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Explore Christmas Recipes

Weve gathered our favorite recommendations for everything from the must-see classics to newcomers you wont want to miss.

Add some fanciful color and pattern to yourholiday cookietray with a batch of pinwheel butter cookies. The bright green and red flourish may look tricky to pull off, but it couldn’t be simpler! Once well-chilled, all you’ll need to do isslice and bake. Credit: Joy Howard Add the egg and vanilla and beat to incorporate. Reduce the mixer’s speed to low and blend in the flour mixture one-third at a time....

Explore Christmas

In the South, Christmas always starts with a trip to our treasured family recipe boxes. Planning festive menus for every Christmas gathering is our specialty, and you’ll never catch us unprepared. These are our best Christmas recipes.

It’s all tossed in a maple syrup-Dijon vinaigrette. Not at the holidays. Christmas Salad Ingredients This Christmas salad layers fresh spinach with fruits, nuts, and cheese. Credit:Morgan Hunt Glaze; Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf; Prop Stylist: Julia Bayless First, slice and juice the oranges up to a day in advance. Then, make the salad dressing and refrigerate it for up to three days before assembling the salad. baby spinach 1small(6 oz....

You will find just the right accompaniments to make your meal extra memorable this year. Explore Christmas Recipes

This red-and-green congealed salad recipe from 1982 is still one of our all-time favorites. Many holiday tables across the South aren’t complete without acolorful congealed salador two. Despite its charming name, the recipe does not contain actual snow. Credit: Jennifer Causey (Sorry, kids.) It looks like a delightfullyretro Christmas tree ornament, especially if it is made in a fancy mold. For a fun old-school look, plate the mold on lettuce leaves and top it with extra maraschino cherries....

Oh, Christmas tree! It starts with a classic white cake base that really lets that cream cheese icing shine like twinkle lights. And you don’t even need a specialChristmas treecake pan to make it happen. Credit:Frederick Hardy II; Food Stylist: Margaret Dickey; Prop Stylist: Christina Daley into a triangular-shaped tree. The scraps can be used to make the tree trunk and accompanying presents. Now for the fun part: decorating. Perusing thecandyaisle was never so much fun....

Cheese, garlic, and dough: These are a few of our favorite things. We’ve combined some of our favorite foods into a wonderfulholiday appetizerperfect for yourChristmas cocktail party. This Christmas tree pull-apart bread can be formed into any shape, but we love this festive look. Credit: Southern Living As impressive as it is delicious, only you will now how easy it was to make thisfestive appetizer. Not a fan of mozzarella?...

Why wait for Christmas morning to make this delicious cake? In our Christmas-Morning Coffee Cake, a crunchy, spiced streusel topping sits atop a soft, buttery cake. But don’t be fooled: This is not your average coffee cake. Credit:Will Dickey, Food Stylist: Ali Ramee, Prop Stylist: Caleb Clarke While it packs all the requisite spicescinnamon and nutmegthis Christmas coffee cake has a few surprises up its sleeve. The first: dried tart cherries, folded right into the cake batter....

Simple and classic but far from basic, our go-to easy guac is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. How to Make Chunky Guacamole It takes fewer than 10 minutes to make our Chunky Guacamole. Then, you simply stir in the remaining ingredients. Credit: Photography: Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Torie Cox Oh, and put out a big bowl of tortilla chips alongside the guac. Chunky Guacamole Ingredients Avocados are the most important ingredient and should be the star of any guacamole....

Have your veggies, and eatsoup, too! This hearty vegetable beef soup is cooked slowly until all the savory flavors and spices are blended. To make ahead,freezein meal-size portions in large zip-top plastic freezer bags. To reheat, thaw soup in fridge overnight, and simmer over low, stirring occasionally. No time for long-simmering meats or slow-cooker soups? Ingredients 2poundsground chuck 1small sweet onion, chopped 1teaspoontable salt 1/2teaspoonblack pepper 3(14-oz.) cansreduced-sodium beef broth...