14 Secret Holiday Recipes from Grandma’s Kitchen
Get ready to bring a touch of nostalgia to your holiday celebrations with 14 secret recipes straight from Grandma’s kitchen. These time-tested dishes have been passed down through generations, and now it’s time to share the love. From savory classics to sweet treats, these recipes will make your holiday table unforgettable!
Italian Pistachio Cookie Recipe
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This recipe for Italian Pistachio Cookies uses only 5 ingredients. The cookies are soft and share the tastes of pistachio and lemon. They are great for a quick cookie recipe any time of the year, and the green color also makes them a great fit for Christmas dessert!
Easy Cranberry Sauce with Orange Juice
All you need is some cranberries, sugar, oranges and an Instant Pot and you have the easiest Easy Cranberry Sauce! To make the flavor even better this Cranberry Sauce with Orange Juice also features a slight cinnamon flavor. And you’ll love the 2 minute cook time almost as much as you love the taste.
Buttery Pecan Snowball Cookies
This cookie recipe is made with pecans and exhibits an almost shortbread-like texture that we LOVE. With just 6 ingredients and 10 minutes of active work, you’ll love these melt-in-your-mouth Buttery Pecan Snowball cookies!
Traditional Italian Pizzelle Recipe
This Pizzelle Recipe will teach you how to make Italian Pizzelle Cookies, the oldest cookies in the world. Pizzelle are thin, snowflake shaped cookies that are thin and delicate. They are great served plain, with powdered sugar, nutella, or even ice cream!
Fudgy Brownie Recipe
This Fudgy Brownie Recipe is the ultimate brownie recipe for chocolate lovers! If you want chewy, fudgy, and ultimately chocolatey, you’ve come to the right place!
Spinach Pie Recipe
Spinach mixes with feta cheese, cream cheese, and cottage cheese and then is layered amongst crispy layers of phyllo dough for the most decadent Spinach Pie Recipe you’ve ever tasted. This dish is creamy, decadent, and oh so delicious!
Bourbon Pecan Pie
There is just no way to describe all of the goodness that is this pie. A rich gooey sugary layer topped with toasted pecans baked to perfection.
Easy Shepherd’s Pie
This quick Shepherd’s Pie is a casserole-style dish made with frozen vegetables like peas, corn, carrots, and green beans and is perfect for an easy dinner.
Easy Cranberry Apple Pie
Cranberry Apple Pie is a sweet-tart and totally refreshing take on a classic apple pie with bright bursts of cranberry flavor! The flaky, buttery crust, sweet apple-cranberry pie filling, and tart bursts of fresh cranberries with just a hint of cinnamon make for a delicious and festive Fall dessert, sure to delight guests and family this holiday season.
Sweet Potato Quiche Recipe
Sweet Potato Quiche Recipe consisting of roasted sweet potatoes, crisp red onions, smoky bacon, fresh rosemary and parsley make for a unique and palate pleasing quiche recipe. Add gruyere cheese and you’ve got heaven in a pie plate!
Beef Steak Pie
Beef Steak Pie is a wonderful old recipe that needs to be brought back to life! It is a rich, meaty steak and mushroom pie recipe that gives you a taste of history and is super comforting for cold weather days!
Best Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
This is the BEST Homemade Chicken Pot Pie recipe ever with a flaky crust, chunks of chicken, and rich gravy with veggies. It’s a meal that gets requested over and over at our house, especially for Sunday dinner. Pot pie is also a great way to use up leftover chicken or turkey after the holidays.
Traditional Italian Biscotti Recipe
Try out this Italian Biscotti Recipe that comes straight from Italy! This recipe will teach you the step-by-step perfect method for creating delicious, toasted, cozy biscotti.
Walnut Cookies
Walnut Cookies, or Walnut Roll-Up Cookies, as we call them in my house are a delicious way to bring the holiday spirit to your home! The dough is made with yeast, so it rises a bit and is then stuffed with a chopped walnut filling that will leave your taste buds singing.