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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 large slice of pumpkin focaccia with a brown sugar cinnamon filling, topped with honey cinnamon glaze on a small grey plate.
    Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Focaccia
  • A baked apple pie in a glass dish with a cinnamon roll top crust.
    Cinnamon Roll Apple Pie
  • 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
  • Apple Frangipane Tart

Christmas Recipes

  • Sticky Pecan Cinnamon Rolls
  • 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
See more Christmas →

Thanksgiving Recipes

  • Two large pieces of cinnamon-swirled focaccia topped with cinnamon sugar and caramel glaze stacked on a small plate.
    Pumpkin Churro Focaccia
  • Muffin Tin Apple Pies
  • A stack of orange cinnamon rolls shaped like pumpkins topped with cinnamon sticks and vanilla glaze.
    Glazed Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
  • Half a dozen orange bread rolls shaped like mini pumpkins.
    Pumpkin Shaped Bread Rolls with Pumpkin Puree
See more Thanksgiving →

Ramadan & Eid Recipes

  • Two large pieces of fluffy focaccia topped with chopped pistachios and dried rose petals on a grey plate.
    Baklava Focaccia with honey Rose syrup
  • Vegan Baklava (& Other Iftar Desserts!)
  • Baked Falafel with Canned Chickpeas
  • Moist Date Walnut 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 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

  • A loaf of braided bread on a wood board next to two slices of fluffy, enriched challah.
    6 Strand Braided Challah Bread
  • A hand holding a large Bavarian pretzel next to a baking sheet filled with more soft pretzels.
    45+ German Oktoberfest 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
  • Two slices of Christmas stollen on a sheet of parchment paper.
    German Christmas Stollen
  • 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
  • Two slices of fluffy bread on a wood board next to a sliced loaf of breaded bread.
    Sweet 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 | Crispy Spiced German Cookies
  • German Anise Cookies | Springerle
  • Birthday Cake Cheesecake (With Ricotta - No Cream Cheese!)
  • Hedgehog Cookies with Chocolate and Almonds
  • Spritzgebäck | German Spritz Cookies without a Press
  • Sandwich Cookies with Jam | Spitzbuben
  • Black Forest Cheesecake | Chocolate Cheesecake with Cherries
  • 15+ Cozy Apple Desserts for Fall
  • Apple Hand Pies with Puff Pastry | Apfeltaschen
  • Mini Apple Strudel with Phyllo Dough
  • Nine raisin buns arranged on a black wire cooling rack on a light surface.
    Fluffy Raisin Buns | Rosinenbrotchen
  • German Apple Pie from Scratch
  • Linzer Raspberry Cookies
  • German Easter Bread (Osterkranz)
  • German Vanilla Crescent Cookies | Vanillekipferl
  • 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)
  • Small Batch Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
  • Chewy Sugar-Coated Molasses Crinkle Cookies
  • Chocolate Strawberry Macarons
  • Strawberry Lattice Pie

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Fall Baking

  • Three slices of focaccia bread on a plate filled and topped with caramelized onions and melted cheese.
    Caramelized Onion Focaccia
  • A slice of pretzel focaccia cut open to show the airy crumb sitting on top of more baked pretzel focaccia.
    Pretzel Focaccia with German Beer Cheese Dip
  • Apple Fritter Focaccia
  • Apple Cinnamon Rolls with Dulce De Leche
  • A scoop of vanilla ice cream sitting on top of a large fluffy square of apple donut focaccia bread on a grey plate.
    Apple Cider Donut Focaccia
  • A large square of s'mores focaccia topped with marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers on a grey plate.
    S'mores Focaccia
  • A hand holding a large Bavarian pretzel next to a baking sheet filled with more soft pretzels.
    45+ German Oktoberfest Recipes
  • Four apple rose puff pastries on a plate.
    Easy Apple Rose Puff Pastries
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