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Easy Christmas Recipes

Step into a winter wonderland of flavors with our delightful collection of Christmas recipes! Decorate a batch of our sugar cookie recipe for decorating with the family, make your own easy eggnog recipe, or make a holiday memory with the kids by crafting cinnamon ornaments or using our salt dough recipe to make ornaments. We've got hundreds of Christmas recipes to make your holiday spectacular!

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A Christmas charcuterie wreath in a round wooden tray with decorative pine boughs, pinecones, and red berries wreathed around the edges.

The 27+ Best Christmas Appetizers

Glass of Coconut Milk Eggnog surrounded by blue and red holiday decorations.

Coconut Milk Eggnog

A jar of eggnog overnight oats rests on a counter with two cinnamon sticks and a piece of nutmeg beside it.

Eggnog Overnight Oats Recipe

Overhead of a cast iron skillet filled with make-ahead vegan cinnamon rolls drizzled with icing.

Make-Ahead Vegan Cinnamon Rolls

Mushroom appetizers piled high on a plate.

Parmesan and Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms

Top view of two braided loaves of finnish cardamom bread.

How To Make Pulla (Finnish Cardamom Bread)

Sugared cranberries atop a thick white glaze that's dripping down the sides of the cranberry Christmas cake.

Orange Cranberry Christmas Cake

Sliced bourbon glazed ham in a roasting pan with fresh cranberries and orange slices.

Orange Bourbon Glazed Christmas Ham

Close up of Sweet Potato Crostini with Goat Cheese and Pomegranate spread out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper

Sweet Potato Crostini with Goat Cheese and Pomegranate

Six pieces of homemade saltine toffee stacked high on a counter.

How to Make Easy Saltine Cracker Toffee

A creamy eggnog martini in a martini glass on a metal serving tray dusted with nutmeg and cinnamon.

Festive Eggnog Martini Cocktail

An open jar of edible cookie dough with a white spoon in it sits in front of a packaged jar of the dough.

How to Make Healthy Edible Cookie Dough for Gifting

Homemade Eggnog

Homemade Eggnog (Spiked or Not)

Clear glass mug of Red Wine Hot Chocolate on a white saucer with chocolate chips

Red Wine Hot Chocolate

Two hands pull an almond flour chocolate chip cookie apart. Gooey chocolate stretches between the two cookie halves.

The Best Almond Flour Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

A wooden stirrer mixes a tumbler filled with homemade kahlua, vodka, and cream into a white russian drink.

White Russian Drink Recipe

A stack of three canadian nanaimo bars on a plate.

Award-Winning Nanaimo Bars

Pouring maple syrup over a single slice of french toast casserole with fresh fruit.

Baked French Toast Casserole (Vegan Option!)

A hand holding a sausage ball dipped in ranch dressing.

Quick & Simple Sausage Balls Recipe

Overhead of an easy goat cheese appetizer platter served on a wooden tray with goat cheese balls, forks, honey, and jam.

Fried Goat Cheese Balls

Mug of cocoa surrounded by sugar cookies

Creamy Crockpot Hot Chocolate Recipe

A gingerbread latte in a glass mug. Two gingerbread cookies sit next to the mug.

Homemade Gingerbread Latte

Maple Rosemary Bar Nuts on a white background

Maple Rosemary Bar Nuts

Top view of the creamy foam and espresso bean garnish on a classic espresso martini with additional beans alongside.

Espresso Martini Recipe

Overhead of a bowl of reindeer chow surrounded by festive red and white decorations.

Easy Christmas Puppy Chow (Reindeer Chow)

Top view of a black bowl piled high with sweet and salty popcorn.

Kettle Corn Recipe for Gifting or Snacking

Top view of a holiday roast topped with herbs and garlic on an oval platter with fresh rosemary and cranberries around it.

Classic Roast Beef Recipe

A spoon dips into a creamy potato side dish served family-style in a large white bowl.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Twice baked potatoes served on a white platter topped with snipped chives.

Twice-Baked Potatoes Recipe

A hand bastes slow cooker ham with a white brush. The dish sits on a white tablecloth.

Easy Christmas Dinner Ideas

Salt Dough Ornaments painted white, red, silver, and gold lay on a white background.

Salt Dough Ornaments

Clementine and Clove Spritz Cookies on a white plate with clementines and cloves nearby

Clementine and Clove Spritz Cookies

Lofthouse Sugar Cookies decorated in white, green, and red frosting, topped with sprinkles

Copycat Lofthouse Sugar Cookies

Close view of a breakfast bake studded with red and green peppers, ham, and bread cubes.

Denver Omelet Casserole

Honey glazed carrots served on a wooden tray with small bowls of honey and fresh thyme on either side.

Honey Glazed Carrots Recipe

Close view of homemade mint chocolate bars stacked on a plate, three distinct layers in each bar.

No-Bake Mint Chocolate Bars

A white wicker serving tray with frosted morning buns on parchment paper and a decorative serving knife.

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Peppermint Hot Chocolate

A creamy martini cocktail stands in a martini glass with a crushed candy cane rim.

Peppermint Martini (Candy Cane Martini)

vegetarian five bean soup mix

vegetarian five bean soup mix

Chewy Gingerbread Cookies

Soft Gingerbread Cookies

Grain-Free Paleo Sugar Cookies with Coconut Butter Frosting and Christmas sprinkles on a white platter

Grain-Free Paleo Sugar Cookies