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  • December 16, 2020

    22 Holiday Recipe Ideas For You To Make

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    We’re baking cookies. We’re nibbling on appetizers with cocktails in hand. Because eating good food and drinking good drinks is such a huge part of ringing in the holidays, and evidently, the new year to come. So I gathered some of my favorite holiday recipe ideas you can make this year.

    peanut butter blossoms

    First, let’s talk cookies! My favorite holiday cookie is the peanut butter blossom. It’s got peanut butter and chocolate, and just so easy to make. This recipe is of mine is not on the blog, but you can find it here as well as in this video where I show you how to make it!

    As for my other recipes, I divided up this post into different meals—brunch, snacks, cocktails, dinner, and dessert. So pick your fave from this list of holiday recipe ideas and have a delicious holiday season!

    Brunch Ideas


    pouring maple syrup on a stack of blueberry lemon ricotta pancakes

    Blueberry Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

    Use up the leftover ricotta cheese in your fridge and make a fluffy stack of pancakes for brunch.
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    pouring maple syrup on a stack of blueberry lemon ricotta pancakes

    slices of blueberry coffee cake

    Blueberry Coffee Cake

    Bake this blueberry coffee cake to go with coffee on lazy weekend mornings.
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    blueberry coffee cake slices on a plate

    spreading orange glaze on sourdough cinnamon rolls

    Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls with Orange Glaze

    Use up your sourdough discard and prep some cinnamon rolls for the morning!
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    spreading orange glaze on sourdough cinnamon rolls

    Caramel Chocolate Crescents

    This easy 5-ingredient recipe is a festive breakfast to serve for any holiday, or simply for a lazy weekend brunch.
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    breaking into a caramel chocolate croissant

    plate of eggs benedict with hollandaise

    Eggs Benedict

    Impress your friends with an easy homemade brunch, drowning in buttery hollandaise.
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    cut open eggs benedict on a plate

    Snacks


    prosciutto cucumber bites on a cutting board

    Prosciutto Cucumber Bites

    For an easy low-carb appetizer, throw together these prosciutto cucumber bites, made with only three ingredients.
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    prosciutto cucumber bites on a cutting board
    baked brie with charcuterie

    Baked Brie

    This baked brie is an easy appetizer to throw together serve for any occasion.
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    scooping out baked brie with a cheese knife

    roasted artichokes in a glass casserole dish

    Roasted Artichokes

    An easy low-carb appetizer to enjoy with a glass of wine during happy hour.
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    roasted artichokes in a glass dish

    baked jalapeno poppers on a plate with cans of beer

    Baked Jalapeño Poppers

    These crispy jalapeño poppers are the perfect appetizer to throw together for any type of event—or just a simple happy hour at home!
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    bite in a jalapeno popper with crispy chip topping

    mini charcuterie board for one with fruit and cheese

    Make an easy cheeseboard with this tutorial!


    Dinner

    creamy tuscan in a pan with bread

    Creamy Tuscan Chicken

    Serve a loaf of fresh crusty bread with this creamy Tuscan chicken to dip in that creamy sauce.
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    creamy tuscan chicken thighs in a pan

    creamy roasted red pepper chicken with asparagus on a plate

    Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Chicken

    This creamy roasted red pepper chicken is easy to throw together and goes great with roasted vegetables!
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    chicken with creamy roasted red pepper sauce in a skillet

    london broil cut up on a cutting board with small mushroom bites

    London Broil with Shiitake Mushrooms

    For being such a lavish tasting meal, this recipe is a pretty cheap one to make.
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    close up of london broil sliced up on a cutting board

    Cocktails

    sipping on an old fashioned cocktail outside

    Classic Old Fashioned

    Mix together this classic old fashioned cocktail when you're ready to curl up by the fire on a cold winter night.
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    holding a classic old fashioned cocktail

    grandma holding a glass of her amaretto sour

    Amaretto Sour

    This is my grandma's signature cocktail, and it only requires two simple ingredients.
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    two glasses of amaretto sour on a table

    Orange Whiskey Sour

    This cocktail is full of flavors perfect for the cold, wintery months.
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    adding orange slices to orange cranberry bourbon cocktails

    heavenly lemonade cocktails on a table

    Heavenly Lemonade

    Spruce up your brunch cocktail by swapping out your orange juice with pink lemonade.
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    three glasses of raspberry heavenly lemonade

    Dessert


    splitting a hot chocolate cookie with melted marshmallows on top

    Melty Hot Chocolate Cookies

    These gooey cookies are the perfect treat for the holiday season—or, honestly, any other time of the year. Because why not?
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    ripping apart a melty hot chocolate cookie with marshmallows

    pouring vanilla frosting on lemon cake

    Lemon Sponge Cake with Vanilla Frosting

    The perfect cake when you're in need of a dessert for a crowd, or something fancy to close out a holiday celebration.
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    pouring vanilla frosting on lemon cake

    salted caramel chocolate blondies stacked up together with crumbs

    Salted Caramel Chocolate Blondies

    Getting sick of brownies? Switch it up with these chocolate blondies, made with actual salted caramel squares.
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    salted caramel chocolate blondies in a pan

    Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

    Broiling your cookie dough before baking will make perfectly chewy (yet not super underdone) chocolate chip cookies!
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    chocolate chip cookies piled up next to milk


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