Winter Recipes

Warm up with our best winter recipes, cooking tips and entertaining ideas. Among our favorite family activities and party ideas, you’ll find hearty, heart-warming comfort foods like soups, casseroles, warm drinks and more.

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    50 Oven-Baked Recipes for Winter

    These cozy, oven-baked winter recipes are perfect for warming up on chilly nights.

    Savory Winter Soup

    Even my father, who doesn't particularly like soup, enjoys my full-flavored version of traditional vegetable soup. He asked me...

    Perfect Winter Salad

    This is my most-requested winter salad recipe. Serve it as a side salad along with your holiday meal, or enjoy...


    Our Ultimate Winter Dessert Wish List

    Whether you're in the mood for toasty treats, post-holiday sweets or a sneak peek of spring, these winter...


    The Ultimate Guide to Stew

    Want to take your stew from good to stewpendous? Our guide to stew will show you how.

    60 Winter Comfort Food Recipes

    These winter comfort food recipes can warm up even the coldest of winter nights.


    Slow-Cooker Chicken and Rice

    There’s nothing like an easy slow-cooker recipe to save the day during busy work weeks and packed school schedules. This

    Easy Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread

    We think the best kind of baked good is the snack-y sort. Something not too sweet but definitely cozy—more suited


    Copycat Cracker Barrel Meat Loaf

    If you love meat loaf, you’re likely already a fan of Cracker Barrel’s famous meat loaf. And if meat loaf


    Vegan Mashed Potatoes

    Neutral-tasting soy milk doesn't detract from the potato flavor in this quick-to-fix version of vegan mashed potatoes. —Taste of Home...


    Amaretti Cookies

    1 review

    These amaretti cookies are slightly crispy on the outside with a soft and chewy center. The classic Italian cookies are...

    Gluten-Free Apple Crisp

    With crisp topping and sweet, jammy filling, fruit crisps are one of our favorite fall baking recipes. Since the topping


    Vegan Stuffing

    Mushrooms add earthy flavor to this vegan dressing. Crunchy toasted pecans are stirred in before baking, but walnuts or almonds...


    Vegan Potpie

    Vegan potpie is a comfort food classic! It’s wonderful for a holiday dinner, potluck or meatless weeknight meal. This warm,


    Copycat Panera Tomato Soup

    While we love ordering Panera tomato soup from the counter, it’s actually convenient to cook at home! This copycat Panera


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    French Onion Pork Chops

    Picture the components of your favorite French onion soup recipe—loaded on top of a pork chop. That’s the basic concept

    Panko Chicken Tenders

    Our favorite foods to cook are back pocket recipes. You know the ones—the quick pasta dish you eat once (or


    Creamy Beef and Onion Pasta

    1 review

    This delicious pasta sauce originated after I noticed a box of onion soup packets in my cupboard. I could not...


    Caramel Apple Toffee Cookies

    I had bags of caramel bits and toffee bits in my pantry that I needed to use, and that's how...


    Cranberry Orange Layer Cake with Rosemary

    This special layer cake has a refreshing orange flavor with a hint of rosemary. Since it's an oil-based cake, it...


    Fig Balsamic Walnut Flatbread

    With sweet figs, tangy balsamic and rich goat cheese, this is one of my favorite flatbread recipes. It's also delicious...


    Bacon, Blue Cheese & Fig Bruschetta

    This is my decadent, robust version of bruschetta. I like to serve it at parties, especially on New Year’s or...


    Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Filling

    2 reviews

    My husband and I got engaged on Valentine’s Day, so the holiday is extra special in our house. Each year...


    Mother’s Day Ham

    1 review

    After one bite, my husband informed me this slow-cooker ham was the best I've ever made. I invented it because...


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    Brandy Alexander Cheesecake

    1 review

    My husband and I really enjoy a good brandy Alexander, so I thought it would be fun to create a...


    Halva-Caramel Alfajores (Caramel Filled Sandwich Cookies)

    A modern twist on a Latin American classic, my delicate butter cookies have an irresistible halvah-caramel center. —Andrea Potischman, Menlo...


    Meaty Wild Rice Meatballs in Cranberry Sauce

    1 review

    We celebrate Indigenous People's Day in October. Native Americans in Minnesota have been harvesting wild rice for several hundred years....


    We Tried a Smart Twinkly Christmas Tree—And “Smart” Is an Understatement

    Two of the holiday season's superstars, Balsam Hill and Twinkly, teamed up to create a smart Christmas tree that left...


    Slow-Cooker Guinness Beef Stew

    2 reviews

    Make this traditional Irish stew in your slow cooker! Cooking low and slow creates very tender beef and a robust...


    Copycat Panera Autumn Squash Soup

    Warm yourself on a chilly day with a bowl of this creamy, savory squash soup, a perfect match to the...