Your Ultimate Christmas Recipe Guide

Editors' Tips and Tricks for the Best Christmas Celebrations

5 Easy Ways to Make This Family Christmas One the Kids Will Cherish

Keep your sanity by turning the kitchen into a workshop for your little elves.

Just Two of You This Christmas? Here’s How to Make It the Merriest

These tips and recipes will make your small holiday big on fun.

6 Ways to Celebrate Christmas on Your Own This Year (and Even Enjoy It!)

It might be the best vacation you take in 2020.

14 Outdoor Holiday Party Recipes

14 Festive Dishes to Celebrate Christmas Outside

Winter outdoor entertaining presents its own challenges, but can be a wonderfully festive way to celebrate the holidays.

15+ Ways to Eat Bacon for Christmas

All I Want for Christmas Is...Bacon

It's easy to work some bacon-y magic into your holiday side dishes, entrees, soups, appetizers, and even desserts.

10+ Recipes For Die-Hard Fans of Christmas Vacation

Fun Old-Fashioned (Griswold-Style) Family Christmas

Get in touch with your inner Uncle Eddie, Clark, Ellen, and more and enjoy a laugh and some great food with these delicious dishes.

Our Favorite Holiday Desserts

35 Easy Holiday Desserts

The holidays are busy enough, so put some of that stress aside with easy dessert recipes everyone will love.

45+ Festive Peppermint Dessert Recipes

The classic candy of the holidays gets its time to shine as the star of these delicious and creative peppermint recipes.

Our 10 Favorite Pecan Pies

Our 10 Favorite Pecan Pie Recipes

30+ Homemade Christmas Candy Recipes

30+ Homemade Christmas Candy Recipes to Share the Love in 2020

25 Easy Christmas Cookies With Few Ingredients

75+ Christmas Cakes to Celebrate the Season

Old-Fashioned Eggnog

Why buy eggnog when you can make your own? Whip up homemade eggnog, a classic holiday recipe, for some good, old-fashioned fun. Gradually adding in bourbon will give homemade eggnog its trademark custardy, yet light, texture. However, you can omit the alcohol if you’re serving it to little ones. Since you’re dealing with raw eggs, it’s important to use the freshest and best quality eggs you can—you don’t want to make eggnog with the carton stragglers that have been in the fridge for at least a month. To reduce the risk of salmonella, we recommend using properly refrigerated, pasteurized shell eggs.

Delicious Holiday Dinners

Must-Make Holiday Hams

There's no need to splurge on a store-bought glazed ham.

Our Favorite Traditional Christmas Dinners

These menus cover everything from winery-inspired feasts to amazing regional-specific fare.

20+ Italian Christmas Dinner Ideas

These classic Italian recipes will make Christmas dinner a breeze.

Red Pepper Miso Wings

Skip the cream cheese and pepper jelly appetizer and use the red pepper jelly for something new. These sticky, yet crispy chicken wings take full advantage of the red pepper jelly flavor. The result is a hot, sweet, savory sauce with a vibrant color. Add scallions and fresh basil for an impressive festive-looking dish that is just asking to be taken to a holiday potluck.

By Karen Rankin

20 Puff Pastry Appetizers for Your Next Party

Use the versatile puff pastry to create a variety of festive and impressive appetizers, ranging from tarts and turnovers to quiches and baked brie.

Christmas Breakfast Casserole

This warm and comforting casserole is everything you could want in a Christmas morning breakfast: rich and cheesy grits, rounded out with sausage, bacon, and poblano.

By Robby Melvin

Dazzling Gourmet Hors d'Oeuvres

Get the party started with these impressive, savory appetizers.

Great Brunch Menus

Relax with friends and family over a delicious mid-morning meal from our menu collections.

55+ Christmas Brunch Recipes

There are few events people look forward to more than Christmas morning, so you might as well celebrate with a brunch that's just as exciting. We've rounded up plenty of brunch recipes that are crowd-friendly, but still impressive (and delicious) so your Christmas morning brunch can go off without a hitch.

Fun and Festive Christmas Treats

Roll up those sleeves and let's get crafty! These fantastic treats are not only delicious, but they're a lot of fun to assemble.

50+ Christmas Salad Recipes

While we love a holiday feast that celebrates indulgence (hello, Baileys Pecan Pie), a light and fresh salad is always a welcome sight on Christmas. Balance out all those heavy sides and desserts with a crisp Wedge Salad with Turkey and Blue Cheese-Buttermilk Dressing, a flavorful Beet-and-Citrus Salad, a spicy Swiss Chard Salad With Spiced Hazelnuts, or any of our other delicious Christmas salad recipes.

Foolproof Fruit Cake

If you're going to make a classic fruitcake, conquer it with this foolproof recipe. Start your fruitcake the day before; candying your own citrus is well worth it. The result is gooey, moist, and dense. The rum taste is bold and delicious, but you can also use apple cider, if desired. This recipe makes four loaves that will keep for a month, so it's perfect for gift giving.

By Deb Wise

The Best Christmas Appetizers

Keep those guests happy before the main meal this year with these fantastic and flavorful holiday appetizers.

Warm Ciders and Brews

Come in from the cold to enjoy warm holiday ciders and mulled wine with a touch of spice.

Chocolate and Peppermint Snowflake Roulade

The irresistable holiday flavor combination, peppermint and chocolate, is perfected in a light, sweet roulade cake. Crunchy cushed peppermint and a creamy filling provide a nice texture. Print an online template of snowflakes and place it under the parchment when you make your designs for easy tracing. To keep from covering your designs in powdered sugar when rolling your cake, leave it on the parchment paper, roll both, and let it cool. Then unroll it, spread the filling and sprinkle 1/2 cup of crushed peppermint, and remove the parchment.

By Deb Wise

40+ Make-Ahead Christmas Appetizers

Cut back on the chaos this Christmas. Our best make-ahead Christmas appetizers (like this festive Christmas Owl Cheeseball, this easy-to-assemble Frudité Platter with Mint-Lime Dip, and these Classic Cheddar Cheese Straws) allow you to spend less time in the kitchen and more time with family this holiday season.

Gifts-in-a-Jar: Jams, Spreads & Sauces

Homemade jams, spreads and sauces in festive jars are food gifts that are sure to please.

The Complete Guide to Homemade Holiday Food Gifts

From savory breads and spicy sauces to decorated cookies and festive cakes, these easy and creative recipes will inspire you to prepare delectable gifts from the kitchen this holiday season.

50+ Heartwarming Breads for Chilly Weather

Win the hearts–and appetites–of friends and family with fresh-baked biscuits, rolls, and quick breads.

40+ Festive German Christmas Recipes

Some of the best Christmas traditions, like holiday markets and decorating trees (and not to mention some of the best Christmas cookies around), originated in Germany. And with hearty dishes like pork loin, spaetzle, potato salad, and sausages, German cuisine feels especially appropriate for Christmastime, and desserts from stollen to springerle make perfect holiday treats. We’ve rounded up our best German recipes for Christmastime, from intricate cookies to satisfying sides.

Baking With Gingerbread

Sample a few of our favorite gingerbread cookies, cakes, cobblers, and crisps.

26 No-Bake Holiday Cookie Recipes

There's no hot oven required for these easy, no-bake cookies that are perfect for holiday entertaining and gift giving.

Cozy Holiday Casseroles

Check out our top holiday casserole recipes, featuring everything from green beans to broccoli.

45 Easy Christmas Appetizers

Whether it's a holiday party, potluck, or family reunion, Christmas will bring at least one situation where you're gonna need to feed a bunch of people. Fortunately, these crowd-pleasing appetizers come together easily, and many of them are ready to go in minutes. We've rounded up everything from festive finger foods to unbeatable dips so you can satisfy—and impress—everyone at your next holiday gathering.

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