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Victoria Skonieczki's (Grandmom's) Nut Roll (Makowiec)

This Polish/Czech holiday roll is great as a dessert or breakfast treat. This bread may be filled with nut meats or a poppy seed filling. You can freeze the loaves after they are completely cooled.

2h 50m 4

Butterhorns

To DIE for, buttery crescent rolls that divide up the work between two days. This yeast-raised dough may be kept in the refrigerator, and used over a period of 2 weeks! So you can make them fresh when you like.

2h 40m 4

Chef John's Sweet Potato Biscuits

These sweet potato biscuits are a great way to use leftover Thanksgiving sweet potatoes, but they're even better right on that holiday table with the rest of the feast. By forming and folding dough, we develop beautifully buttery layers and avoid overmixing. These were delicious with the pomegranate spread.

2h 21m 4

German Stollen

A very traditional stollen that I make every Christmas. This stollen is loaded with dried fruit, candied citrus and orange peel, and almonds.

2h 47m 4

Schnitzbrot (German Christmas Bread)

The name of this bread is pronounced 'shnits brote.' It's a wonderfully dark, fruity bread that can be dusted with confectioners' sugar. Age the loaves 3 days before slicing them, and serve with butter.

2h 55m 4

Christmas Lefse

This is a Norwegian-style lefse, that our family makes together every Christmas Eve morning. The potato dough is refrigerated overnight to make the lefse more tender. Delicious spread with butter and either white sugar or brown sugar!

1h 18m 4

🥬 Vegetarian ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

Pumpkin Zeppole

As in virtually every other pumpkin dessert, I think using pure canned pumpkin will give you the best results--it has more concentrated flavor than freshly roasted pumpkin. These light, not-too-sweet Italian doughnuts were adapted from a recipe by my old friend, Jennifer Perillo. I usually toss these in cinnamon sugar when they're still slightly warm.

55 min 4

Glazed Lemon Bread

My mother makes this recipe every winter when her lemon tree had ripe fruit. A wonderful gift for friends and neighbors during the Christmas season.

48 min 4

Cheese Twist Christmas Tree

Wow the guests at your next holiday party with this delicious, pull-apart Christmas tree appetizer. The combination of crispy, buttery, flaky puff pastry wrapped around cheese and pesto is a stellar combination. Serve as-is or alongside some spicy tomato sauce for dipping.

1h 59m 4

🥬 Vegetarian 🥜 Nut-Free ✡️ Kosher

Easy Beer Bread Mix

I combine all the dry ingredients in this beer bread mix, put them in 1-quart canning jars or resealable plastic bags, and give them as gifts. All the recipient needs to add is the can of beer and butter over the top of the loaf. You know you have a winner when people ask for the recipe!

36 min 4

Candied Fruit Bread

Try this vintage recipe for Christmas fruit bread. It belonged to my mother, and it's really good! Enjoy fruitcake taste in a quickbread form. Serve at teatime during the holidays.

58 min 4