Christmas Crack is one of those easy Christmas treats that disappears almost as quickly as you can break it into pieces. Crisp saltine crackers are covered with buttery brown sugar toffee and a layer of melted chocolate for the perfect combination of sweet, salty and crunchy. It’s an easy addition to Christmas cookie trays, treat…
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Snickerdoodle Truffles
These Snickerdoodle Truffles are soft, creamy little bites filled with warm cinnamon-sugar flavor and coated in white chocolate. They’re an easy no-bake Christmas treat that looks pretty on a holiday dessert tray and can be made ahead of time. The cream cheese gives the centers a rich, almost cookie-dough-like texture while cinnamon and vanilla give…
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
These chocolate crinkle cookies have rich, fudgy centers, slightly crisp edges and that classic snowy powdered sugar coating that makes them perfect for Christmas. They look impressive on a holiday cookie tray, but the dough is simple and easy to make. Chilling the dough is the secret here. It makes the cookies easier to roll…
Gingerbread Bars
These soft gingerbread bars have all the warm, cozy flavor of classic gingerbread without rolling dough or cutting a single cookie. Brown sugar, molasses, cinnamon, ginger and cloves give them that unmistakable Christmas flavor while keeping the centers soft and chewy. They’re delicious on their own, but a layer of cream cheese frosting makes them…
Peppermint Bark
This easy peppermint bark is one of those Christmas treats that looks festive without requiring an afternoon in the kitchen. Layers of rich chocolate and creamy white chocolate are topped with crushed candy canes for plenty of peppermint crunch in every bite. It’s perfect for Christmas cookie trays, holiday parties or packaging in little treat…
Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookie Cups
Christmas baking doesn’t have to mean spending hours rolling, cutting and decorating cookies. These Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookie Cups start with refrigerated sugar cookie dough, so they’re incredibly easy while still looking festive enough for a holiday cookie tray. Colorful Christmas sprinkles are mixed right into the sugar cookie dough, then each little cup is…
Sugar Cookie Cheesecake Bars
Some Christmas desserts are beautiful but require way more patience than I have during an already busy December. These bars are my answer to that. They start with a pouch of sugar cookie mix, so most of the work is already done, but that cheesecake layer in the middle makes them feel like something a…
How to Make Packet Gravy Taste Homemade
I love a good shortcut, especially when you can take something simple from the pantry and make it taste like you spent way more time on it than you actually did. And that is exactly what we’re doing with a packet of brown gravy mix. The biggest trick is swapping the water for beef broth….
Nana’s Christmas Fudge
This recipe always brings me back to when I was a little girl in the kitchen with my Nana making homemade fudge. She would hand me a big wooden spoon and let me stir the chocolate chips in which felt like a very important job when I was little. I can still picture that spoon…
Nana’s Russian Tea Cakes
Prep Time: 20 minutesBake Time: 12–15 minutesYield: About 3 dozen cookies Ingredients 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened ½ cup powdered sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2¼ cups all-purpose flour ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional) 1 cup powdered sugar (for first coating) Additional powdered sugar (for second…
