The Holiday Table

There's nothing more delicious than a sweet start to a new year, so here are our favorite dessert recipes, perfect for Rosh Hashanah. These Jewish New Year recipes include everything from apple cake and chocolate rugelach to apple galettes and pomegranate tarts.

Delicious to eat and perfect for gifting, classic candies like buckeye balls, truffles, peppermint bark, divinity, and brittle are a wonderful way to celebrate the season. 

Usher in the New Year with these delicious dinner recipes, featuring everything from gefilte fish and matzo ball soup to honey-glazed chicken and apple casserole.

To help ease the pain of an unwelcome holiday party-induced hangover, choose these foods that are rich in the nutrients alcohol depletes from your system.

Our fresh-from-the-oven recipes make fixing homemade dressings and stuffings a snap.

Hearty oats are just a starting point for this classic cookie that can be customized to fit any palate. Whether you add chocolate, fruit or nuts, our favorite oatmeal cookie recipes are sure to please.

Discover which of our holiday recipes are most popular among your fellow pinners!

Our top holiday cookies are gorgeous, delicious, and guaranteed show stoppers at any cookie swap or holiday party.

When your oven, microwave, and even your neighbor's oven are full, don't worry–there's always room for dessert.

If you’re seating a host of guests for dinner, you’ll need side dishes that will feed a crowd. All of these side dishes serve 8 people or more.

Every one of these holiday main dishes is not only a dazzling addition to the table, but also appropriate for friends and family members with diabetes.

The holidays are busy enough, so put some of that stress aside with easy dessert recipes everyone will love. Whether your holiday season calls for gingerbread, cake, brownies, chocolate bark, cookies, or fruity cobbler, we've got a simple, delicious dessert that will fit your occasion. 

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For the holiday table, look no further than the perfect pan of stuffing to feed a crowd. Whether you're looking for a great stuffing to accompany the holiday ham or Thanksgiving turkey, look no further than this timeless classic.  Add new twists and combinations by playing up different ingredients such as chorizo, apples, or cranberries to achieve the perfect flavor to compliment your feast. 

These festive drinks will refresh and delight your young party guests and non-drinkers. Whenever you host a party, it's important to provide non-alcoholic drinks for your guests so that if they choose not to drink alcohol, they have most options that just soda and water. Fun "mocktails" are tasty and trendy, so pick a recipe that fits your party's vibe. We're partial to serving them in fun, real glassware and saving the plastic cups for your weekend picnics. Bottoms up, friends!

Cookies are great any time of year, but you can't deny that the holiday season kicks cookie fantasies into full gear. Whether you're looking for a cookie that'll stand out at the cookie swap or just something to dunk into your hot cocoa, these thumbprint cookie recipes will add a lot of flavor and fun to your cookie platters this year. 

What’s better than one cookie? Two cookies, joined together by creme, chocolate, or fruit filling, otherwise known as a sandwich cookie. Some of the most popular cookies around (Hello, Oreos) come in sandwich form, and your holiday cookie swap is incomplete without at least one kind of cookie sandwich on the table. Take a look at our best sandwich cookie recipes and make your holiday baking sessions twice as nice.

Hosting Thanksgiving is a right-of-passage for any cook.  We've hand-selected our favorite Thanksgiving recipes that keep things simple, while making sure your first Turkey Day meal is truly memorable.

From brownies to sugar cookies to pecan bars, we've collected some of our best holiday cookies. Warning: You may feel the urge to eat your screen!

Whether you need to prep and freeze your cookies ahead of time, pack them in a container, or wrap them up, we've got some great cookies that make great holiday gifts.

The holidays and sweet treats go hand-in-hand so round out your gift list with festive, homemade candy.

The MyRecipes.com editors have their own holiday cooking issues to face!  Get a little insight into the holiday celebrations of one of our staff members with this collection of her favorite "holiday how-tos."

This season, carve into a juicy main dish worthy of a celebration, and our online reviewers' top rating.

No holiday party would be complete without a festive bowl of Christmas punch, so spread some good cheer and make spirits bright with these festive holiday drink ideas to serve a crowd.