Making Holiday Magic...December 2022

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Pepperoni Pizza Popcorn

Upgrade popcorn for your next movie night with this easy DIY seasoning. Sun-dried tomatoes and Italian seasoning add huge flavor and taste just like a slice of pizza.

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Easy Santa Sugar Cookies(with video)

Skip right to decorating with store-bought oatmeal cookies, sugar cookies, or even ginger snaps. Use white frosting or extra mini marshmallows for Santa’s beard or the fluffy brim of his hat.

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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

These dairy-free chocolate cookies have a secret surprise inside: a gooey peanut butter center. Freezing the centers first makes them easy to shape and stuff inside the chocolate dough.

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Easiest Latkes Ever(with video)

Skip all the potato peeling and grating by starting with frozen hash browns. This hack makes these traditional potato pancakes easy, so you can enjoy them on every night of Hanukkah. Turn up the volume on the classic sour cream and applesauce toppers with bagel-inspired sour cream and apple butter.

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Five-Ingredient French Onion Tart(with video)

This French-style freeform tart, also called a galette, is inspired by the classic flavors of French onion soup. A store-bought pie crust saves you time.

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Easy Yule Log

This showstopping, no-bake holiday dessert couldn’t be easier to make. Chocolate wafers are layered with cream and decorated to look like a classic Yule log.

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Chocolate and Raspberry Sandwich Butter Cookies

No time to bake? You can make two dozen of these simple-yet-special sandwich cookies in minutes with just four ingredients from the store.

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Air-Fried Sandwich Cookies(with video)

Recreate this fair-favorite dessert at home with just four ingredients and without deep frying. Your air fryer helps get the outside pastry (store-bought crescent dough) golden and crisp.

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Spinach and Caramelized Onion Noodle Kugel(with video)

Traditional noodle kugels are sweet, even when served as a side. This version goes savory, with dried onion soup mix for big savory flavor and frozen spinach. Serve with your Hanukkah meal or any time of year.

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Broiled Steak with Fingerling Potatoes with Lemon-Caper Sauce

A special occasion–worthy meal in just 15 minutes? Yes! This fast spin on steak and potatoes includes a piccata-inspired sauce made entirely in the microwave.

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Southern Biscuit-Sausage Balls(with video)

You’ll find this appetizer—a mash-up of a cheese biscuit and a sausage patty—on just about every table in the South during the holidays. This lightened-up version incorporating turkey sausage instead of pork uses just five ingredients, including the dipping sauce

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Baked Brie with Mango Chutney(with video)

There’s so much to love about this retro classic appetizer, from the melty Brie to the golden pastry. Give it an update with jarred mango chutney—a perfect sweet-savory-spicy match for the creamy cheese.

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Crab & Spinach Pull-Apart Tree(with video)

This holiday “tear and share” appetizer uses frozen creamy crab dip—an affordable swap for crab meat that also saves time. If desired, shape the balls into a wreath or a star instead of a tree.

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Sugared Prosecco Grapes

This easy holiday appetizer positively sparkles, and not just because the grapes are soaked in bubbly. A coating of sugar and optional edible glitter makes them twinkle.

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Champagne Punch

Instead of mixing individual cocktails at your next holiday party, make a batch of this sparkling mixer before guests arrive. Top off glasses with champagne, sparkling wine, or a non-alcoholic sparkler.

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Christmas Eve Pasta with Grape Tomatoes and Mozzarella

Mini mozzarella balls and grape tomatoes are the “ornaments” in this quick and easy holiday pasta—a fast and festive option for this busy season.

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Reindeer Cookies(with video)

Start with store-bought oatmeal cookies and you’re more than halfway to these adorable reindeer. This is a great way to get little helpers involved.

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Pepper Jelly-Roasted Carrots

Simple roasted carrots get a holiday-worthy makeover with an easy, flavor-packed glaze, thanks to spicy-sweet pepper jelly.