Made with milk, rum, bourbon, vanilla ice cream
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.
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
Easy Christmas Candy
Made with mini candy-coated chocolate pieces, vanilla baking chips, vegetable oil
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Honey Green Beans with Cranberries
Made with green beans, orange peel, dried cranberries, honey
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Slow Cooker Spiced Rum Cider
Made with rum, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, whole allspice, whole cloves, apple juice
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
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Christmas Morning Sausage Ring
Made with apple, onion, milk, sausage, crackers, eggs
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Christmas Shortbread Bars
Made with raisins, pecans, shortbread mix, sweetened condensed milk, flaked coconut, candied cherries
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Christmas Wreath Frozen Salad
Made with whipping cream, cream cheese, mayonnaise, red maraschino cherries, green maraschino cherries, crushed pineapple, pecans, miniature marshmallows
Time: 2-5 hours
Glorious Golden Fruitcake
Made with baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, eggs, milk, walnuts, raisins, candied pineapple, red candied cherries
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Holiday Eggnog Bread
Made with water, egg, margarine or butter, bread flour, sugar, salt, ground nutmeg, active dry yeast or bread machine yeast, mixed candied fruits and peels
Method: bread machine
Time: 1-2 hours
Santa's Punch
Made with ginger ale, lime sherbet, pineapple juice, lime Kool-Aid
Time: under 30 minutes
Red Lobster's Shrimp Tree
Made with shrimp, water, salt, curly endive, plastic foam cone, plastic foam square, ketchup, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Mahogany Butter Crunch Toffee
Made with bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, baking soda, sliced almonds, light brown sugar, water, butter, vanilla extract
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Christmas 4-Cheese Cheese Ball
Made with fresh parsley, cream cheese, blue cheese, Cheez Whiz, process cheese product, MSG, Old English cheese, Worcestershire sauce, onion, pecans
Time: over 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
Candied Fruit Christmas Cookies
Made with candied cherries -- cut up, bleached raisins -- cut up, vanilla extract, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, flour, eggs, shortening, sugar
Time: over 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
Easy Christmas Poke Cake
Made with frozen non-dairy whipped topping, water, box (3 oz size) lime gelatin powder, box (3 oz size) raspberry or cherry gelatin powder, super moist cake mix
Time: over 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
Hot English Wassail Punch
Made with cinnamon sticks, ground allspice, cider, lemon juice, orange juice, sugar, ground nutmeg
Method: stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Baked Ham and Pineapple Rings
Made with ground ginger, Worcestershire sauce, center cut ham, sliced pineapple in syrup, cider vinegar, light brown sugar
Method: oven
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
Sleigh Ride Punch
Made with ice mold, lemon-lime carbonated beverage, cranberry juice, tangerines, ground cloves, cinnamon sticks, sparkling cider or sparkling white wine
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Popcorn Snowman
Made with fruit leather, jelly pretzels, cinnamon candies, unsalted butter, miniature marshmallows, popcorn, milk, gumdrops
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Reindeer Punch
Made with orange juice, lemon juice, grenadine syrup, ginger ale, strawberries
Time: under 30 minutes
Overnight Caramel Rolls From Bread Dough
Made with butter, butterscotch pudding, frozen bread dough, cinnamon, brown sugar
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
Christmas Eve Mice
Made with red and green decorator gel, sliced almonds, chocolate creme-filled sandwich cookies, maraschino cherries, chocolate almond bark, chocolate candy kisses
Time: under 30 minutes
Spiced Cranberry Cider Mix in a Jar
Made with allspice, dried cranberries, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves
Time: under 30 minutes
Ground Almond Fruit Cake
Made with seedless dates, mixed peel, red glace cherries, green glace cherries, Brazil nuts, raisins, pecans or walnuts, packaged ground almonds, baking powder, eggs
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
Southern Fruitcake
Made with candied pineapple, dried peaches or apricots, raisins, all-purpose flour, butter or margarine, brown sugar, eggs, peach or apricot nectar, honey, milk
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Norwegian Sugar Cookies
Made with pecan halves, all-purpose flour, butter, sugar, egg yolks, eggs, almond extract
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Pretzel Nut Clusters
Need an easy candy fix? Mix pretzels and nuts into melted chocolate for a sweet "bark" style treat.
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Coconut Balls
Made with shortening, semisweet or milk chocolate chips, powdered sugar, sweetened condensed milk, pecans, vanilla extract, coconut, butter
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Sweet Potato Cranberry Casserole
Made with ground ginger, nutmeg, salt, orange, sweet potatoes or yams, onions, olive oil or vegetable oil, cranberries, brown sugar, butter
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Pumpkin Gingerbread Loaves
Made with milk, all-purpose flour, brown sugar, baking powder, ground cinnamon, baking soda, canned pumpkin, molasses, eggs, margarine or butter
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Pumpkin-Mincemeat Bread
Made with baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, sourdough starter, water, vegetable oil, canned pumpkin
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Icelandic Christmas Salad
Made with lemon juice, red cabbage, red currant jelly, raspberry preserves or apricot jam
Time: 2-5 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
Beef Rib Roast With Currant Sauce
Made with currant or grape jelly, rib roast, garlic, dry mustard, salt, water, black pepper, brown beef gravy, dried thyme
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Pomegranate Holiday Punch
Made with orange zest, pomegranate juice, cranberry juice, orange juice, cinnamon sticks, ginger
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Christmas Cauliflower
Made with paprika, cauliflower, green bell pepper, sliced mushrooms, butter or margarine, milk, all-purpose flour, Swiss cheese, pimientos, salt
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cranberry Turkey Mini Sliders
Made with brie cheese, fresh baby spinach, sesame seeds, cranberry sauce, salt and pepper, frozen turkey meatballs, poultry seasoning, refrigerated biscuit dough, egg
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
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
Special Christmas Cookies
Made with sour cream, sugar, eggs, butter or margarine, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, baking powder, all-purpose flour
Time: 1-2 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
Christmas Fruitcake Bars
Made with light brown sugar, salt, eggs, all-purpose flour, candied pineapple, red glace (candied) cherries, dates, raisins, walnuts, butter or margarine
Time: 1-2 hours
Spiced Hot Buttered Rum Punch
Made with cinnamon, spiced rum, water, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, brown sugar, butter or margarine
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
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
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