39 santa recipes

Santa Fe burgers with cheese, salsa, crushed tortilla chips, and cumin mixed right into the patty, then topped with more salsa and cheese. Southwestern grilled burgers with serious flavor built in.

Santa's Thumbprint cookies with oats, brown sugar, and chopped nuts rolled on the outside, filled with jelly. A festive holiday cookie recipe that makes 3 dozen.

Santa's Whiskers are festive slice-and-bake cookies with candied cherries and pecans in a buttery dough, rolled in flaked coconut for a snowy, whiskery edge.

Santa's white fudge made with sour cream, corn syrup, and sugar cooked to soft-ball stage, then loaded with candied cherries and pecans. Creamy holiday candy in an 8x8 pan.

Santa Fe chicken breasts marinated in lime juice and broiled until golden, finished with artichoke hearts. A quick Tex-Mex weeknight dinner ready in about 30 minutes.

Santa Fe eggs blend eggs, green chiles, milk and sharp cheddar into a puffy, crustless baked casserole with gentle Southwestern heat. A wheat-free breakfast bake you make right in the blender.

Santa Fe flank steak rubbed with rehydrated guajillo chiles, garlic, brown sugar, and thyme, then broiled to medium-rare. A bold Southwestern steak in 30 minutes.

Thick French bread slices hide melted Monterey Jack pockets inside, then get dipped in spiced egg batter and pan-fried golden. Serve these stuffed toasts with salsa, sour cream, and guacamole for a Southwestern breakfast twist.

Open-faced Santa Fe chicken avocado melt with cilantro-lime mayo, sliced chicken, ripe avocado, and Lorraine cheese broiled on toasted sourdough. A 15-minute lunch built for leftover roast chicken.

Santa Claus cookies decorate flat sugar cookies with red sugar caps, miniature marshmallow tassels, currant eyes, cinnamon candy noses, and coconut beards. A festive holiday craft cookie kids can help build from baked rounds.

Santa Fe chicken pounds chicken breasts thin, rolls them around green chiles and Mexican cheese, then pan-sears golden. Served with a fresh corn-tomato-cilantro salsa for a Southwest dinner.

Ron Santo's linguine with clam sauce pairs the Chicago Cubs legend's red clam sauce with diced tomatoes, mushrooms, white wine, and a pinch of cayenne for a quick Italian pasta dinner.

Just like Santa, I have big orders to fill when it comes to the holidays. Everyone wants me to make them some.

Traditionally baked during 'Sinterklaas', a feast on 5 December (6 December in Belgium and Germany) on which little children receive gifts from the holy St. Nicholas, the partial inspiration for Santa Claus. In Germany, Pfeffernüsse are traditionally made during the Christmas season.

Santa Maria-style grilled tri-tip marinated 24 hours in red wine, olive oil, Worcestershire, soy sauce, and garlic. Central California barbecue at its finest.

New Mexican pork and green chile stew simmers pork shoulder with roasted Hatch chiles, garlic, onions, and potatoes. The Southwestern chile verde that defines Santa Fe cooking.