Christmas

Christmas recipes are the best! We have baking, sides, mains, desserts and more to make cooking for Christmas fun and easy. This is a collection of our best and favorite easy Christmas recipes!

Our Favorite Christmas Recipes

stuffed mushrooms lined up on a sheet

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Spinach Dip Stuffed Mushrooms

These spinach stuffed mushrooms are so easy to make and they are always a popular appetizer during the holiday season. Mushrooms are stuffed with a spinach, artichoke and parmesan filling and topped with breadcrumbs.

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chocolate thumbprint cookies with salted caramel and peppermint

Favorite

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

prime rib roast

Favorite

Best Prime Rib

a plate of white chocolate bark

Favorite

Christmas Bark

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Lemon Meringue Cake

Top 10 Christmas Ham Recipes

A side shot of a glazed ham with cooked apples

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Apple Ginger Glazed Ham

sliced brown sugar glazed ham on a platter.

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Brown Sugar Glazed Ham

overhead view of smoked ham on a white plate.

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Smoked Ham

This Brown Sugar Pineapple Ham is the perfect Easter Ham recipe! We made a delicious cola and brown sugar glaze for ham, and combined it with crushed pineapples. This spiral ham is easy to make, and filled with SO much flavor!

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Pineapple Ham (Spiral Ham Recipe)

Ham and cheese sliders on a baking sheet.

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Ham and Cheese Sliders

sheet pan easter dinner with ham, scalloped potatoes, hard boiled eggs, and asparagus

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Sheet Pan Easter Dinner with Ham

pouring pecan bourbon glaze over spiral ham

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Pecan Bourbon Glazed Ham

orange glazed ham on platter

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Orange Glazed Ham

air fryer ham with garlic herb butter

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Air Fryer Ham with Garlic Butter

honey mustard maple glazed spiral ham

10

Honey Mustard Maple Glazed Ham

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Green bean casserole with bacon and cheese.

Christmas Side Dishes to Try

101+ Christmas Dish Recipes

Holiday Sides

Most Popular Christmas Cookies

Peanut butter cookies with chocolate kisses, known as hershey kiss cookies or peanut butter kiss cookies, arranged on a baking sheet.

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Hershey Kiss Cookies

Spritz Cookies are a must make for Christmas. You'd never guess that these CHOCOLATE SPRITZ COOKIES are GLUTEN FREE! Utterly delicious, like little heavenly brownie bites. This Spritz Cookie Recipe is the ultimate EASY Christmas cookie recipe!

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Chocolate Spritz Cookies Recipe (Gluten Free Spritz Cookies)

Riscotti Italian Anise Cookies with sprinkles

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Italian Anise Cookies (Riscotti Cookies)

Cranberry white chocolate cookies on a cutting board with a cup of coffee.

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White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

The BEST Sugar Cookie Recipe (aka Santa's favorite cookies) are soft sugar cutout cookies, festively decorated with sweet icing. This Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe checks all the boxes! We call this easy sugar cookie recipe SANTA'S FAVORITE COOKIE RECIPE because it's simple, classic, fluffy, and delicious. We love to decorate them with the kids to leave under the tree for Santa.

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Christmas Sugar Cookies

A plate of powdered sugar snowball cookies. one had a bite taken out of it to reveal a Nutella filling.

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Snowball Cookies (Nutella Stuffed)

Chocolate Mint Cookies are a fresh and flavorful mint chocolate treat. These Creme de Menthe Thumbprint Cookies are just perfect for winter, and especially Christmas!

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Chocolate Mint Cookies (Creme de Menthe Thumbprint Cookies Recipe)

soft molasses cookies on a plate

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Molasses Cookies

Christmas Butter Cookies with Powdered Sugar Icing are a MUST for the holidays. Simple iced cookies are one of the best treats for Christmas, and this easy butter cookies recipe is my FAVORITE. Make your favorite shapes with cookie cutters, and decorate however you like using our powdered sugar icing recipe!

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Christmas Butter Cookies Recipe with Powdered Sugar Icing

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are a festive and delicious treat! These Peppermint Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are so chocolatey, with just the right amount of peppermint flavor. They're the perfect Christmas cookies!

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Chocolate Peppermint Cookies (Peppermint Chocolate Crinkle Cookies)

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Christmas isn't complete with saltine cracker toffee!

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More Christmas Recipe Categories

Spiced Cider is a holiday must! Warm things up this season with this delicious Cranberry Apple Hot Cider Recipe. It's easy, it's festive, and it's the perfect drink to serve for any Christmas party. Make it without alcohol for the whole family, or make it spiked hot apple cider for the adults. Either way, the flavor is just perfect!

This Brown Sugar Pineapple Ham is the perfect Easter Ham recipe! We made a delicious cola and brown sugar glaze for ham, and combined it with crushed pineapples. This spiral ham is easy to make, and filled with SO much flavor!

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scalloped potatoes

Christmas cranberry cheese ball with crackers and honey.

Chocolate Pecan Pie is the perfect mix of pecan and chocolate pies. Chocolate filling made with chocolate chips and bourbon, topped with toasted pecans. This Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie recipe needs to be added to your holiday dessert table as soon as possible. Make it for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any time you wan this delicious pie!

The BEST Sugar Cookie Recipe (aka Santa's favorite cookies) are soft sugar cutout cookies, festively decorated with sweet icing. This Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe checks all the boxes! We call this easy sugar cookie recipe SANTA'S FAVORITE COOKIE RECIPE because it's simple, classic, fluffy, and delicious. We love to decorate them with the kids to leave under the tree for Santa.

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Creamed Corn

Garlic Parmesan Brussels Sprouts

Dessert Recipes

Chess Pie

Watergate Salad

Dessert Recipes

Strawberry Shortcake

Dessert Recipes

Apple Cobbler

Dessert Recipes

Cream Cheese Brownies

Breads, Rolls, Muffins

Cheese Puffs (Gougeres)

Cakes + Cupcakes

Honey Cake

Crockpot Ham

Orange Glazed Ham

30 Minute Meals

Homemade Waffles