Christmas Desserts

Christmas Dessert Recipes

« The Sicilian fortified wine Marsala has a terrific spiced flavor, perfect for drenching squares of soft sponge cake layered with vanilla-infused pastry cream.

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Modern Classic Holiday Desserts

« These marvelous Christmas cookies combine chocolate with spicy gingerbread. “I was tired of basic gingerbread,” says baker Matt Lewis.

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Chocolate Candies

« Self-taught chocolatier Joan Coukos makes bittersweet truffles coated with a variety of flavorings, including blends of Chinese and Mexican spices.

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Christmas Cookies

« Spritz cookies are buttery Scandinavian sweets made by forcing (“spritzing”) dough through a press, creating fun shapes.

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Easy Holiday Desserts

« We like to serve this homey Christmas dessert warm with vanilla ice cream. If you prefer it straight, reduce the amount of ground cloves to one-eighth teaspoon, or the flavor may be overwhelming.

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More Easy Christmas Desserts

12 Days of Holiday Baking

« Maria Helm Sinskey created this delicious cake as an homage to the classic European princess cake; her simpler version substitutes whipped cream for pastry cream and a luscious chocolate glaze for marzipan.

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François Payard's Lesson in French Macarons

« Jason Wu succeeded in designing a gown for the First Lady. His next goal: learn to make macarons. His teacher? Pastry genius François Payard.

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Beautiful Desserts

« At Christmas, Elizabeth Katz of B.R. Guest Restaurants likes to create a tower of fluffy, chocolate-covered cream puffs. The dessert harkens back to her time as a pastry chef in the French kitchen at New York City’s Daniel, where a croquembouche (a pyramid of custard-filled profiteroles draped in caramel and wrapped in spun sugar) was de rigueur at holiday dinners.

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Genius Holiday Fondant

« Let’s hope Meghan Barkley’s fondant Grinch gets stuck in the chimney.

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Intoxicating Desserts

« Absinthe adds a subtle anise flavor to these puddings, which are delicious with berries.

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Chocolate Desserts

« This dessert from pastry chef Colleen Grapes hits just the right salty-sweet note. Grapes mixes crushed pretzels with flour, butter, sugar and egg to make a crunchy crust, pours in a luxurious milk-chocolate filling, then sprinkles on more crushed pretzels as a garnish.

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Nut-Free Desserts and Breads

« Bananas and nuts are often paired together in desserts, but not in this cake. Delicate, creamy mascarpone is simply blended with confectioners’ sugar to create a sublime, snow-white frosting.

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