Christmas Recipes
Jan 10 2024
Decorating Christmas cookies is one of those holiday traditions that can be as simple or as elaborate as you want it to be. A batch of plain stars, trees, gingerbread people and candy canes becomes something completely different once bowls of red, green and snowy-white icing appear on the kitchen table. The colorful cookies pictured …
Jan 04 2024
Few homemade candies have a texture quite as satisfying as peanut brittle. One moment you’re holding a glossy golden shard studded with roasted peanuts; the next comes that unmistakable snap, followed by buttery caramelized sweetness and plenty of nutty crunch. It is also one of those Christmas candies that looks wonderfully impressive without requiring a …
Dec 23 2023
Few Christmas desserts make an entrance quite like a chocolate Christmas log. Rich, dark, and covered in snowy white decorations, it looks as though a tiny piece of a winter forest has been carried straight onto the dessert table. This version combines a light chocolate sponge with a soft vanilla cream filling and a generous …
Dec 16 2023
There is something irresistible about a Christmas treat that manages to be buttery, crisp, salty, chocolatey, and nutty all at once. Dark Chocolate Christmas Crack checks every box. A simple layer of saltine crackers becomes the base for bubbling brown sugar toffee, a generous blanket of rich dark chocolate, and plenty of crunchy chopped pecans. …
Dec 15 2023
There’s something about a box of beautifully decorated sugar cookies that feels instantly like Christmas. Snowflakes edged in snowy white icing, bright green Christmas trees dotted with tiny ornaments, cheerful snowmen, reindeer faces, Santa cookies, candy canes, and little winter scenes turn an ordinary batch of cookies into a holiday centerpiece. The cookies pictured on …
Dec 09 2023
There is something irresistible about a Christmas appetizer table. Before dinner is served and before anyone starts thinking about dessert, everyone seems to gather around the platters—breaking into creamy Brie, reaching for crackers, sampling little skewers, and going back for “just one more” bite. The prettiest Christmas spreads don’t necessarily require complicated recipes, either. A …
Dec 08 2023
Few Christmas cookies look quite as charming as classic raspberry Linzer cookies. With buttery almond cookies, jewel-bright raspberry jam, delicate cutout centers, and a snowy coating of powdered sugar, they seem made for holiday cookie trays. The cookies pictured here have that wonderfully traditional look: round golden sandwiches with little stars, Christmas trees, and other …
Dec 02 2023
There are certain dishes that simply look like Christmas when they arrive at the table, and a beautifully glazed ham is one of them. Golden at the edges, glossy with a sweet-and-savory glaze, and surrounded by rosemary, citrus, cranberries, or roasted fruit, Christmas ham has all the drama of a holiday centerpiece without requiring an …
Nov 23 2023
There are few homemade Christmas treats easier—or prettier—than a tray of festive chocolate bark. Smooth chocolate becomes the backdrop for crunchy almonds, jewel-red dried cranberries, and bright pieces of peppermint candy cane. Once everything has set, the bark is simply broken into rustic pieces, creating an impressive holiday candy without complicated decorating, baking, or candy-making …
Nov 16 2023
Few Christmas candies look as festive as homemade peppermint bark. With a rich dark chocolate base, a creamy white chocolate layer, and a generous scattering of crushed red-and-white candy canes, this simple holiday treat looks as though it came straight from a Christmas candy shop. The best part? Peppermint bark is surprisingly easy to make …
