Homemade Christmas Gifts

Recipes for Homemade Christmas Gifts

Featured Gifts

Easy Food Gifts
Chocolate Candies
Christmas Cookies
« Handmade Gift Baskets
Jams & Preserves
Plus: Christmas Recipes & Tips

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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Homemade Christmas Gifts: Handmade Food Gifts

« This moist cake, topped by a generous layer of cardamom-spiced, pecan-dotted crumbs, is a fabulous gift. Along with the cake, F&W’s Kate Heddings likes to give fresh-ground coffee beans and a glass container of heavy cream.

Shattered Sugar

Best Quick Breads

Dessert Bars

« Zoe Nathan's salted-caramel squares pair tender caramel and a dense, buttery crust.

Brownie Recipes

Homemade Christmas Gifts: Food Gift Baskets

Handmade Gift Baskets

« A great gift for anyone who loves spicy food, this kimchi can be added to stir-fries, used as a burger topping or eaten straight from the jar.

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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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Best New Holiday Cookies

Homemade Christmas Gifts: Jam and Preserves Recipes

Jams and Preserves

« Small-batch jams are an easy way to join the DIY food revolution.

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Christmas Gifts Guide

Cooks, design snobs and wine geeks, we've got you covered. F&W editors and our favorite contributors spent months rounding up the season's best kitchen gadgets, provisions, wine gifts and style discoveries. »

Homemade Christmas Gifts

Recipes for Homemade Christmas Gifts

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