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Festive Christmas Recipes

Here is where you will find all my festive Christmas recipes. Some of these recipes include chocolate, some have peppermint, and all of these recipes are delicious!

From soft & chewy sugar-coated molasses cookies for Santa to German nut rolls inspired by my family's nostalgic Christmas morning breakfast, I'm sharing all my favorite holiday bakes.

  • Two large squares of frosted focaccia with cinnamon sugar in the filling next to a plant and chai tea in the background.
    Chai Snickerdoodle Focaccia with Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Sticky Caramel Pecan Focaccia
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • German Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls
  • Soft and Buttery Linzer Cookies
  • Vanilla Crescent Cookies (without Vanilla Bean)
  • Cranberry Cinnamon Roll Wreath
  • Black Forest Cake | Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
  • German Butter Cookies | Butterkekse
  • German Gingerbread Cake | Gewürzkuchen
  • German Gingerbread Cookies | Lebkuchenherzen
  • A stack of three glazed Pfeffernusse cookies.
    Pfeffernüsse | Spiced German Christmas Cookies
  • German Gingerbread Cookies (Lebkuchen)
  • Chewy Sugar-Coated Molasses Crinkle Cookies
  • Red Velvet Cookies with Oreos
  • Creamy Almond Milk Eggnog (Without Eggs)
  • A chocolate yule log cake decorated with white candy mushrooms and chocolate frosting to look like a real tree log.
    Buche de Noel - Yule Log Cake
  • A gingerbread house dyed with grey royal icing to look like stone walls.
    Hagrid's Hut Ginger bread House
  • Easy DIY Christmas Ornaments
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  • Two large squares of frosted focaccia with cinnamon sugar in the filling next to a plant and chai tea in the background.
    Chai Snickerdoodle Focaccia with Cream Cheese Frosting
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  • A hand holding a baked puff pastry in the shape of a ghost covered in white glaze.
    Easy Puff Pastry Ghosts with Jam
  • Halloween Focaccia with Marshmallow Spiderwebs
  • Sticky Caramel Pecan Focaccia
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