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Holiday baking is one of those highly anticipated signs that the
Christmas season is upon us. There's often so much tradition behind those baked
items that help to give the holiday season a truly festive feel. Somehow a
Christmas Party without shortbread cookies, mince tarts, hot cinnamon rolls and other
fresh-baked goods just wouldn't seem quite right.
You're bound to serve a wide range of baked delights to the many
folks who drop in throughout the season, as well as on Christmas day for both
brunch and dinner. Add to that the fact that the holidays are the time of year
when you're most likely see bake sales popping up, or you may even give
home-baked goodies as gifts throughout the season. Considering all that,
there's certainly no shortage of baking to be done.
You can save yourself a lot of time by baking many of these
items in advance. Many baked goods freeze especially well, though the key to
keeping them fresh is in the packaging. Even in the freezer, food can absorb
tastes and odors from other foods. If your chest freezer is filled primarily
with baking, you need not worry as much, though if your freezer section is home
to a wide range of foods that'll be near your baked goods, you will want to
take extra care to make sure that everything is sealed up tight.
You can freeze many of your baked foods already packaged and
ready to go. If you plan to give baked goods as gifts throughout the season,
you can package them up in festive form so that you can simply grab them from
the freezer as you need them.
You can package cookies in festive-themed food-safe cello bags,
or pile them up on colorful plates with holiday designs. Cupcakes (both mini
and regular sized) can be packaged in clear clamshell-style containers that
will not only keep your cupcakes standing upright in the freezer, but will also
provide an attractive gift presentation after you've wrapped the container up
with a bow. Loaves or small cakes can be baked in single-use card-stock loaf
pans, or you can also find inexpensive multi-use metal or ceramic loaf pans at
craft or kitchen stores so that the recipient will have an item to hold onto
long after the baking is gone.
If you've been asked to donate items for a bake sale, you can
use similar tactics, or you can wrap items up in smaller, single servings by
using food-safe cello wrap. Cello wrap is often available in a wide range of colors and prints so that you can continue the holiday theme right through
into the packaging.
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Part of what makes baked goods such a special holiday gift item
is the aspect of sharing – not only the idea of sharing food but also sharing
traditions. Food is such an important aspect of the holiday celebrations.
Sharing home-baked items is a gift of time and caring, but also a sharing of
family history. Most families have a number of highly coveted holiday recipes
that have been passed down from generation to generation. These recipes help us
to remember home if we're celebrating the season somewhere far away, and they
also help us to remember loved ones after they're gone by letting us feel as
though our loved ones are still part of each year's Christmas traditions. By
sharing home-baked delights with friends and family members, you share these
memories with a whole new set of people, making them a part of the tradition,
too.
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