Our best Christmas desserts recipes - 5 recipes
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Top rated Christmas desserts recipes
Gingerbread Cheesecake
By guru
The flavors of a traditional gingerbread have been transformed into a colorful cheesecake
- CRUST:
- 1-1/2 cups gingersnap crumbs (about 30 cookies)
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- CAKE:
- 3 8-oz packages cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons dark molasses
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon each: nutmeg and cloves
- 3 eggs, beaten
- TOPPING:
- 2 milk chocolate bars, shaved
- 1 cup cranberry raisins
- 1/2 cup pistachio nuts, chopped
Hybrid dessert hack: How to make mini strawberry cheesecake pops
By Pascale Weeks
Make a two-in-one dessert with this easy strawberry cheesecake popsicle recipe!
Christmas Treat: Cherry Snowballs
By jamiikay
Maraschino cherries dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut!
- - 24 Maraschino Cherries
- - 1 box semi-sweet baking chocolate
- - 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- - 1 bag unsweetened coconut
- * Note that you can substitute cherries for ju-jubes (we use red and green at Christmas). They end up tasting like the chocolate covered jellies in Bridge Mixture ~ Very yummy!
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Pumpkin Gingerbread Biscotti
By bakingmywaythrough
A delicious recipe to make for your afternoon coffee! Pumpkin gingerbread biscotti is baked with real pumpkin pure...
- 1 large egg
- 110g sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 75g pumpkin puree
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 155g flour
- 110g real white chocolate, chopped, or white candy melts
- 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts
My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies
By bakingmywaythrough
Gingerbread is a Christmas tradition that stems from Germany
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 Gingerbread spice pack (In Germany, they provide a pre-mixed spice pack just for Gingerbread, somewhat similar to our Pumpkin Pie Spice)
- **If you don't have the pre-mixed spice pack: 1 tsp. allspice, 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp clove.
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3 1/2 cups flour
200-calorie desserts you can make in 10 minutes or less
By Deborah Deprez
The best desserts are those that taste indulgent but are low in fat. Here's how to satisfy your sweet tooth with light and speedy ideas!
Candy Cane Fudge
By chanel.sk
I used to watch my mom make peanut butter fudge when I was a child
- 4 cups sugar
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 jar marshmallow fluff
- 1 box candy canes, crushed
- 1 tsp vanilla
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