Looking for the best holiday treats to share or satisfy your own sweet tooth? We’ve compiled seven recipes of our favorite baked confections to make your holidays ever sweeter and more memorable.
1.
Florettas (Rosettes) and Chocolate
Lenoir’s Jessica Maher inherited a set of vintage rosette irons from her grandmother (who called them florettas) and still uses them in this rosette cookie recipe.
Photography by Knoxy
2.
Dark and Spicy Gingerbread
This moist gingerbread is adapted from The Gift of Southern Cooking by Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock. This version uses Steen’s Pure Cane Syrup and is delicious all by itself or dressed up with poached pears or apples, whipped cream or lemon curd.
Photography by Knoxy
3.
Crispy Pecan Pralines (PRAY-LEENS)
These Texas pralines courtesy of Tabatha Stephens.
Photography by Jody Horton
4.
Mantecados (Spanish Christmas Cookies)
“I studied abroad in Seville, Spain, during college. Right before the holidays, a little pastry shop opened across the street from my apartment. They sold these round little cookies in a variety of flavors, wrapped beautifully in wax paper. I’ve dreamed about them (and talked incessantly about them) ever since. This is a variation on what I remember and is every bit as delicious.” —Jessica Maher, Lenoir
Photography by Jody Horton
5.
Hanukkah Sufganiyot (Jelly Doughnuts)
Fried foods are served during Hanukkah to represent the miracle of the oil that burned in the Temple for eight days. Latkes are probably more familiar, but Israeli Jews claim the pleasantly yeasty and sweet sufganiyot as a delicacy all their own. —Jessica Maher, Lenoir
Photography by Jody Horton
6.
Christmas Stollen
Photography by Marc Brown
7.
Chocolate Ginger Ganache Truffles
These truffles are a crowd pleaser from Anne Isham’s Eat More Chocolate, Lose Weight Anyway!
