Desserts & Breads
Recipes for holiday desserts and breads.
Easy Gingerbread Houses for Kids - Pop Tart Gingerbread Houses
These easy gingerbread houses are ideal for kids to make. They are made with pop tarts!
These easy gingerbread houses are ideal for kids to make. They are made with pop tarts!
Italian Christmas Cakes, Cookies, and Treats
Almost every town in Italy has some sort of Christmas cake, cookie, or pie. Here's a quick rundown of some of the best known, in order (roughly) of popularity. After all, all Christmas sweets are treats.
Almost every town in Italy has some sort of Christmas cake, cookie, or pie. Here's a quick rundown of some of the best known, in order (roughly) of popularity. After all, all Christmas sweets are treats.
Panettone and Pandoro: Stuffing the Cake
Italy has many Christmas sweets. Most are regional -- you'll get struffoli (fritters dipped in a honey syrup, decorated with spangles, and arranged in a wreath) in Naples, Panforte (a medieval fruitcake made with honey) in Siena, and caggionetti (fried ravioli stuffed with chestnuts, chocolate, and other delights) in the Abruzzo -- but Pandoro and Panettone, the Christmas cakes of Verona and Milano, have become universal.
Italy has many Christmas sweets. Most are regional -- you'll get struffoli (fritters dipped in a honey syrup, decorated with spangles, and arranged in a wreath) in Naples, Panforte (a medieval fruitcake made with honey) in Siena, and caggionetti (fried ravioli stuffed with chestnuts, chocolate, and other delights) in the Abruzzo -- but Pandoro and Panettone, the Christmas cakes of Verona and Milano, have become universal.
Traditional Cretan Holiday Cookies & Pastries
Recipes for the five sweets - cookies and pastries - that are traditionally made and served during the December holidays of Christmas and New Years on the Greek island of Crete.
Recipes for the five sweets - cookies and pastries - that are traditionally made and served during the December holidays of Christmas and New Years on the Greek island of Crete.
Greek Christmas Bread - Christopsomo
Making Christopsomo, which literally translates to Christ's Bread, is considered a sacred undertaking and great care is taken with making the dough and decorating the loaves.
Making Christopsomo, which literally translates to Christ's Bread, is considered a sacred undertaking and great care is taken with making the dough and decorating the loaves.
How to Roll and Cut Gingerbread Dough
Knowing how to roll and cut gingerbread dough can mean the difference between a great house and one that falls apart.
Knowing how to roll and cut gingerbread dough can mean the difference between a great house and one that falls apart.
Baklava - Baklawa
Baklava, or baklawa in many Middle Eastern countries, is a delicious pastry that is known worldwide. There are many variations to baklava, depending on where in the Middle East you are, but this is by far the most popular.
Baklava, or baklawa in many Middle Eastern countries, is a delicious pastry that is known worldwide. There are many variations to baklava, depending on where in the Middle East you are, but this is by far the most popular.