Holidays and Events Recipes

There are cookies, and then there are Christmas cookies — decked out for the holidays with bright colors and festive embellishments.

This sweet, delightful hot cinnamon apple brandy cider is spiced with freshly squeezed apple cider, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon!

Yukon Cornelius is my favorite, and an all-time classic, character from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Did you know that when he would throw his pick axe into the ice and taste the end of it, that he was actually looking for peppermint to mine? As such, I created this cupcake cake in his image with dark chocolate cupcakes filled with a peppermint-white chocolate ganache, and topped with peppermint buttercream. This is a fun and showstopping dessert--perfect for a "Rudolph" watch party! If not serving immediately, store in the fridge no longer than 1 to 2 days before serving.

A simple dessert that's great served with ice cream.

This collection includes classics like chocolate and peanut butter fudge as well as new favorites like orange cream and caramel fudge. 

Finally, after all these years, I've come up with a solution for people who can't decide whether to make an apple crumble or coffee cake. This features the best things about both of those recipes. It's like baking a crumb-topped coffee cake on top of another coffee cake!

A rum and nutmeg spiced cake is the base for an eggnog sauce and eggnog whipped cream. Homemade eggnog and fresh nutmeg are highly recommended to give this the best flavor. Make sure to use a high-sided cake pan, as this cake rises a lot while baking!

Tall and fluffy. These pancakes are just right. Topped with strawberries and whipped cream, they are impossible to resist.

These traditional British Yorkshire puddings take less than 10 minutes from start to finish! [Recipe originally submitted to Allrecipes.co.uk]

My grandfather brought this recipe over from Sweden in 1921. We still use it today. God Jul.

This inedible dough makes great Christmas tree ornaments.

Enjoy these individual beef Wellingtons with no regrets and no second thoughts! Perfectly cooked filet mignon topped with a rich, savory mushroom pate is wrapped in a crispy pastry crust and served on top of a buttery pastry base for a 1-2 punch that's hard to beat. Serve as-is or with a simple, brown pan sauce.