Christmas Side Dishes, Dessert Recipes and Christmas Crafts for Kids

Since you’re busy wrapping, shopping, decorating and caroling {people still do that, right?}, I figured I’d keep you from having to worry about your Christmas menu by putting all the very best Christmas side dishes and desserts all in one spot. I thought I’d throw in some awesome Christmas crafts for the kids too, so you can switch gears when you have kitchen burnout!

Bring it Christmas. We’re ready for you.

Christmas Side Dishes

Old Fashioned Cranberry Sauce

Cranberry Bacon Apple Cornbread Stuffing

Baked Pineapple

Home-style Scalloped Potatoes

Salt Potatoes

Butternut Squash with Spinach and Pasta

Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar

Roasted Five-Spice Carrots

Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots

Roasted Butternut Squash

Savory Garlic and Herb Corn

Stuffed Acorn Squash 

Roasted Acorn Squash with Parmesan Cheese

Slow Cooker Pear & Ginger Applesauce 

Raspberry Applesauce

Green Beans with Toasted Cashews

Garlic Beans with Pine Nuts

Roasted Broccoli Parmesan

Christmas Desserts

Eggnog Pound Cake

Mrs. Hillbilly’s Amaretto Cheesecake Recipe

Old Fashioned Egg Custard

The Best Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Old Fashioned Gingerbread Cake

Pineapple Buttermilk Pie

Applesauce Spice Cake

Cranberry Apple Pie

Lemon Bars

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Pie

Old Fashioned Apple Crisp

My Favorite Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake w/ Coconut and Raisins

Fun Christmas Crafts for Kids

Reindeer Rootbeer Bottles

Hershey’s Kiss Candy Mice Ornament

Candy Cane Sleigh

How To Make A Candy Train

Bird Seed Ornaments

Potato Stamp Wrapping Paper