Christmas Baking

Christmas is a time for baking, whether you're making holiday bread, cookies, pies or other goodies. Get the tips you need to make the best Christmas treats on the block!

Sugar And Spice

an elaborately decorated gingerbread house in front of a Christmas tree

How to Make a Gingerbread House for Christmas

Explore Christmas Baking

stack of fudgy cookie bars with white chocolate peppermint icing

Peppermint Mocha Cookie Bars

close up view of Christmas Pudding garnished with currant berries on a white plate

The Queen's Christmas Pudding

Mincemeat Cookies

close up on a large slice of hummingbird cake on a plate

Hummingbird Cake

close up view of Peppermint Holiday Cookies on a baking sheet

Peppermint Holiday Cookies

closeup of a slice of chocolate roulade on a white plate with a cup of coffee in the foreground

Chocolate Swiss Roll

The Best Scottish Shortbread

Thousand Layer chocolate brioche recipe.

"Thousand Layer" Chocolate Brioche

looking down at a bunch of different shapes and colors of stained glass cookies

Stained Glass Cookies

a close up view of beautiful raspberry and almond shortbread cookies each filled with jam and topped with a zigzag of icing

Raspberry and Almond Shortbread Thumbprints

a close up view of a single slice of eggnog cheesecake plated and topped with a dollop of fresh whipped cream

Eggnog Cheesecake

a close up view of a pile of Mexican wedding cookies one with a bite out sits on top.

Mexican Wedding Cookies

A super close up view of a pile of pfeffernusse cookies, one on top of the pile has a bite out

Pfeffernusse Cookies

looking down at a platter of strawberry malted milk meringues

Strawberry Malted Milk Meringues

Apple-Cranberry Crostada

a low angle view of a pile of pecan pie cookies

Pecan Pie Cookies

Traditional Swedish Pepparkakor

The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies cut in daisy shapes and decorated to look like yellow, pink, and purple flowers

The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies

closeup of a slice of pumpkin pie on a plate topped with a rosette of whipped cream, with the rest of the pie in the background

Perfect Pumpkin Pie

a lattice topped pie made with a crimped cutting wheel with a slice taken out of it

Apple Pie by Grandma Ople

closeup of two slices of Mom's Zucchini Bread on a plate

Mom's Zucchini Bread

an overhead view of a round platter of easy sugar cokies

Easy Sugar Cookies

close up on a single serving of sweet potato pie on a plate, topped with whipped cream

Sweet Potato Pie

a close up view of a pile of best ever chocolate chip cookies with one broken in half

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

a slice of lemon meringue pie served on a white plate

Grandma's Lemon Meringue Pie

Best Big, Fat, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie

A slice of double layer pumpkin cheesecake topped with whipped cream

Double-Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake

low view of carrot cake with pecans

a close up view of a bowl of pretzel turtles-a tray of cooling turtles sits in the background.

Rolo Pretzel Turtles

A close up detail of a single slice of Libby's Famous Pumpkin pie topped with whipped cream

Libby's Famous Pumpkin Pie

Sliced banana bread loaf on a marble surface.

Janet's Rich Banana Bread

a mid angle view looking into a sliced pumpkin roll cake topped with powdered sugar.

a low angle, close up view of fresh, golden-brown, flaky baklava.

Mrs. Sigg's Snickerdoodles cookies on a platter

Mrs. Sigg's Snickerdoodles

stack of well crackled big soft ginger cookies

Big Soft Ginger Cookies

an overhead view of partially sliced pumpkin bread sitting on a wooden cutting board with a single slice buttered.

Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

five cake-like chocolate crinkle cookies coated with powdered sugar on a red plate

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

a slice of coconut cream pie on a white plate

Old-Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie

Original Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies

Iced pumpkin cookies

Iced Pumpkin Cookies

close up on a key lime pie with a slice removed

An array of soft decorated Christmas cookies on a plate.

Best Soft Christmas Cookies

an overhead view of perfectly decorated gingerbread people cookies.

Best Gingerbread Men Cookies

Shortbread Christmas Cookies

a low angle close up view of a pile of Russian tea cakes perfectly dusted with confectioner's sugar

Russian Tea Cakes

Pieces of saltine cracker toffee.

Saltine Cracker Toffee

close up view of sliced Banana Nut Bread on a plate

Extreme Banana Nut Bread 'EBNB'

mid angle looking into a bunch of peanut butter cup cookies resting on a cooling rack with one bit into

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

A scoopy of apple-cranberry crisp.

Apple-Cranberry Crisp

Best Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce

Best Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce

Close up on Buche de Noel on a platter with two pieces sliced.

Bûche de Noël

A plate of stacked snowball cookies, with a cooling rack and more cookies

Best Snowball Cookies

high angle looking at Amish white bread on a cutting board with a few slices cut, next to butter in a bowl

Amish White Bread

a golden rum cake served on a cake plate

Golden Rum Cake

mid angle looking at a chocolate trifle with cream and brownies in a glass trifle bowl

Chocolate Trifle

Banana crumb muffins on a wire cooling rack

Banana Crumb Muffins

a bunch of biscottis served on a white platter

a low angle view of a chocolate pecan pie with a slice removed.

Chocolate Pecan Pie

close up view of a slice of chocolate cake on a blue plate with a fork, and chocolate cake on a platter in the background

Too Much Chocolate Cake

close up view of Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti on a baking sheet

Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti

closeup of golden brown coconut macaroons stacked on a plate

Coconut Macaroons

Gramma's Date Squares

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