Christmas recipes

What makes these buns so delicious is the sticky, buttery glaze that soaks into the hot crumb, making it especially moist and sweet. The buns are baked right in the glaze. After...

These buns are so sweet and moist thanks to an unexpected ingredient: orange confit in the filling! The glaze is also made with orange zest and freshly squeezed juice,...

Don't let these buns seem so tiny. Believe me, each one is a true flavor bomb! They're easiest to make with store-bought yeast dough. If you generously grease them...

You can certainly bake these sweet cinnamon rolls any time of year, but they're especially delicious on Christmas morning. What makes them so special? It's the amazing raisin filling and...

These delicious cinnamon rolls are a breakfast dream. Fluffy and deliciously sticky, they're made with yeast dough and topped with a sugar glaze infused with coffee and maple extract. They...

Cut this luxurious chocolate cake into eight pieces, arrange them on plates, and let your guests marvel at the Santa's reindeer in each one. To decorate the cake, you'll need M&Ms...

Butter, brown sugar, and warm baking spices transform dark rum into a cozy autumn cocktail for chilly evenings. We recommend serving each mug of this hot drink with a skewer...

This elegant, light dessert is served in elegant martini glasses and is perfect for finishing a festive dinner, such as New Year's, when tangerines are in abundance. Juice them and...

This delicate chocolate toffee is fun to make with the whole family and kids, and the recipe's author offers tips on how to turn the entire process into pure magic. Once the toffee has set, cut it into cubes and...

This dessert may look like a chocolate-and-cream calorie bomb, but if you look closely, it's packed with goodness. Almond paste, natural cocoa powder, dark chocolate, nuts, and bars...

Eggnog is a popular drink in North America and Europe, typically served at Christmas. Traditionally, it consists of eggs, milk, alcohol, and spices, but pre-made bases are also available.

What distinguishes Swedish gingerbread cookies from traditional ones is their thickness. They should be very thin and crisp. To cut the dough thinly and neatly, it's best to leave it in the refrigerator overnight and let...

Transform simple sugar cookies into a dessert both adults and children will love. Bake round cookies using your favorite recipe, and once they're completely cool, sandwich two together with jam...

Decorating sugar cookies is one of the easiest and most fun culinary workshops you can offer to children. And the cookies themselves need to be delicious, because little bakers will definitely...

A touch of ground ginger and a pinch of cinnamon give these vanilla sugar cookies a wonderfully spicy, light and subtle note. Once the cookies are completely cool, decorate them...

Sugar cookies decorated with icing are the perfect treat for the holidays, especially winter ones. Typically, icing on cookies is purely decorative, but not in these cases!

Recipe author Molly Yeh lives on a beet farm on the Minnesota-North Dakota border, so it's no surprise she chose this particular cookie cutter. You can bake cookies in the shape of...

In winter, when you crave fragrant homemade gingerbread but don't have time to work with gingerbread dough, this easy sugar cookie recipe will come to the rescue. Just add fragrant spices like cinnamon, ginger,...

This Yule tree stump cake is an easier alternative to the classic Yule log. It's based on store-bought chocolate cake, but you can bake it yourself if you prefer.

This delicious, gooey, pull-apart bread with crunchy nuts is the perfect treat for a crowd. Pumpkin pie spice, warm caramel, and pecans combine to make it...

These simple sugar cookies hold their shape while baking, so your edible stars will turn out perfect with beautiful, smooth edges. You'll need two star-shaped cookie cutters—...

Bake a colorful clear lollipop in the center of a sugar cookie to create a magical stained-glass window, perfect for hanging on your Christmas tree. Don't forget...

Spelt with sautéed turnips, onions, and apple is a wonderful autumn dish, bursting with flavor. Both the turnips themselves and their fresh tops are used in the preparation. Combined with the apple and onion, the flavor...

Chilling the dough for 24 hours gives these cookies their unique flavor. This is the secret to their wonderfully aromatic dough. These festive cookies, filled with white chocolate chips,...

Apples and honey are a popular treat during Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), symbolizing hope for the coming year. In this recipe, they are the centerpieces of a large...

Pernil is a baked pork ham from Latin American cuisine, typically prepared for Christmas and other major holidays. In this recipe, the ham is marinated in a very spicy marinade with...

This dessert is actually two milkshakes in one. One is a white chocolate milkshake, the other a pink, minty one. Pour them alternately into glasses, freezing...

The most delicate white chocolate, sweet-tart dried cranberries, and crunchy salted pistachios—all in one bar, lovingly handcrafted. For this recipe, look for white chocolate...

Bake some special cookies especially for a special occasion. Yes, they're just regular sugar cookies, but sprinkled with a sparkling coating of decorative red sugar, they look magical and help create the perfect atmosphere.

These cookies are perfect for the holidays and will captivate you with their subtle nutty flavor. Unlike traditional sugar cookies, this recipe doesn't involve rolling out the dough, but rather tucking it into...

A perfectly glazed ham will be the centerpiece of your holiday table, especially at Easter and Christmas. Guests will be speechless at the juicy, savory slices on their plates.

Despite the intricate Christmas flower design, these festive cookies are quite simple to make. The addition of cream cheese makes the dough pliable and easy to...

This classic vanilla cake with airy buttercream frosting offers a cool, minty twist, topped with M&M's Christmas trees. To make these trees, use wafer...

Who said hot chocolate has to be dark? It's just as delicious with white chocolate, and topped with crushed red and white candy canes and a dash of mint extract, the drink...

Pignoli are Sicilian almond cookies filled with pine nuts. They are especially popular in Italy at Christmas and during the winter holidays. They are easy to make, and their nutty flavor is refreshingly citrusy...

This cake is a mint and chocolate lover's dream and a perfect treat for Christmas dinner. It's filled with vanilla ice cream mixed with crushed peppermint candies and topped with a thick layer of...

These soft cakes can become dry if overbaked, so keep a close eye on them while baking. Add peppermint extract to the frosting gradually, drop by drop, to...

With a soft chocolate sponge base and a layer of melting marshmallows, this cake is basically a giant s'more (roasted marshmallows and chocolate on a graham cracker) for your next camping trip.

Crushed peppermint candies add a pleasant, refreshing flavor to these red and white cookies. The cookies are made using a syringe with a Christmas wreath-shaped tip. By spooning the dough into the syringe,...

Ham in a delicious, sticky glaze will be a beautiful addition to your table at any holiday, be it New Year's, Christmas, or Easter. This recipe lets you make a basic glaze and, if desired,...

These snow-white, airy, cloud-like meringues are perfect for the winter holidays. Crispy on the outside, they captivate with their soft center. A sprinkle of decorative sugar adds a touch of...

If you're looking to bake intricate holiday cookies that will impress your guests, this recipe is just what you need! These cookies are complex in appearance and flavor, but much easier to make than...

The combination of mint white chocolate and dark chocolate chip cookies is the perfect dessert for the winter holidays. You'll get a big batch of cookies that you can break into pieces and serve...

At first glance, these spectacular holiday cookies seem complicated to make, but they're not! The cookie dough is divided in half, and a little cocoa powder is added to one half to create two...

Perfect cocoa isn't just about flavor, it's also about texture and consistency—it should be silky, enveloping, and warming. To achieve this, in addition to cocoa powder, bittersweet cocoa powder is added to the milk...

Enjoy the combination of chocolate and mint in this cozy winter drink, the taste of which is sure to set the holiday mood. In addition to cocoa, real chocolate is added to the milk, resulting in a...

This mint gingerbread house, dusted with sugar snow, tastes as good as it looks, and unlike most other pretty gingerbread houses, you'll actually want to eat it....