Ultimate List of Homemade Food Gifts
40 ideas for making the perfect, delicious holiday gift. I've got tasty things in jars, baked goodies, candy, snacks, hot and steamy beverages, and booze. Get ready to spread some joy.
Brown Sugar and Thyme Roasted Pecans
Crunchy oven-roasted sugared pecans coated in a heavenly combination of brown sugar, cinnamon, and thyme, with just a touch of sea salt. Throw some over a spinach salad with blue cheese and pears for a gourmet treat, or eat by the handful.
Holiday Cookies: Best of the Best
12 swoon-worthy cookies curated from my food blogger baking gurus. These stunners will be the crowning glory of any holiday cookie swap, care package, or Christmas cookie plate. You're welcome.
Chocolate Crack Cookies
I call these Chocolate Crack Cookies because they are utterly irresistible to the chocolate addict. Incredibly rich and full of premium dark chocolate, these cookies are like a cookie version of flourless chocolate cake with a delicate surface that breaks into fudgy decadence.
Thanksgiving Stuffing Balls
If you’re like me and go after the best part of the stuffing every year – I’m talking about the crunchy bits on top of course – then this will rock your world: Stuffing Balls. Perfect crunchy to moist stuffing ratio, full of sausage, sage, pecans, and cornbread, and a great make-ahead dish.
Sage Cornbread and a Plan for Thanksgiving Domination
This sage cornbread is the base of a Sausage Pecan Stuffing I’m making for Thanksgiving, but it is also delicious by itself (slathered in honey butter).
Orange and Ginger Spiced Cranberry Sauce
Homemade cranberry sauce is crazy easy to make. I mean it. It is stone cold simple. This cranberry sauce elevates the traditional version with the addition of fragrant orange zest and juice, ginger, and warm spices.
Irish Soda Bread
Celebrate St.Patty's Day with this Irish Soda Bread: buttery and sweet w/a golden crunchy crust, full of plump raisins scattered throughout, and laced with a hint of licorice/anise from a smattering of fennel seeds.
10 Valentine’s Day Recipes
Red/pink/aphrodisiac-laden menu ideas that’ll help set the mood for a romantic dinner in.
Thanksgiving Leftovers: Sweet Potato Pancakes and Black Friday Online
Skip the madness this Black Friday and take your shopping online while you enjoy a leisurely breakfast of Sweet Potato Pancakes in your jammies.
