352 christma recipes

When you taste these homemade gingersnap cookies, you will fall in love with them, and never buy the store-bought bagged or boxed stuff any more. They are so delicious.

Raspberry gems are delicate sandwich cookies with a sour cream pastry dough, raspberry jam filling, dipped in semi-sweet chocolate and sprinkled with almonds. A gorgeous holiday cookie tin addition.

Entertain family at the next Christmas dinner with this delicious snack made with walnuts and almonds.

This recipe is a tradition in my husband's Swedish family. It makes enough cookies to feed the Swedish Army.

Lemon oatmeal cookies bright with lemon juice, zest, and extract, made lighter with oil and egg whites and given extra crunch from crisp rice cereal. A crisp, citrusy twist on the classic oatmeal cookie.

Cream cheese snowflake cookies with lemon zest, topped with powdered sugar icing and edible glitter. Delicate, buttery Christmas cutout cookies that sparkle.

Melomakarona are classic Greek Christmas cookies, olive oil dough spiced with orange zest and cognac, soaked in honey-cinnamon syrup, then sprinkled with toasted almonds. Holiday tradition perfected.

Chocolate chip meringue kisses that dry in the oven for 5 hours after a brief blast of heat. Light, crisp, melt-in-your-mouth cookies with just six ingredients.

Holiday master butter cookie dough combines flour, cornstarch, and creamed butter into a tender, rollable base for cut-outs, Linzers, thumbprints, and pinwheels. Chills up to 3 days or freezes up to 6 months.

No-bake cocoa bourbon balls with crushed vanilla wafers, pecans, cocoa powder, and corn syrup rolled in granulated sugar. A classic holiday candy ready in 15 minutes.

Southern pralines loaded with 5 cups of pecans in a creamy sugar candy made with sweetened condensed milk, corn syrup, butter, and vanilla. A classic Cajun confection.

Vegan Spanish rice made with brown rice, stewed tomatoes, garlic, green pepper, celery, and warm spices. Oil-free and full of flavor, sauteed in vinegar and water instead of oil.

This winning decorated cookie charmed us with its sophisticated look and pleasing chocolate-pepperminty flavor. It's from Deb Bonfiglio of River Hills.

Thin chicken breast slices crusted in cracked black pepper and dry mustard, pan-seared with garlic, then drizzled with a rich sherry reduction. A 30-minute French bistro classic for two.

Homemade apricot-raisin jam with lemon and orange juice creates a thick, spreadable preserve perfect for gift-giving and holiday baking.

Chocolate-dipped pretzels with white chocolate drizzle. Four-ingredient Christmas treat that comes together in under an hour, no oven required. Salty-sweet, beginner-friendly, gift-tin ready.