Season’s Eatings! 21 Homemade Holiday Gifts
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Skip the generic store-bought treats and try your hand at some tasty homemade goodies. From shortbread cookies to peppermint bark, these DIY holiday gifts are sure to bring a smile to the faces of your friends and family. Plus, the process of making them is half the fun! Shortbread Cookie Recipe The rich, buttery goodness of shortbread cookies is hard to beat. Candied Pecans These candied pecans are perfect to serve with cocktails or toss over salads, and the best part is they take just 15 minutes to make! Rum Cake This boozy, buttery rum cake is guaranteed to be the life of the party. Cranberry Orange Bread Sweet, orange-scented and chock-full of cranberries and walnuts, this cranberry nut bread is perfect for the holidays. Union Square Cafe Bar Nuts Sweet, salty, and spicy, these rosemary nuts are perfect with cocktails or for snacking. But don’t say I didn’t warn you: they’re hard to stop eating! Easy Chocolate Fudge Recipe This 15-minute chocolate walnut fudge from Cook’s Illustrated is delicious and foolproof. Pecan Shortbread Cookies Rolled in coarse sugar, these sophisticated pecan shortbread cookies are long on buttery, nutty flavor. Coconut Macaroons Soft and chewy on the inside, crisp and golden on the outside — these are the perfect coconut macaroons. Baileys Chocolate Truffles Rich, creamy, and intensely bittersweet, these Baileys chocolate truffles are pure, all-encompassing bliss. Big-Cluster Granola Recipe This homemade granola boasts huge crunchy clusters, perfect for snacking or spooning over lightly sweetened Greek yogurt. Double Chocolate Biscotti These crisp double chocolate biscotti are tailor made for dunking into coffee, warm milk, or hot chocolate. Pumpkin Bread Kids love it, grown-ups love it…this pumpkin bread is hard to beat! Biscotti These almond biscotti are everything you want biscotti to be: buttery, lightly sweet, crunchy, and delicious any time of day! Marble Cake This marble cake may look fancy, but its flavor is pure old-fashioned goodness. Grandma Annie’s Chocolate Chip Mandel Bread Mandel bread is a traditional twice-baked Jewish cookie similar to biscotti. Buckeyes Easy to make and even easier to eat, buckeyes are peanut butter bonbons dipped in dark chocolate. Peanut Butter Blossoms Tender peanut butter cookies topped with Hershey’s kisses, peanut butter blossoms are the cutest cookies around. Butterscotch Pecan Scones These butterscotch pecan scones are tender, sweet and rich – almost like giant cookies. Snowball Cookies Blanketed in powdered sugar, snowball cookies make a festive addition to any cookie tray. Chewy, Gooey Golden Rice Krispie Treats These toasty, golden, and caramel-y Rice Krispie Treats are made with brown butter and a secret ingredient. Peppermint Bark With swirls of semi-sweet and white chocolate sprinkled with crushed candy canes, peppermint bark makes a festive holiday treat. Shortbread Cookie Recipe The rich, buttery goodness of shortbread cookies is hard to beat. Shortbread Cookie Recipe The rich, buttery goodness of shortbread cookies is hard to beat. Candied Pecans These candied pecans are perfect to serve with cocktails or toss over salads, and the best part is they take just 15 minutes to make! Candied Pecans These candied pecans are perfect to serve with cocktails or toss over salads, and the best part is they take just 15 minutes to make! Rum Cake This boozy, buttery rum cake is guaranteed to be the life of the party. Rum Cake This boozy, buttery rum cake is guaranteed to be the life of the party. Cranberry Orange Bread Sweet, orange-scented and chock-full of cranberries and walnuts, this cranberry nut bread is perfect for the holidays. Cranberry Orange Bread Sweet, orange-scented and chock-full of cranberries and walnuts, this cranberry nut bread is perfect for the holidays. Union Square Cafe Bar Nuts Sweet, salty, and spicy, these rosemary nuts are perfect with cocktails or for snacking. But don’t say I didn’t warn you: they’re hard to stop eating! Union Square Cafe Bar Nuts Sweet, salty, and spicy, these rosemary nuts are perfect with cocktails or for snacking. But don’t say I didn’t warn you: they’re hard to stop eating! Easy Chocolate Fudge Recipe This 15-minute chocolate walnut fudge from Cook’s Illustrated is delicious and foolproof. Easy Chocolate Fudge Recipe This 15-minute chocolate walnut fudge from Cook’s Illustrated is delicious and foolproof. Pecan Shortbread Cookies Rolled in coarse sugar, these sophisticated pecan shortbread cookies are long on buttery, nutty flavor. Pecan Shortbread Cookies Rolled in coarse sugar, these sophisticated pecan shortbread cookies are long on buttery, nutty flavor. Coconut Macaroons Soft and chewy on the inside, crisp and golden on the outside — these are the perfect coconut macaroons. Coconut Macaroons Soft and chewy on the inside, crisp and golden on the outside — these are the perfect coconut macaroons. Baileys Chocolate Truffles Rich, creamy, and intensely bittersweet, these Baileys chocolate truffles are pure, all-encompassing bliss. Baileys Chocolate Truffles Rich, creamy, and intensely bittersweet, these Baileys chocolate truffles are pure, all-encompassing bliss. Big-Cluster Granola Recipe This homemade granola boasts huge crunchy clusters, perfect for snacking or spooning over lightly sweetened Greek yogurt. Big-Cluster Granola Recipe This homemade granola boasts huge crunchy clusters, perfect for snacking or spooning over lightly sweetened Greek yogurt. Double Chocolate Biscotti These crisp double chocolate biscotti are tailor made for dunking into coffee, warm milk, or hot chocolate. Double Chocolate Biscotti These crisp double chocolate biscotti are tailor made for dunking into coffee, warm milk, or hot chocolate. Pumpkin Bread Kids love it, grown-ups love it…this pumpkin bread is hard to beat! Pumpkin Bread Kids love it, grown-ups love it…this pumpkin bread is hard to beat! Biscotti These almond biscotti are everything you want biscotti to be: buttery, lightly sweet, crunchy, and delicious any time of day! Biscotti These almond biscotti are everything you want biscotti to be: buttery, lightly sweet, crunchy, and delicious any time of day! Marble Cake This marble cake may look fancy, but its flavor is pure old-fashioned goodness. Marble Cake This marble cake may look fancy, but its flavor is pure old-fashioned goodness. Grandma Annie’s Chocolate Chip Mandel Bread Mandel bread is a traditional twice-baked Jewish cookie similar to biscotti. Grandma Annie’s Chocolate Chip Mandel Bread Mandel bread is a traditional twice-baked Jewish cookie similar to biscotti. Buckeyes Easy to make and even easier to eat, buckeyes are peanut butter bonbons dipped in dark chocolate. Buckeyes Easy to make and even easier to eat, buckeyes are peanut butter bonbons dipped in dark chocolate. Peanut Butter Blossoms Tender peanut butter cookies topped with Hershey’s kisses, peanut butter blossoms are the cutest cookies around. Peanut Butter Blossoms Tender peanut butter cookies topped with Hershey’s kisses, peanut butter blossoms are the cutest cookies around. Butterscotch Pecan Scones These butterscotch pecan scones are tender, sweet and rich – almost like giant cookies. Butterscotch Pecan Scones These butterscotch pecan scones are tender, sweet and rich – almost like giant cookies. Snowball Cookies Blanketed in powdered sugar, snowball cookies make a festive addition to any cookie tray. Snowball Cookies Blanketed in powdered sugar, snowball cookies make a festive addition to any cookie tray. Chewy, Gooey Golden Rice Krispie Treats These toasty, golden, and caramel-y Rice Krispie Treats are made with brown butter and a secret ingredient. Chewy, Gooey Golden Rice Krispie Treats These toasty, golden, and caramel-y Rice Krispie Treats are made with brown butter and a secret ingredient. Peppermint Bark With swirls of semi-sweet and white chocolate sprinkled with crushed candy canes, peppermint bark makes a festive holiday treat. Peppermint Bark With swirls of semi-sweet and white chocolate sprinkled with crushed candy canes, peppermint bark makes a festive holiday treat. SharePinEmailTweet Share Pin Email Tweet