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

Making your own king cake from scratch takes time and patience, but the rewards outweigh the challenges. 

This astonishingly moist and fragrant almond cake infused with rum and vanilla is crowned by a white glaze that crackles as the spoon digs in.

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

This chana masala recipe has a clever trick: boiling the canned chickpeas with their liquid helps them mimic the texture you would get from soaking dried ones.

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.

This light, coffee-flavored cake is a fun twist on the decadent classic, with layers of Kahlúa-soaked ladyfingers set between a sweet mascarpone filling.

With their slightly sweet flavor, light texture, and golden color, it's easy to see why these Swedish saffron buns have been enjoyed for hundreds of years.

This is a no-nonsense oatmeal cookie recipe—no raisins, chocolate chips, or anything else to divert attention from the comforting classic.

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

This classic Jewish American rugelach recipe uses a very cold cream cheese–based dough to make tender, flavorful rolled cookies full of sweet jam and cinnamon.