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Snowball Sundaes
This recipe comes from Gale Gand, executive pastry chef at TRU, a 4-star restaurant in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood. It’s perfect for a white Christmas (or any other snowy winter day!)
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Ice Cream Lollipops
Everyone loves lollipops. Everyone loves ice cream. When you put the two together, it’s going to be a happy/merry/thankful holiday of your choice. This recipe comes from Gale Gand, executive pastry chef at TRU, a 4-star restaurant in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood.
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Marshmallow Snowman Cupcakes
Turn your basic chocolate cupcake with white frosting into a perfect winter treat. TIP: To speed up the process, make the snowmen toppers while the cupcakes bake.
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Super-Easy Christmas Cookies
A lot of ready-made doughs (like some Pillsbury and Nestle brands) contain potential allergens. This recipe, based on my Grandma Mary’s classic Christmas cookies, is almost as easy as slice and bake dough—and yet it’s much, much tastier. These melt-in-your-mouth cookies are so easy and they taste like bakery butter cookies.
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Hot chocolate with Homemade Marshmallow Topping
Make cocoa the kids will go coo-coo for! The trick? Homemade marshmallow topping. Follow this recipe from Sarah Kosikowski, executive pastry chef at Chicago's Sixteen Restaurant.
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Santa Pancakes
For a meal sure to make little eyes shine bright, try this adorable breakfast of cinnamon-flavored pancakes that are the spitting image of Santa Claus.
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Simple Snowmen Cookies
As adorable as they are delicious, these cookies are sure to be part of your Christmas cookie plates.
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Candy Cane Cookies
Peppermint extract is the secret to these adorable candy cane cookies, where ropes of colored dough come together in a symbol of the season.
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Snowballs
This is my all-time favorite Christmas cookie recipe. I came up with this recipe to replace the powdered-sugar coated pecan cookies that my grandmother used to make.
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