HOLIDAY RECIPES

Our holidays center around food and bring our families together. Browse our selection of holiday-specific recipes to make the best dinners for your family! Our favorites include Green Bean Casserole from scratch (no condensed soup!), Instant Pot Turkey Breast and Classic Sweet Potato Casserole.

Honey Baked Ham

April 6, 2020 by Anna 3 Comments

This Honey Baked Ham is the juiciest ham with a sweet honey glaze. It’s a show-stopper main dish for your holiday dinner.

Serve this ham for Easter or Christmas dinner, along with scalloped potatoes, corn casserole or roasted asparagus.

One of the easiest main dishes for a holiday dinner is hands-down ham. A fully-cooked spiral-cut ham is my go-to choice. I heat it up in the oven in just under 2 hours and serve with a deliciously spiced glaze. It’s easy to serve, since it’s already pre-sliced, and is always a huge hit. Make sure to bake it covered to ensure that it is juicy and tender. The fat dripping down into the baking dish will also help to keep it moist.

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Pecan Pie

December 11, 2019 by Anna 6 Comments

This Pecan Pie is one of the easiest pies you can make. The caramel pecan filling is truly decadent!

Serve this classic pie for your holiday desserts, along with my No-Bake Pumpkin Pie or my Perfect Cheesecake.

One of the classic desserts for the holidays has to be this one. It’s rich and decadent. I love pecan and I always use halves. You can chop the nuts roughly before stirring with the filling mixture. Since I don’t make pies often, I have yet to master my pie crust recipe. For a shortcut, I use a store-bought ready crust or frozen crust that just needs to be blind baked before assembling the pie. This pie is truly easy to make and bound to wow your family and guests this holiday season!

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The Best Muddy Buddies

December 9, 2019 by Anna 3 Comments

These Muddy Buddies, aka Puppy Chow, are a classic holiday treat everyone loves! No butter or peanut butter needed!

This Christmas snack is quick and easy to make, just like the Rolo Pretzel Bites and Christmas M&M Cookies.

Whether you call it Muddy Buddies or Puppy Chow, this chocolate cereal is a must for the holidays. My recipe does not use butter or peanut butter and makes perfect little bites. Melting chocolate with oil prevents it from clumping and makes it perfectly smooth. It will fill the cereal and prevent them from sticking together while coating with powdered sugar. This might not be the classic way to make this snack, but it is my favorite. It works every time!