Christmas baking recipes
Warming spices, boozy sponges and plenty of sweet, dried fruit – plus some savoury baking ideas too, like our to-die-for cheesy garlic bread wreath.
These Christmas baking ideas span traditional recipes from across the globe.
Take a look through our dedicated Christmas recipes hub too.
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Almond recipes
Almond antlers biscuits (mandelhörnchen)
Mandelhörnchen are gluten-free almond biscuits from Germany. The perfect biscuit for a Christmas baking session in the kitchen.
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Christmas biscuits
Mince pie biscotti
The Hebridean Baker's mince pie biscotti, studded with pistachios and cranberries, make a great, budget-friendly Christmas food gift.
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Christmas baking recipes
Snowman empire biscuits
Snowman empires offer a festive twist on this Scottish biscuit. Ideal for Christmas baking with kids, they pair shortbread with a jam filling.
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Christmas cupcakes and small bakes
Gingercake bites
Sticky gingercake gets better with age, so it’s perfect for giving as a Christmas gift. We’ve coated each cube of cake with a lemony icing.
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Chocolate orange recipes
Chocolate orange blackout cake
Edd Kimber's blackout cake has tiers of chocolate sponge and an orange mascarpone filling. A perfect festive bake for chocolate orange fans.
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Mince pie recipes
Air fryer mini mince pie turnovers
Even the simplest mince pies taste better than shop-bought when freshly baked, or air-fried. These festive turnovers have just 4 ingredients.
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Brownie recipes
Air fryer marzipan chocolate brownies
Brownies with a molten marzipan core and nutty top – perfect for Christmas. Using the air fryer works means a crackly top AND a gooey centre,
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Bun recipes
Nicola Lamb’s French toast cinnamon buns
Behold the squidigiest, most delicious cinnamon buns ever. These French toast buns are bathed in rum custard and drizzled with caramel icing.
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Christmas recipes from around the world
Melomakarona (Greek Christmas biscuits)
Irini Tzortzoglou shares her recipe for melomakarona, traditional Greek honey and olive oil biscuits usually made at Christmastime.
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Chocolate cake recipes
Chocolate, blood orange and hazelnut cake
This terrific chocolate hazelnut cake gets its moistness from whole cooked oranges, and is topped with candied orange peel.
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Mince pie recipes
Clementine and sloe gin mince pies
Clementine zest and sloe gin add a fresh, fruity punch to shop-bought mincemeat in an easy mince pies recipe that tastes 100% homemade.
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Clementine recipes
Clementine, cardamom and ricotta cake
Light and fluffy, rich with ricotta and fragrant with cardamom, this easy clementine cake recipe is a crowdpleaser.
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Christmas baking recipes
Tres leches eggnog cake
This tres leches eggnog cake puts a festive spin on the Mexican milk-soaked cake. The snowy bake is light, fluffy and subtly spiced.
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Doughnut recipes
Honey & Co’s almond drop doughnuts
Honey & Co's doughnuts are a joy to eat: a little squidgy and ultra-light. Ground almonds, lemon zest and cinnamon sugar add flavour.
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Baking recipes
Ecclefechan tarts
The Hebridean Baker (aka Coinneach MacLeod), shares his recipe for ecclefechan tarts, a delightful Scottish alternative to mince pies.
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Gingerbread ideas for Christmas
Gingerbread s’mores tree
Break off a few pieces of gingerbread tree, sandwich with toasted marshmallow snowballs and dip in choc for a s’mores-inspired festive bite.
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