From Family Circle

Fill these chocolate Christmas cookies with either red or green frosting. Both are flavored with mint extract.

Santa's Sandwiches

From Midwest Living

This moist three-layer cake will shine at even the most elegant parties. It's frosted with a mixture of cream cheese and white chocolate.

White Christmas Butter Cake

From Family Circle

These quick and easy treats will make a colorful addition to your holiday table. Wrap some up in cellophane and ribbon to sell at your next bake sale.

Chocolate-Covered Pretzel Rods

From Betty Crocker

Try this Christmas snack mix recipe from Betty Crocker.

Christmas Snack Mix

From Better Homes and Gardens

Experience the martini mystique with this fruity version of the original.

The Continental Martini

From Midwest Living

This sweet bread looks festive and tastes heavenly! Serve it for brunch or as a dessert with cheese.

Cardamom Wreath Bread

From Better Homes and Gardens

These festively colored and shaped cookies are a must at your next cookie exchange or holiday table.

Poinsettias

From Fleischmann's Yeast, Argo, Karo

Get baking success every time with recipes like the following, from Fleischmann's Yeast.

Christmas Pizza Rolls

From Better Homes and Gardens

Serve this nutty sweet sponge cake roll while celebrating the French custom of burning a Yule log, which prevents bad spirits from flowing down the chimney into the new year.

New Year's Almond Log Cake

From Family Circle

This luscious cheesecake baked in a chocolate graham cracker crust captures the flavors of the creamy sweet cocktail known as a Brandy Alexander.

Brandy Alexander Cheesecake

From Betty Crocker

Start a tradition of making gingerbread houses with family or friends. The decorating is fun and easy enough for kids of all ages!

1-2-3 Gingerbread Houses

From Better Homes and Gardens

Chocolate, cinnamon, espresso, and molasses combine in this irresistible cheesecake recipe.

Cappuccino Cheesecake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Sliced almonds, cherry preserves, and rolled oats gives these Christmas bars a chewy, crunchy texture. Use orange preserves to make a Halloween cookie recipe.

Chewy Cherry Almond Bars

From Midwest Living

You make your own eggnog, spiked with a little Kahlua, for this holiday drink.

Hot Coffee Latte Eggnog

From Better Homes and Gardens

This minty dessert has a chocolate cookie crust. Top it with chopped peppermint candies before serving.

Peppermint Cheesecake

From Better Homes and Gardens

This hot tea drink provides guests with a spirited beverage option. Make it with your favorite red wine.

Mulled Holiday Tea

From Midwest Living

For a holiday breakfast or open house, make this ooey-gooey chocolate bread. The frosting adds even more chocolate richness.

Chocolate Pistachio Wreath Bread

From Parents

Cut sugar cookie dough into different sized stars then decorate. Stack them up to form a cookie tree for a sweet Christmas dessert.

Star Cookie Trees

From Midwest Living

For a fun holiday dessert, serve your Christmas eggnog in this creamy pie, swirled with chocolate.

Chocolate Eggnog Swirl Pie

From Midwest Living

Little balls of frozen sweet dough hide chocolate kisses in this dessert bread. The dough balls are rolled in sugar and cocoa powder and piled into a tube pan to form the edible holiday wreath.

Chocolate-Almond Bubble Wreath

From Better Homes and Gardens

A chocolate candy is hidden inside these little desserts. The chocolate cookie crumb base gives the cheesecake its two-color layers.

Tiny Peanut Butter Cheesecakes

From Better Homes and Gardens

Long considered a traditional Christmas beverage, eggnog is blended with chocolate and rum and then divided into two separate fillings to create this elegantly swirled pie recipe.

Chocolate Eggnog Swirl Pie

From Family Circle

Half of these bite-size cookies are trimmed with chopped pecans and half with red decorator's sugar.

Festive Holiday Coins

From Better Homes and Gardens

Looking for a one-of-a-kind Christmas gift idea? This fabulous quick bread is sure to delight friends, neighbors, or teachers. Wrap the loaves in red cellophane before you share it.

Chocolate-Cashew Bread

From Better Homes and Gardens

For a homemade Christmas gift, wrap up these crisp, fruity treats. They're especially good with coffee.

Holiday Biscotti