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Tender and delicate and buttery and spectacularly simple, just as classic shortbread cookies ought to be.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 6

This simple glazed ham has got a sweet and spicy thing going on that’s simultaneously subtle and super impressive.

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• 25 M
• 3 H
• 4

Perfectly browned on the outside and soft, moist, and buttery on the inside and perfect through and through for soaking up those savory pan juices from a roast. Effortless and timeless Christmas elegance.

• 10 M
• 1 H, 10 M
• 13

These toffee cookies are sorta like shortbread but richer, thanks to the inclusion of brown sugar. Plus, they’re gilded with dark chocolate, pecans, and a sprinkle of fleur de sel.

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• 40 M
• 1 H, 5 M
• 0

This life-changer of a recipe isn’t your mom’s banana bread. It’s better. And we’ve got no qualms saying that.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 36

A holiday cookie if we ever saw one! So buttery, so nutty, so delicate, so mind-bendingly lovely, these traditionally Viennese cookies rival the city’s fancier pastries as our fave.

• 1 H
• 4 H
• 10

Call them whatever you will. Breton butter cookies. French biscuits. Sables. We call them simply impossible to stop noshing.

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• 30 M
• 2 H, 30 M
• 0

Ever thought salad was boring? Think again. We’re not ashamed to admit we did a faceplant in this lovely little number. We suspect we’re not the only ones.

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• 40 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 0

We’ve never met a rugelach that we haven’t liked. Although there are some we adore more than others. This falls into the latter category.

• 1 H
• 3 H
• 4

Meet your newest fave way to prepare venison. Ridiculously rich and sigh inducingly satisfying.

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• 35 M
• 3 H, 45 M
• 0

This spice cake is soaked with rum syrup, making a lovely, albeit slightly boozy, gift when wrapped in parchment and tied with a bow.

• 15 M
• 1 H
• 15

Just like cinnamon toast. Except better. Your kids will worship you. So will your inner kid.

• 10 M
• 45 M
• 6

You can practice proper Southern gentility, no matter where you’re from, simply by whipping up a batch of this classic crowd-pleasing party must, pimento cheese. Then prepare to be your most gracious self as you kindly accept accolades..

• 10 M
• 10 M
• 179

You read that correctly. Pork wrapped in bacon. Need we say more?

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• 15 M
• 1 H, 25 M
• 0