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Christmas Recipes

Here you’ll find all my recipes suitable for Christmastime. Whether you need a seasonal beverage like orange spiced eggnog, an easy dessert like cranberry fool, Christmas cookies like ginger cookies, shortbread, and angel slices for a cookie plate, or a stunning dessert centerpiece like a buche de Noel, I’ve got you covered.

A close-up of maple syrup pouring on a short stack of overnight malted waffles on a brown plate.

Overnight Malted Waffles

A brown bowl of cubes of pale beige coffee marshmallows.

Coffee Marshmallows

Three Twinkies decorated to look like Santa Clauses on a white plate with a holly and red bow border.

Santa Twinkies (Die Hard is a Christmas Movie)

Two tapered, handled clear glasses full of hot butterscotch and topped with lots of whipped cream and mini marshmallows.

Hot Butterscotch

A small, white cupcake pedestal with 3 stacked date and walnut bars on it.

Date Nut Bars with Citrus Glaze

Five Linzer cookies, three dusted with powdered sugar and two with coarse sugar.

Linzer Cookies

Ginger cookies cooling on a round, wire rack with an aluminum container or more cookies in the background along with a jar of honey and one of molasses.

Chewy Ginger Cookies

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Soft, Chewy Sugar Cookies

A stack of snickerdoodle cookies with a ceramic spoon of ground cinnamon in the foreground. There are more cookies cooling on a rack in the background.

The Best Snickerdoodles

Cookies cooling on a wire rack on a butcher block countertop. There is a jar of peanut butter and a half bottle of vanilla in the background along with stacks of baked cookies.

Peanut Butter Cookies with Brown Butter

A slice of chocolate pie on a white plate with the rest of the pie in the background and a mug of cold milk.

Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chess Pie (no Evaporated Milk)

Several piped whipped shortbread cookies on a bright pink surface.

Whipped Shortbread Cookies

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The Best Sausage Balls

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Old-Fashioned Cocoa Fudge

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Penuche Recipe (Brown Sugar Fudge)

A bowl of Christmas trifle topped with whipped cream and red and green sprinkles on a glass plate.

My Family’s English Trifle Recipe

a platter of squares of Moravian sugar cake

Moravian Sugar Cake | The Best Yeasted Coffee Cake in the World

Orange Spiced Eggnog Recipe | A Cup of Christmas Cheer

Orange Spiced Eggnog Recipe | A Cup of Christmas Cheer

Stacked angel slices with thin, white glaze, dark pecan-coconut filling, and sable crust.

Angel Slices (Pecan Slices)

Orange Hot Chocolate Recipe

Orange Hot Chocolate Recipe

Cranberry Fool with Grand Marnier Whipped Cream

Cranberry Fool with Grand Marnier Whipped Cream

No Churn Peppermint Ice Cream

No Churn Peppermint Ice Cream

white plate of peppermint bark brownies with a Christmas stocking and decorative snowman in the background

The Best Peppermint Bark Brownies | Delicious Christmas Brownies!

Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle Cookies

Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle Cookies

Peppermint Brownie Brittle Recipe | Crispy Brownie Bark

Peppermint Brownie Brittle Recipe | Crispy Brownie Bark

Mexican Hot Chocolate Pie | Christmas Pie with Snowman Crust

Mexican Hot Chocolate Pie | Christmas Pie with Snowman Crust

Overnight Fruitcake Baked Steel Cut Oats | Christmas Breakfast: Sorted!

Overnight Fruitcake Baked Steel Cut Oats | Christmas Breakfast: Sorted!

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The Best Sauce To Pour Over Cream Cheese

Chocolate Yule Log with Cran-Raspberry Filling

Chocolate Yule Log with Cran-Raspberry Filling

Favorite Christmas Recipes | From My Kitchen to Yours

Favorite Christmas Recipes | From My Kitchen to Yours

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