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Few holiday cookies announce the season quite like candy cane thumbprint cookies. These buttery vanilla cookies are rolled in crushed candy cane before baking, which melts just enough into the surface for a festive red-and-white sparkle. Each one is finished with a center of white chocolate peppermint ganache and a dusting of fine candy cane…
Thanksgiving Christmas-Crack Toffee takes the famously addictive saltine-cracker bark known as "Christmas crack" and gives it a full Thanksgiving makeover. The classic formula stays: a single layer of saltine crackers, a hot butter-and-brown-sugar toffee poured over the top, and a dark chocolate shell. The twist is maple syrup simmered right into the toffee for a…
This easy lasagna soup takes everything people love about a classic baked lasagna — the savory Italian sausage, the rich tomato sauce, the noodles with their chewy edges, and that creamy trio of ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan — and turns it into a one-pot meal that is on the table in under an hour. Instead…
Gołąbki — the classic Polish stuffed cabbage rolls — are one of those dishes that taste like someone loves you. The problem is the work: blanching a whole head of cabbage, rolling each leaf into a tidy parcel, tucking them into a baking dish, and hoping none of them unroll in the oven. This golumpki…
There is a particular magic in the moment a potsticker meets the hot pan: the wrapper's flat side sears into a lacy, golden crust while the pleated top steams into something soft and yielding. These cabbage dumplings deliver exactly that contrast. A savory filling of ground pork and finely shredded napa cabbage — seasoned with…
There is a reason mac and cheese shows up on nearly every holiday table: it is the one dish that pleases the pickiest eater and the most discerning cook at the same time. This crockpot mac and cheese takes the classic to its creamiest form. The pasta cooks directly in the slow cooker — no…
Grinch Spaghetti turns an ordinary weeknight pasta into a full-on Christmas event. A vivid basil-and-spinach pesto coats every strand of spaghetti in bright holiday green, and with a few festive garnishes — ruby-red cherry tomatoes, a sprinkle of parmesan, and one small heart on top — the plate looks exactly like the Grinch's heart growing…
Some holiday drinks are pretty, and some are genuinely fun — Grinch Christmas Punch is both. This is the bright-green, fizzy, lime-sherbet party punch that turns a regular dessert table into the talk of the Christmas party. It takes about five minutes to throw together, feeds a crowd from a single punch bowl, and looks…
Christmas morning has a way of arriving all at once — wrapping paper on the floor, coffee brewing, and a house full of people who are suddenly, urgently hungry. The last thing anyone wants to do at that moment is stand at the stove flipping eggs or nursing a complicated recipe. That is exactly why…
A honey-baked ham is the kind of centerpiece that makes a holiday dinner feel like an occasion the moment it lands on the table: a lacquered, crackling glaze, slices fanning apart like petals, and a sweet-salty aroma that pulls everyone toward the kitchen. The good news is that you do not need a specialty shop…
