Christmas Dessert Recipes

You can vary what you top this festive cheesecake with: crushed candy canes are a must, but you can spread whipped cream on top before sprinkling with candy canes, or drizzle with some melted chocolate chips. Please add your comments as you find ways to improve this recipe!

These take a bit of work and time, but are spectacular. They are highly prized for Christmas gift-giving! As with other meringue recipes, these should only be made on a dry day. You will need a pastry bag with a plain tip. If you can save some green plastic berry baskets from the summertime, these mushrooms look totally realistic placed in them.

Fluffy goodness! This easy recipe calls for chestnut puree which can be found in most specialty food stores.

Who needs leaping lords or drummers drumming? Make these cakes instead.

If you haven't tried this classic holiday dessert because you thought it required advanced baking and pastry skill, then get ready to buche up this Noel, since the techniques required are actually quite simple. This classic holiday dessert is a showstopper, but it's often better looking than it is tasting, which is not the case here, thanks to a simple-to-make, rich chocolate sponge cake, and mocha buttercream filling. Garnished here with meringue mushrooms and rosemary.

A cheesecake version of a classic holiday cookie! The cinnamon whipped cream is optional---but it really adds a nice touch!

A chocolate cake is wrapped around alternating stripes of white chocolate whipped cream and a whipped dark chocolate mousse for not only great flavor, but a striking presentation as well. Make sure to really chill your fillings before whipping--overnight would be best--or they won't fluff up properly. This takes some time and patience to make--so plan ahead when making this cake! Serve with additional whipped cream, if desired.

Shortbread thumbprint cookie filled with raspberry jam, and drizzled with glaze.

My brother taught me this recipe, and I love it so I decided to share this wonderful recipe with you.

As the old joke goes, these Russian tea cakes might not be Russian, but at least they're not cakes. No one knows exactly how these came to be known as Russian tea cakes but, nevertheless, they are quite delicious.

A pie for the microwave. A graham cracker crust may be substituted for pre-baked pie crust. Creating this pie is a bit to do, but well worth the time spent!

Chocolate cookies coated in confectioners' sugar...very good!

This is a wonderful peanut brittle that is easy to make and wows everyone! Have all the ingredients for this recipe measured out and ready. This recipe requires that you react quickly. You do not have time to measure ingredients in between steps.

Put the ho ho ho in the holidays!

Here are the holly jolliest desserts of the year.

This luscious dessert combines the flavors of almond, cardamom, and fresh pears.

This is a wonderfully rich, Southern pie recipe that is the best I've tried!

A great alternative to pumpkin pie, especially for those cheesecake fans out there. Serve topped with whipped cream.

Perfect for decorating! These classic sugar cookies are great for rolling out and cutting into shapes.

These are just what they say: big, soft, gingerbread cookies. They stay soft, too. My oldest son's favorite.

This is a very fun recipe to follow, because Grandma makes it sweet and simple. This pie is thickened with cornstarch and flour in addition to egg yolks, and contains no milk.

This is the best recipe for creamy and delicious peanut butter fudge I have ever used. It is great for sharing at work.

I double the recipe and put in a glass baking dish (9x13 inches). Nice for holidays . . . Keep it for a secret and family and friends will think you worked forever on it . . . (smiles). You can also use peanut butter chips and make peanut butter fudge.