Tired of the same old cider? Add some frozen strawberries to the mix and spice things up with cloves and cinnamon sticks. It's a hot drink you'll want all year round.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Christmas

While most holidays have some special foods attached to them, Christmas seems to have the most variety. It's probably because Christmas is celebrated in so many ways leading up to the actually holiday - and it usually involves food. No matter how you celebrate at the holidays, we hope that these recipes will make things just a little extra festive for you and your family.
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celebrating the holidays
Office, school, or just celebrating "the holidays" with friends. These parties often involve festive drinks like wassail or hot buttered rum. Cookies are another huge part of Christmas. It seems like everyone has their favorite kinds that they make year after year: shortbread, candy cane cookies, cathedral windows, cherry winks, mincemeat and more
christmas dinner
The actual Christmas feast can include a day-long feeding frenzy from a family brunch to dessert after dinner. Some traditional dinner foods include prime rib, turkey, goose, or ham. The side dishes often are similar to those served at Thanksgiving and include sweet potatoes, green beans, or stuffing.
Strawberry Cider
Christmas Breakfast Omelet
Made with salt, milk, bread, Cheddar cheese, bacon, eggs
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Holiday Cheese Log
Made with hot sauce, garlic, green onions, parsley, pecans, red bell pepper, cream cheese, blue cheese, hard-cooked eggs
Time: over 2 hours
Gala Goose
Made with all-purpose flour, celery, chicken stock, white wine, parsley, green apple, whole cloves, bay leaf, dried thyme, dried porcini mushrooms
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Holiday Stuffed Celery Bites
Made with celery, cream cheese, sour cream, green olives, walnuts, Tabasco sauce
Time: 30-60 minutes
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Creamy Hot Buttered Rum Mix
Made with water, rum, butter, brown sugar, fruit sugar, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, vanilla ice cream
Time: 1-2 hours
Frosted Anise Cookies
Made with sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, anise extract, light cream or half-and-half, butter, powdered sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Cranberry Apple Dump It Cake
Made with almonds, walnuts or granola, whole cranberries, apple pie filling, yellow cake mix, butter
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Prime Rib-Eye Roast
Made with boneless beef rib-eye roast, dry red wine, balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, salt, black pepper
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
White Christmas White Fruit Cake
Made with vanilla extract, salt, baking powder, candied cherries, candied pineapple, pecans, butter or margarine, confectioners' sugar, eggs, all-purpose flour
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Slow Cooker Brandied Christmas Wassail
Made with sugar, lemon juice, brandy, cinnamon, whole cloves, water, frozen cranberry juice cocktail, frozen raspberry juice blend concentrate, frozen apple juice...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Snowman Soup
Made with candy cane, hot chocolate mix, chocolate kisses, miniature marshmallows
Time: under 30 minutes
Smoked Prime Rib
Made with cayenne pepper, black pepper, prime rib roast, rosemary, paprika, salt, onion powder
Method: smoker
Time: 2-5 hours
Baked Christmas Pudding
Made with baking soda, butter or margarine, sugar, eggs, molasses, mixed candied fruit, candied pineapple, pecans, all-purpose flour, baking powder
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Christmas Coconut Rum Eggnog
Made with ground cinnamon, cream, coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, white rum, water, cinnamon sticks, egg yolks, egg whites
Method: stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Cherry Surprise Balls
Made with butter or margarine, flour, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, water, nuts, bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, maraschino cherries
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Polish Christmas Kluski z Makiem
Made with butter, poppy seeds, sugar, noodles
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Mincemeat Drop Cookies
Made with powdered sugar, margarine or butter, all-purpose flour, sugar, eggs, baking powder, baking soda, mincemeat, pecans or walnuts
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Pumpkin Rum Pound Cake
Made with rum, butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pumpkin puree, ground cinnamon
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Bread Machine Bohemian Christmas Bread
Made with almonds, active dry yeast, bread flour, lemon peel, salt, sugar, egg, butter, milk, water
Method: bread machine
Time: 1-2 hours
Eggnog For A Crowd
Made with heavy cream, milk, brandy, light rum, eggs, confectioners' sugar
Time: 1-2 hours
Christmas Spinach Salad
Made with Dijon mustard, rice wine vinegar, baby spinach, avocado, red onion, pomegranate seeds, dried cranberries, cranberry juice concentrate
Time: under 30 minutes
Meringue Snowflakes
Made with colored sugar or edible glitter, lemon, peppermint, orange, or almond extract, confectioner's sugar, cream of tartar, egg whites
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Old English Wassail
Made with cider, oranges, lemons, sugar, water, whole cloves, allspice berries, ground ginger, cinnamon sticks
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Slow Cooker Holiday Cider
Made with oranges, ground nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, apple cider, brown sugar, lemonade concentrate, orange juice concentrate, whole cloves, whole allspice
Method: stovetop, crock pot
Time: 1-2 hours
Chocolate Balls
Made with paraffin wax, butter, graham cracker crumbs, pecans, coconut, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, peanut butter, semisweet chocolate chips
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
White Chocolate Popcorn Balls
Made with white chocolate, popcorn, rainbow colored sprinkles
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Christmas Bark
Made with white chocolate, dried cranberries, pistachios or chopped macadamia nuts
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Butter Cookies for Cookie Press
Made with baking powder, flour, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla or almond extract
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Low Calorie, Sugar Free Eggnog
Whip up a batch of this delicious, low calorie eggnog without the sugar rush. Perfect for those who love eggnog but are watching their waistline.
Time: 2-5 hours
Ensalada De Noche Buena (Christmas Eve Salad)
Made with pineapple, pineapple chunks, oranges, bananas, apple, beets, sliced beets, jicama
Time: under 30 minutes
Icelandic Christmas Salad
Made with lemon juice, red cabbage, red currant jelly, raspberry preserves or apricot jam
Time: 2-5 hours
Christmas Aspic With Avocado Dressing
Made with unflavored gelatin, tomato juice, tomato, cucumber, celery, non-stick cooking spray, lettuce, avocado, plain nonfat yogurt
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Roast Prime Rib With Thyme Au Jus
Made with bone-in prime rib, garlic, salt and coarsely ground black pepper, red wine, beef stock, fresh thyme
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Braised Rib Roast With Melted Tomatoes
Made with standing beef rib roast, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, margarine, onions, garlic, beefsteak tomatoes, thyme
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Garlic Studded Bone In Prime Rib
Made with carrots, shallots, bone-in prime rib, garlic, oil, rosemary leaves, thyme leaves, Dijon mustard, salt, black pepper
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Red Pepper, Green Onion And Cream Cheese Dip
Made with black pepper, salt, Worcestershire sauce, cream cheese, mayonnaise, red bell peppers, green onion
Time: 1-2 hours
Candy Cane Jello Shots
Made with peppermint schnapps, cherry jello, Hot Damn liquor, sweetened condensed milk, water, unflavored gelatin powder
Time: 2-5 hours
Maple Yule Logs
Made with powdered sugar, brown sugar, egg, salt, flour, maple flavoring, margarine
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Cream Cheese Christmas Wreath
Made with salt, herbed salt substitute, pimentos, bacon, cream cheese, mayonnaise-type salad dressing, green onion, Cheddar cheese, green olives
Time: 1-2 hours
Double Divinity
Made with superfine sugar, salt, corn syrup, egg whites, water, vanilla extract
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Festive Carrots & Pineapple
Made with fingerling carrots, pineapple chunks, brown sugar, butter, cornstarch, ground cinnamon
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Spiced Rum Balls
Made with vanilla wafers, corn syrup, spiced rum, walnuts, pecans, cocoa powder
Time: over 5 hours
Australian Traditional Christmas Pudding
Made with breadcrumbs, butter, brown sugar, currants, raisins, sultanas, citron peel, eggs, salt, brandy
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
German Christmas Lebkuchen (Spice Bars)
Made with confectioner's sugar, egg whites, honey, flour, unblanched almonds, cinnamon, ground cloves, mixed candied fruits, baking powder
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cake Mix Christmas Cookies
Made with powdered sugar, nuts, cake mix, eggs, shortening, water
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Christmas Ribbon Cookies
Made with green food coloring, flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, red food coloring, candied cherries
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
Grandpa's Hot Buttered Rum
Made with water, butter, brown sugar, confectioners' sugar, vanilla ice cream, nutmeg, cinnamon, dark rum
Time: 2-5 hours
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