Christmas Recipes
Nothing will get you in the holiday spirit faster than these delicious Christmas Recipes! Recipes for cookies, cakes, pies, bars and SO much more, perfect for that special lunch or Christmas dinner, potlucks, parties, and baking holiday classics with your kids or grandkids.
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Christmas Lofthouse Cookies
Christmas Lofthouse Cookies are the cutest cookies you’ll make this holiday season! My Copycat Lofthouse Cookies are soft, fluffy, and slightly cakey – and taste SO much better than the storebought variety. Quick and easy recipe made with simple ingredients.
Classic Christmas Cookie Recipes
It isn’t Christmas without homemade cookies! These are my very favorite recipes for the holidays – classic, crowd-pleasing cookie flavors to satisfy every taste. Scroll down for even more cookie recipes.
Creative Christmas Cookie Recipes
Even MORE Christmas cookie recipes – these ones are creative, fun, and unique. Everyone will be begging you for the recipe! These cookie ideas are perfect for Holiday Cookie Exchanges and parties.
Christmas Dinner Recipes
You’ll love these recipes for your Christmas Menu! I’ve got show-stopping side dishes and main entrees that will be a hit on the Christmas dinner table.
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Apple & Sausage Stuffing Recipe
This Apple & Sausage Stuffing recipe is filled with traditional flavors everyone at the Thanksgiving table will love. The savory sausage, celery and onion pair perfectly with the fresh sage and the sweetness of the apples. Best of all, this side dish can be made ahead of time! -
Crowd-Pleasing Sweet Potato Casserole
This crowd-pleasing sweet potato casserole has both a pecan topping and a marshmallow topping for the best of both worlds! -
Ultimate Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
This baked Ultimate Macaroni and Cheese recipe has a creamy, silky, rich cheese sauce that’s perfectly balanced by a crisp and crunchy homemade breadcrumb topping. Comfort food perfection and so easy to make! -
Cheesy Green Bean Casserole with Bacon
Cheesy Green Bean Casserole with Bacon is bursting with so many mouthwatering savory flavors, you'll never want to make regular green bean casserole again. Best of all, there's no canned condensed soup!
Homemade Christmas Breads
Take Christmas dinner to a whole new level with homemade bread rolls. Your guests will love you!
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Ultimate Dinner Rolls
These soft, golden, and buttery dinner rolls come together easily and bake up perfectly every time. They’re ideal for holidays or everyday meals! -
Garlic Knot Rolls
Garlic Knot Rolls are irresistibly pillowy-soft and fluffy, drenched in garlic butter, and finished with Parmesan cheese. The ultimate comfort food, everyone LOVES this recipe! -
Copycat Olive Garden Breadsticks
Craving warm, garlicky breadsticks? My Copycat Olive Garden Breadstick Recipe makes buttery, fluffy, and perfectly chewy breadsticks at home even better than the restaurant! -
Focaccia Bread
This easy no-knead focaccia bread recipe makes ultra-crispy edges and a soft, chewy interior using olive oil, rosemary, and a simple overnight rise.
Christmas Breakfast Ideas
It’s not Christmas without a batch of my Homemade Cinnamon Rolls! Here are lots of other delicious Christmas breakfast ideas to help fill your table.
Christmas Cakes & Cupcakes
Homemade cakes and cupcakes that are perfect for the holiday baking season.
Bar Dessert Recipes
Brownies, blondies, cheesecake bars, and more! Easy to transport for any holiday party.
Creative Christmas Desserts
And if you haven’t already found a new recipe to try yet, check out these fun Christmas dessert recipes that are sure to impress a crowd on the holiday dessert table!
Christmas How-To Guides
This holiday baking season is going to feel like a breeze with these helpful articles. Tons of tips and tricks inside!
How to Freeze Cookie Dough (& Bake From Frozen)
Even though there are plenty of tricks for storing already-baked cookies, let’s be honest. Nothing competes with the goodness of a just-baked cookie. That’s...
How to Host a Cookie Exchange
How to Host a Cookie Exchange party for the holidays that everyone will adore! Planning, invitations, recipes & decorations + FREE printables!
Best Ever Pie Crust
Homemade pie crusts are about a thousand times more flavorful, flaky, and tender than the store-bought kind. It takes a little bit of extra...
5 Tips for How to Bake Picture Perfect Cookies
Practically every cookie is a good cookie. That’s the beauty of them. As long as something didn’t go catastrophically wrong, you’re usually in for...
Tessa’s Top Baking Tips
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Measure your flour correctly!
Nobody wants tough hockey puck cookies during the holidays! Too much flour can result in tough, dry cookies. Flour compacts easily and you can wind up accidentally adding 20% more flour to your dough if you don’t measure it the professional way. Check out my article for How to Measure Flour here.
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Make your holiday cookies ahead of time
Most drop-style cookie doughs can be frozen successfully. Chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, chocolate cookies… you name it. Check out my article for How to Freeze Cookie Dough here.
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Save room in your oven when you can.
With my Slow Cooker Turkey Breast recipe, you’ll save valuable oven space. Plus, you’ll only need 10 minutes of prep time.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a traditional Christmas dinner?
A traditional Christmas dinner menu consists of turkey (or another alternative protein like ham), vegetables, mashed potatoes, bread rolls, gravy, and cranberry sauce.
How long can you freeze cookies for Christmas?
You can store cookie dough in the freezer for up to 6 weeks. Baked cut-out cookies (like sugar cookies) freeze particularly well in airtight containers for up to 1 month. Defrost to room temperature before decorating or serving.
How to store homemade Christmas cookies:
Most cookie recipes can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
How early can I bake Christmas cookies?
Since most cookie doughs can be made and frozen up to 6 weeks ahead of time, you can get started around then. This means all you’ll have to do on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day is bake your cookies directly from frozen. Instructions for baking cookies from frozen can be found in my How to Freeze Cookie Dough article.
What to bring to a Christmas party?
Any and all appetizers or casseroles are a great idea, so is anything that can be held in a slow cooker to keep warm. But truly, you can’t go wrong with dessert. Especially one that can be held at room temperature, like homemade cookies, so you don’t require any more space in your host’s fridge.
How to freeze Christmas cookies:
Almost ANY drop-style cookie can be frozen ahead of time. Whether that be chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal, peanut butter, double chocolate… or anything in between.
If you’re making cut-out cookies, such as sugar cookies where you roll out the dough and cut it into shapes with a cookie cutter, those cookies are best frozen after baking.
How to keep cookies fresh until Christmas:
Most cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days after being baked.
Pro tip: add an apple wedge, piece of bread, or a tortilla on the top and bottom of the cookies to the container a day or two after baking them, or whenever you find the texture starting to harden. The moisture from the bread or apple will migrate to your cookies, making them soft and chewy again.
How to decorate Christmas cookies?
You can always practice icing on a piece of parchment paper to test the consistency and to practice your decorating. You can even scrape the designs back into your bowl to avoid wasting! Lots more cookie decorating tips in the tip box (above the recipe) here.
