Christmas Food, Recipes, and Cooking

This is a flavorful holiday cake made with sweet potatoes, raisins, bourbon, and other ingredients. It's an egg-free and low fat cake for the holidays.

Here's a variety of recipes for delicious red velvet cakes and cupcakes.

Blueberry muffin mix in a jar, put together with flour and sugar, dried blueberries, and other ingredients. Pack this muffin mix in a canning jar and give with instructions for mixing and baking the muffins.

Cranberry juice and citrus peel make this a delicious holiday spiced tea. Serve this tea hot with cinnamon sticks if desired.

Kentucky pie mix, a Kentucky chocolate chip and nut pie in a jar, with instructions for mixing and baking. An easy pie in a jar for gift giving.

Brownie pie in a jar, an easy brownie pie recipe to be assembled and given as a gift with instructions for baking. An easy brownie pie in a jar.

Blonde Brownies in a jar, a blonde brownie mix recipe with instructions for making the brownies. Delicious blonde brownie mix in a jar, with chocolate chips, pecans or walnuts, and other ingredients.

Brownies in a jar, a delicious brownie recipe to give as a gift, made with cocoa, white chocolate chips, pecans or walnuts, sugar, and other ingredients. Directions for making the jar up and baking the brownies.

A Christmas Stollen recipe. A traditional Christmas bread, made with yeast, butter, milk, sugar, lemon, eggs, flour, candied fruits, and nuts, along with spices and other dried fruits and ingredients.

Festive fruitcake bars with candied fruit and pecans, a holiday cookie bar recipe. Festive bars with candied fruits, spices, dates, pecans, and other ingredients.

Christmas ornament recipe,baked and decorated.

These pina colada cakes are baked in jars and given as gifts. Keep jar cakes in the freezer, and keep in refrigerator after opened.

Cocoa mix with marshmallows, a gift mix to give for Christmas or other holiday.

A brownie mix to give in a jar, brownie mix in a jar, with directions for baking.

An amaretto coffee creamer mix, made with coffee creamer, almond extract, cinnamon, and powdered sugar.

Vanilla sugar recipe, made with granulated sugar and vanilla beans.

Butter cookies with pecans, cherries, oats, and brown sugar, along with butter and coconut. Festive fruit and nut wreath cookies for Christmas.

A Christmas chiffon cake recipe, with lemon, egg yolks, vanilla, and more. A lemon chiffon cake.

A steamed Christmas pudding recipe with cranberries, molasses, and other ingredients.

A nutmeg cake with broiled coconut frosting, great for the holidays. Christmas Eve cake recipe with broiled frosting.

This pistachio cake is made with a white cake mix, oil, pistachio pudding, nuts, and a pistachio whipped topping.

A peanut cheesecake, made with sweetened condensed milk, roasted peanuts, graham cracker crumbs, and cream cheese, along with flavorings.

Red velvet cake recipe with cooked frosting.

An apple crisp with mincemeat. A mincemeat apple crisp recipe.

Eggnog pie recipe made with eggnog, gelatin, and a baked pie shell, along with whipped cream or whipped topping and chocolate garnish.

Hazelnut shortbread cookie recipe.

Use vanilla extract or rum in this hard sauce recipe. A hard sauce recipe for steamed pudding, bread pudding, or other desserts.

Christmas logs made with peanut butter, crispy rice cereal, coconut, pecans, and chocolate coating.

Cranberry cake recipe with vanilla sauce. A holiday cranberry cake recipe.

A cream cheese pound cake recipe.

This is an apple walnut cake with walnuts and a lemon sauce. Walnut cake recipe with apples and lemon sauce.

Christmas rum cake with dates and nuts, along with brown sugar and rum.

A beautiful cake for the holidays.

The ever-popular veggie pizza recipe, using a variety of chopped vegetables on a crescent roll dough with ranch dressing sauce. Delicious take-along for any party or get together.

Christmas cookies with candied fruits and pecans. Christmas lizzies, or fruitcake cookies with a little bourbon.

Holiday spinach squares are made with spinach, eggs, milk, chopped onion, and ham, along with other ingredients.

Shrimp are attached to a greens - coated Christmas tree. A party shrimp appetizer for Christmas.

Mushrooms are stuffed with browned sausage, bread crumbs, and mozzarella cheese. Sausage stuffed mushroom recipe.

A cheese ball recipe with ripe and pimiento stuffed olives, along with cream cheese, Tabasco sauce, and other seasonings.

Large mushroom caps are stuffed with an Italian sausage and cheese mixture.

Meatballs with cheese sauce, an appetizer for the holidays. Meatball appetizer recipe with cheese.

Crescent cookies with pecans and butter. A crescent cookie recipe for Christmas.

Stuffed mushroom recipe with cheese and seasonings.

Easy party ham rolls are always a hit. Party ham roll recipe with mustard, ham, and cheese.

An appetizer dip, baked in a pie plate. Serve this baked appetizer pie with chips or assorted crackers.

Crab appetizers are wrapped with bacon then broiled. Easy crabmeat appetizers.

Stuffed clams with cheese and bread crumbs and garlic. A stuffed clam recipe for an appetizer.

Smoked oyster log recipe made with cream cheese and oysters. Christmas oyster appetizer spread, or serve for any party.

Christmas cookies with bourbon whiskey and chopped fruits and nuts.

A cheesecake made with an easy pesto layer, for holiday parties. A holiday appetizer cheesecake recipe.

A holiday cheese dip recipe with cream cheese, chili sauce, horseradish, and other seasonings.

This cheese ball recipe includes cream cheese, Cheddar, onion, garlic, and chopped pecans or walnuts. A holiday cheese ball recipe.

Crab stuffed mushroom recipe with crab cake ingredients. Mushrooms with crab stuffing.

An appetizer cheesecake recipe with jalapeno chile peppers and cheese.

A boursin cheese spread, made with cream cheese, butter, garlic, and herbs. Boursin cheese spread recipe.

Cheese spread for the holidays, made with cream cheese, sour cream, Cheddar cheese, pimiento, and crabmeat. A festive cheese spread recipe.

Stuffed mushrooms with Parmesan cheese.

This snack is a crescent roll dough appetizer with ham, green pepper, onion, and a little mustard. A ham appetizer recipe.

Chicken filling in baked cheesy puffs. A recipe for chicken bites, made with an easy puff pastry and chicken filling.

Mushrooms stuffed with chopped minced clams and bread crumbs, along with Parmesan cheese and garlic and other seasonings.

Clam dip recipe, with clams, cream cheese, lemon juice, hot pepper sauce, and seasonings.

Chicken appetizer balls are baked. Chicken bites recipe with chicken, water chestnuts, eggs, and seasonings.

A zesty broccoli dip with sour cream and Parmesan cheese, along with spices and seasonings. Broccoli dip recipe for the holidays.

Bourbon balls are made with vanilla wafers, bourbon, chopped pecans or walnuts, chocolate cocoa, and powdered sugar. Easy bourbon balls with cocoa.

Christmas cookies shaped into logs and topped with chopped almonds. Swedish butter cookie recipe with chopped almonds and almond extract.

Easy rocky road fudge recipe with marshmallows and nuts.

Christmas sugar cookies with shortening and butter, and a sprinkling of colored sugar for Christmas. A sugar cookie recipe.

Sour cream cookies are flattened with colored sugar or cinnamon sugar then topped with a nut. Tasty holiday sour cream cookie recipe.

Christmas cookie recipe with decorator sprinkles, cut out into Christmas shapes.

Fun Christmas candy, made with chocolate and butterscotch chips, chow mein noodles, and cherries.

Ribbon cookies, with pecans, cherry dough, and a chocolate dough ribbon. Ribbon cookie recipe - are Christmas cookies, with three different refrigerator cookie doughs.

A festive fudge recipe with pistachio cream cheese swirl. Easy pistachio swirl fudge recipe.

Candy cane cookies, made with tinted cookie dough shaped to look like candy canes.

Peanut butter cookies look like mice, for Christmas. Peanut butter mice cookies.

Peanut butter candy, made with peanut butter, crispy rice cereal, and melted coating. A recipe for peanut buttter balls.

Chocolate cookie recipe with mocha glaze.

Cookies with mint and chocolate, including brown sugar, butter, eggs, and chocolate mint candies.

Date balls are made with chopped dates, coconut, nuts, and eggs. Date ball cookies or candy.

Hot spiced wassail for Christmas, made with apple cider, spices, cranberry juice, and orange juice.

Hot buttered rum recipe with brown sugar and spices.

An easy cookie icing from our forum, made with sweetened condensed milk.

Snowcap cookies with powdered sugar coating. These cookies are made with lemon flavoring and a powdered sugar coating.

Easy treats made with cereal and melted white chocolate bark.

Thumbprint cookie recipe, made with peanut butter and jam. A recipe for thumbprint cookies.

Cereal holiday treat recipe with Kix or other cereal.

A holiday treat, pretzels are dipped in white chocolate or almond bark.

Oatmeal lace cookies are very thin oatmeal cookies with oats and currants. An oatmeal cookie recipe.

This rocky road fudge is easy to make, with peanuts and miniature marshmallows. A rocky road fudge recipe.

Magic cookie bars with butter and graham cracker crumbs, along with chopped nuts and chocolate chips.

Cookie icing is made with confectioners' sugar and corn syrup. Cookie icing recipe with powdered sugar.

Seven layer cookie bars or 7 layer bars, made with coconut, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chops, and other ingredients, with a graham cracker crust.

An easy holiday treat, or Christmas cookie, these are made with Ritz crackers, butterscotch chips, and peanut butter.

A thumbprint cookie with jam center, German butter cookies.

Sugar cookies made with butter and cut out for Christmas or other holidays. Christmas cookie recipe with butter.

Christmas birch tree cookie logs with melted white chocolate coating and a little semisweet chocolate for decoration.

Sugar cookie dough is shaped then arranged in the shape of a big Christmas tree. A fun Christmas cookie recipe.

Gingerbread boys with icing, a gingerbread cookie recipe. Gingerbread boy cookies.

Christmas potpourri recipe with spices and citrus fruits.

Eggnog with nutmeg and eggs, along with milk, sugar, and optional rum or brandy. A festive party eggnog recipe for Christmas.

Taco seasoning recipe with chili powder, cumin, onion, and other ingredients.

A Christmas sangria recipe, made with cranberry juice, orange and lemon slices, and Port wine.

Make this homemade seasoning and give as a gift, or use in your own recipes.

A Christmas punch recipe made with eggnog, coffee and coffee ice cream, whiskey or bourbon, and spices.

Christmas ornaments are made with cinnamon and other spices, along with glue and applesauce.

Candied fruit jewels are cookies with candied fruits and spices.

This Christmas punch is made with cranberry juice, pineapple juice, orange juice, and ginger ale.

Cocoa mix with marshmallows - a Christmas cocoa mix recipe.

Brown sugar fudge recipe with chopped pecans and optional candied cherries for Christmas. A festive brown sugar fudge recipe.

Orange chocolate truffles with orange juice and semisweet chocolate.

A holiday fudge recipe made with cheese, chocolate, and sugar.

Chocolate truffle recipe, a Christmas candy recipe with a little bourbon, chocolate cookie crumbs, and other ingredients.

Chocolate truffle recipe, very easy, for the holidays. A truffle recipe with chocolate and vanilla or rum extract.

Fruitcake bites, made in mini muffin tins. A fruitcake recipe made in tiny muffin cups.

Make these Duchess potatoes ahead and freeze in serving size portions. A Duchess mashed potato recipe, and scroll down for more mashed potato recipes.

Cream cheese cookie recipe - Christmas Cookies.

Roast goose recipe stuffed with a fruited bread stuffing. Stuffing is made with raisins and apples.

Roast duck recipe for the holidays. Roast duck recipe with champagne.

A holiday goose recipe, made with fruit stuffing.

Christmas cookies made with corn flakes and egg whites, with chopped green and red candied cherries or chopped nuts.

Chicken liver appetizer recipe with ginger and other spices. A rumaki recipe with chicken livers and bacon.

Chocolate thumbprint cookie recipe for Christmas. Chocolate cookies with a little sweet filling and chocolate candy center.

An oven pancake, served with apples or other fruit, syrup, melted butter, and powdered sugar. A baked pancake recipe

Christmas butter cookies have a pecan meringue topping and a candied cherry half to make them festive.

A Christmas coffee cake baked in a ring mold baking pan. Christmas wreath coffee cake recipe.

Cute candy cane coffee cakes, with vanilla glaze.

This brunch casserole recipe is made with hard cooked eggs, pork sausage, milk, butter, and corn. A delicious brunch casserole.

An easy coffee cake made in the shape of a Christmas Tree. Christmas Tree coffee cake recipe for the holidays.

Tasty and easy cinnamon buns for a holiday morning treat. Cinnamon roll recipe for the holidays.

Christmas stollen recipe, made with dried fruits and an apricot glaze.

A bread baked in jars for gift giving. Be sure to make just before giving and give with instructions to serve immediately or freeze.

Reindeer cookies are peanut butter cookies in the shape of reindeer, for Christmas cookie baking.

Jam cookies with ground almonds, butter, and almond extract, filled with strawberry preserves or other jam.

Great tips and neat ideas for a Christmas tree-trimming party from Donna Pilato, the Entertaining Guide.

Pralines, bourbon balls, and other confections.

Here's a helpful page of tips to keep your home safe for the holidays, with the emphasis on children. From Pediatrics Guide Vincent Iannelli, decoration safety tips, food safety reminders, toy safety, and more.

Food gift recipes, free gift tags, and ideas for making special baskets.

Cheese straws, flavored popcorn and nuts, party mix and more.