Christmas Recipes
Aug 29 2026
The right icing can turn a simple Christmas cookie into a snowflake, ornament, Christmas tree, stocking, wreath, or tiny edible work of art. But cookie icing can also be one of the more confusing parts of holiday baking. Should you use royal icing or regular frosting? How thick should outlining icing be? Why does flood …
Jul 26 2026
Christmas French toast is one of those breakfasts that feels festive without needing to be complicated. Thick slices of bread soaked in eggs, milk, vanilla, and warm spices already make a cozy breakfast. Add berries, orange zest, cinnamon, powdered sugar, maple syrup, or a little cranberry compote, and ordinary French toast suddenly feels perfectly suited …
Nov 05 2025
Few Christmas treats feel quite as festive as a plate piled high with beautifully decorated gingerbread cookies. Gingerbread people, stars, Christmas trees, snowflakes, candy canes, and other holiday shapes instantly make a kitchen feel ready for Christmas. These traditional Christmas gingerbread cookies are warmly spiced with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and a touch of cardamom, …
Oct 24 2025
Few Christmas treats capture the warmth of the season quite like Nuremberg Lebkuchen. Fragrant with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cardamom, honey, citrus, and toasted nuts, these classic German Christmas cookies are wonderfully soft, richly spiced, and perfect for a holiday cookie platter. Unlike the familiar American gingerbread cookie, Nuremberg-style lebkuchen is especially nutty and tender. Ground …
Oct 24 2025
Few Christmas bakes look quite as festive as a traditional German stollen. Beneath its thick, snowy coating of powdered sugar is a rich buttery yeast bread filled with raisins, candied citrus peel, almonds, lemon zest, and warm spices. The stollen pictured here has exactly the look you want: a rustic golden loaf with a dense, …
Dec 16 2024
There are certain flavors that instantly make the kitchen feel like Christmas, and gingerbread is right at the top of the list. Ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, brown sugar, and molasses come together in these soft gingerbread cupcakes for a holiday dessert that tastes every bit as festive as it looks. The finishing touch is a …
Dec 16 2024
Few Christmas treats feel quite as unmistakably British as a warm mince pie. These little pastries have crisp, buttery shortcrust shells filled with rich, spiced mincemeat and finished with pretty pastry stars and a generous dusting of powdered sugar. Set them on a platter beside the Christmas tree and they look as though they belong …
Feb 03 2024
Christmas dinner is all about comfort, celebration, and bringing something special to the table—and none of that has to disappear when the menu is vegan. In fact, Christmas is a wonderful season for plant-based cooking. Winter vegetables become deeply flavorful when roasted, mushrooms bring wonderful savory richness to gravies and main dishes, cranberries and pomegranates …
Feb 03 2024
There is something wonderfully comforting about pouring warm, savory gravy over a plate of mashed potatoes during Christmas dinner. This vegan mushroom gravy delivers all the rich, cozy flavor you want from a holiday gravy—without butter, cream, or meat drippings. Made with browned mushrooms, onion, garlic, vegetable broth, herbs, and a splash of soy sauce …
Feb 03 2024
Few things make a kitchen feel more like Christmas than the smell of gingerbread baking in the oven. Warm ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and rich molasses create that unmistakable holiday aroma, while a collection of cookie cutters turns a simple dough into an entire tray of festive Christmas treats. These traditional vegan gingerbread cookies have …
