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Christmas Recipes

Adorable Egg Snowman Snacks

December 9, 2019 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Learn how to make these adorable snowman snacks made out of hard boiled eggs! You are not going to believe just how easy it is to decorate your own healthy snowman eggs!   I love this time of year. All of the festivities, decorations, and good food! But sometimes, you just need a healthy snack…

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Three hard-boiled-egg snowmen on a wooden cutting board

Filed Under: Appetizer Recipes, Christmas Recipes, Cooking Recipes for Kids, Egg Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Recipes

Santa’s Favorite Christmas Cookie Bars

December 6, 2019 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Make Santa’s favorite Christmas cookie bars this Christmas Eve and surprise him with an extra special treat!  These Christmas cookie bars are incredibly easy to make and come out perfectly cakey and sweet. We share a few shortcuts to making the best Christmas cookie bars that don’t have you slaving away in the kitchen all…

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A tree shaped dish filled with Christmas cookie bars.

Filed Under: Christmas, Christmas Dessert Recipes, Christmas Recipes, Cookie Bar Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: christmas cookies, cookie bars

Easy Peppermint Bark (Just 4 ingredients)

November 25, 2019 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Follow this 4-ingredient recipe to make easy peppermint bark at home! We teach you the simple microwave method for making delicious homemade peppermint bark! I love the combination of chocolate and peppermint. Adding white chocolate into the mix makes it out of this world! It’s the perfect combination of semi-sweet chocolate, white chocolate, peppermint flavor,…

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A stack of three pieces of peppermint bark on a white plate.

Filed Under: Christmas, Christmas Dessert Recipes, Christmas Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: chocolate recipes, peppermint

Salted Caramel Cookies Recipe

November 22, 2019 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

This salted caramel cookies recipe makes a thin and crispy cookie with a sweet caramel flavor and smooth white chocolate chips. The salt dusted on top adds an extra special pop! There was a time when I didn’t like caramel. Growing up, I was a chocolate girl all the way. I didn’t even know caramel…

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A cooling rack of cookies next to a stack of salted caramel cookies.

Filed Under: Christmas, Christmas Dessert Recipes, Christmas Recipes, Cookie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: christmas cookies

Instant Pot Apple Cider

November 8, 2019 By Aileen 4 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

This tasty instant pot apple cider is so easy to make in your pressure cooker! Homemade apple cider is made with green and red apples, an orange, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. This is one of the many tasty instant pot apple dessert recipes we have shared! I love drinking apple cider in the fall and…

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Overhead shot of two glasses of instant pot apple cider next to a red and green apple.

Filed Under: Apple Recipes, Christmas Recipes, Drinks, Fruit Recipes, Instant Pot, Instant Pot Drink Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: apple recipes

Grinch Christmas Cookies

July 25, 2019 By Aileen 3 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

 Add these Grinch Christmas Cookies to your list this year! These sparkly green cookies have a kiss “Santa hat” in the middle making them look just like The Grinch Who Stole Christmas! This recipe is part of our list of 25+ Cooking Recipes for Kids. This post is being republished as part of a Christmas…

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A plate full of green and red Christmas cookies.

Filed Under: Christmas, Christmas Dessert Recipes, Christmas Recipes, Cookie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Recipes

Christmas Sprinkle Pudding Cookies

November 26, 2018 By Aileen 2 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

You don’t want to miss these soft baked sprinkle pudding cookies. They are perfectly sweet vanilla cookies loaded with two different kinds of Christmas sprinkles. I made a batch of these pudding cookies for my daughter’s Thanksgiving feast a couple of weeks ago and they were a huge hit. After the first round of families serving…

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Three sprinkle pudding cookies stacked up together and coated with red and green Christmas cookies.

Filed Under: Christmas, Christmas Dessert Recipes, Christmas Recipes, Cookie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Freezer Meals, Holiday Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: christmas cookies

Christmas Rice Krispies Treat Reindeer

December 13, 2017 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Make a batch of these adorable Christmas Rice Krispies Treats! They are decorated like reindeer with pretzels, candy eyes, and fun red noses – just like Rudolph! I had so much fun making these rice krispie treat reindeer with my kids. There is something about baking around the holidays that makes it feel like Christmas….

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Filed Under: Christmas Dessert Recipes, Christmas Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Recipes, Rice Krispie Treat Recipes Tagged With: christmas, cooking with kids, kid-friendly food, reindeer, rice krispie treats

Breakfast Casserole with Crescent Rolls

December 14, 2016 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Make this easy breakfast casserole with crescent rolls for your next Sunday morning breakfast or special holiday brunch. It’s filled with crescent rolls, eggs, sausage, hash browns, and cheese! This recipe for breakfast casserole with crescent rolls was originally shared with me during my single days of working in the city. I was attending a Christmas…

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Egg & Sausage Breakfast Casserole made with turkey sausage and crescent rolls. Perfect Christmas morning breakfast or brunch recipe. Found on aileencooks.com.

Filed Under: Breakfast Casserole Recipes, Breakfast Recipes, Casserole Recipes, Christmas Breakfast Recipes, Christmas Recipes, Freezer Meals, Holiday Recipes, Main Dish Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: Breakfast, brunch recipes, christmas morning breakfast, crescent rolls

Hazelnut Snowball Cookies

December 12, 2016 By Aileen 1 Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Hazelnut Snowball cookies, often times referred to as Mexican Wedding Cookies or Russian Tea Cakes are sweet, buttery, and melt in your mouth. The addition of hazelnut into these snowball cookies gives them an extra flavor you wont want to miss. They are a simple and fun Christmas cookie to make – especially if you enlist the help…

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Hazelnut Snowball cookies, often times called mexican wedding cookies or russian tea cakes; are light and buttery and coated with powdered sugar. They are perfect for a cookie exchange or christmas cookie. Recipe form aileencooks.com

Filed Under: Christmas, Christmas Dessert Recipes, Christmas Recipes, Cookie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Freezer Meals, Recipes Tagged With: Cookies, hazelnuts

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