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"Simply the best!"

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, colored sprinkles...

"This is my favorite cut-out cookie recipe. The kids love to make lots of different shapes."

Ingredients: eggs, sugar, flour...

"These are great dipped in coffee or eaten by themselves. They make a nice gift when put in a large coffee mug."

Ingredients: sliced almonds, eggs, cocoa...

"For Christmas, mom gave me a new cookbook (what else!) of biscotti recipes. This one intrigued me as it uses whole wheat rather than white flour and brown sugar rather than white. Though I have not yet made these, thought it was worth sharing."

Ingredients: cinnamon, dates...

"This is my favorite Cucidati recipe!!! These cookies are a little time consuming, but well worth the effort! It wouldn't be Christmas in our house without them. I make them every year, often doubling the recipe! I can't remember how many cookies this recipe makes, and often they disappear before I can start counting! (Prep time includes chilling..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, confectioners' sugar...

"Intense flavours abound in this delicious cheese spread - the pungent gorgonzola combined with the delicate anisette of the Sambuca and the crunchy nuttiness of the pine nuts - this begs to be spread on a crisp, juicy wedge of pear or apple! This needs to be refrigerated for atleast 2 hours before serving."

Ingredients: gorgonzola, crackers...

"Colorful and very tasty Italian-style cookies, wonderful all year round but especially nice during the holidays! :) Prep time includes chilling for the dough."

Ingredients: cocoa powder, pistachios, eggs...

"Mmmm, biscotti. Pistachios and Cranberries are pretty....add the icing and they are a lovely treat. This recipe comes from Light and Tasty"

Ingredients: nonfat milk, confectioners' sugar...

"Biscotti are a wonderful treat. Not a sweet as a more traditional cookie, they work well as a midafternoon snack along with a cup of tea or coffee or as a light ending to a great supper. In addition, these double baked cookies are easy to prepare and store rather well. In this recipe the delightful flavors of chocolate and cherry are paired together...."

Ingredients: cooking spray, dried tart cherries...

"I hated fruitcake until I tried this. It took me 2 years to get the recipe from a friend at church. I am patient. It was worth the wait.
A little history from Christmas Corner-Traditions:
Fruitcake has been a holiday tradition for hundreds of years. The oldest references to fruitcake date back to Roman times, when the recipe included pomegranate..."

Ingredients: dates, dried apricots...

"For a coffee-lovers
gift, team these homemade coffeehouse pleasures with a bag of coffee beans and a pretty mug. Times given do not include chill or cool times which = 3 hrs (although, personally, I have yet to let biscotti cool for an hour before slicing)"

Ingredients: pistachios, dried apricots...

"These are excellent biscotti's made with whole wheat flour and various fruits. Makes a great snack or breakfast snack. These are another must at my house during the holidays.Makes a great gift."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cloves, dates...

"Posted in reply to a message board request. In our family, Panettone for breakfast is a holiday tradition on Christmas and Easter. Here is the recipe my family has used for years. It is a time consuming bread/cake to make and is best started a day ahead of baking or very early on the same day. There are 4 rises in this recipe for a total rising time..."

Ingredients: parchment paper, egg yolks...

"My husband Steingrim makes this fabulous fruit and nut cake every year for the holidays, and it's one fruit cake that you won't find people using for a door stop! No, our family members tussle over pieces of this stuff. :) The cake originates from Siena, in the Tuscan region of Italy, where it is very popular and is exported to many countries...."

Ingredients: cocoa powder, citrus peels...