Peppermint Bark

There is a reason peppermint bark shows up on every Christmas cookie tray, in every gift tin, and on every holiday dessert table: it looks like it came from a …

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Gingerbread Cheesecake

Gingerbread cheesecake topped with whipped cream, sugared cranberries and mini gingerbread cookies

There is a moment every December when the house starts to smell like gingerbread — warm molasses, cinnamon, ginger — and suddenly it feels like Christmas. This gingerbread cheesecake captures …

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Christmas Crack

Every December there is one recipe that shows up at every cookie exchange, every office party, and every church bake sale — and it is not a cookie at all. …

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Cranberry Orange Loaf

Cranberry orange loaf with orange glaze and sugared cranberries, sliced on a serving plate

There is a moment every November when the first bags of fresh cranberries show up in the grocery store, and this cranberry orange loaf is the recipe they were made …

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

Some fall cookies are an event. Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are the opposite — they are the cookie you bake on a Tuesday because the house smells like cinnamon and …

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Apple Cider Donut Cake

Apple cider donut cake bundt with cinnamon sugar and cider glaze

Apple cider donut cake is what happens when your favorite orchard donut grows up into a bundt cake. You get all the warm cinnamon-sugar flavor, none of the frying, and …

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Pumpkin Pecan Pie

Whole pumpkin pecan pie topped with pecan halves in a flaky crust

Pumpkin pecan pie is the Thanksgiving dessert for everyone who can never choose between pumpkin pie and pecan pie — because this pumpkin pecan pie refuses to make you choose. …

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Pecan Pie Cheesecake

Pecan pie cheesecake with gooey brown-sugar pecan topping, sliced on a cake stand

Every Thanksgiving table has the same argument: pie people versus cheesecake people. This pecan pie cheesecake ends the debate for good. A buttery graham cracker crust holds a silky vanilla …

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Maple Pecan Pie

Whole maple pecan pie with toasted pecan halves

If there is one pie that belongs on every Thanksgiving table, it is pecan pie — and this maple pecan pie might be the best version of it you will …

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Cranberry Bliss Bars

Frosted cranberry bliss bar triangles arranged on a platter

Cranberry bliss bars are the treat that announces the holidays the moment the Starbucks menu flips to red cups — and this homemade version beats the cafe at its own …

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