Holiday Dessert Recipes

'Tis the season for baking and spreading holiday cheer! These Christmas recipes are festive and delicious, perfect for sharing with loved ones. There's Christmas cookies, spiced cakes, and more.
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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies (Snowstorms)
These chocolate snowstorm cookies are rich, soft, and fudgy. Also called chocolate crinkle cookies, these are traditional chocolate Christmas cookies coated in powdered sugar that looks like snow! They're thick with gooey, soft-baked centers every chocolate lover will adore.
Danish Butter Cookies
These Danish butter cookies are a buttery and soft classic Christmas cookie. They're simple, delicate, and will melt in your mouth, just like the famous Royal Dansk danish cookies in the blue tin! They're perfect for gifting this holiday season.
Snowstorm Cookies | Snowy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
These snowstorm cookies are so rich, soft, and fudgy. Also called chocolate crinkle cookies, these are traditional Christmas cookies coated in powdered sugar that looks like fresh snow! They're thick with gooey, soft-baked centers every chocolate lover will adore.
Chewy Brown Butter Peanut Butter Cookies
These brown butter peanut butter cookies are delicious, soft, and chewy! The browned butter elevates the nutty flavor while contributing to the chewy texture. With only 30 minutes of chill time, these will be a new staple in your baking repertoire. They're a delicious holiday cookie!
Fudgy Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
These chocolate \thumbprint cookies are rich, crisp chocolate shortbread cookies filled with fudgy, decadent dark chocolate ganache! Perfect for the holidays or a Christmas cookie craving, these ganache cookies are sure to impress chocolate lovers!
Apricot Filled Thumbprint Cookies
These apricot thumbprint cookies are so simple and tasty. They're made with a shortbread-like dough filled with tart apricot preserves or jam that balances the sweetness beautifully. They're perfect for any Christmas cookie box!
Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This gingerbread cake with cream cheese frosting is a moist cake full of gingerbread flavor from molasses and warm spices like cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. There are two cake layers slathered with tangy cream cheese frosting coated with desiccated coconut, which looks like fresh snow! It's the perfect cake for the holiday season.
Cranberry Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Swirl
This cranberry cream cheese pound cake is a moist vanilla cake studded with tart fresh cranberries to put you in the holiday spirit. It has a rich, creamy swirl of cream cheese that perfectly balances the juicy cranberries. It's the perfect festive treat for Christmas and holiday season!
Semi-Naked Red Velvet Cake
This semi-naked red velvet cake has a moist, silky texture, mild chocolate flavor, and gorgeous red color! It's frosted with a thin layer of classic cream cheese frosting. This is the perfect red velvet cake to make for Christmas, Valentine's Day, or any special occasion.
Chewy Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
These milk chocolate chip cookies have perfectly soft and chewy centers, pools of melted chocolate, and crisp golden brown edges. They make a great Christmas cookie! They're made with creamy milk chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet, making them a little lighter and sweeter than your classic chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Danish Butter Cookies
These homemade Danish butter cookies are a buttery and soft classic Christmas cookie. They're simple, delicate, and will melt in your mouth, just like the famous Royal Dansk danish cookies in the blue tin! They're perfect for gifting this holiday season.
Brown Butter Peanut Butter Cookies
These brown butter peanut butter cookies are delicious, soft, and chewy! The browned butter elevates the nutty flavor while contributing to the chewy texture. With only 30 minutes of chill time, these will be a new staple in your baking repertoire.
Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This gingerbread cake with cream cheese frosting is a moist cake full of gingerbread flavor from molasses and warm spices like cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. There are two cake layers slathered with tangy cream cheese frosting coated with desiccated coconut, which looks like fresh snow! It's the perfect cake for the holiday season.
Cranberry Cream Cheese Swirl Bread
This cranberry cream cheese bread is a moist pound cake studded with tart cranberries to put you in the holiday spirit. It has a rich, creamy swirl of cream cheese that perfectly balances the juicy cranberries. It's the perfect festive treat for the holiday season!
Apple Pie Stuffed Cheesecake
This apple pie stuffed cheesecake is what dreams are made of! Creamy baked cheesecake filled with apple pie filling sits on top of a classic graham cracker crust. Pour salted caramel sauce on top to make the ultimate Fall dessert for any occasion, especially for Thanksgiving!