2,414 holiday recipes

Roman Holiday Soup: a low-fat Italian minestrone with white beans, green beans, macaroni, and a tomato-garlic-basil swirl stirred in at the end. Ready in 40 minutes, topped with Parmesan.

The reputation of fruitcake has been tarnished but store bought and candied fruitcakes. Using dried instead of candied fruit demonstrates what fruitcake is supposed to be.

Crisp holiday meringue shells filled with tangy lime sherbet and topped with cranberry sauce. A stunning festive dessert with only six ingredients.

These delicious fruitcake cookies are ideal sweets for Christmas.

Vegan holiday loaf with brown rice, wild rice, walnuts, and Thanksgiving herbs baked until firm. A plant-based main for Thanksgiving served with mushroom gravy.

Holiday baked oysters layer buttery toasted bread cubes with briny oysters, cream, lemon, and a cayenne kick, then bake into a golden casserole. The classic scalloped oysters that grace holiday tables.

Great for using up turkey left overs after a Holiday feast. The fruit, nuts and seasonings give the salad a unique flavor.

Baked Brie with a homemade cranberry-pear compote, honey, currants, and pumpkin pie spice. A warm, bubbly holiday appetizer served with melba rounds or sliced fruit.

Holiday gingersnaps with crackled sugar tops, deep molasses warmth, and a full tablespoon of ground ginger for serious snap. Chilled dough rolls into tidy balls that bake up crisp at the edges and chewy in the center.

Holiday pasta bake layers penne with eggplant tomato sauce, creamy ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan. A make-ahead crowd-feeder that bakes into a bubbling, cheesy, eggplant-rich casserole. Serves eight from one dish.

Velvety no-bake chocolate mousse pie in a chocolate wafer crust. Only 5 filling ingredients and no eggs needed. A stunning holiday dessert that chills to set.

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

Just try to keep family and friends out of the kitchen with this roast that is sure to feed everyone's hunger.

Holiday fruit cake bakes candied pineapple, red and green cherries, golden and dark raisins, pecans, and oats into a nutmeg-mace spiced loaf. Wraps and keeps for weeks.

My mother makes this Cardamom bread every Christmas morning. It's a real treat.

Simple drop cookies with orange zest and apricot preserves baked into buttery dough for festive treats that brown beautifully at the edges.