Christmas is a time for family, festivity, giving, and food. Save money this holiday and enjoy some creative fun by baking your own Christmas recipes. Here are 10 recipes to impress your friends and family this holiday, and delight your senses by filling your home with the smell and taste of Christmas.
Ginger snaps are a biscuit made with spices, including cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. While baking they fill your house with the warming aroma of Christmas, and provide a tasty treat. They can be baked longer to make the more traditional crisp biscuit, or baked for less time to make a softer more chewy biscuit.
Cake pops are a fun way to celebrate Christmas, and are entertaining for everyone. They can be different flavours and decorated in different ways, and are fun for the whole family. They also make the perfect gift and are aesthetically pleasing for your obligatory Christmas posts on social media.
Cupcakes are another dynamic way to celebrate the Christmas period, as, like the cake pops, they can be different flavours and decorated however you want. They make the perfect gift and you can take them to any Christmas party to impress your fellow guests.
Another fun way to celebrate Christmas and perfect for the whole family is to make and decorate Christmas biscuits. You can make whatever shapes you want and decorate them however you like. you can even add a hole and some ribbon and hang them from your Christmas tree as edible decorations.
Bake a traditional Christmas fruit cake for a classic holiday treat, or mix it up with different flavours if you aren’t a fan of fruit cakes. You can make it a vanilla cake, chocolate cake, anything that you fancy, and decorate it as simply or as extravagantly as you like.
The perfect seasonal take on a classic recipe, this clementine loaf combines easy and simple baking with Christmas flavours to make a simple but effective Christmas bake that will go perfectly with a hot drink in the evening.
A fun Christmas bake that allows decorative creativity. These are perfect for group/family Christmas activities and are easy to make, and they can be the centrepiece of any Christmas tabletop. Not only are they fun to make, they are also satisfying to break and eat. Make it even more entertaining by making gingerbread people and decorate them based on each other.
Cinnamon is the perfect Christmas spice, and offers up a warm and aromatic atmosphere when baked. These cinnamon buns are sweet and fluffy, and perfect for a quick and tasty bake to satisfy everyone’s tastes.
Mince Pies are a Christmas staple, and learning how to make them can not only save you money over the holiday period but also impress your friends and family. You can add your own twists on the recipes and edit them to your personal taste.
Cranberries are the perfect Christmas berry, and these cranberry cakes are perfectly fluffy and sweet, satisfying a your seasonal cravings with a more healthy alternative.
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