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Christmas Recipes

Step into a winter wonderland of flavors with our delightful collection of Christmas recipes! Decorate a batch of our Perfect Cut-Out Sugar Cookies with the family, make your own Homemade Eggnog, or make a holiday memory with the kids by crafting Homemade Cinnamon Ornaments. We’ve got hundreds of Christmas recipes to make your holiday spectacular!

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    Christmas Cookies
  • Close-up of a glass of holiday punch surrounded by Christmas ornaments and pine branches.
    Christmas Cocktails
  • Ball quart jar packaged for gifting with cookie mix and cookie cutter.
    Homemade Food Gifts
  • Spoon drizzling icing onto baked vegan cinnamon rolls in a cast iron skillet.
    Christmas Breakfast
  • A Christmas snack platter served in a round wooden tray with cheeses, meats, fresh fruits, nuts, jams, and crackers.
    Appetizers
  • Sliced bourbon glazed ham in a roasting pan with fresh cranberries and orange slices.
    Christmas Dinner Ideas
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Want to just nab the best of the best Christmas recipes? Savor the holiday season with our top 10 most popular Christmas recipes.

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    Sugar Cookie Martini
  • Salt Dough Ornaments painted white, red, silver, and gold lay on a white background.
    Salt Dough Ornaments
  • Six cocktail gifts in quart sized mason jars packaged for gifting with red ribbon and gift tags.
    Homemade Cocktail Kits Gifts
  • Top view of bourbon glazed Christmas ham with fresh rosemary sprigs, orange slices, and cranberries.
    Bourbon-glazed Holiday Ham
  • Close-up of a bowl piled high with chocolate peanut butter balls.
    homemade
    Buckeye Balls
  • Decorated Christmas tree sugar cookies with green frosting and sprinkles rest on a white background.
    Perfect Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
  • A holiday party appetizer served on a round platter filled with cheeses, meats, nuts, and fruits.
    Christmas Charcuterie Board
  • Close-up of a full mug of hot buttered rum with whipped cream, nutmeg, and cinnamon stick garnish.
    Homemade
    Hot Buttered Rum
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    Gift jars
  • Lofthouse Sugar Cookies
    Lofthouse Sugar Cookies

Christmas Cookie Recipes

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Indulge in the joy of baking this holiday season with our delightful assortment of Christmas cookie recipes, each bite a taste of holiday magic.

Chewy Gingerbread Cookies

Soft Gingerbread Cookies

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

Clementine and Clove Spritz Cookies

Closeup view of a cut out sugar cookie shaped like a christmas tree topped with green icing and sprinkles.

Easy Rolled Sugar Cookies for Cut-Outs

Chewy Lemon Snowdrop Cookies

Tender Lemon Drop Cookies

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

Copycat Lofthouse Sugar Cookies

Close-up of two jam thumbprint cookies with open jars of homemade jam behind them.

Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies

Gooey Chocolate Candy Cane Butter Cookies

Chocolate Candy Cane Gooey Butter Cookies

Monster Cookies

Monster Cookies

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

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

Grain-Free Paleo Sugar Cookies with Coconut Butter Frosting

Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Cookies

Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Cookies

Small Batch Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies

Small Batch Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread Cookies

Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

The Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

Three chewy nutella cookies topped with chopped hazelnuts on a white wooden table.

Nutella Crunch Cookies

Mint Chocolate Marble Cookies

Mint-Chocolate Marble Cookies

Three chocolate espresso cookies on a white background surrounded by espresso beans.

Chewy Double Chocolate Espresso Cookies

Five bourbon and brown sugar cookies topped with bacon pieces on a white background.

Bourbon Bacon Brown Sugar Cookies

Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Brownie Cookies

Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Brownie Cookies

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Four-Ingredient Peanut Butter Blossoms

Finished cookie bar close up on parchment paper.

Never Fail Magic Cookie Bars

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

How to Make Easy Saltine Cracker Toffee

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Holiday Cooking: Simplified!

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Christmas Cocktail Recipes

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Raise your glass to the season with our handpicked collection of Christmas cocktail recipes, crafted to infuse every sip with festive cheer.

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Sugar Cookie Martini Christmas Cocktail

A mixed cranberry gin fizz cocktail stands beside an open flip-top bottle of cranberry simple syrup.

Holiday Cranberry Gin Fizz Cocktail

A mug of Christmas wassail sits with a cinnamon stick balanced across the rim.

Christmas Wassail Recipe

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

Peppermint Martini (Candy Cane Martini)

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

Festive Eggnog Martini Cocktail

A hand sprinkles a pinch of nutmeg over the whipped cream topping a mug of hot buttered rum.

Classic Hot Buttered Rum Recipe

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Jingle Juice Christmas Punch

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

White Russian Drink Recipe

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

Red Wine Hot Chocolate

Bourbon Butterscotch Eggnog

Butterscotch Bourbon Eggnog

Christmas Dinner Recipes

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Gather around the table for a holiday feast with our selection of Christmas dinner ideas, sure to delight every palate.

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

Orange Bourbon Glazed Christmas Ham

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

Slow Cooker Honey-Glazed Ham

Fall Apart Slow Cooker Chicken

Fall Apart Slow Cooker Chicken

Cooked Instant Pot turkey breast on a bed of herbs and cranberries on a white platter.

Herb-Roasted Instant Pot Turkey Breast with Easy Turkey Gravy

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Embark on a holly jolly holiday craft adventure with your little ones! Our salt dough recipe for Christmas ornaments is the perfect, festive activity for creating cherished holiday memories together.

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Christmas Breakfast Recipes

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Make Christmas morning a breeze with our easy and festive Christmas breakfast ideas! Many are make ahead meaning you can enjoy the Christmas festivities instead of being stuck in the kitchen.

Denver Omelet Breakfast Bake

Denver Omelet Breakfast Bake

Birdseye view of a finnish pancake in an enameled cast iron skillet with fresh raspberries and blueberries along one side of it.

Pannukakku (Finnish Oven Pancake)

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

Baked French Toast Casserole (Vegan Option!)

Two thin pancakes served on white plates with an apple and forks nearby.

Pannenkoeken (Dutch Pancakes)

Overhead of spinach and feta mini quiche on a platter garnished with a fresh parsley sprig.

Spinach and Feta Mini Quiche Recipe

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

Make-Ahead Vegan Cinnamon Rolls

DIY Holiday Food Gift Tutorials

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Affordable, thoughtful, and easyโ€”our huge collection of DIY food gifts will make your holiday gift-giving to much easier! These gifts are well-loved and well-reviewed by thousands of readers.

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6 DIY Cocktail Kits for Easy Gifting

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How to Make Your Own Hot Sauce (Fermented or Quick Cook)

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Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix Recipe

Gingerbread cookie mix in a jar packaged for gifting with colorful fabric, string, and a recipe card.

Gingerbread Cookie Mix Jars for Gifting

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

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

Kettle Corn Recipe for Gifting or Snacking

Soup Mixes in a Jar

6 Homemade Soup Mixes in a Jar

Two jars of Barbecue Spice Rub

Barbecue Spice Rub

Whole Wheat Cranberry Orange Muffin Mix

Whole Wheat Cranberry Orange Muffin Mix

A mason jar filled with even layers of dry ingredients for cookie mix in a jar, topped with fabric, a baking instructions tag, and baker's twine.

How to Make M&M Cookie Mix Jars for an Easy Christmas Food Gift

Golden Milk Mix

Homemade Golden Milk Mix

classic peppermint bark

A full and labeled bottle of Homemade Limoncello lies on a white kitchen towel among lemons and other filled bottles.

How to Make Limoncello

Three jars of onion jam stand on a wooden board, the jar in front is open and has a wooden spoon in it.

Red Onion and Port Jam

A glass mug filled with a chai latte sits in front of a jar of loose leaf chai mix.

Homemade Chai Tea Recipe and Easy DIY Tea Gift Set

Two bottles of homemade kahlua on a kitchen counter surrounded by coffee beans.

Homemade Coffee Liqueur Recipe (AKA: Kahlรบa)

Whole Grain Pancake Mix

Whole Grain Pancake Mix

A gift tag tied with red and white string hangs from a jar of ruby red pomegranate jelly.

How to Make Homemade Pomegranate Jelly

Close view of pieces of homemade peanut brittle stacked tall on a parchment paper lined cooling rack.

Homemade Peanut Brittle Recipe

All the latest recipes

Looking for more Christmas cooking inspiration? Check out our entire list of Christmas recipes that will make your holiday season unforgettable.

Copycat Lofthouse Sugar Cookies

Copycat Lofthouse Sugar Cookies

Festive Eggnog Martini Cocktail

Festive Eggnog Martini Cocktail

Homemade Peppermint Mocha Recipe

Homemade Peppermint Mocha Recipe

Pannenkoeken (Dutch Pancakes)

Pannenkoeken (Dutch Pancakes)

Four-Ingredient Peanut Butter Blossoms

Four-Ingredient Peanut Butter Blossoms

Pannukakku (Finnish Oven Pancake)

Pannukakku (Finnish Oven Pancake)

How to Make Salt Dough for Ornaments and Handprints

How to Make Salt Dough for Ornaments and Handprints

How to Dry Brine a Turkey (And Why You Should!)

How to Dry Brine a Turkey (And Why You Should!)

Baked Brie with Jam

Baked Brie with Jam

Honey Glazed Carrots Recipe

Honey Glazed Carrots Recipe

6 DIY Cocktail Kits for Easy Gifting

6 DIY Cocktail Kits for Easy Gifting

How To Make Pulla (Finnish Cardamom Bread)

How To Make Pulla (Finnish Cardamom Bread)

Spinach and Feta Mini Quiche Recipe

Spinach and Feta Mini Quiche Recipe

Never Fail Magic Cookie Bars

Never Fail Magic Cookie Bars

Orange Bourbon Glazed Christmas Ham

Orange Bourbon Glazed Christmas Ham

Parmesan and Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms

Parmesan and Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms

Orange Cranberry Christmas Cake

Orange Cranberry Christmas Cake

How to Make Easy Saltine Cracker Toffee

How to Make Easy Saltine Cracker Toffee

Quick & Simple Sausage Balls Recipe

Quick & Simple Sausage Balls Recipe

Gingerbread Cookie Mix Jars for Gifting

Gingerbread Cookie Mix Jars for Gifting

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