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Holiday Insights - Holiday Recipe and Cookbook Collection

Life is what you bake it. So, let's get baking!!

Here is our growing collection of holiday and seasonal recipes for your enjoyment.

Send your favorite holiday recipe, today. Make sure to include your name, city and state, so we can give you the proper credit for your contribution. Email a  holiday recipe now.

Today's Quote: I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put some in the recipe.

Recipe Conversion Chart -  get the right measures for all of your favorite recipes.

Our Recipes:

Apple Spiced Cupcakes

Applesauce Cake

Artichoke with Tarragon Butter

Avocado Dip

Banana Bread

Banana Cream  Pie

Banana Nut Muffin

Beau Monde Seasoning Mix

Bread Pudding

Brer Rabbit Molasses Sugar Cookies

Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip

Buffalo Chicken Wings

Candy Cane Cookies

Cathedral Cookies

Chicken and Cheese Enchiladas

Chinese Sesame Chicken

Chipped Beef Rye Boat

Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Cinnamon Buns

Chocolate Frosting

Chocolate Milkshake

Chocolate Mousse

Chocolate Topping

Chocolate Truffle Cookies

Christmas Fudge Cake

Christmas Wreath Salad

Cinnamon Jumbles

Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Twist Bread

Clams Casino

Clams Casino Dip

Clam Dip

Cocktail Wieners

Coconut Macroon Cookies

Coffee Can Ice Cream - a fun way to make ice cream

Cornbread, Homemade

Corned Beef and Cabbage

Cranberry Apple Punch

Cranberry Orange Oatmeal Cookies

Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins

Cranberry Sauce, Home Style

Crazy Cake

Date Nut Pinwheels

Deviled Eggs

Dump Cake

Easter Hot Cross Buns

Egg Cheese Sauce - over cooked Broccoli or Cauliflower

Eggs Benedict

Election Day Cake

Festive Coffee Ring

Festive Party Punch

Figgy Pudding

Firecracker Punch

Firecracker Salad

Fruitcake

Fudge Sundae Pie

Gingerbread

Gingerbread Cookies

Ginger Snaps

Good Friday Soup

Grandma's Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Grandpa's Old English Eggnog Recipe

Gumdrop Cookies

Hershey's Kisses Peanut Butter Blossoms

Hollandaise Sauce

Honey Mustard Sauce - 4 recipes to choose from

Horseradish, Prepared

Hot Crab Dip

Hot Cross Buns

Hungarian Chicken Paprikash

Hungarian Dumplings Nokedli

Ice Cream Pie

Irish Soda Bread

Irish Stew

Jello Cake

Jello Molds

Jello Shots

Marshmallow Applesauce Cake

Marshmallow Fudge

Mexican Goulash (Chili Pasta) Recipe

Mincemeat Cookies

Mince Meat Pie

Mint Julep Recipe - a must have for Kentucky Derby parties.

Nestle's Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie

Oatmeal Bread

Oatmeal Cookies

Okra Seafood Gumbo

Old Fashioned Baked Beans

Old Fashioned Butter Cut Out Cookies

Oven Roasted Chestnuts

Party Punch

Peanut Brittle

Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Kisses Cookies

Peppermint Bark Candy

Peppermint Candy Shortbread Cookie

Peppermint Brownies

Peppermint Kisses Pretzel Sandwich

Pepperoni Bread

Pfeffernusse

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Plum Cake

Prime Rib Roast

Pumpkin Mints - great for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas

Puppy Chow Holiday Snack

Quick Chocolate Mousse

Rocky Road Squares

Seafood Cocktail Sauce

Shamrock Salad

Shoo-Fly Cake

Shrimp Scampi

St. Patrick's Day Jello Shots

Steamed Crabs, Lobster, Seafood

Stuffed Mushrooms

Sugar Cookies

Sugar Drop Cookies

Sugar 'N Spice Holiday Cookies

Susan's Chocolate Brownies

Sweet Macaroni Salad

Taco Dip

Turkey and Dressing Recipe

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Holiday Insights, where every day of the year is a holiday, a bizarre or wacky day, an observance, or a special event. Join us in the daily calendar fun each and every day of the year.

Did You Know? There are literally thousands of daily holidays, special events and observances. There's more than one for every day of the year. Many of these holidays are new. More holidays are being created on a regular basis. At Holiday Insights, we take great efforts to thoroughly research and document the details of each one, as completely and accurately as possible.

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