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Festive Holiday Recipes

Here is where you will find all my festive holiday recipes. Celebrate fun occasions throughout the year from Valentine's Day to Thanksgiving & Christmas! Each holiday season has us craving for these unique flavors and nostalgic dishes.

  • Christmas
  • Thanksgiving
  • Ramadan & Eid
  • Valentine's Day

Top 8 Holiday Recipes

  • A hand holding a pumpkin pastie in the shape of a heart.
    Harry Potter Pumpkin Pasties from Scratch
  • Cranberry Cinnamon Roll Wreath
  • A gingerbread house dyed with grey royal icing to look like stone walls.
    Hagrid's Hut Ginger bread House
  • Gluten Free Fortune Cookies
  • Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs | Easy Spring DIY
  • Slovenian Easter Buns
  • Apple Frangipane Tart
  • German Vanilla Crescent Cookies | Vanillekipferl

Christmas Recipes

  • A twisted cinnamon star bread on a wooden board topped with powdered sugar.
    20+ Holiday Brunch Recipes to Feed a Crowd at Christmas
  • A pile of brown tree-shaped cookies under a red ribbon.
    Brown Butter Sugar Cookies (Cut Out Cookies)
  • A hand tearing off a piece of twisted cinnamon bread from the loaf.
    Cardamom & Cinnamon Star Bread
  • Two slices of Christmas stollen on a sheet of parchment paper.
    German Christmas Stollen
See more Christmas →

Thanksgiving Recipes

  • Half a dozen orange bread rolls shaped like mini pumpkins.
    Pumpkin Shaped Bread Rolls with Pumpkin Puree
  • Guide to the Best Apples for Baking
  • Apple Hand Pies with Puff Pastry | Apfeltaschen
  • Mini Apple Strudel with Phyllo Dough
See more Thanksgiving →

Ramadan & Eid Recipes

  • Vegan Baklava (& Other Iftar Desserts!)
  • Golden baked knafeh topped with chopped pistachios in the shape of a crescent on a brown metal plate.
    Vegan Knafeh (Kunafa)
  • Baked Falafel with Canned Chickpeas
  • Middle Eastern Date Cake
See more Ramadan & Eid →

Valentine's Day Recipes

  • Pink bread shaped like a heart on a wooden board. on a linen.
    Pink Heart Shaped Bread (in the Dutch Oven)
  • A slice of strawberry cake with strawberry filling on a grey plate with a fork.
    Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Filling (Freeze Dried Strawberries)
  • Three poached pears topped with honey and chopped nuts on a metal serving platter.
    Honey and Spice Poached Pears
  • German Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls
See more Valentine's Day →

Harry Potter Recipes

  • 4 Ingredient Chocolate Bonbons
  • Easy Harry Potter Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
  • Butterbeer Cookies (Without Pudding)
  • Vegan Butterbeer Recipe
See more Harry Potter →

More Holiday Recipes

  • Turtle Bread (in the Dutch Oven)
  • A loaf of baked bread shaped like a bunny with ears and a tail.
    Bunny Shaped Bread Recipe (4-Ingredients!)
  • Three pear blue cheese tarts on a small plate.
    Blue Cheese & Caramelized Pear Puff Pastry Tarts
  • A cheese and onion puff pastry cup cut in half on a metal plate.
    Easy Brie and Jam Puff Pastry Tarts
  • Heart-shaped cookies decorated with white icing next to cookie cutters and icing in a piping bag.
    12 Best Traditional German Christmas Cookie Recipes
  • Cheesy Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread
  • A loaf of braided bread in a crate with jars of jam.
    Sweet Yeast Braided Bread - 3 Ways
  • A hand holding a half-eaten small cookie next to evergreen sprigs.
    German Marzipan Cookies | Bethmännchen
  • Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies with Chocolate Puddles
  • A metal plate with half a dozen cookies topped with jam.
    Jam Thumbprint Cookies | Kulleraugen or Engelsaugen
  • A ribbon in the center of a ring of star shaped cookies.
    Easy Cinnamon Star Cookies | Zimtsterne
  • Spekulatius Cookies | Crispy Spiced German Biscuits
  • Authentic German Springerle Cookies with Anise
  • Birthday Cake Cheesecake (With Ricotta - No Cream Cheese!)
  • Hedgehog Cookies with Chocolate and Almonds
  • Spritzgebäck | German Spritz Cookies without a Press
  • Spitzbuben | Swiss Strawberry Jam Cookies
  • Black Forest Cheesecake | Chocolate Cheesecake with Cherries
  • Fluffy Raisin Buns (Rosinenbrotchen)
  • German Apple Pie from Scratch
  • Linzer Raspberry Cookies
  • German Easter Bread | Osterkranz Braided Wreath
  • German Black Forest Cake | Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
  • Black Forest Sheet Cake from Scratch without Kirsch
  • German Butter Cookie Biscuits | Butterkekse
  • German Gingerbread Cake | Gewürzkuchen
  • German Gingerbread Hearts | Lebkuchenherzen
  • A stack of three glazed Pfeffernusse cookies.
    Pfeffernüsse | Spiced German Christmas Cookies
  • German Gingerbread Cookies (Lebkuchen)
  • Cornbread squares scattered on the table.
    Fluffy Sourdough Discard Cornbread
  • Small Batch Chocolate Frosting
  • Chewy Sugar-Coated Molasses Crinkle Cookies
  • Chocolate Strawberry Macarons
  • Lattice Strawberry Pie
  • Chunky Birthday Cake Cookies from Scratch
  • Chunky Red Velvet Oreo Cookies (without chocolate chips)
  • Strawberry Crunch Cupcakes
  • Baklava Cheesecake with Phyllo, Pistachios & Honey
  • Simple Homemade Wedding Cake
  • Basbousa - Easy Eggless Egyptian Semolina Yogurt Cake

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