Christmas fruit cake to sugar cookies, and more: Try these chef-curated Christmas recipes Christmas dishes: This Christmas, let your culinary experiments bring a fresh twist to classic recipes ...

Once your cookie crust has cooled completely, spread your cream cheese mixture on top of your crust. Arrange your fruit on top of your cream cheese mixture. Add your fresh mint for garnish.

Nandy’s Fruit Cake Cookies First Place, Classic, Dallas Morning News Holiday Cookie Contest 2019 (Suzy Cravens, Coppell) 1/2 cup currants and dried blueberries ...

This berry-studded cake is festive enough for the holiday table but comes together so easily, you can mix it up anytime. Pop it in the oven as you're sitting down for dinner. If you have leftovers ...

Find a dry and cool place to store your cake for at least two weeks. Some people will soak a linen cloth with brandy, rum, whiskey, or even sherry and place it over the cake at this point.

"Considered an indulgence, fruit cake was thus reserved for special occasions and holidays," Potica bakery writes. "As time went on, others began to credit Truman Capote’s 1956 short story, “A ...