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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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