Holiday Baking Guide 2016

I interrupt your Thanksgiving week to predictably jump ahead to Christmas. I’m going to be taking the week off here at Cookies & Cups baking up a storm for my family, so in the meantime I urge you to bookmark this list, because come Friday, it’s officially go-time!

I have TONS of recipes here on this site that I think you need to make for the holidays, of course, and while I included lots of them here on my list, I also browsed the world wide web for other eye-catching desserts I thought you would like too!

Let’s get started…with cookies of course!
If ever there was a time to break out your best cookie, that time is NOW!

Here is my working list:

1. Cowgirl Cookies
2. Homemade Saulsalito Cookies – pictured
3. Brown Butter Shortbread – pictured
4. Chocolate Crunch Cookies
5. Amish Cinnamon Brown Sugar Cookies
6. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dunkers – pictured
7. Chocolate Chip Cranberry Oat Cookies – pictured
8. Sugar Cookie Double Doozies
9. Boyfriend Cookies
10. Butter Toffee Cookies
11. Sea Salt Butterscotch Pretzel Cookies
12. Cookie Dough Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
13. Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
14. Swirled Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
15. Thick and Soft Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
16. Black Forrest Cheesecake Cookies from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen
17. Chocolate Dipped Butterfinger Cookies from Picky Palate
18. White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Sugar Cookies from Cooking Classy – pictured
19. Spritz Cookies from Saving Room for Dessert – pictured
20. Gingerbread Men from Sally’s Baking Addiction – pictured

1. M&Ms Wreath Cake – pictured
2. Snowman Cake – pictured
3. Ridiculous Chocolate Cake
4. Ridiculous Vanilla Cake
5. Brown Sugar Crumb Cake
6. Praline Bundt Cake
7. Frosted Fudge Cake
8. Bailey’s Butter Cake
9. Easy Sour Cream Cake with Creamy Chocolate Frosting
10. Whipped Cream Pound Cake
11. Instant Pot Salted Caramel Cheesecake – pictured
12. Honeybun Cake
13. Cinnamon Roll Layer Cake – pictured
14. Earthquake Cake
15. Easy Caramel Cake
16. White Christmas Truffle Cake from Vivalinka
17. Sparkling Cranberry White Chocolate Cake from Life, Love & Sugar – pictured
18. Gingerbread Spice Cake from Sally’s Baking Addiction
19. Chocolate Peppermint Holiday Cake from The Kitchen McCabe – pictured
20. Yule Log from Culinary Ginger – pictured

1. Cream Cheese Filled Pumpkin Praline Bars
2. Cookies and Cream Stuffed Brownies
3. Dulce de Leche Snack Squares – pictured
4. Mint Fudge Stuffed Brownies – pictured
5. Nutella Truffle Stuffed Brownies – pictured
6. Congo Bars
7. Bombshell Oreo Brownies
8. Christmas Tree Brownies from One Little Project – pictured
9. Peppermint Brownies from Bakerita – pictured
10. Rudolph Brownies from Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons
11. Red Velvet Milky Way Brownies from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen – pictured
12. Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies from Picky Palate
13. Gingerbread Brownies from I Heart Eating
14. Christmas Tree Brownie Pops from Five Heart Home
15. Loaded M&M Oreo Cookie Holiday Bars from Averie Cooks – pictured
16. Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars from Two Sisters Crafting
17. Triple Layer Cracker Toffee Bars from Pillsbury
18. Millionaire Shortbread Bars from Coco and Ash
19. Cranberry Bliss Seven Layers Bars from Averie Cooks
20. Eggnog Cheesecake Bars from Shugary Sweets

1. Easy Skillet Caramel Apple Pie – pictured
2. Berry Slab Pie – pictured
3. Skillet Sugar Cookie Peach Cobbler
4. Cookie Butter Pie with Cream Cheese Crust – pictured
5. Butterfinger Pie
6. Christmas Cookie Pie from Bake with Christina
7. Peppermint Pie from Saving Room for Dessert – pictured
8. Egg Nog Brulee Pie from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen – pictured
9. Gingerbread Cream Pie from Lauren’s Latest
10. Pear and Cranberry Pie from Bakers Royale –
11. Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie from Kevin and Amanda
12. Old Fashioned Sugar Cream Pie from Loaves and Dishes
13. Cranberry Custard Pie from The Food Charlatan – pictured
14. Buttermilk Pie Recipe from Add a Pinch
15. Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie from A Family Feast
16. Snickerdoodle Pie from Taste and Tell Blog
17. Perfect Pumpkin Pie from Buttered Side Up – pictured
18. Hershey’s Chocolate Pie from The Shabby Creek Cottage
19. Brown Sugar Sweet Potato Pie from Sally’s Baking Addiction
20. Grasshopper Pie from Real Housemoms

1. Snickerdoodle Krispie Treats – pictured
2. Toffee Glazed Macadamia Nuts
3. Coffee Cake Granola – pictured
4. Trashy Treats
5. Brown Sugar Pancakes
6. Cinnamon Roll Breakfast Bake
7. Snickerdoodle Muffins
8. Easy Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites from Crunchy Creamy Sweet –pictured
9. Snowman Cupcakes from One Little Project –pictured
10. White Chocolate Ting-a-Lings from Lemon Tree Dwelling
11. Chex Mix Christmas Crack from Princess Pinky Girl
12. Christmas Sugar Cookie Truffles from If You Give a Blonde a Kitchen
13. Rumchata Chai Latte from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen
14. White Chocolate Peppermint Pretzels from Lil Luna
15. Grinch Punch from Raining Hot Coupons
16. Peppermint Rice Krispies Treats Snowballs from She Wears Many Hats
17. Cranberry Orange Margaritas from Half Baked Harvest – pictured
18. Oreo Ornaments from This Grandma Is Fun
19. Salted Caramel White Russians from Kate La Vie –pictured
20. Christmas Tree Pancake Stacks from Sprinkle Some Fun –pictured

I hope you have LOVE the list I put together and are getting your mixing bowls ready for the best season of the year…BAKING SEASON!!!

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