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Sweet Holiday Recipes

Last Updated December 02, 2021

Holiday cookies

Bake it yourself! Create your own holiday traditions by making new and old favorite recipes to give away and enjoy every year.

Orange Ginger Cookies

Tangy orange and peppery ginger - fresh and candied -pair perfectly in these chewy cookies.

Sugar and Spice Cookies

One of Grandma’s greatest hits, this simple drop cookie delivers a properly spicy, crunchy, melt-in-your-mouth burst of holiday goodness. Make sure your spices are fresh and, in the case of pepper...

Honeybee Brownies

Rich and sweet, these taste like a cross between a brownie and fudge, and use three different kinds of sugar.

Turrón Studded Chilled Chocolate Brownies

When turron, a favorite holiday treat, finds its way inside of rich brownies, the result is magical.

Avocado Brownies

You won’t taste avocado in these cake-like brownies, but they add moisture and richness without added fat.

Charleston Cheesecake Bars

Creamy cheescake is sandwiched between buttery, crunchy oatmeal shortbread. It's especially good when you place it in the freezer for 30 minutes before serving.

Chocolate Rum Balls

Make these jet-black, no-bake confections at least a week in advance to give flavors time to mellow.

Dark Chocolate Almond Bark with Cherries and Ginger

From Vegan Vegetarian Omnivore by Anna Thomas: I could not end without a taste of fine dark chocolate. Toasted almonds, tart cherries, and a zippy touch of ginger give this simple bark a complex...

Coconut Grove Cookies

These are slightly soft cookies topped with a chewy coconut meringue. Place a generous dollop of the meringue on top of the cookie dough; it shrinks slightly in the oven. Reprinted with permission...

Shelled hazelnuts are hard to find in grocery stores, but it's worth seeking them out – shelling is not difficult, but it is time-consuming. If you can only find hazelnuts in the shells, roast on a...

Florida Lemon Squares

Think of a tart, crunchy lemon pie-in-a-bar. These are from Happiness Is Baking by Maida Heatter.

Flowery Shortbread

Old-fashioned buttery cookies adorned with pressed edible flowers are almost too beautiful to eat. Almost.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Chocolate Cookies

Add these to your cookie repertoire – they're super-chocolatey. Use pecans instead of walnuts for a Florida flavor. From Maida Heatter's Happiness Is Baking.