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Homemade Foods That Make Great Holiday Gifts

The best holiday gifts are the ones you make yourself.

Cook smarter and succeed every time. Every recipe in this collection was developed and refined by our team of 50 test cooks until they arrived at the best version.

Fluffy Peppermint Swirl Marshmallows

Mulled Cider Jelly

Chocolate Truffles

Chili Crisp (Lao Gan Ma)

Homemade Flavored Popcorn, Three Ways

Quick Pickle Chips

Chocolate Babka

Maple-Pumpkin Spice Peanut Butter

Malted Hot Chocolate Mix

Alfajores de Maicena (Buttery Cornstarch Cookies Fi...

Thin, Crisp Gingerbread Cookies

Dark Chocolate Fudge Sauce

Peach Shrub Syrup

Chocolate Toffee Fudge

Baci di Dama (Italian Hazelnut Cookies)

Cookies and Cream Cake Pops

Millionaire's Shortbread

Vanilla Extract

Sesame-Orange Spice Blend

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