Made with salt, milk, bread, Cheddar cheese, bacon, eggs
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
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.
Christmas Breakfast Omelet
Candy Cane Puffs
Made with candy canes, white chocolate, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, salt, butter, confectioners' sugar, egg, peppermint extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Bourbon Pecan Cake
Made with baking powder, pecan halves, whole red candied cherries, seedless white raisins, bourbon, butter, sugar, dark brown sugar, eggs, all-purpose flour
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
Peppermint Mints
Made with sugar, water, butter, oil of peppermint, food coloring
Method: stovetop
Time: over 5 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
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Snowman Soup
Made with candy cane, hot chocolate mix, chocolate kisses, miniature marshmallows
Time: under 30 minutes
Fudge Balls
Made with powdered sugar, flour, butter or margarine, unsweetened baking chocolate, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, salt
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Shortbread Spritzer Cookies
Made with decors or colored sugar or chopped nuts, food coloring, butter, flour, sugar, baking powder, vanilla extract, almond flavoring, egg, milk
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Christmas Bark
Made with white chocolate, dried cranberries, pistachios or chopped macadamia nuts
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Christmas Gift Brandied Apricots
Made with semi sweet chocolate chips, dried apricots, sugar, brandy, vodka
Time: over 5 hours
Christmas Party Mints
Made with powdered sugar, margarine, evaporated milk, peppermint flavoring, food coloring
Time: over 5 hours
Christmas Beer Cake
Made with flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, butter or margarine, sugar, eggs, sour cream, beer, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Hot Buttered Rum Batter
Made with brown sugar, butter, salt, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, ground cloves
Time: under 30 minutes
Jell-O Christmas Wreath
Made with sour cream, mayonnaise, maraschino cherries, (8 1/2 oz.) can crushed pineapple, well drained, (8 1/2 oz.) can sliced pineapple, blotted on paper towel, water, (6 oz.)...
Time: over 5 hours
Polish Christmas Kluski z Makiem
Made with butter, poppy seeds, sugar, noodles
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Yule-Log Cookies
Made with pecans, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, flour, salt
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
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
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
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
Grilled Prime Rib With Jumbo Asparagus
Made with tomato, fresh sage, fresh thyme, prime rib, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, black pepper, jumbo asparagus, lemon pepper
Method: outdoor grill, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Slow Cooker Cider And Tequila Hot Toddy
Made with lime and lemon, apple cider, cranberry juice cocktail, tequila, orange liqueur
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Cake Mix Christmas Cookies
Made with powdered sugar, nuts, cake mix, eggs, shortening, water
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Christmas Eggnog Loaf
Made with ground nutmeg, eggs, sugar, eggnog, butter, rum extract, vanilla extract, flour, salt, baking powder
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Christmas Caramel Popcorn
Made with candy coated chocolate candy pieces, baking soda, popcorn, brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, salt, vanilla extract
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Jingle Bell Punch
Made with cranberry juice cocktail, lemon juice, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, tea leaves, water, sugar, orange juice
Time: 1-2 hours
Christmas Tree Cake
Made with pretzel rods, peppermint candies, cake mix, confectioners' sugar, shortening, water, non-dairy creamer, vanilla extract, salt, green food coloring
Time: 1-2 hours
Christmas Scent
Made with water, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, anise seed, ground nutmeg, ground ginger
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Light Egg Nog
Made with cinnamon sticks, evaporated milk, frozen egg product, thawed or egg whites, sugar, vanilla extract, light rum, skim milk, ground nutmeg
Method: stovetop
Time: over 5 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
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
Slow Cooker Christmas in England Wassail
Made with allspice, orange, cloves, sugar, apple juice, cranberry juice, aromatic bitters, rum, cinnamon sticks
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Christmas Open House Snack Platter
Made with green olives, tomato, chunk ham, cream cheese, mayonnaise, prepared mustard, salt and pepper, chunk chicken, green onions, hard cooked eggs
Time: 2-5 hours
Traditional German Christmas Punch
Made with lemon, water, sugar or sugar substitute, ground cloves, cinnamon stick, apple juice
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Foolproof Standing Rib Roast
Made with garlic powder, standing rib roast, House Seasoning, salt, black pepper
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Christmas Candy Cane Bread
Made with flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, margarine, nuts, egg, milk, decorator icing
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Christmas Pea Salad
Made with black pepper, salt, pimentos, frozen peas, vegetable oil, vinegar, scallions, sweet pickles
Method: stovetop
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
Cardamom Shortbread Stars
Made with all-purpose flour, butter, sugar, cardamom, salt, confectioners' sugar
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
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
Christmas Cranberry Salad
Made with whipping cream, salt, walnuts or pecans, cranberries, miniature marshmallows, sugar, apples, seedless grapes
Time: over 5 hours
American Indian Cold Christmas Cake
Made with pecans or walnuts, coconut, raisins, vanilla wafers, sweetened condensed milk
Time: over 5 hours
Holiday Stuffed Celery Bites
Made with celery, cream cheese, sour cream, green olives, walnuts, Tabasco sauce
Time: 30-60 minutes
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
Icebox Shortbread
Made with candied cherries, butter, icing sugar, egg yolks, vanilla extract, flour
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 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
Almond White Chocolate Bark
Made with dried apricot, almonds, white chocolate
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Hot Cider Punch
Made with brown sugar, sugar, apple cider, water, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, whole cloves, whole allspice, sticks cinnamon
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Spritzgeback (Pressed Hazelnut Cookies)
Made with ground hazelnuts, all-purpose flour, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, almond extract, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
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