Christmas

These sophisticated scroll cookies require making your own mincemeat (worth it) but also use a major short cut: store-bought puff pastry sheets.

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

This stunning gingerbread tree—made from our classic gingerbread recipe, using a set of 10 graduated star cookie cutters—is a cinch to pull together.

Drizzled with a rich brandy-butter sauce, this traditional Christmas pudding is a luxurious way to cap off a holiday meal.