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Holiday baking recipes

Discover Pinterest’s 10 best ideas and inspiration for Holiday baking recipes. Get inspired and try out new things.
Oreo Balls for Christmas - Hoosier Homemade

These Oreo Balls for Christmas are super easy to make and take only three ingredients plus the decorating. Get the whole family involved in making them!

Whipped Shortbread Cookies

38 · 30 minutes · Whipped shortbread cookies are light as air with a delicious buttery flavor. They melt in your mouth because they're so soft, and only require a few simple ingredients.

Ingredients

Baking & Spices
  • 1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup Cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 Sprinkles
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
  • 1 cup Butter, unsalted
White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies

2 · 25 minutes · These white chocolate candy cane cookies are the perfect holiday chocolate chip cookie recipe. They're soft, chewy, filled with Christmas cheer & super pretty!

Ingredients

Refrigerated
  • 2 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
  • 3 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 3/4 cup Brown sugar
  • 1 tsp Peppermint extract
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Shortening
  • 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 cup White chocolate chips
  • 1 cup White sugar
Dairy
  • 1/2 cup Butter, unsalted
Desserts
  • 3/4 cup Candy canes
Christmas Cookie Bars are the best blondies dressed up with holiday M&Ms and sprinkles! These are the best bars for Christmas because they’re easy to make and freezer-friendly.

150 · 45 minutes · Christmas Cookie Bars are the best blondies dressed up with holiday M&Ms and sprinkles! These are the best bars for Christmas because they’re easy to make and freezer-friendly. Make a batch to give away to family and friends or save them for your family to enjoy through the holiday season.

Ingredients

Refrigerated
  • 2 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 2 cups Brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
  • 1/2 cup Butter, unsalted
Desserts
  • 1 cup Christmas m&ms
Other
  • ½ cup Christmas sprinkles (use jimmies for best results)
5-Ingredient Raspberry Cheesecake Thumbprint Cookies - Baker by Nature

89 · 22 minutes · These 5-Ingredient Raspberry Cheesecake Thumbprint Cookies are so flavorful and basically melt in your mouth!!! An easy cookie recipe you'll make over and over again!

Ingredients

Condiments
  • 1/4 cup Raspberry preserves
Baking & Spices
  • 1 3/16 cup Flour
  • 11/16 cup Sugar
Dairy
  • 8 tbsp Butter, salted
  • 4 oz Cream cheese
Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls

38 · 85 minutes · Soft, homemade dough flavored with orange blossom water and filled with sweet cranberry filling. Each topped with an orange blossom glaze. Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls are the perfect holiday brunch or make-ahead breakfast.

Ingredients

Produce
  • 1 cup Cranberries, fresh or frozen
  • 1 Orange, zest of
Refrigerated
  • 1 Egg, large
Baking & Spices
  • 2 1/4 tsp 1 envelope (7 g) active dry yeast
  • 4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 cup Confectioners' sugar
  • 3/4 cup Granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp Madagascar bourbon pure vanilla
  • 1 tsp Salt
Dairy
  • 7 tbsp Butter, unsalted
  • 1/4 cup Greek yogurt, plain
  • 18 tbsp Milk
Liquids
  • 4 tsp Water, Orange Blossom
Classic Snickerdoodles – Soft & Chewy Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

50 · 28 minutes · Tender, buttery and slightly tangy sugar cookies are coated in cinnamon sugar and baked to perfection in this classic dessert! Whip up a batch of these Chewy Snickerdoodle Cookies and experience blissful comfort with each cozy bite.

Ingredients

Refrigerated
  • 2 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
  • 2 3/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 tbsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 2 tsp Cream of tartar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
  • 3/4 cup Butter, unsalted

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