Christmas

The phyllo dough cookies are so shatteringly tender that they give palmiers a run for their money.

Champurrado is an atole defined by chocolate; the classic Mexican hot drink is pure winter comfort.

Flavored with cardamom and often filled with dried and candied fruits, this rich wheat bread is traditionally served for Christmas in Norway.

Our best panettone recipe, adapted from baker Jim Lahey, employs a long rise for a festive and flavorful holiday bread without much work.

This bread—loaded with a rum-spiked walnut filling—is the traditional Romanian celebration bread for Christmas.

These Slovak Christmas dough balls are traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve as part of a 12-course meatless meal.

These fritters are often referred to as buñuelos de rodilla, or knee fritters, as they need to be quite thin and the knee is often pressed into the dough to stretch it out.

This flavor-packed nonalcoholic cocktail is delightfully bitter and tart.

These old-fashioned molasses cookies stay soft and chewy days after making them.

Rose Levy Beranbaum’s base recipe allows you to mix and match pantry ingredients to create the cookie of your dreams.

The bright cherry flavor of kirsch gives this spiced holiday drink a fruity kick.

Thick-sliced panettone is the base for caramelized bananas and ice cream in this dessert.

While chocolate isn’t traditional for chess pie, I add it as my own delicious twist on the Southern classic.