Our favorite easy, elegant and delicious dinner recipes are perfect for your holiday celebrations. Prep them ahead of time and enjoy the day! Are you looking for elegant, holiday-worthy meals that aren't stressful to make? Does that sound too good to be true? This post is for you! These dinner recipes are incredibly delicious and can all be made or prepped ahead of time. They are perfect for ...
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Ridiculously Easy Maple Molasses Glazed Pecans
These pecans are super delicious and fabulous as a snack or cocktail nibble, on salads, yogurt, ice cream, desserts ... and they make a wonderful gift too! This Maple Molasses Glazed Pecans recipe is one of those oldie but goodie recipes that got lost way back in the Café archives. I had totally forgotten about it (with over 1400 recipes, sometimes things slip a little) until I got these two ...
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Salted Butterscotch Pots de Créme
Salted Butterscotch Pots de Créme is an elegant, French-inspired, make-ahead dessert that always brings rave reviews. It's also crazy delicious! When grown women fastidiously scrape every last little bit of a dessert from their bowls, you know it's good! But when they're finished scraping and they glance at each other (slightly embarrassed), and then proceed to use their fingers to wipe the bowls ...
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Peppermint Candy Cane Tart - a fabulously festive, crowd-pleaser!
This easy, make-ahead Peppermint Candy Cane Tart is a super festive crowd-pleaser. It's also melt-in-your-mouth delicious! Everyone needs a simple yet sensational dessert recipe for holiday celebrations. With an easy graham cracker crust and a short ingredient list, this make-ahead Peppermint Candy Cane Tart will be a huge hit at any party or family get-together!
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Even More Gifts from the Kitchen - 10 Deliciously Giftable Recipes!
Even more delicious gifts from the kitchen! These easy and delicious recipes are perfect to package and give to everyone on your list. We're back with even more gifts from the kitchen! If you missed it, we posted all our favorite sweet treats to give last week. Today's recipes are more savory but just as delicious. There are spiced nuts, easy bread recipes, pepper jelly, crackers and ...
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Copycat Crumbl Christmas Sugar Cookies
Everyone falls in love with the first bite of these Copycat Crumbl Christmas Sugar Cookies. The melt-in-your-mouth, buttery cookies with a cloud of sweet Christmasy buttercream are irresistibly delicious! When I was thinking about a signature Christmas cookie for 2021, I had lots of ideas but it didn't take long to settle on these Copycat Crumbl Christmas Sugar Cookies. They're an adaptation ...
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Sweet Holiday Gifts from the Kitchen
Sweet treats make wonderful Christmas gifts! These are some of our favorite easy and delicious recipes with free printable labels. We love to give homemade gifts from the kitchen! They are a wonderful treat to take to someone's home, for delivery drivers, teachers, neighbors and more. We've gathered some of our favorite sweet treats perfect for Christmas gift-giving. Many of ...
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Eggnog Crumble Muffins (with gluten-free option)
If you're an eggnog fan and you enjoy moist, tender-crumbed muffins topped with a mountain of buttery crumbs, you're going to flip over these delicious Eggnog Crumble Muffins! Although I love the flavor of eggnog, I don't indulge in it very often as it's a little too rich and heavy for me. But these Eggnog Crumble Muffins? That's a whole different story! They have that quintessential, seasonal ...
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Poinsettia Cupcakes - The Fun, Festive, EASY Way to Decorate Cupcakes!
This post features a super simple cupcake decorating technique that will wow everyone! These beautiful Poinsettia Cupcakes look like they came from a fine bakeshop but they're an easy, fun project to do with kids! If you're looking for a fun, easy, beautifully festive way to decorate cupcakes for the holiday season these Poinsettia Cupcakes check all the boxes!
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The BEST, Easiest Chocolate Cupcakes... EVER!
Mix up these one-bowl, no-mixer, super-easy Chocolate Cupcakes in Minutes. They're moist, delicious and come out of the oven with beautiful domed tops! Do you ever feel like a "doubting Thomas"? I sure did when I read the recipe for these chocolate cupcakes!
Do delicious cake/cupcake recipes have to include butter??
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Holiday Worthy Breakfast and Brunch Recipes
A round-up of our favorite special occasion breakfast and brunch recipes. You'll love these easy, delicious and holiday-worthy meals! It's hard to believe that it's December and time to start planning holiday menus! We love to celebrate holidays and other special occasions with a family brunch. There's normally some sort of egg dish, ham or bacon, fruit, and something sweet of course! ...
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Peppermint Bark Brittle
A cross between a classic peppermint bark and a crisp, crunchy brittle, this fabulous Peppermint Bark Brittle is addictingly delicious, easy to make and perfect for gifting! What is Peppermint Bark Brittle? It may look and sound a little fancy but it's a super easy, super delicious confection that's almost impossible to stop eating. The base is made with melted chocolate that's combined with ...
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