30+ Christmas Recipes on your Vacation Desk

Simple peasy, make-ahead, top-rated Christmas recipes to make your vacation season stress-free!

We rounded up a few of our greatest rated, fan-favorite, festive recipes for all of your vacation wants! They’re fast, simple, no-fail recipes, positive to impress all of your company this Christmas. We’re speaking centerpiece-worthy mains, heat and hearty sides, show-stopping appetizers, and even our favourite manner to make use of up that leftover hambone!

roasted leg of lamb

That is the one lamb recipe I want. I’ve made it a number of instances, no want to vary any of it. I get so many compliments from anybody who tries it. Merely scrumptious!

-Jessica

pull aside garlic bread wreath

Nice recipe! I’ve made it twice and stuffed it with a little bit of mozzarella every time. I used the Rattling Scrumptious pizza dough recipe and all in it took about an hour or so. Superior crowd pleaser!

-Baker Ok

cinnamon sugar candied nuts

That is my favourite recipe! Really easy to make and so scrumptious. They’re so good, in actual fact, that my in-law’s decided they’re the one factor I completely need to deliver to vacation dinners. This would be the 4th 12 months I’m bringing them to Thanksgiving.

-Morgan

simple brown sugar ham

OMG! This was Arms Down THE BEST ham I’ve EVER made! Solely factor I did totally different is I used oranges as an alternative of pineapple (that’s all I had). This would be the solely manner I make ham to any extent further.

-Nicole

sugared cranberries

Love these and so easy and simple to make. I added cinnamon to this already excellent recipe. They had been delicious.

-Teresa

candied yams

Took these to my workplace Thanksgiving. The candy potatoes had been scrumptious and everybody raved about them. Now sharing the recipe.

-Nicole

creamy potato gratin

This was successful at Thanksgiving dinner and simple to make. Made it within the afternoon and popped it into the oven within the night after we had been able to eat. The leftovers nonetheless tasted wonderful simply warmed up within the microwave.

-Divya

sheet pan vacation dinner

I’ve since made this recipe virtually month-to-month throughout cooler months. Love that I could make this for 2 or for six folks and it’s achieved inside half-hour.

-Jessica

simple selfmade toffee

I’ve made this yearly since 2019 and it’s at all times turned out completely. Typically I depart the nuts out (my children desire it with out nuts) and generally I take advantage of them, however both manner it at all times seems excellent. An enormous hit amongst our household and mates.

-Karli

basic deviled eggs

Glorious recipe! I made these for Easter and so they beloved them. Each recipe I’ve constructed from Rattling Scrumptious has been high notch!

-Keri

roasted turkey breast

I made this for my first go at internet hosting Thanksgiving for my household and I’m SO PROUD of the way it turned out. Probably essentially the most scrumptious Thanksgiving turkey I’ve ever had. Make this. Instantly. So good.

-Blondecurly

maple pecan baked brie

This was so good and decadent! It was the proper Christmas appetizer. Everybody wolfed it up! Will certainly do once more.

-Julie

Garlic Rosemary Beef Tenderloin

Disclaimer: I’m not an awesome cook dinner. However this recipe made my household assume I’m! We had it for Christmas final 12 months and we’re making it once more this 12 months. It’s melt-in-your-mouth scrumptious. Perfection.

-Kathy

candy corn spoonbread

Actually the BEST cornbread on the planet! I’ve been utilizing this recipe for a few years and really get requests to make it for household gatherings. THANK YOU for this amazingly scrumptious recipe!!

-Malene

cranberry orange sauce

I’ve been making this recipe for a few years and at all times double it. With the leftovers I make a tremendous cranberry loaf and freeze that!

-Kathleen

Maple Bacon Cheddar Biscuits

Glorious recipe! Very simple to make and style scrumptious. I used to be so blissful to see the layers and get the peak on the biscuits! I saved a number of within the freezer for Christmas and know my kids will love them.

-Maria

apple cider donuts

These are completely excellent! Certainly one of my huge gripes with many fried donut recipes is the dough is simply too dry, which ends up in a dense inside. Not so with this recipe. Sure the dough is a bit sticky, however dusting of flour in your fingers or rolling pin and it’s manageable. And the completed donuts are nice – crispy on the surface and lightweight and ethereal on the within. I’ll undoubtedly make once more!

-Heidi

Sheet Pan Scalloped Potatoes

I made this for our Easter meal and it was great. Tremendous simple and clear up was easy. Nothing caught to the pan. Everybody needed the recipe.

-Jenny

Brussels Sprouts Gratin

Solely Chungah can take a veggie I can take or depart and make me LOVE IT! These brussels sprouts are so scrumptious, I may eat them eternally and that’s actually saying one thing as a result of my mom loves plain, boiled brussels sprouts and served them lots after I was a child. Not very appetizing so it actually took some braveness for me to attempt them as an grownup. Thankfully Chungah didn’t let me down. I plan so as to add this dish to my vacation desk, it’s that good. Good mixture of bacon, thyme and nutmeg!

-Robin

Simple Skillet Dinner Rolls

Omg these are essentially the most wonderful, scrumptious rolls I’ve ever had. My husband couldn’t cease speaking about these. I’m making them once more for Christmas dinner.

-Erin

Garlic Rosemary Lamb Chops

Made these final evening and so they had been successful! Beloved the marinade—completely added taste. I usually simply season and put them beneath the broiler, however the marinade and searing them on the range introduced it to a different stage.
-Cassie

Jalapeno Cornbread Muffins

My husband and I beloved this. He stated that it was the very best factor I’ve ever baked and to verify I hold the recipe. They’re so addictive!

-Jade

Garlic Herb Carrots

I made these carrots for Easter and so they had been wonderful!!! My complete household raved about them. I often roast my carrots, however not anymore! Thanks for one more stellar recipe!!!

-Jackie

gradual cooker vacation ham

This can be a very simple and engaging recipe. The ham was so moist and the orange zest and marmalade gave it that candy pungent tang. Simply the 2 of us. Christmas dinner. Ham and eggs for breakfast. Ham and cheese for lunch. The bone will likely be a base for bean soup. Thanks for a simple and enjoyable recipe!

-Alphredo

Inexperienced Bean Casserole with Crispy Fried Shallots

I noticed this recipe and thought…OMG this sounds scrumptious so I made it for my household that 12 months for Thanksgiving. The one tweak I made was blended up the mushrooms a bit…shiitakes & portabellas…no matter contemporary mushrooms seemed finest on the market. The household beloved it SO MUCH that I used to be requested to make it once more for Christmas. This has now change into a household staple for each holidays. Thanks a lot for bringing this deliciousness to our desk.

-Amy

Crimson and Inexperienced Rooster Enchiladas

Simple, fast and rattling scrumptious!

-Elena

Mini Hasselback Potatoes

I’d give these 10 stars, if I may! These had been the proper dimension, and THAT SAUCE! Oh my, the sauce was so scrumptious! Like others, I used the spoon methodology to slice the little guys. It was really easy, as these slot in a soup spoon and slice completely.

-Jostlori

Apple Cranberry Pecan Salad

Beautiful, refreshing salad! The little bit of additional work making the candied pecans is certainly price it!

-Elizabeth

simple creamed corn

This is very easy and scrumptious! I may simply drink the sauce. I deliver this to Thanksgiving and any giant gathering. Everybody loves it!

-Meg

WINTER CHEESE BOARD

Beloved the recipe, made and everybody preferred!

-Luciana

glazed carrots

These are glorious. Excellent for a cocktail party and vacation meal. Used giant carrots reduce up and dried rosemary and thyme, no contemporary herbs, and nonetheless got here out wonderful.

-Emily

Make Excellent Mashed Potatoes

These are the very best mashed potatoes! Such a easy addition, garlic cloves within the potatoes, however makes an enormous distinction within the style.

-Barbara

sheet pan hen and stuffing

Made this with some inexperienced bean casserole for a mini Christmas dinner since I’m in a tiny Airbnb kitchen on trip. It was wonderful and an ideal method to make two issues directly!

-Jennifer

vacation cheese board

That is essentially the most beautiful cheese board!

-Laura

Buttermilk Cornbread

That is the very best cornbread I’ve ever made! The feel and taste are excellent! Thanks!

-Peggy

Leftover Hambone Soup

This actually is the very best leftover hambone soup! I’ve been making it for a couple of years now, often simply annually after Easter. However, if I occur to get my fingers on a ham bone from mates or household, that is the one factor I make with it!

-Amanda