use butter)
2 tablespoons of Worcestershire
1 teaspoon of Tobasco sauce
2 tablespoons of garlic powder
1 tablespoon of onion powder
1 and 1/2 teaspoons of celery seeds

Melt these 6 first ingredients in a small saucepan.

Snacks:
1 box of regular Shreddies
1 box of regular Cheerios
1 pound (500 g) of ssalted, shelled peanuts
1 medium size bag of pretzels

Mix these last ingredients into a large roasting pan.
Pour the melted sauce mixture over and cereals, peanuts and pretzels.
Mix well.

Roast uncovered for 90 minutes, stirring every 20 minutes.

Doris' rum balls

My friend, Peter, and I used to steal as many of these as we could off the buffet table, pop them in our mouths and try to act drunk. We had no idea that for all their flavour, there was only a quarter cup of rum in a whole recipe.

I found Mom's recipe last week and made them for the first time today. They taste like a part of my childhood. What does that say about my chilhood? I have no idea but here is this easy to make awesome recipe.

1 cup of vanilla wafers finely crushed (I live in the country so I had to make do with honey graham crumbs
1 cup of confectioner's sugar
1 and 1/2 cups of nuts (chopped our ground) I used my coffee grinder.
2 tablespoons of cocoa

Combine these ingredients in a bowl.

Add 2 tablespoons of corn syrup
and 1/4 cup of rum to the mixture.

Shape into 1 inch balls and roll into granulated sugar.

Enjoy!

Celeste's sausage custard

1 lb of sausage links
8 slices firm white bread cut in cubes
1 1/2 cups of shredded Swiss cheese
5 beaten eggs
2 cups of milk
1 cup heavy cream
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 tspn pepper
1/2 tsp dry mustard

Night before prepare, cook and drain sausage.
Cut into bite size pieces.
Arrange sausages and bread cubes in bottom of a greased 2 quart baking dish. Sprinkle cheese on top.

Combine eggs milk, cream and seasonings and pour over bread and sausage. Leave dish covered in fridge over night.

Next morning, remove dish from fridge and let come to room temperature. Preheat oven to 350 F.
Bake dish uncovered until it has set and puffed and browned about 1hour. Serves 8 to 12!!!

2 quarts = 8" square = 9x9x1 1/2 = 12 x 7 1/2 by 2 inch
according to http://www.ellenskitchen.com/cooktalk/pansmeas.html