Ever since trying this eggnog, we can’t make it through the holiday season without eggnog. Not just any eggnog. This one. All the richness. None of the cloying sweetness or regret-it-the-next-day heaviness.

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Christmas cookies that are as dramatic to behold as they are delicious to nosh. Swear. From everyone’s favorite food scientist, Shirley O. Corriher

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Given that its overnight rest INSISTS you make this simple strata ahead of time, it sorta screams for a lazy Sunday or Christmas morning, don’t you think?

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Little Gem salad. Such an appropriate name. Not only is it made with Little Gem lettuce, but it’s truly a little gem of a salad.

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If you like your fries with plenty of salt and malt vinegar, or if you’re a fool for all things pickled, or if you’ve ever demolished a bag of your fave salt-and-vinegar chips in less time than it takes to inhale, you need these in your life.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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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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.

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