Christmas Cranberry Cobbler

1 pkg. yellow cake mix
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 c. butter, softened
1 c. chopped nuts
1 can peach pie filling
1 can (16 oz.) whole berry cranberry sauce
Vanilla ice cream or Cool Whip

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine dry cake mix and spices in bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in nuts. Set aside. Combine pie filling and cranberry sauce in ungreased 13x9 inch pan. Sprinkle crumb mixture over fruit. Bake 45 or 50 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream or Cool Whip.
If you can't find peach pie filling, apple or cherry will do.

Italian Christmas Wine Cookies

3 c. Mazola oil
1 1/2 c. red wine
1 1/2 c. white wine
Pinch of cinnamon

Boil above together for 1 minute. Sift 8 cups of flour into large bowl. Add: 1 tbsp. honey 3 tsp. salt 2 beaten eggs Mix well, slowly add the hot mixture; knead until very stiff; if dough is still too soft and sticky, add more flour. Pinch off golf ball size pieces of dough and roll over a grooved board or ravioli board. Fry in deep hot oil. After all the dough is cooked, dip in hot honey, adding a little water to honey as each batch is cooked. Add more honey as needed.

Polish Almond Cookies

Ingredients:

• 7 ounces sugar
• 2 large egg whites
• 7 ounces ground almonds
• 2 to 3 drops almond oil or 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• Pinch cinnamon

Preparation:

1. In a medium bowl, whip the egg whites until they are stiff. Gradually add half the sugar while continuing to whip. The meringue should be so stiff, you can cut it with a knife.
   
2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a separate large bowl, mix together the ground almonds with the rest of the sugar, almond oil and cinnamon. Stir in a dollop of meringue mixture to lighten the nut mixture. Then, gently fold in the remaining meringue mixture, trying not to deflate the volume.
   
3. Using a scoop, drop equal portions of cookie batter onto a parchment-lined sheet pan. Bake about 15 minutes or until cookie bottoms are lightly brown and the tops are crackly. Cool completely on a wire rack.