A festive Christmas dinner table

Christmas Recipes

Build a festive menu with celebration mains, comforting sides, seasonal bakes, desserts, and drinks.

Festive recipes

A perfectly baked, golden-brown croissant with visible flaky layers.

Classic Croissant

3 hours

2

Tall, puffy, and golden-brown Yorkshire puddings fresh out of the oven.

Yorkshire Pudding

30 minutes

3

A whole, freshly baked apple pie with a beautiful lattice crust, dusted with sugar.

Apple Pie

1 hour 20 minutes

3

A festive assortment of decorated sugar cookies, gingerbread men, and snowball cookies for Christmas.

Christmas Cookies: 3-Ways

1 hour 30 minutes

2

A festive glass mug of creamy homemade eggnog, garnished with nutmeg.

Classic Eggnog

30 minutes

2

A rich, dark slice of Christmas fruitcake, studded with colorful candied fruits and nuts.

Classic Fruitcake

2 hours

2

A festive Christmas hot chocolate bar with mugs, a pot of hot cocoa, and bowls of toppings like marshmallows, whipped cream, and candy canes.

Hot Chocolate Bar

30 minutes

2

A festive Yule Log Cake decorated to look like a log with chocolate ganache bark and meringue mushrooms.

Yule Log Cake (Bûche de Noël)

2 hours 15 minutes

2

A golden-brown Canadian Tourtière (meat pie) with a piece sliced out to show the savory filling.

Tourtière (Canadian Meat Pie)

1 hour 20 minutes

1

A magnificent, golden-brown roast turkey on a platter, ready to be carved for a Christmas dinner.

Classic Roast Turkey

3 hours 30 minutes

2

A bowl of Georgian Satsivi, with pieces of chicken in a creamy walnut sauce.

Satsivi

2 hours

3

A magnificent honey-glazed ham studded with cloves, ready to be served for a Christmas feast.

Honey Glazed Ham

2 hours 15 minutes

1

Perfectly sliced roast beef with a rich brown gravy, ideal for a Christmas dinner.

Roast Beef with Gravy

1 hour 45 minutes

1

A bowl of creamy, fluffy mashed potatoes garnished with fresh chives, a classic Christmas side dish.

Creamy Mashed Potatoes

30 minutes

1

A serving dish of crisp-tender green beans sautéed in garlic butter and topped with toasted almonds, a perfect Christmas side.

Garlic Butter Green Beans

20 minutes

1

A bowl of vibrant, homemade cranberry sauce with hints of orange zest, a staple Christmas condiment.

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

20 minutes

1

A bowl of fluffy, creamy mashed potato topped with melted butter and chopped chives.

Classic Mashed Potato

35 minutes

0

A steaming mug of festive red mulled wine garnished with a cinnamon stick and a dried orange slice, perfect for Christmas.

Mulled Wine

25 minutes

2

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