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Easy Christmas Recipes

Enjoy more time with your loved ones and less time in the kitchen this Christmas season. My budget-friendly and easy to prep Christmas recipes will help you make delicious and festive treats to celebrate this magic time of year.

Stock up on my make ahead holiday breakfast recipes, simple Christmas cookie ideas for baking with your kids, and all the best party appetizers and treats to bring to your office potluck. You can plan the easiest Christmas dinner ever with a slowcooker and simple sides. Let's dig in!

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A white bowl filled with cranberry jalapeño meatballs has chopped green onions sprinkled over the top for garnish.

Cranberry Jalapeño Meatballs

A bowl filled with a light and fluffy white dessert dip with red and green sprinkles has a wafer cookie dunked in it and a peppermint striped spoon stirring it.

Little Debbie Christmas Tree Dip

The spiral ham is on a roasting rack so it can be broiled to make the brown sugar glaze crispy.

Crockpot Spiral Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze

The finished gingerbread house has been assembled and decorated by a young girl with gumdrops, candy canes, and sprinkles.

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A platter of chocolate crinkle cookies show the Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookie recipe finished.

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Christmas Treats

A Christmas platter is filled with squares of fudge in small festive cupcake wrappers for serving.

Original Fantasy Fudge

A white bowl filled with chocolate dip that has marshmallows and chocolate chips on top. A chocolate cookie is being dunked into the dip.

Hot Cocoa Cheesecake Dip

A blue plate has several squares of cranberry bliss bars ready to serve.

Cranberry Bliss Bars

A red polka dot container has Christmas Chex Mix with red and green sprinkles over the top.

Buddy the Elf's Chex Mix for Christmas

A Christmas holly plate has a pile of choclolate covered saltine cracker toffee.

Saltine Cracker Toffee {Christmas Crack}

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CHRISTMAS TREAT RECIPES

Christmas Potluck Party Recipes

A platter has a brick of cream cheese with cranberry sauce spooned over the top. Chopped pecans are used for garnish and crackers and fresh rosemary circle the dip.

Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip

A white baking dish with golden brown hot crab dip has a spoon serving up a portion. There are butter crackers all around the dish.

Make Ahead Hot Crab Dip

A white platter filled with Bisquick sausage balls made with just three ingredients

Bisquick Sausage Balls {3 Ingredients!}

A photo collage shows several sweet Christmas party dips for cookies along with savory dips for veggies.

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Saucy little hot dogs are in a slowcooker being stirred by a spoon.

Crock Pot Little Smokies

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A deep dish pie pan has pie crust draped over the side and a mound of sliced apples coated in cinnamon and butter.

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A photo collage shows some of the ways to use homemade caramel sauce.

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Easy Cheesecake Toppings for Delicious Desserts

Easy Cheesecake Toppings for Delicious Desserts

A slice of cheesecake topped with chopped apples and caramel sauce.

No-Bake Caramel Apple Cheesecake

A large serving bowl of pistachio fluff has chopped pecans sprinkled over the top and a blue napkin on the side.

Pistachio Fluff Fruit Salad

A plate filled with Monte Cristo crescent rolls and a little cup of strawberry jam for serving.

Monte Cristo Sandwich Pinwheels

A platter of candied bacon with pepper is ready to serve.

Peppered Bacon

A tree shaped sugar cookie has a green royal icing border that was piped on. The piping bag rests next to it.

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A blue mug filled with hot cocoa has mini marshmallows on top and chocolate pieces and marshmallows scattered around it.

Ultimate Crockpot Hot Chocolate Bar

Two Heart Cookies with Blue Frosting are decorated with sprinkles on half of the cookie.

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A serving of crispy fried cabbage with caraway seeds is in a white serving bowl.

Easy Fried Cabbage with Caraway Seeds

A hand is dunking a graham cracker into a creamy gingerbread dip.

Easy Gingerbread Dip {For Kids!}

A serving bowl of square pretzels that have been baked and seasoned.

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Easy Panettone Bread Pudding

Easy Panettone Bread Pudding

A small pitcher is filled with creamy amaretto sauce. It is on the counter in front of a panettone bread pudding.

Sweet Amaretto Creamer

A white serving dish has the beef broth and butter flavored rice with a spoon.

Instant Pot Sticky Butter Rice

A white bowl is filled with herb butter rice and a spoon.

Instant Pot Herb Butter Rice

A serving of crispy rice salad shows green lettuce, roasted carrots, fried wild rice in a white bowl.

Crispy Wild Rice Salad

The eggs and ham slab pie has been sliced and served on a plate next to a small green salad.

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A baking pan filled with ham pot pie filling and topped with fresh homemade biscuits instead of pie crust.

Ham Pot Pie with Biscuit Topping

A white bowl filled with farfalle pasta, cubed ham, and peas to show the ham and peas alfredo recipe.

Creamy Alfredo with Ham and Peas

A small plate has a pile of coconut-rolled Swedish chocolate balls.

Swedish Chocolate Balls {Chokladbollar}

The funeral potatoes recipe has been baked and a spoon has scooped out a serving from the baker.

Cheesy Cornflake Potatoes {Oven or Crock Pot}

The spiral ham is on a roasting rack so it can be broiled to make the brown sugar glaze crispy.

Crockpot Spiral Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze

A parfait cup of creamy cranberry fluff has a spoon resting on the side.

Make-Ahead Cranberry Fluff

A skillet is filled with Swedish meatballs and creamy gravy.

Swedish Meatballs in Gravy

A chocolate cake with green mint frosting and chopped Andes candies on top.

Grasshopper Poke Cake

A platter of puffy lemon doodle cookies has sliced fresh lemons on the side.

Lemon Doodles

A white bowl is filled with seasoned saltine crackers.

Alabama Fire Crackers

The lemon cookies are cooling on a baker's rack, they have a lemon icing drizzle over the top and fresh lemon slices on the side.

Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies

A plate of lemon scones with sugared topping has sliced lemons on the side.

Lemon Scones

A platter of peppermint brownies has York candies next to it.

Easy Peppermint Patty Brownies

A white platter has 3 sugar cookie bars with white frosting and colorful sprinkles on top.

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars

4 jars of the homemade spice mix have red and white bows for gifting. One jar is on its side with some spice spilling out.

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The turkey gravy is being served in a china gravy boat with fresh sage for garnish.

Easy Homemade Gravy for Beginners

A gravy boat filled with chicken gravy on a white platter.

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A festive holiday nut bowl is filled with rosemary roasted cashews.

Rosemary Cashews

A white platter has a pile of fluffy whole wheat breadsticks dusted with grated parmesan cheese over the top.

Whole Wheat Breadsticks

A platter of golden brown apple turnovers.

Air Fryer Apple Turnovers

A baking dish filled with the finished sweet potato casserole with pecan topping.

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