25 of the Best Holiday Baking Recipes
This delicious collection of treasured holiday baking recipes is perfect for any holiday celebration, large or small. You'll find mini cakes, layer cakes, pies, and a very festive gingerbread cake. Plus plenty of cookies because in my book, December is cookie month.
Read full storyCreamy, Cheesy, Spanish Potato Soup
This creamy, cheesy Spanish Potato Soup is pure cozy comfort in a bowl. The soup includes buttery potatoes and tender pork carnitas swimming in a rich broth flavored with onion, red pepper, garlic, cumin, oregano, and paprika.
Read full storyNew York Cheesecake with Classic Shortbread Crust
This is everything you need to know to bake the ultimate rich and creamy New York-style cheesecake. The recipe includes a classic shortbread crust with the option for a graham cracker crust if that's your preference.
Read full storyHomemade Flour Tortillas Made with Butter
Soft, warm homemade tortillas are one of the best things in the whole wide world. Combine that with how easy they are to make and flour tortillas from scratch becomes one of the few life decisions for which there can be no regrets.
Read full storyIncredibly Delicious Pork Carnitas ~ Instant Pot or Slow Cooker
I have made this Carnitas Recipe more times than I could possibly count for more occasions than I could possibly remember. The meat is crispy on the outside, super flavorful, fall-off-the bone tender, and couldn't be easier to prepare.
Read full storyBoulevardier Cocktail Recipe {Whiskey Negroni}
The Boulevardier, also called a Whiskey Negroni or a French Negroni, is a simple, elegant cocktail made from just three ingredients:. The Boulevardier is a variation on the classic Italian Negroni, a popular, dangerously drinkable cocktail that's loved for its perfect balance of bitter, sour, and sweet.
Read full storyFrench Pear Martini
This elegant cocktail is simply a mixture of pear vodka, elderflower liquor, and champagne. It's deliciously elegant and can be served any way you like - in martini, cocktail, or wine glasses.
Read full storyDutch Oven Pot Pie with Cheddar Biscuits {Turkey or Chicken}
This easy dutch oven pot pie topped with cheddar thyme biscuits can be made with chicken or turkey and cooked in the oven or over a campfire. The creamy filling includes buttery potatoes, mushrooms, chicken or turkey, and whatever kind of frozen vegetables you like.
Read full storyThe Creamiest Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes
Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes made with buttery Yukon Gold potatoes and butter are the creamiest mashed potatoes!. This simple recipe includes tips for how to ensure your mashed potatoes are rich and creamy plus a long list of ideas for add-ins and substitutions that will take your mashed potato game to the next level.
Read full storyCheesy Stuffed Mushroom Dip
Stuffed mushroom dip is a creamy, cheesy, deliciously hassle-free appetizer that's perfect for entertaining but can also be a meal unto itself. This one-dish dip is packed with all the usual culprits - mushrooms, of course. But also plenty of Italian sausage, cream cheese, and handfuls of grated cheese. Top all that creamy, cheesy deliciousness with a crispy, buttery panko bread crumb topping.
Read full storyBlack Bottom Banana Cream Pie with Vanilla Wafer Crust
This Black Bottom Banana Cream Pie includes layers of chocolate pastry cream, vanilla rum custard, bananas, and whipped cream in a buttery vanilla wafer crust. It's incredibly rich, creamy, and indulgent without being overly sweet, and has been a favorite recipe in our family for years and years.
Read full storyGerman Apple Pie ~ The Easiest, Creamiest Apple Pie!
German Apple Pie is one of the easiest and creamiest apple pies I've ever baked. The filling is simply cinnamon and sugar-coated apples covered in cream and sprinkled with sugar.
Read full storyNo Bake Chocolate Mousse Pie with an Oreo Crust
This dreamy No-Bake Chocolate Pie is impossibly light, delicate, and everything we love about a really, really good chocolate mousse. It's NOT stodgy, heavy, or cloying at all. And, it's so easy to make, it borders on ridiculous.
Read full storyThe Creamiest Pumpkin Pie Made with Maple Syrup and Half and Half
I have made this Maple Pumpkin Pie with Maple Whipped Cream for more Thanksgiving and Holiday celebrations than I can count and it's still the most delicious pumpkin pie I've ever tasted.
Read full storyThe Best Pecan Pie Does Not Contain Corn Syrup
This is the best Pecan Pie I have ever eaten and it does not contain any corn syrup!. The toasted pecan filling is smooth, creamy, and packed with rich, caramel flavor. And because it's made without corn syrup, it's less sweet and more flavorful than traditional pecan pie.
Read full story21 Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes That Aren't Pie
If you're looking for some Thanksgiving dessert ideas that aren't pie, look no further. The desserts on this list skirt tradition and are not pie-related, but they ARE most definitely holiday-worthy. Before you go flipping through stacks of cookbooks or randomly searching the Internet, scroll through this list of decadent ways to end your Thanksgiving meal.
Read full story24 Of The Most Decadent Chocolate Recipes For The Holiday Season
Are you dreaming of a cocoa-dusted holiday season? Satisfy the craving of every chocolate lover in your life and treat yourself to something sweet with this list of chocolate-dipped holiday recipes.
Read full storyButtery Cranberry Pistachio Cookies with Vanilla Icing
These incredibly rich and tender pistachio shortbread cookies are baked with a dollop of cranberry orange sauce, then drizzled with vanilla icing, and topped with a crunchy sprinkle of roasted pistachios. They are pretty little jewel-like cookies with all the right flavors and colors for the holiday season.
Read full storyThe Fastest, Easiest Way to Make Cheesy Crispy Chile Rellenos
There are few things better in life than a Crispy Chile Relleno, fried to golden perfection, stuffed with roasted chile and plenty of melted cheese. This simple recipe uses egg roll wrappers to make homemade Chile Rellenos so fast and easy you just might be tempted to make them every week.
Read full story21 Non-Traditional Thanksgiving Recipes
Several years ago our family decided to abandon all things "traditional" about Thanksgiving and make it a day on which we all got to eat our favorite foods. We each made a list of the things we most liked to eat and I made them all. The menu was a hodgepodge of a variety of dishes and looked nothing like a traditional Thanksgiving table. But we enjoyed the meal so much that a non-traditional Thanksgiving meal became our new holiday tradition.
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