Christmas

Christmas Brunch Ideas You Can Make Ahead

Plan a low-stress holiday morning with make-ahead Christmas brunch ideas, from parfaits and pastries to strata, casseroles, and cakes.

Christmas Cake Decorations for a Crowd

Christmas cake decorations for a crowd, from candy cane crowns to berry cascades. Choose one clear finish with time and budget notes.

Christmas Cookies Recipes for a Crowd

Plan a generous cookie table with 20 Christmas cookies recipes, sorted fastest-first with timing estimates, budget cues, and easy display ideas.

Best Christmas Cookies: Reliable Almond Vanilla Cutouts

40 min total·30 cookies30 min prep·Make ahead

Make the best Christmas cookies with one reliable almond vanilla cutout dough, a quick glaze, and simple decorating options for holiday trays.

Chocolate Christmas Cookies with Crackled Sugar Tops

47 min total·24 cookies35 min prep·Make ahead

Bake fudgy chocolate Christmas cookies with crisp edges and snowy crackled tops using one dependable dough, simple pantry ingredients, and a brief chill.

Christmas Breakfast Casserole: Sausage Spinach Strata

1 hr 20 min total·10 servingsServes 10·25 min prep·Make ahead

Make sausage spinach breakfast strata with gram weights, exact timing, clear texture cues, practical shortcuts, and make-ahead guidance for holiday hosting.

Christmas Cake Recipes: Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake

80 min total·12 servingsServes 12·25 min prep·Make ahead

Make this cranberry orange Bundt cake when you need a dependable Christmas dessert with simple glaze, bright fruit, and no layer-cake stress.

Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies for Holiday Cookie Boxes

32 min total·24 cookies; serves 12Serves 12·20 min prep·Make ahead

Bake Christmas chocolate chip cookies with crisp edges, soft centers, festive candy pieces, and a make-ahead dough option for holiday boxes.

Christmas Cupcake Ideas: Reliable Vanilla Cupcakes

55 min total·12 cupcakes35 min prep·Make ahead

Make Christmas cupcake ideas easy with one tender vanilla cupcake recipe, quick buttercream, and three simple holiday decorating options.

Christmas Dessert Recipes: Chocolate Cranberry Trifle

1 hr total·12 servingsServes 12·30 min prep·Make ahead

Make chocolate cranberry trifle with gram weights, exact timing, clear texture cues, practical shortcuts, and make-ahead guidance for holiday hosting.

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Herb Pork Loin with Apples

1 hr 30 min total·8 servingsServes 8·25 min prep

Make herb-crusted pork loin with apples with gram weights, exact timing, clear texture cues, practical shortcuts, and make-ahead guidance for holiday hosting.

Christmas Party Appetizers: Cranberry Brie Bites

45 min total·24 bites25 min prep·Make ahead

Make cranberry brie bites with gram weights, exact timing, clear texture cues, practical shortcuts, and make-ahead guidance for holiday hosting.

Christmas Sugar Cookies: Orange Cardamom Cutouts

1 hr total·30 cookies35 min prep·Make ahead

Make orange cardamom sugar cookies with gram weights, exact timing, clear texture cues, practical shortcuts, and make-ahead guidance for holiday hosting.

Christmas Tree Cookies From One Reliable Dough

1 hr 10 min total·24 cookies50 min prep·Make ahead

Make crisp-edged christmas tree cookies from one dependable vanilla dough. Includes rolling, icing, storage, and decorating tips.

Easy Christmas Cookies: Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

44 min total·24 cookies20 min prep·Make ahead

Make cranberry oatmeal cookies with gram weights, exact timing, clear texture cues, practical shortcuts, and make-ahead guidance for holiday hosting.

German Christmas Cookies: One Dependable Dough

35 min total·30 cookies25 min prep·Make ahead

Bake German Christmas cookies from one brown-sugar molasses dough. Cut stars or rounds, then finish with coarse sugar or orange glaze.

Gluten Free Christmas Cookies That Hold Their Shape

45 min total·24 cookies35 min prep·Make ahead

Bake reliable gluten free Christmas cookies with a buttery vanilla dough that rolls cleanly, holds cutter details, and finishes with simple glaze.

Holiday Cookies Recipes: Pistachio Cherry Shortbread

54 min total·32 cookies30 min prep·Make ahead

Make pistachio cherry shortbread with gram weights, exact timing, clear texture cues, practical shortcuts, and make-ahead guidance for holiday hosting.

Holiday Dessert Recipes: Gingerbread Pear Cake

1 hr 10 min total·10 slices25 min prep·Make ahead

Make gingerbread pear upside-down cake with gram weights, exact timing, clear texture cues, practical shortcuts, and make-ahead guidance for holiday hosting.

Italian Christmas Cookies: Lemon Ricotta Cookies

49 min total·30 cookies25 min prep·Make ahead

Make lemon ricotta cookies with gram weights, exact timing, clear texture cues, practical shortcuts, and make-ahead guidance for holiday hosting.

Royal Icing Christmas Cookies From One Reliable Recipe

1 hr 25 min total·36 cookies1 hr 15 min prep·Make ahead

Make royal icing Christmas cookies with one dependable cutout dough, smooth meringue-powder icing, and a simple plan for crisp holiday designs.

Vegan Christmas Cookies From One Reliable Dough

35 min total·24 cookies25 min prep·Make ahead

Make vegan Christmas cookies with one chilled cinnamon-vanilla dough for neat cutouts, quick glaze, and festive sanding sugar.

Christmas Sugar Cookies with Vanilla Sparkle

45 min total·28 cookies20 min prep·Make ahead

Make vanilla sparkle sugar cookies with clear texture cues, gram weights, practical timing, and make-ahead notes for a relaxed seasonal table.

Easy Christmas Cookies with Chocolate Peppermint Centers

45 min total·24 cookies25 min prep·Make ahead

Make chocolate peppermint thumbprint cookies with clear texture cues, gram weights, practical timing, and make-ahead notes for a relaxed seasonal table.

Holiday Dessert Recipes: Cranberry Orange Crumble Bars

1 hr 5 min total·16 bars20 min prep·Make ahead

Make cranberry orange crumble bars with clear texture cues, gram weights, practical timing, and make-ahead notes for a relaxed seasonal table.