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Easy Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Impress your holiday party guests with this no processed sugar pumpkin pie with a beautiful maple leaf crust garnish and a creamy real pumpkin filling infused with warm autumn spices. Thanksgiving dessert idea that is very easy.


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Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Bundt Cake

Vintage made-from-scratch sweet potato Bundt cake that’s moist and delicious covered in an easy-to-make salted caramel glaze, perfect for fall, Thanksgiving or Christmas celebrations with family and friends. Best holiday dessert idea from my grandma!

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Easy Eggnog Bundt Cake Recipe

This easy-to-follow eggnog Bundt cake recipe with a simple eggnog glaze is sure to make your holiday festive and delicious. It comes together in a few steps and yields a soft, moist and delicious flavorful bite of eggnog yumminess with the right amount of warm spices, sweetness, and just a hint of rum to bring it all together for entire eggnog experience for a delicious Christmas dessert idea.

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Easy Lemon Celebration Bundt Cake

This easy-to-make Lemon Bundt Cake has a moist, delicious bite and is bursting with bright lemon flavor thanks to the addition of lemon Jell-O and limoncello liqueur. The simple sugar lemon glaze is the perfect smooth and luscious compliment to this celebration cake. Easily create white chocolate stars and a dark chocolate drizzle for a gorgeous presentation.

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Easy Christmas Tiramisu Trifle Dessert

Easy to make Christmas Tiramisu Trifle is a no-bake, time saving dessert that has all the delicious tastes of the season with every creamy bite. It’s made effortlessly with eggnog instead of the traditional eggs and heavy cream and layered with gingersnaps instead of lady fingers for that warm spice flavor that everyone is craving right now.

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Easy Peppermint Brownies

These Easy Peppermint Brownies come together in minutes and you can add the optional glaze drizzle and crushed candy canes for a little festive flare and hint of cooling sweetness. So step AWAY from the store bought mix and make my homemade version, which a deliciously moist cakey version that melts in your mouth! How to make dairy free peppermint brownies from scratch.

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Chick-fil-A Peppermint Milkshake Copycat

Dairy-free copycat homemade version of Chick-fil-a’s Peppermint Chip Milkshake for everyone to enjoy. Easily made with only three main ingredients: dairy-free vanilla ice cream, candy cane flavor syrup and dark chocolate, whip up this minty holiday treat in the convenience of your own home at a fraction of the price. Makes 18 ounces.

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Kentucky Bourbon Balls

These no-bake Kentucky Bourbon Balls would be the perfect Kentucky derby party dessert. They are dairy-free, vegan and gluten-free which makes them friendly for pretty much any guest. The taste is so amazing you can’t tell that these are a much healthier version made with pecans, vanilla protein powder, milled flax seeds, plant butter and sweetened with pure maple syrup. Makes 26 servings.

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Japanese Fruitcake

This vintage Japanese Fruitcake recipe is adapted from a 1950’s newspaper clipping from my grandmother's recipe book. It’s a four-layer cake composed of two different flavors: yellow cake and spice cake, with a lemon and raisin filling that is made on the stovetop. Traditionally served around Christmas, Japanese Fruitcake is typically garnished with fresh coconut and maraschino cherries. Old fashioned Japanese fruitcake southern recipe.

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Seven Layer Bars

These Seven Layer Bars (sometimes called Granny Squares) are effortless thrown together for a quick and easy delicious dessert. Layers of chocolate and butterscotch chips, along with coconut and pecans are toasted in sweetened condensed milk on top of a graham cracker crust. They can easily be made dairy-free and vegan by substituting for plant butter, dairy-free chocolate chips and coconut sweetened condensed milk.

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Applesauce Rum Raisin Bundt Cake

This Applesauce Rum Raisin Bundt Cake is a slice of delightfulness, perfect on a cold winter’s day. It brings warm spices, and a moist bite, along with flavors of applesauce and rum with plump and juicy raisins with each slice. The Rum Sugar Glaze elevates this dessert with a creamy hint of rum that is reminiscent of a melted ice cream drizzle, for the perfect balance. Perfect for Christmas Day.

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Peppermint Bark

It just wouldn’t be Christmas without Peppermint Bark. This classic candy has long been part of holiday celebrations and with good reason. Rich, decadent chocolate and the cool fresh flavor of peppermint intermingle for a delicious taste of the season. This is an easy-to-make recipe that can be whipped up in no time for a perfect party treat or gift.

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Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes

These Dairy-Free Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes combine two of my favorite holiday flavors for a special treat. Chocolate and peppermint are such a lovely combination that I crave during December. The Peppermint Buttercream Frosting is also dairy-free and taste just like a creamy and smooth butter mint. This recipe makes 30 regular-sized cupcakes, perfect for gift giving or Christmas party desserts.

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