4 fast christmas Recipes

seedless raisin, chopped mixed candied fruits and peels (candied fruit cake mix), orange juice, all-purpose flour, almonds, chopped, sugar, grated orange rind, grated lemon , rind of, salt, fast rising yeast, milk, butter or 1/2 cup margarine, water, eggs, at room temperature, sugar (for dusting loaves )

maraschino cherry, chopped and drained, mixed candied fruit, with peel, almonds, mincemeat, raisins or 1 cup currants, sugar, warm water, fast rising yeast, sour milk or 1 1/4 cups buttermilk, eggs, sugar, margarine, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, icing sugar, water

semi-sweet chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, sweetened condensed milk (save the can), pure vanilla extract, walnuts, plus more for topping (or 1-1/2 cup pistachio nuts), raisins (alternative is dried currants or even better, dried cranberries), candied cherry, red and green, to decorate top (like holly), butter (to grease an 8 inch round cake pan)