The perfect special occasion recipe—Christmas, birthdays, dinner parties—that comes already wrapped like the gift that it is.

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• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 4

This rum pecan pie is all grown up thanks to a little splash of rum in the sweet and crunchy pecan filling. Just like traditional pecan pie. Only better.

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• 20 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 0

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

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

“Simple.” “Delicious.” “Awesome.” “Lovely.” “Wonderful.” “What’s not to love?” That’s what folks are saying about this almost obscenely satisfying casserole.

• 20 M
• 1 H, 20 M
• 2

This classic Portuguese dessert with its tender crumb and citrus smack tastes as stunning as it looks. Swear.

• 20 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 334

Proof that it doesn’t take buttermilk or an insufferably long overnight brine to make insanely tender, crazily crisp, gosh darn perfect fried chicken.

• 45 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 123

Though schnecken translates from German quite literally as snails, to us it means these ooey, gooey, sticky pecan caramel buns.

• 30 M
• 4 H
• 18

Elegant enough for company, simple enough for every day, and versatile enough for breakfast and midnight snack and pretty much every moment in between.

• 30 M
• 2 H
• 5

With all due respect, your go-to recipe for beef stew falls short of this magnificent melding of beef, wine, and pasta. No contest.

• 2 H
• 5 H, 30 M
• 4

When we say this intensely hued pasta is simply stunning, we mean it’s visually breathtaking. Also that it comes together so simply it stuns us.

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• 1 H
• 1 H, 45 M
• 4

Time to change into your baggiest sweatpants—the ones with the no-longer-elastic waistband.

• 45 M
• 3 H, 15 M
• 47

Become your own bootlegger. Start with vodka, toss in some apples and spices, and wait overnight. That’s it. Then splash it in a punch bowl, pour it into Mason jars or just keep it all to yourself and indulge in a nip once in a while.

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• 20 M
• 10 H, 30 M
• 2

Savory, spicy, tangy, and oh so easy, this sticky apple cider glaze is the essence of autumn. Gussies up all manner of chicken and pork.

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• 15 M
• 3 H
• 0