What's your special?

Everyone has those special recipes around the holidays. You know, the ones that someone in the family says, "Let's have so&so make her...." Those recipes!

I am know for two holiday favorites. One is my pumpkin rolls. They are very easy to make and always a big hit at parties!

Recipe:

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2/3 cup solid pack pumpkin puree
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• confectioners' sugar for dusting

Filling:

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 stick butter
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place wax paper on a 10x15 inch jellyroll pan.
2. In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar with an electric mixer on high speed for five minutes. Gradually mix in pumpkin. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger; stir into the pumpkin mixture. Spread batter evenly into the prepared pan.
3. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the center springs back when touched. Loosen edges with a knife. Turn out on a dishtowel that have been dusted with confectioners' sugar. Roll up cake using towel, and let cool for about 20 minutes.
4. In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, butter, 1 cup confectioners' sugar, and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Unroll pumpkin cake when cool, spread with filling, and roll up. Place pumpkin roll on a long sheet of waxed paper, and dust with confectioners' sugar. Wrap cake in waxed paper, and twist ends of waxed paper like a candy wrapper. Refrigerate overnight. Serve chilled; before slicing, dust with additional confectioners' sugar.

My second most requested recipe is Spritz cookies. They are a holiday favorite with tons of different ways to decorate... trees, flowers, wreaths

The recipe:

• 1 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
• 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Food coloring
• 1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and extracts. Combine the flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Tint with food coloring if desired.
  2. Using a cookie press fitted with the disk of your choice, press dough 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Top with colored sugar and decorating candies if desired. Bake at 375 degrees F for 6-8 minutes or until set (do not brown). Remove to wire racks to cool.
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  So those are my two... What's yours? I'm always looking for a good recipe. Leave a quick recipe or link so I can get a list of awesome holiday treats!