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This comforting dish comes together quickly by substituting the traditional mashed potatoes with tender, ready-made potato gnocchi, which cooks in just minutes.

Plus: five crisp and delicious latke recipes, from the classic to the creative.

These decadent homemade truffles have a secret ingredient: crispy rice cereal, which adds light crunch. They make a sweet hostess gift.

These slice-and-bake cookies are a great dinner-party trick. Have a roll ready in the fridge and pop them in the oven after the main course. Who doesn't love warm cookies for dessert?

These light-as-air cookies spread as they bake thanks to melted butter and cream in the batter. Then they're iced in chocolate, with sea salt finish.

These sweet and crisp cherry-almond florentines are an elegant addition to you holiday cookie tin. 

Tart lime curd and buttery pistachios add a pale green contrast to rosy strawberries and the pairing is reminiscent of those strawberry-kiwi-flavoured treats you enjoyed as a kid. Take the shortcut with store-bought angel food cake; this trifle is full of other homemade elements.

These desserts are true holiday crowd pleasers.

Bust out your best novelty glassware: This no-bake trifle recipe from the 1990s remains unchanged and as delicious as ever.

This decadent Black Forest trifle with cherries is a holiday party waiting to happen. It's easy to make ahead (and tastes even better the next day).

With a little royal icing and some holiday spirit, these gingerbread cookies make festive tree ornaments—if you can manage not to eat them.