Our favorite Christmas recipes
Appetizers, main courses, side dishes and desserts for your Christmas table.
Not sure what to cook for Christmas? These recipes are sure to be winners at your holiday table.
Photo credit: Tony Jerome | Linguine with whellfish sauce
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Cold seafood salad This recipe makes a great deal of seafood salad, and Michelina Cangemi of Hicksville usually ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Baked clams Oakdale's Marino Amoruso shares his family's Christmas Eve recipe for baked clams. ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Sauteed shrimp with garlic Oakdale's Marino Amoruso shares his family recipe for Christmas Eve. ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Shrimp Scampi The Cangemis of Hicksville celebrate Christmas eve with a traditional Italian 12-course meal, including this ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Linguine with shellfish sauce Michelina Cangemi of Hicksville tops each serving with one clam or mussel. Then she puts ...
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column Lauren Chattman Make-ahead lasagna Christmas Eve dinner prepared in advance, frozen and reheated just hours before Santa is scheduled ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Hot Scungilli Over Pepper Biscuits The Cangemi family of Hicksville enjoy a seafood feast every year on Christmas Eve. This ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Calamari With White Garlic Sauce The Cangemis of Hicksville celebrate Christmas eve with a traditional Italian 12-course meal, which includes ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Italian baked fish Oakdale's Marino Amoruso shares his family's Christmas Eve recipe. ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Glazed Ham Leisa and Lillian Dent, owners of the Southern-style LL Dent restaurant in Carle Place, share ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Candied Yams Leisa and Lillian Dent, owners of the Southern-style LL Dent restaurant in Carle Place, share ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Broccoli Rabe The Cangemis of Hicksville celebrate Christmas eve with a traditional Italian 12-course meal, including this ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Country skillet corn bread Leisa and Lillian Dent, owners of the Southern-style LL Dent restaurant in Carle Place, shared ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Baked acorn squash Leisa and Lillian Dent, owners of the Southern-style LL Dent restaurant in Carle Place, shared ...
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column Lauren Chattman Holiday cookies For most of the year, I am happy to serve humble drop or bar cookies ...
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column Lauren Chattman Slice-and-bake holiday cookie recipes For the secret to producing a jaw-dropping variety of holiday cookies, look away from your ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Aggravation cookies "This recipe came via my mother from an issue of TV Guide in the late ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/10/08 Almond biscotti (quaresimali) In Italian, "biscotti" means "twice cooked," as are these cookies, first in a loaf form, ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/10/08 Almond-lace cookies These almost-translucent wafers are great on their own but can also dress up a scoop ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Anne's coconut macaroons "This recipe is from my sister-in-law in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It's gluten-free, which makes it ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Banana-meringue pudding This tried-and-true recipe is adapted by from the one on the Nilla Wafers box and ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Bourbon balls 2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (crushed contents of 1 (12-ounce) box of Nabisco Nilla Wafers)1 ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Cape May almond cookies "We were served these cookies for afternoon tea at a lovely inn in Cape May. ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Chocolate-chip cookies "My wonderful mom lived to the ripe old age of 96, and one of my ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Chocolate-dipped, raspbery-filled spritz cookies "I have been making these cookies since I was a teenager. The recipe was adapted ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Chocolate-mint cookies "This recipe is for the Girl Scout in all of us." ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Chocolate-raisin nut clusters These cookies are incredibly easy but a crowd pleaser. ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Chocolate-raspberry crumb bars 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/10/08 Coconut macaroons 8 large egg whites (1 cup) 2 1/4 cups (14 1/2 ounces) sugar 2 teaspoons ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Crispy molasses sugar cookies "The spicy aroma of these cookies brings back memories of baking sessions with a loving ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Cut-out cookies "I use the same sugar-cookie dough to make cut-out cookies [and] pinwheel cookies." ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Dipped shortbread cookies "I found this recipe years ago in a small pamphlet called 'Sweet Treats: Recipes from ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Ellen shortbread cookies "This is a nutty, buttery shortbread concoction named after my mother's friend Ellen."1 1/2 cups ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Helen's shortbread cookies 2 cups flour 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine (If the cookies are for ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Mexican wedding cakes "This cookie is also known by many other names. The recipe was given to me ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Neapolitan pinwheels "I use the same sugar-cookie dough to make cut-out cookies [and] pinwheel cookies."1/2 cup (1 ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Pecan logs 2 cups (about 5 1/2 ounces) whole pecans ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/10/08 Pignoli cookies 14 ounces almond paste 3/4 cup (6 1/2 ounces) sugar 3 large egg whites (3 ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/9/09 Ricotta cookies "I got this recipe from Newsday's Who's Cooking column." (The recipe, from Tracey Cole of ...
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article Food and Recipes 11/19/09 Ricotta Balls The Cangemis of Hicksville always make this dessert part of their traditional Italian Christmas Eve ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/10/08 Rugalach Despite their origin, these traditional Jewish cookies are always made for Christmas at chef Messina's ...
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article Food and Recipes 12/10/08 Vanilla cutout cookies These sugar cookies have a particularly tender crumb because they contain confectioners' sugar, not granulated ...
