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
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 Open House Snack Platter
Traditional German Christmas Punch
Made with lemon, water, sugar or sugar substitute, ground cloves, cinnamon stick, apple juice
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
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
Cardamom Shortbread Stars
Made with all-purpose flour, butter, sugar, cardamom, salt, confectioners' sugar
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
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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
Easy Christmas Candy
Made with mini candy-coated chocolate pieces, vanilla baking chips, vegetable oil
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Festive Carrots & Pineapple
Made with fingerling carrots, pineapple chunks, brown sugar, butter, cornstarch, ground cinnamon
Method: stovetop
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 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
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
Holiday Stuffed Celery Bites
Made with celery, cream cheese, sour cream, green olives, walnuts, Tabasco sauce
Time: 30-60 minutes
Popcorn Snowman
Made with fruit leather, jelly pretzels, cinnamon candies, unsalted butter, miniature marshmallows, popcorn, milk, gumdrops
Method: stovetop
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
White Chocolate Popcorn Balls
Made with white chocolate, popcorn, rainbow colored sprinkles
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Icebox Shortbread
Made with candied cherries, butter, icing sugar, egg yolks, vanilla extract, flour
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 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
Christmas Shortbread Bars
Made with raisins, pecans, shortbread mix, sweetened condensed milk, flaked coconut, candied cherries
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
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
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
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
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
Yule-Log Cookies
Made with pecans, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, flour, salt
Method: oven
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
Norwegian Sugar Cookies
Made with pecan halves, all-purpose flour, butter, sugar, egg yolks, eggs, almond extract
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Bourbon Pumpkin Caramel Cheesecake
Made with pumpkin, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt, caramel sauce, cream cheese, sugar, cornstarch
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: over 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
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
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 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
Smoked Prime Rib
Made with cayenne pepper, black pepper, prime rib roast, rosemary, paprika, salt, onion powder
Method: smoker
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
Christmas Popcorn
Made with vanilla extract, baking soda, corn syrup, popcorn, peanuts, butter or margarine, brown sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
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
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
Almond Eggnog
Made with nutmeg, egg yolks, whole cloves, cinnamon, rum, milk, sugar, almonds
Method: stovetop
Time: over 5 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
Standing Rib Roast With Yorkshire Pudding
Made with flour, milk, beef rib roast, salt, black pepper, eggs
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
Jingle Bell Punch
Made with cranberry juice cocktail, lemon juice, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, tea leaves, water, sugar, orange juice
Time: 1-2 hours
Cornflake Christmas Wreaths
Made with non-stick cooking spray, margarine, red cinnamon candies, marshmallows, green food coloring, corn flakes cereal
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Christmas Frittata
Made with red onion, cheddar cheese, cream cheese, vegetable oil, onions, garlic, frozen spinach, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers
Method: stovetop, oven
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
White Christmas Jewel Fudge
Made with candied cherries, chopped green candied cherries, salt, (6 oz. size) premium white chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract
Time: 2-5 hours
Christmas Scent
Made with water, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, anise seed, ground nutmeg, ground ginger
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Christmas Spice Butter
This buttery spread has sugar and spice and everything nice. Use on toast, muffins, bagels, or anywhere you want a little taste of the holidays.
Time: under 30 minutes
Pomegranate Holiday Punch
Made with orange zest, pomegranate juice, cranberry juice, orange juice, cinnamon sticks, ginger
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
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