DFS want to help you make this Christmas your best one ever and have produced this Christmas inspiration guide to help you create a magical time, whether you’re organising a big family gathering or a cosy night in for two.
One thing they can’t help you with though is cooking the food. However, every good host should have at least one tried and tested party recipe they know how to prepare perfectly and is guaranteed to go down a treat.
My personal favourite festive recipe is stained glass biscuits. These are a classic, that are fun to make and look so pretty too! We make them by making a standard biscuit recipe or ginger bread biscuit recipe, and then cutting out a smaller shape to be filled with boiled sweets that melt down resulting in pretty colours in the middle of your biscuit
But what I want to know is – what’s your own trusted recipe that you go back to again and again? Is it a traditional family favourite? Or new concoction you discovered after throwing together the Boxing Day leftovers?
Let me know your top festive recipe below and one lucky reader will win a brilliant Fortnum & Mason hamper.
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December 9, 2015 @ 1:34 pm
Every Boxing Day my mam uses up the turkey leftovers to make a turkey pie and I love it! She uses a few tins of condensed mushroom soup for the sauce and adds chopped turkey and slice peppers – all encased in her homemade pastry!
December 9, 2015 @ 1:40 pm
Rather than a traditional stolen, my mum used to make a “marzipan roll” which was covered in puff pastry and glazed with apricot jam. This was a family favourite and I know make it for my family every Christmas …
December 9, 2015 @ 1:41 pm
Don’t have a favourite but maybe Christmas log cake.
December 9, 2015 @ 1:45 pm
I’ve been testing gluten free mince pie recipes for hubby. The batter is incredibly difficult to work with but taste nice
December 9, 2015 @ 1:50 pm
That sounds delightful! I can picture myself by the Christmas tree, sipping some tea and dipping some biscuits in for good measure. Sounds so relaxing! I make a yule log every year, but Christmas cookies are my favorite.
December 9, 2015 @ 1:52 pm
My fave recipe is Quich Lorraine!!
December 9, 2015 @ 1:55 pm
My favourite recipe is homemade mince pies made from my mums recipe.
December 9, 2015 @ 1:59 pm
I love to make a very decadent Yule log with lashings of ganache. It always goes down a treat
December 9, 2015 @ 2:04 pm
homemade mincie pies!
December 9, 2015 @ 2:08 pm
I’m another Chocolate Log lover, also pigs in blankets …. & sprouts 😉
December 9, 2015 @ 2:10 pm
Turkey curry made with leftovers.
December 9, 2015 @ 2:12 pm
Homemade chocolate log even with the hidden cracks
December 9, 2015 @ 2:14 pm
I love turkey pie made from leftovers 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 2:17 pm
Mine is a rich welsh fruit cake,from a recipe handed down by my great grandmother, which is baked all through the year and then also as our Christmas Cake. It’s a real.cut and come again cake. I even still have my great grandmothers original Welsh recipe book 😃
December 9, 2015 @ 2:18 pm
homemade mince pies with a dollop of clotted cream yummy
December 9, 2015 @ 2:19 pm
Love making red cabbage dish for Christmas Day
December 9, 2015 @ 2:19 pm
It has to be a Christmas Pudding
December 9, 2015 @ 2:21 pm
Love pigs in blankets
December 9, 2015 @ 2:24 pm
My mums homemade mince pies are delicious
December 9, 2015 @ 2:24 pm
Halved brussels sprouts fried with pancetta or lardons – even those who claim to hate sprouts will eat this.
December 9, 2015 @ 2:26 pm
Cherry and Chocolate roulade is my favourite extra special Christmas dessert
December 9, 2015 @ 2:37 pm
My Mum’s Xmas Pud recipe. Don’t know what it is but it’s awesome!
December 9, 2015 @ 2:41 pm
I like making Mince pies but using filo pastry instead of shortcrust which makes them a bit lighter on the stomach leaving more room for other treats 😉
December 9, 2015 @ 2:41 pm
We have a family tradition to make a Trifle for Boxing day it is a little different from the usual ones.Sone base with a little sherry added,jelly lots of fruit, strawberry’s, ,peaches,then Strawberry blancmange and finally wipped cream,we decorate it with sprinkles and Christmas figures
December 9, 2015 @ 2:44 pm
Hazelnut and chocolate roulade!
December 9, 2015 @ 2:47 pm
Every year I make Nigella’s ultimate christmas pudding, its delicious!
December 9, 2015 @ 2:49 pm
Warm Homemade Mince Pies with cream
December 9, 2015 @ 2:56 pm
My favourite festive recipe is homemade Delia mincemeat with almond and orange shortcrust pastry and viennese topping
December 9, 2015 @ 2:59 pm
I always make a homemade trifle as none of us really like Christmas pudding. It’s nothing fancy but everyone likes it and there’s never any left to take home so it must be good 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 3:04 pm
I love bread sauce but Christmas is the only time I bother with it 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 3:06 pm
I like to make Sprouts with Chestnut & Bacon Butter
December 9, 2015 @ 3:08 pm
Pigs in blankets are my favourite
December 9, 2015 @ 3:13 pm
Can’t beat a good gingerbread house!
December 9, 2015 @ 3:19 pm
Very simple. But my favourite is Boxing Day Bubble & Squeak. Just all the uneaten brussels, potatoes, carrots etc mashed up and fried and eaten for breakfast. much better than it sounds 😉
December 9, 2015 @ 3:27 pm
I have a great recipe for spicy turkey soup.
December 9, 2015 @ 3:29 pm
OH adores Sausage Stuffing Meatballs. I think he’d forego the turkey and be happy if I just made those.
December 9, 2015 @ 3:34 pm
I don’t really have a xmas recipe
December 9, 2015 @ 3:36 pm
My Mum’s Chocolate Log Recipe It’s Delicious 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 3:44 pm
I love a good old fashioned style Christmas cake with loads of alcohol soaked fruit in it 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 3:50 pm
Chorizo Sausage & CheeseRolls!
December 9, 2015 @ 3:58 pm
My favourite Christmas recipe is a Baileys and chocolate cheesecake, so easy to make yet so delicious and a great alternative to Christmas pudding after lunch.
December 9, 2015 @ 4:05 pm
Now, I can’t divulge the recipe (more than my life is worth), but I can tell you that my mince pies are amazing! The neighbours and a few people in my street have me baking just for them after they heard about them!
December 9, 2015 @ 4:08 pm
Yule log with chocolate ganache topping
December 9, 2015 @ 4:14 pm
I love homemade stuffing for the turkey and usually follow a Mary Berry recipe
December 9, 2015 @ 4:18 pm
BBC have a stollen plait I can not wait to try! 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 4:31 pm
I have a fantastic recipe for homemade Yule Log that my family loves.
December 9, 2015 @ 4:32 pm
We have a recipe for yule log that is amazing!
December 9, 2015 @ 4:42 pm
An Italian trifle made with blackberries, lemoncello cream and amaretti it is Devine
December 9, 2015 @ 4:42 pm
I always make a pavlova, its lighter then Christmas Pudding so great for after a heavy meal.
December 9, 2015 @ 4:51 pm
My own christmas log
December 9, 2015 @ 4:52 pm
homemade mincepies 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 4:54 pm
Cinnamon and Apple Cake x
December 9, 2015 @ 4:55 pm
Ginger Christmas cookies!!
December 9, 2015 @ 5:20 pm
I don’t like Christmas cake or mince pies, or anything else with candied peel in, so I rather like cherry things at Christmas. Cherry trifle with kirsch, or morello cherry tart. Very easy, drain some bottled morello cherries, pack, in one layer, into a short crust pastry case, bake. When cool, glaze with redcurrant jelly. Really yummy.
December 9, 2015 @ 5:34 pm
Dundee cake (mmm with a little cheese)
December 9, 2015 @ 5:36 pm
homemade mince pies
December 9, 2015 @ 5:39 pm
Mince pies, the secret is to add orange peel. Yummy!
December 9, 2015 @ 5:44 pm
We love chesnut and herb stuffing
December 9, 2015 @ 5:51 pm
bubble and squeak on boxing day
December 9, 2015 @ 6:01 pm
Sprouts with Chestnuts & Bacon
December 9, 2015 @ 6:05 pm
A lovely Boxing Day turkey curry with lots of spices and a little chilli that my husband has grown, all with basmati rice and a nan, just the job after the feast the day before.
December 9, 2015 @ 6:12 pm
I love Stollen x
December 9, 2015 @ 6:12 pm
Homemade mince pies are the best – I’ll admit to not making them very often though, I hate cooking 😀
December 9, 2015 @ 6:16 pm
we make short bread Christmas trees! x
December 9, 2015 @ 6:18 pm
Made in desperation several years ago and went down so well we make them every year! Puff pastry mince pie whirls. I bought puff pastry instead of short crust when we were having a Christmas party. I used it anyway just spread the mince meat over the pastry, rolled it up and cut into even size slices. Lay them to bake on an oven sheet and they looked fab! I sprinkled them with sliced almonds and they went down a storm. Requested every year since 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 6:28 pm
I have NO idea the Recipe but my mum makes the Tastiest Stuffing ever!!!!!! She has mushroom onions and garlic and i have no idea what else 🙂
Ive attempted to Replicate it but i need to get the Full Recipe 🙂
Merry Xmas
December 9, 2015 @ 6:48 pm
I make carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese icing, at Christmas instead of a carrot I make them look like Christmas puddings 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 6:54 pm
I love chocolate yule log at christmas time
December 9, 2015 @ 7:00 pm
Caribbean Christmas Cake
December 9, 2015 @ 7:03 pm
My Favourite recipe is home made Mince Pies served with double cream.
December 9, 2015 @ 7:08 pm
Leftover turkey curry for boxing day, delicious
December 9, 2015 @ 7:10 pm
Love Chocolate and Cranberry yule log…my own recipe
December 9, 2015 @ 7:14 pm
We always make baked Alaska on Christmas Eve – lovely sponge filled with ice cream and topped with meringue
December 9, 2015 @ 7:17 pm
I love mince pies covered in Hazelnut and marzipan streusel.
December 9, 2015 @ 7:19 pm
Herby Cheese Straws – made with leftover pastry after making the Mince Pies – easy and delicious and the perfect nibble with drinks!
December 9, 2015 @ 7:23 pm
Home made mince pies with a good sploosh of brandy in them 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
I’m not much of a cook. I like to make festive gingerbread with the little one though and I can mull a good wine!
December 9, 2015 @ 7:31 pm
My Mum used to make an amazing yoghurt pudding that I love as was never keen on Christmas pud
December 9, 2015 @ 7:44 pm
Prawn cocktail, only ever have it at Christmas and look forward to it every year 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 8:21 pm
I love mince pies and I bake puff and shortcrust but my favourites are the “bakewell” mince pies topped with an almond sponge. Very moreish 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 8:22 pm
Homemade boozy mincepies
December 9, 2015 @ 8:26 pm
Steamed sponge pudding with dates and raspberry jam served with hot custard and double cream. Absolute pudding perfection.
December 9, 2015 @ 8:39 pm
Cinnamon buns!
December 9, 2015 @ 8:40 pm
Good old fashioned Sherry Trifle I make a gorgeous one and look forwards to eating it every Christmas
December 9, 2015 @ 8:40 pm
I love home baked mince pies…..so lush with cream.
December 9, 2015 @ 8:47 pm
My mother in law’s homemade Christmas pud is absolutely divine – I don’t know the recipe yet unfortunately but i’m definitely going to find out before we have to host Christmas for the first time!
December 9, 2015 @ 8:48 pm
Home made rum truffles 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 8:48 pm
My Carrot & Orange soup that we have as part of the Christmas meal.
December 9, 2015 @ 8:51 pm
Home made Liebkuchen – delicious!
December 9, 2015 @ 8:54 pm
White chocolate fudge 🙂
December 9, 2015 @ 9:02 pm
Brussel Sprouts with Bacon and Cashew Nuts – heaven ! xx
December 9, 2015 @ 9:08 pm
Stick Toffe Pudding! 🙂 mmmm
December 9, 2015 @ 9:08 pm
Shortbread
December 9, 2015 @ 9:17 pm
i love making homemade mince pies.
December 9, 2015 @ 9:28 pm
turkey curry for boxing day
December 9, 2015 @ 9:30 pm
my husband always makes salmon pate but only makes it for me at xmas
December 9, 2015 @ 9:35 pm
Gingerbread! Have to make gingerbread at Christmas 🙂 xx
December 9, 2015 @ 9:37 pm
My own mince pies!
December 9, 2015 @ 9:43 pm
Gosh so many, cauliflower cheese with nutmeg, sprouts with bacon, sesame seeds and maple syrup, my hubby just loves bubble & squeak!
December 9, 2015 @ 9:45 pm
Love this Ham recipe from good housekeeping mag…….unsmoked gammon..simmered on top of oven with some cloves , onion and peppercorns.Drained when cooked. Skin removed.Brushed with mixture of brown sugar, honey and brandy mix. Baked in oven for 40mins but out every 5 mins for basting in brandy mix. Divine hot or cold.
December 9, 2015 @ 9:51 pm
Clootie Dumpling nom nom
December 9, 2015 @ 9:56 pm
Has to be turkey curry.
December 9, 2015 @ 10:00 pm
Turkey and ham pie on boxing day, love it almost as much as the actual Christmas dinner
December 9, 2015 @ 10:11 pm
Christmas Pudding Microwave recipe.
December 9, 2015 @ 10:14 pm
My partner does his own mince pies – they are easy, but it’s the only thing he can bake! So I love when he makes them. He does do his own vegan pastry, too!
December 9, 2015 @ 10:28 pm
our favourite recipe is buttered swede with black cracked pepper
December 9, 2015 @ 10:32 pm
I love chocolate mint cookies. I honestly love most cookie varieties at Christmas.
December 10, 2015 @ 3:26 am
me too!
December 9, 2015 @ 10:35 pm
Roasted Parsnips and Carrots in honey glaze
December 9, 2015 @ 10:36 pm
sweet potato wedges
December 9, 2015 @ 10:42 pm
I make a Xmas Pavlova with two different recipes. I use 8 eggs on the bottom layer and make a smaller crunchy top with 6 eggs and fill with fruit , so too layers it is yummy:)
December 9, 2015 @ 10:46 pm
Gingerbread.
December 9, 2015 @ 10:52 pm
I love making a gingerbread house every year. I make it from scratch and it always looks rubbish but it is great fun.
December 9, 2015 @ 10:54 pm
Christmas Pudding Ice cream if I can call it a recipe- crush and mix a pudding into vanilla ice cream and put back in the freezer. It is amazing
December 9, 2015 @ 10:59 pm
Turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce sandwiches dipped in gravy with home made chips on Boxing Day xx
December 9, 2015 @ 11:11 pm
I love making chocolate yule log cake 🙂
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December 9, 2015 @ 11:18 pm
My favourite recipe cinnamon swirls with icing x
December 9, 2015 @ 11:18 pm
chocolate yule log
December 9, 2015 @ 11:23 pm
My mum’s homemade Baileys is absolutely delicious
December 9, 2015 @ 11:34 pm
Peppermint bark. It’s a US thing but I found a good recipe and we all love it. Two layers of white chocolate with crushed candy canes mixed in, sandwiched together with a layer of dark minty chocolate cream.
December 9, 2015 @ 11:42 pm
Pistachio chocolate brownies are delicious!!
December 9, 2015 @ 11:47 pm
My chocolate orange cake with a baileys ganache
December 10, 2015 @ 12:14 am
Nothing gets me into the Christmas spirit better than making my own mini mince pies. So easy and yet so delicious. I love them.
December 10, 2015 @ 1:59 am
With the remaining Turkey I make my now infamous Turkey and Ham pie, using my grandma’s secret pastry recipe that was passed down to me. If I say so myself, it is delicious.
December 10, 2015 @ 3:28 am
I have a lovely recipe for Turkey, Leek and potato pie. Great way to use the leftovers.
December 10, 2015 @ 7:18 am
It’s my stuffing recipe. It involves german sausages and apples.
December 10, 2015 @ 7:38 am
My mums stuffing recipe….which I have tried to copy …but it never tastes as good as it does when she makes it!
December 10, 2015 @ 8:25 am
I always enjoy my “Turkey Ploughman’s Lunch” on Boxing Day.
December 10, 2015 @ 8:35 am
My grandmas special Gingerbread cake xx
December 10, 2015 @ 9:24 am
I adore the hummingbird bakery’s recipe for gingerbread. It is perfect for gingerbread shapes as it doesn’t spread when baking.
December 10, 2015 @ 9:47 am
my mums mince pies
December 10, 2015 @ 9:54 am
my mother in laws christmas cake
December 10, 2015 @ 10:24 am
Mince pies, without alcohol!
December 10, 2015 @ 10:27 am
Every year a make my christmas cake using Delia Smiths recipe from her christmas book. Never fails.
December 10, 2015 @ 10:34 am
Bread sauce
Simmer an onion stuck with cloves in milk, very slowly , for several hours. Add white bread, crusts off, cubed to 1cm, lots of pepper, salt and let sit till thick. Stir in butter and/or single cream
December 10, 2015 @ 11:49 am
My Mum’s chocolate crunch – made only at Christmas.
December 10, 2015 @ 11:55 am
My Mums Honey and wholegrain mustard baked ham 🙂
December 10, 2015 @ 12:04 pm
My favourite Christmas recipe, wow there are so many.
I love my gingerbread men that I made from my own recipe, nice and soft.
I also love my home made mince pies with home made filling.
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December 10, 2015 @ 12:12 pm
Mine is my mums Christmas cake, thanks for the lovely giveaway. xx
December 10, 2015 @ 12:48 pm
Mine is my mum’s stuffing, it’s very special x
December 10, 2015 @ 1:33 pm
waitrose xmas cake kit!
December 10, 2015 @ 1:41 pm
Red Velvet Cupcakes
December 10, 2015 @ 2:59 pm
Apple and chetsnut stuffing yummy 🙂
December 10, 2015 @ 3:36 pm
brandy and oranges marmalade
December 10, 2015 @ 4:19 pm
Home made Trifle
December 10, 2015 @ 5:03 pm
A turkey curry recipe from Atul Kochar, which is amazing
December 10, 2015 @ 5:12 pm
Home made Trifle!
December 10, 2015 @ 5:12 pm
Sticky Toffee Christmas Pudding
December 10, 2015 @ 6:25 pm
4 fruit marmalade,pink grapefruit/lemon/orange and lime,its yummy
December 10, 2015 @ 7:08 pm
my nanas christmas cake and christmas mince pies
December 10, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
I do a buffet between Christmas and new year and my cherry coke ham is the star of the show
December 10, 2015 @ 8:44 pm
I make turkey and leek pie with the leftover turkey on Boxing Day.
December 10, 2015 @ 9:07 pm
mince pies – yum 🙂
December 10, 2015 @ 9:16 pm
I love my Christmas cake recipe x
December 10, 2015 @ 9:42 pm
Chocolate orange yule log. 🙂
December 10, 2015 @ 9:42 pm
Love to eat and make Christmas Log
December 10, 2015 @ 9:59 pm
My personal favourite is christmas pudding ice cream . This is simply made by soaking dried fruit including pineapple, cherries, sultanas and mixed peel in brandy or alcohol of choice. mix with ice cream . Place in bowl and then put in freezer Remove from freezer 10 minutes before serving . Easy dish tastes great!
December 10, 2015 @ 10:27 pm
Mine has to be the Norwegian Kransekake
December 10, 2015 @ 10:32 pm
Hot chocolate – a few pieces of your favourite chocolate (we use dairy milk), add warm milk and a either a few big marshmallows or half a handful of little ones, Add squirty cream on top then sprinkle with chocolate shavings and a bit of cinnamon, Perfect!
December 10, 2015 @ 11:17 pm
Chocolate Yule Log x
December 11, 2015 @ 12:16 am
chocolate coated gingerbread
December 11, 2015 @ 1:41 am
Mince pies
December 11, 2015 @ 2:07 am
spiced brown sugar mince pie
December 11, 2015 @ 4:22 am
Stollen
December 11, 2015 @ 5:23 am
We make it a family thing to make the Mince Pies together
December 11, 2015 @ 7:14 am
Mince pies are a Christmas favourite. But really special are the ones with puff pastry.
December 11, 2015 @ 8:52 am
I love to make gingerbread men at Christmas- with a lot of ginger 🙂
December 11, 2015 @ 9:55 am
cookies for santa
December 11, 2015 @ 11:10 am
Chocolate yule log
December 11, 2015 @ 11:29 am
Polpette made with left over turkey, mixed with breadcrumbs, egg,garlic parsley and made in to little patties, flour & fry
December 11, 2015 @ 11:47 am
It’s a boxing day favourite,leftover turkey on toast with fried stuffing,so basic,so simple and yet oh so yummy.It’s also so quick,after a massive cook on Christmas Day where we cater for twelve this is about all we feel like doing x
December 11, 2015 @ 1:36 pm
Every year i make a banana creme pudding
December 11, 2015 @ 2:35 pm
home made mince pies
December 11, 2015 @ 3:57 pm
Mince pies 🙂 Merry Christmas x
December 11, 2015 @ 5:54 pm
My favourite Christmas recipe is Christmas dinner: Turkey, veg, mash, and gravy with sliced boiled egg.
December 11, 2015 @ 6:03 pm
I make a wonderful chocolate and Caramac roulade – like a chocolate log!
December 11, 2015 @ 6:55 pm
the Scottish tablet I make for my sweet toothed friends 🙂
December 11, 2015 @ 7:38 pm
On Boxing Day we all sit down for a huge fried Full English & Irish Breakfast / Brunch. The Full English part is pretty normal: fried eggs, fried bread or toast, mushrooms, fried tomatoes and baked beans, plus bacon & sausage for my husband who is the only non-veggie. The Irish part is colcannon made with well-seasoned mashed potatoes and left-over Brussels sprouts cut in half or quarters. Somehow having the sprouts combined into mashed potato cakes and fried in butter until they are browned makes them much more yummy.
December 11, 2015 @ 10:42 pm
Other than the dinner, Im not a huge christmas baker. One thing I do like to make on christmas eve though are home made sausage rolls
December 11, 2015 @ 10:45 pm
Key Lime Pie
December 11, 2015 @ 10:56 pm
home made mince pies
December 11, 2015 @ 11:12 pm
christmas cake -lots of cherries and marzipan but not too much icing
December 12, 2015 @ 12:25 am
Spicy bean cheese crumbleis a family favourite
December 12, 2015 @ 4:38 am
Christmas yule log yum yum
December 12, 2015 @ 11:30 am
My favourite are spiced Christmas biscuits but I buy them at Poundland or Lidl as I can’t make them so pretty.
December 12, 2015 @ 11:46 am
My mum makes an amazing Millionaires shortbread!
December 12, 2015 @ 11:46 am
Homemade mince pies
December 12, 2015 @ 12:46 pm
It’s definitely got to be turkey curry made with the leftover turkey curry. Yum!
December 12, 2015 @ 3:36 pm
Homemade mince meat and then mince pies
December 12, 2015 @ 3:37 pm
I love my family recipe homemade mince pies!
December 12, 2015 @ 4:53 pm
Turkey and ham pie made from the Christmas Day leftovers.
December 12, 2015 @ 5:44 pm
love to make a ginger bread house x
December 12, 2015 @ 8:01 pm
My mum’s pork, apricot and sage stuffing!
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December 12, 2015 @ 9:07 pm
I love homemade Mince Pies!
December 12, 2015 @ 9:24 pm
i love mincemeat pin wheels with filo pastry so much ligther than a mince pie, and calorie saving too xx
December 13, 2015 @ 7:17 am
lemon curd tarts, i make them every week.
December 13, 2015 @ 7:52 am
Boozy Trifle
December 13, 2015 @ 8:24 am
Christmas Spice biscuits
December 13, 2015 @ 10:22 am
Chocolate yule log
December 13, 2015 @ 1:58 pm
My dad invented a recipee for the naughtiest yet yummiest festive dessert, he shared the secret with me and I’ve made it every year since!
December 13, 2015 @ 2:52 pm
Home made gingebread house
December 13, 2015 @ 4:14 pm
Xmas cake
December 13, 2015 @ 4:34 pm
Let’s be honest, you can’t beat a cracking chocolate yule log to totally annihilate you after a big Christmas lunch.
December 13, 2015 @ 4:59 pm
I love making Christmas cookies
December 13, 2015 @ 5:21 pm
it has to be delicious homemade mince pies!!!
December 13, 2015 @ 6:23 pm
Homemade stuffing!
December 13, 2015 @ 6:57 pm
mulled wine
December 13, 2015 @ 8:08 pm
I use my great great grandma’s cake recipe for Christmas. It’s delicious! Add a dram of brandy for that little kick 🙂
December 13, 2015 @ 8:20 pm
It would be my mothers Portuguese almond cake. I have had it every Christmas my whole life.
December 13, 2015 @ 8:27 pm
Home made mince pies. Merry Christmas x
December 13, 2015 @ 8:51 pm
My Dad’s bubble and squeak is the best
December 13, 2015 @ 8:58 pm
My homemade puff pastry mince pies are amazing!!
I add dries sour cherries and small bits of marzipan to my mincemeat. Xx
December 13, 2015 @ 9:45 pm
I use the left over turkey to make a warming turkey noodle soup.
December 13, 2015 @ 9:46 pm
We have cold leftover turkey on boxing day with pickles. As there is only 2 of us I then cook up lots of veggies divide into 2 pots and make one into a stew and the other I curry. I then freeze it in 2 person portions keeping us going for months
December 13, 2015 @ 10:06 pm
Sponge rum trifle
December 13, 2015 @ 10:22 pm
My favourite christmas recipe is for mince pies made with an orange pastry mincemeat (of course!) and a sweet cream cheese filling (it’s nicer than it sounds!) 🙂
December 13, 2015 @ 10:27 pm
My late nans Christmas pudding she always put in plenty of booze!!!!!!
December 13, 2015 @ 10:47 pm
My husbands pot roast of beef
December 13, 2015 @ 10:53 pm
A yummy sweet chutney the recipe has been passed down from great Grandparents
December 13, 2015 @ 11:08 pm
I love making all types of mince pies, shortcrust, open, puff, and turnovers but my favourites have to be those topped with an almond sponge, I have to be careful not to eat too many.
December 14, 2015 @ 7:03 am
Tell me your favourite Christmas recipe . . . . . . . mince pies made with my home made mincemeat
December 14, 2015 @ 9:15 am
Home made mince pies using the family pastry recipe – they are the only mince pies that I actually like!
December 14, 2015 @ 9:28 am
I love making a Christmas cake when is baking in the oven the kitchen has a lovely aroma very christmassy
December 14, 2015 @ 9:45 am
It has to be my National Trust Christmas Cake recipe 🙂
December 14, 2015 @ 10:49 am
We love Boxing Day bubble and squeak with sprouts and mash! Plus add bacon and maple syrup to chopped sprouts
December 14, 2015 @ 11:06 am
Our Xmas shortbread is our favourite festive recipe
December 14, 2015 @ 11:53 am
I love making my little ones egg nog on xmas eve. The recipe is simple but my children love it, even the older ones
childrens Eggnog Recipe
3 cups whole milk
1 cup double cream
1/2 cup sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
nutmeg
1.Whisk together the milk, cream, sugar, and eggs
2.Cook over low heat, whisking constantly. Do not let it boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
3.Serve immediately, topped with nutmeg to taste.
December 14, 2015 @ 12:25 pm
My nans Christmas pudding recipe it tastes like home 🙂
December 14, 2015 @ 12:54 pm
I like pork stuffing
December 14, 2015 @ 1:22 pm
I love home-made bread sauce on my Christmas Dinner.
December 14, 2015 @ 1:28 pm
Stilton and broccoli soup – 500g of broccoli, 125g of Stilton, 750ml stock, one medium onion. small pat butter, braise onions in the butter, add the stock and broccoli, simmer until soft, blend, then add Stilton after to melt in the hot mixture.
December 14, 2015 @ 1:32 pm
Cranberry and orange muffins!
December 14, 2015 @ 2:33 pm
Traditional Italian chocolate salami..
It’s dark chocolate with crushed biscuits and assorted crushed nuts.. a little dark rum… place ball of ingredients onto clingfilm. . Roll out into salami shape.. dust wirh icing sugar… slice & serve with cream … yummy!
December 14, 2015 @ 2:47 pm
The Christmas cake recipe from my m&s cookbook (its 20 years old) x
December 14, 2015 @ 3:07 pm
I don’t cook so best to ask my wife for the recipe but I love her Christmas pud. I have noticed the brandy bottle seems to take a hammering for a couple of weeks prior to Christmas though!
December 14, 2015 @ 3:18 pm
My chocolate yule log 🙂
December 14, 2015 @ 3:26 pm
My favourite recipe is homemade mince pies
December 14, 2015 @ 3:42 pm
My sister in laws christmas cake recipe is the best 🙂
December 14, 2015 @ 4:00 pm
gingerbread biscuits
December 14, 2015 @ 4:33 pm
really boozy mince pies
December 14, 2015 @ 6:08 pm
Home made meat patties are a favorite recipe this time of the year.
December 14, 2015 @ 6:18 pm
fruit cake
December 14, 2015 @ 6:18 pm
Looks lovely 🙂
December 14, 2015 @ 6:25 pm
Christmas Pudding Ice Cream!
December 14, 2015 @ 6:29 pm
Chocolate truffles – just chocolate, cream and a slug of rum then cooled until set. A must every christmas
December 14, 2015 @ 6:47 pm
I have a lovely Christmas cake recipe that is perfect
December 14, 2015 @ 7:44 pm
It has to be gingerbread, this year I am experimenting with refinded sugar, gluten freand dairy free options.
December 14, 2015 @ 8:18 pm
Me and my son love to bake gingerbread men for the family at christmas
December 14, 2015 @ 8:26 pm
Chicken Kiev
December 14, 2015 @ 8:29 pm
It would have to be our Christmas cake, it’s lovely and rich.
December 14, 2015 @ 8:32 pm
Everyone expects me to make my prawn cocktail in my home-made sauce. Years ago a chef told me how to make the sauce and I love it.
December 14, 2015 @ 8:47 pm
My Mum’s walnut stuffing. Secret recipe, can’t share it but it’s gooooood
December 14, 2015 @ 9:05 pm
love my friends Christmas that she cooks me
December 14, 2015 @ 9:23 pm
homemade mince pies
December 14, 2015 @ 9:35 pm
Our christmas cake 🙂
December 14, 2015 @ 9:43 pm
I love chopping up sprouts and adding bacon and pan-frying in butter
December 14, 2015 @ 9:48 pm
home made yule log
December 14, 2015 @ 9:50 pm
My favourite Christmas recipe is pork and chestnut stuffing. Combine sausage meat, tin of pureed chestnuts (or rough chopped if you prefer) packet of stuffing mix (like paxo) and egg to bind and use to stuff the turkey – it is delicious! Can also make it into little balls if you prefer.
December 14, 2015 @ 9:54 pm
Great luxurious treafor Christmas! fingers crossed
December 14, 2015 @ 9:54 pm
My favourite Christmas recipe is my Austrian Great Grandmother’s Vanilla Kipferl recipe, yummy Christmas cookies that taste like Christmas to me 🙂
December 14, 2015 @ 9:55 pm
Oops my favorite Christmas recipe is spiced red cabbage, yummy
December 14, 2015 @ 10:05 pm
My mum’s pork and cranberry stuffing. I would have it on its own!
December 14, 2015 @ 10:30 pm
I love turkey stuffing 🙂
December 14, 2015 @ 10:39 pm
The recipe from my Mum for home made mince pies laces with brandy 🙂
December 14, 2015 @ 10:42 pm
Cinnamon buns 🙂
December 14, 2015 @ 11:04 pm
Every Christmas I make a sherry trifle for my family, I don’t use and fruit just Swiss roll. And plenty of sherry. You can’t forget a broken up flake for in too of the cream layer
December 14, 2015 @ 11:05 pm
My nannas shortbread recipe!
December 14, 2015 @ 11:06 pm
Christmas cinnamon cookies
December 14, 2015 @ 11:26 pm
Mince pies made with puff pastry
December 14, 2015 @ 11:57 pm
Christmas Pudding ice cream.
December 15, 2015 @ 12:13 am
In our house we make a kind of stuffing cake, completely wrapped in bacon. We made it by accident a few years back and we’ve been making it ever since!!
December 15, 2015 @ 12:31 am
christmas cake recipe passed down from my grandmother-make delicious cake
December 15, 2015 @ 12:34 am
My favourite is my gran’s Clootie Dumpling recipe 🙂
December 15, 2015 @ 12:40 am
I like to make my own melted snowman biscuits 🙂
December 15, 2015 @ 1:04 am
has to be my old favourite and family ,s favourite my boily fruit Christmas cake delicious a mug of tea
December 15, 2015 @ 3:09 am
Mums Xmas pud complete with sixpence
December 15, 2015 @ 4:58 am
Christmas cake made with lots of rum and treacle 🙂
December 15, 2015 @ 7:30 am
Chocolate log
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December 15, 2015 @ 9:09 am
Delia Smith’s sausage rolls are something the family enjoys making.
December 15, 2015 @ 9:11 am
My husband makes the Christmas Pudding every year (it’s literally the only thing he’s ever cooked :), it’s Delia Smiths recipe and it’s gret
December 15, 2015 @ 9:36 am
my homemade christmas stuffing.. the family would forget the turkey and just eat the stuffing – lots of apple/bacon & onion
December 15, 2015 @ 11:12 am
A boiled fruit cake which stays wonderfully moist
December 15, 2015 @ 11:48 am
My favourite Christmas recipe is for chestnut stuffing and it is a very old one but one which the family loves.
December 15, 2015 @ 11:48 am
ooooo pigs in blankets,and love aprout
December 15, 2015 @ 11:53 am
Christmas pudding with double cream – scrummy!
December 15, 2015 @ 12:25 pm
My favourite Christmas recipe is orange and honey glazed Turkey.
December 15, 2015 @ 2:35 pm
Christmas Muffins – a family favourite
December 15, 2015 @ 2:36 pm
Christmas Muffins
December 15, 2015 @ 2:43 pm
Mulled Wine : )
December 15, 2015 @ 2:46 pm
My favourite is making homemade mince pies, there is nothing that beats it 🙂
December 15, 2015 @ 3:48 pm
home made gingerbread…my grannys recipe :o)
December 15, 2015 @ 4:51 pm
My favourite is Christmas pudding ice cream
December 15, 2015 @ 5:54 pm
My fave is turkey risotto..but the recipe is my wifes secret and she is not telling!!
December 15, 2015 @ 5:57 pm
My favourite recipe is my raw carrot cake which I like to make for visitors because one of then is likey to be guten free as she is coeliac and another is lactose intolerant. It is basically a nutty bese with dates and raw carrot and a cream made of cashews, vanilla, agave syrup and coconut oil which sets it as it turs to solid when cold. I can eat anything but I really like this cake as it makes me feel light.
December 15, 2015 @ 5:58 pm
With the leftovers I make a creamy mushroom, veg bacon and turkey pie
December 15, 2015 @ 6:15 pm
Christmas Chocolate Yule Log Cake! 😛
December 15, 2015 @ 7:04 pm
chocolate yule log
December 15, 2015 @ 7:05 pm
mince pies for me 🙂
December 15, 2015 @ 7:17 pm
I absolutely love a proper Christmas cake!
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December 15, 2015 @ 7:33 pm
My homemade Christmas Pudding, recipe came from my grandma
December 15, 2015 @ 7:42 pm
I love braised red cabbage – so tasty and great accompaniment to Xmas dinner!
December 15, 2015 @ 8:44 pm
My favourite is a mince pies and mincemeat & Vanilla ice cream all home made including the mincemeat. It is so Christmassy.
December 15, 2015 @ 8:58 pm
Microwave chocolate brownies has to be my favourite recipe, so easy and tasty, Christmas them up with some marshmallows and Christmas sprinkles 🙂
December 15, 2015 @ 9:06 pm
I make luxury Florentines for my husband each Christmas. He is diabetic so they are a once a year treat.
December 15, 2015 @ 9:06 pm
Christmas pudding made with vegetarian suet and a soya milk custard.
December 15, 2015 @ 9:29 pm
Brussels sprouts with crunchy bacon bits and flaked almonds
December 15, 2015 @ 9:59 pm
Oooh turkey curry with the leftovers, or maybe my dad’s leek and potato soup we have on xmas eve!
December 15, 2015 @ 10:06 pm
We usually have patties that my Grandma makes, not very festive but we have it every Christmas!
December 15, 2015 @ 10:07 pm
I’m not so good in the kitchen, personally, but my favourite to eat when other people cook or bake is mince pies x
December 15, 2015 @ 11:01 pm
Cook your sprouts with small pieces of Bacon
December 15, 2015 @ 11:06 pm
it is a simple thing but my favourite Christmas recipe is homemade brandy butter (butter, icing sugar and brandy 🙂 )
December 15, 2015 @ 11:12 pm
My mum’s homemade stuffing recipe 🙂
December 15, 2015 @ 11:18 pm
at Christmas it has to be the wheat/gluten/egg/dairy free biscuits we make for Santa’s elves who have allergies like we do.
December 15, 2015 @ 11:30 pm
Christmas cake, using a recipe that my mum gave me. Always lovely! x