Ultimate Holiday Cookbook

Start planning your festivities here. Choose from dozens of our best-ever holiday recipes.

Holiday Cookbook
Appetizers and Drinks
Entrees
Sides
Desserts
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Holiday Reader Favorites

These holiday recipes all earned five-star reviews from CookingLight.com users.

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Basic Cranberry Sauce

This indispensable holiday accompaniment was so easy and flavorful, it inspired Mandivola to promise, "I will never buy cranberry sauce from a can again! It came out perfectly and it was very low maintenance to make. Delicious!"

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