Christma Recipes

Our best french toast recipe. Overnight caramel french toast with pecans. Prep the night before and it's ready to pop in the oven in the morning.

My brother's Sticky Toffee Christmas pudding recipe that he serves with homemade Chai Latte Ice cream.

I made these cookies and they came out perfectly. They did not stick to the pan or spread while baking. I did drop batter with a spoon to keep them on the small side.

Maple leaf pumpkin pie sweetens the spiced pumpkin custard with a half cup of pure maple syrup, then crowns the cooled pie with pastry maple leaves baked separately to a golden brown. A festive Canadian-style holiday dessert.

Whisky pumpkin pie made from scratch with roasted fresh pumpkin, a full cup of whisky, butter, cream, and stiff-beaten egg whites for a souffle-light texture. A heritage holiday recipe.

Red and white peppermint pinwheel cookies with a buttery almond dough, rolled jelly-roll style and topped with crushed candy canes. A festive Christmas cookie classic.

Whole wheat Christmas fruit cake with grated carrot, raisins, almonds, hazelnuts, and warm spices, lightly sweetened and finished with a brandy soak. A wholesome, nutty take on the classic holiday cake.

When I was little my mom and dad had lots of parties especially at the holidays. With upwards of 70 people the easiest thing to serve was punch. This is Mom's concoction. The guys love it too. See Dreamsicle Punch too.

Authentic Victorian mincemeat with boiled calf's tongue, suet, dried fruit, candied citrus peel, brandy, and whiskey. Cures in a crock for 7 weeks before becoming Christmas pie filling. Yields 96 servings.

Christmas shortbread with just five ingredients: butter, sugar, vanilla, flour, and salt. Shape as bars or wedges, plus four built-in variations including chocolate chip and lemon.

Salmon and corn casserole topped with crushed soda crackers, cheddar cheese, and sliced almonds. A cozy holiday bake using pantry-friendly canned salmon and creamed corn.

This delicious dish is made with dried fruit, sweet cherries, juicy apples and seedless grapes.

A showpiece Christmas coconut layer cake with tutti-frutti filling loaded with pecans, candied cherries, golden raisins, and coconut, then frosted with almond whipped cream. Holiday baking at its finest.

Mother's Holiday Cherry Squares (Christmas) recipe

Cornish game hens stewed in fruit and sugar -- I originally got this recipe from the Sunday magazine of the local paper. I served it last year for Christmas dinner, and it's very good. What's more, this recipe is easy: you just put everything in a bowl, marinate overnight, then bake until done!

Mini florentines, lacy caramel cookies studded with hazelnuts, cherries, and candied peel, baked thin and crisp, then coated underneath with dark and white chocolate combed into the classic wavy pattern.