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Holiday Cookie Tree Centerpiece

Provided by: Crisco® Baking Sticks

Graduated sizes of holiday star cookies are artfully stacked to form this festive (and edible!) Yuletide centerpiece.

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Brandied Pumpkin Bread

Submitted by: MOXIECOLA

Home Town: Malden, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: Saugus, Massachusetts, USA

This hearty golden yeast bread, made in the bread machine, has a hint of spice and is wonderful served with your holiday meal.

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Chef John's Chocolate Mint Brownies

Submitted by: Chef John

Living In: San Francisco, California, USA

If you like chocolate mint brownies, try these for a special treat.

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Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

Provided by: Laurie Bennett

Spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves, this bread improves with age, so plan to make it a day ahead if possible.

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Grandmas from all around can be proud of this unique recipe that brings fabulous results. Sliced apples are mounded in a prepared pie shell, covered with a latticed crust, and just before slipping into the oven, doused with a sugary butter syrup.

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Clone of a Cinnabon

Provided by: Marsha Fernandez

Save yourself a lot of money by making your own homemade cinnamon rolls! The dough is made in the bread machine and everything else is done by hand.

Christmas Breads

They can be eaten for breakfast on Christmas morning, given as gifts, or sliced for a buffet for an open house: holiday yeast breads come in a beautiful array of shapes and flavors.

Christmas Fruitcakes

Homemade fruitcakes don't deserve their bad rap—they're wonderful confections of rum- or brandy-soaked dried fruit, toasted nuts, and candied citrus and cherries. They're also a symbol of good luck for the New Year. The longer they ripen, the better they get!

10 Tips for Great Gingerbread

Gingerbread comes in many forms: gingerbread boys and girls, gingerbread houses, and old-fashioned gingerbread cake (not to mention gingerbread lattes and gingerbread waffles)!

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