50+ Recipes for Christmas!
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Can you believe Christmas is only a few short weeks away? It feels like it was just Thanksgiving! Whether you are having a huge Christmas dinner at your house or a cocktail party for friends, if you haven’t started planning your menu yet you’re in luck!
I’ve collected my personal favorite holiday recipes as well as some from my food blogging friends to give you the best collection of appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, vegetables, breads, beverages, and desserts. So get your printer or pin button ready and save your favorites for later!
Christmas Cranberry Cocktail
Looking for a signature cocktail to serve at your house this holiday season? My sweet and tart Christmas Cranberry Cocktail is pretty and tastes great!
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Peppermint Vodka Recipe
Use homemade peppermint vodka to make a variety of cocktails all through the holiday season. It makes a great gift too.
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Christmas Old Fashioned
Enjoy a Christmas Old Fashioned this holiday season. These festive cocktails include bourbon, cranberry juice, and simple syrup over large ice cubes. Sip away!
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Festive Cranberry Margaritas | Good Life Eats®
Cranberry Margaritas are sweet, tart, and refreshing. These margaritas are perfect for serving at Thanksgiving or Christmas!
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Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
This fun champagne cocktail is easy to make and has a sweet and tart cranberry flavor. It is great for dinner parties or holiday gatherings. #cocktails #champagne #cranberry
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The Best Sparkling Margarita
Toast the holidays or ring in the New Year with this deliciously festive Sparkling Margarita beverage. This combination is something magical!
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Christmas Sangria
Get your holiday vibes going with our Christmas Sangria! Packed with all the seasonal flavors you love, it’s the ultimate festive drink.
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Grinch Hot Chocolate Bombs
Grinch Hot Chocolate Bombs are spheres of green chocolate topped with a red chocolate heart that are filled with hot cocoa and marshmallows. #hotchocolate #hotcocoabombs #grinch
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Donner and Blitzen: A Ginger Brandy Cocktail
A festive time of year calls for a festive cocktail, right? Donner and Blitzen: A Ginger Brandy Cocktail makes a lovely addition to your holiday cocktail party… Combine ginger simple syrup, brandy, pomegranate molasses, and pomegranate juice with ice in your cocktail shaker, pour into your favorite glassware, top off with ginger beer, and a few shakes of orange bitters. Garnish with an orange slice, and crystallized ginger. Bellissimo!
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Christmas Punch Recipe
Fruity Christmas punch prepared with whole ingredients from scratch in minutes. With instruction to serve in a bowl or in individual glasses.
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Easy Holiday Oreos
Dip your Oreos into melted white chocolate then decorate with a green tree pattern and sprinkles! These are so fun to make and ready in just minutes! #oreos #cookies #holidays #christmas
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English Christmas Trifle
Christmas trifle is sure to be a showstopper on your holiday table! Almond pound cake is soaked in liqueur with poached pears, fresh raspberries and custard.
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Christmas Tree Brownie Bites
Christmas Tree Brownie Bites are the perfect holiday treats for kids and adults alike. These delicious bites are festive, adorable to look at, and delicious too! Make these a family activity and have some fun in the kitchen together!
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Sugared Cranberry Cupcakes
Whip up these gorgeous Sugared Cranberry Cupcakes to wow your holiday guests or to bring with you to holiday gatherings you attend!
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Cranberry Pecan Bundt Cake
This holiday season grab a bag of fresh cranberries and a handful of pecans and make yourself this sweet and tart Cranberry Pecan Bundt Cake!
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How to Make Sour Cream Christmas Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Wondering how to make Christmas sugar cookies? These cookies with cream cheese frosting are perfect for Christmas!
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Mini Gingerbread Cheesecake Bites
Put these adorable Mini Gingerbread Cheesecake Bites on your baking list for this holiday season. They are easy to make and absolutely delicious.
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Pittsburgh Thumbprint Cookies {Kaufmann’s}
A delicious and tender thumbprint cookie rolled in jimmies then topped off with a pile of sweet buttercream frosting. #thumbprints #cookies #holidays
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Pressure Cooker Christmas Pudding | Feisty Tapas and Catherine Phipps
Pressure Cooker Christmas Pudding saves time and water. You can use any recipe you like for Christmas Pudding, just use our timing guide
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No-Bake Eggnog Pie – The Short Order Cook
This easy no-bake recipe for eggnog pie is a creamy Christmas dessert. Graham cracker crust with vanilla pudding is the best holiday pie.
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Christmas Stollen Bread
Christmas Stollen is a delicious yeast bread that is lightly sweetened and filled with plenty of dried fruits then it is topped off with a butter and powdered sugar glaze. #bread #christmas #stollen
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How to Pressure Cook Cranberry Sauce (with Instant Pot instructions)
How to pressure cook Cranberry Sauce (with Instant Pot instructions) so that it’s ready in no time. Cranberry Sauce is so easy!
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Potatoes Dauphinoise (Potatoes au Gratin)
Potatoes Dauphinoise is a classic French side dish featuring a tasty blend of tender potatoes, rich cream, and melted cheese.
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Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Stuffing Slow Cooker Recipe
Delicisiously different, cranberry pumpkin seed stuffing/dressing, is made of bread cubes mixed with dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds.
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Butternut Squash Mashed Potatoes
Give your potatoes a fall make over with these delicious Butternut Squash Mashed Potatoes studded with fresh chives and parsley.
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Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
These Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes are the ultimate comforting side dish. Layers of tender potatoes are smothered in a rich, flavorful cheese sauce and baked to bubbly, golden perfection. It’s a delicious potato casserole that’s perfect any time of year.
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Butternut Squash Casserole with Butter Pecan Topping
Butternut Squash Casserole with Butter Pecan Topping is a stunning holiday side dish! Roasted, mashed, and finished with pecan topping!
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Broccoli and Cauliflower Cheese Bake
Get ready for the holidays with this remake of an old favorite! This Broccoli and Cauliflower Cheese Bake topped with a breadcrumb mixture is a delicious holiday side dish!
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Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread Recipe
Christmas Tree Pull-Apart Bread is easy to make beautiful, delicious recipe that will be a total crowd-pleaser at the holiday dinner table.
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Boursin Mashed Potatoes | Craving Something Healthy
Boursin mashed potatoes are full of creamy, cheesy, herb flavors from Boursin cheese, Greek yogurt, and a crunchy Parmesan breadcrumb topping
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Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Sweet Potatoes
Perfectly roasted Brussels Sprouts and Sweet Potatoes seasoned perfectly and drizzled with balsamic vinegar make a great vegan side dish. #vegan #vegetables #sidedish
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Roasted Dill Carrots
With just a few simple ingredients you can transform humble carrots into a delicious side dish with olive oil, orange juice and fresh dill.
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Snowman Cheese Board – Appetizer Addiction
This easy snowman cheese board is perfect for Holiday entertaining. Assembled in minutes and easily customizable, it makes an excellent appetizer for your next gathering.
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Peruvian Christmas Rice (Arroz Árabe)
Peruvian Christmas Rice (Arroz Arabe) is a Peruvian rice dish with a well-defined Arabian influence. Vermicelli is browned in oil before adding the aromatics, spices (including saffron and cumin), rice, and dried fruit (raisins or goldenberries). Garnished with fresh mint and pomegranate arils, it is a quintessential Peruvian holiday dish that can be prepared in about 30 minutes!
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Honey Milk Bread Rolls
Slightly sweet and light and fluffy, these Honey Milk Rolls are easy to make and bake during the week, for the holidays, or anytime! #rolls #bread #holidays
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Maple Balsamic Brussels Sprouts
Delicious and easy side or appetizer recipe perfect for holidays and special occasions with just 5 ingredients and 20 minutes!
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Dairy Free Green Bean Casserole
This Dairy Free Green Bean Casserole is a traditional green bean casserole made without dairy and only requires 9 ingredients!
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This Spinach Pastry Christmas Tree Will Be the Star of Your Holiday Table!
This Christmas Tree Spinach Dip Puff Pastry is the perfect festive appetizer to serve at holiday gatherings. It combines creamy spinach dip with flaky puff pastry shaped into a beautiful Christmas tree, making it as fun to look at as it is to eat. Plus, it’s versatile, so you can customize the filling or add extra touches to make it your own!
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Savory Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Savory roasted sweet potatoes are totally comforting and satisfy your savory cravings when weather turns cold.
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Garlic Butter Fondant Potatoes
Treat your taste buds to these gorgeous garlic butter fondant potatoes. They’re crispy on the outside, soft inside and literally just melt in your mouth.
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Orange Glazed Sweet Potatoes
If you love sweet potatoes, make these orange glazed sweet potatoes this holiday season and enjoy their sweet, rich taste.
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Smoked Traeger Prime Rib (Easy to Follow!) | Good Life Eats®
Smoking prime rib on a Traeger results in a perfectly tender roast every time! Here’s how to make Traeger Prime Rib, plus all of my top tips and tricks.
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The Best Pork Loin Roast – Feta & Garlic Stuffed
This show-stopping Pinwheel Pork Loin isn’t your average pork loin roast… It’s classic pork loin roast transformed by spiral-cutting it into a 3/4 to 1-inch thick layer… Then filled with a savory blend of feta,
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Individual Beef Wellington Recipe (Mini Wellington)
Mini Beef Wellington to serve as an elegant main course meal this holiday season. Individual Wellington are easier to prepare from scratch.
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Roast Christmas Chicken (Best Holiday Dinner Recipe!) | Sweet Tea + Thyme
Celebrate the holidays with our Roast Christmas Chicken recipe! Juicy roast chicken infused with fresh herbs, maple, apple cider and orange!
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Prime Rib Roast with Creamy Horseradish Sauce
Enjoy a Certified Angus Beef Brand Prime Rib Roast with a Creamy Horseradish Sauce this holiday season!
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The BEST Honey Glazed Ham
This is the BEST Honey Glazed Ham recipe ever for the Holidays! It is tender and juicy, with a caramelized sweet glaze. You can cook your honey ham in the oven or in the crockpot!
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Dry Brined Spatchcock Turkey
Dry Brined Spatchcock Turkey is the easiest and best way to prepare a tender and juicy turkey using kosher salt, herbs, and spices.
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Perfect Beef Wellington – Noshing With The Nolands
One of the most celebrated dinners is this Perfect Beef Wellington. Succulent beef tenderloin wrapped in mushroom duxelles and encased.…
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Roasted Stuffed Whole Chicken
Juicy and tender, whole stuffed chicken has butter rubbed under the skin and is stuffed with a homemade stuffing with celery and onions.
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Prime Rib for Christmas Dinner
Classic prime rib for Christmas dinner, perfect every time. Step-by-step instructions on how to roast, cook, and season your prime rib!
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