A collection of baking, pastry, and candy recipes for celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Click below to explore all of my Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes, including gingerbread cookies, sand tarts, cranberry jelly candies, miniature Christmas puddings, peppermint lollipops, candy cane truffles, a gingerbread house tutorial, and more.


Puff Pastry Christmas Trees
Gingerbread Hot Chocolate
Gingerbread Wreath
Snowflake Sugar Cookies
Peppermint Meringues
Gingerbread Cookies
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Candy Cane Cookies
Sand Tarts
Sand Tarts
Cranberry Orange Muffins
Mini Christmas Puddings
Mincemeat Hand Pies
Brie and cranberry brownies on a sheet of parchment
Cranberry Brie Brownies
Stack of marshmallows with sprig of mint on top
Peppermint Marshmallows
Squares of cranberry jelly candy and fresh cranberries on a white surface, with red tea towel behind
Cranberry Jelly Candy
Peppermint Lollipops
Candy cane chocolate truffles and crushed candy canes on white surface
Candy Cane Truffles
Peppermint Bark
Peppermint Bark
Cranberry Orange Parfait
Sugared Rosemary
Gingerbread Simmer Pot
Sugared Cranberries
Cinnamon Ornaments
Gingerbread houses on a white surface with silver stars
Gingerbread House
Cranberry Curd Tart
Bowl of cranberry compote and fresh cranberries
Cranberry Compote
Cranberry Hand Pies
Photo of wreath shaped pastries with green frosting and candy decorations, on a white background
Nutella Hand Pies

Rebecca Frey

Rebecca Frey is a freelance recipe developer, food writer, photographer, stylist, and pastry chef. She earned the Diplôme de Pâtisserie (French Pastry Techniques Diploma) from Le Cordon Bleu London in 2020 and an MSc in Culinary Innovation from Birkbeck, University of London in 2022, where she focused her dissertation research on Pennsylvania Dutch recipes. She also holds a Professional Chocolatier’s Certificate from Ecole Chocolat. Rebecca has developed recipes for websites including Serious Eats, The Spruce Eats, Wine Enthusiast, and others. Follow her on Instagram @bastecutfold.

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