Your traditional Christmas recipes

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Apologies if there's already a thread on this.

Can I have your traditional Christmas recipes please? Even if they're not Christmas related, I love hearing about other people's traditions. Mine is to make the ginger biscuits out of an old children's recipe book I found in a charity shop, the book was something to do with a farmyard although I've lost it now and have the recipe written down instead. I normally make tiny little trees, and decorate them with an icing pen and some little gold pearl things, and give them to neighbours.

Today I also made this ginger cake from Mary Berry - that's not the exact recipe but it's pretty close. It's flipping amazing so I think I'll be making more of it and making it a tradition in years to come!

Anyone else got recipes they return to every Christmas? If so, I want to hear about them!

@mumj9

I always make clementine prosecco jellies out of the Sainsbury’s Christmas magazine. They’re really light and fruity and are fab when we eat so much other stodgy stuff over Christmas.

I don’t know about you, but finding recipes and keeping track of them is a headache when they’re scattered all over!

A website has recently launched called Cook’s Tidy (www.cookstidy.com) where you can digitise recipe collections keeping them all together, plus it gives their nutritional & calorific information, and you can plan your menus then create shopping lists. Sounds like they have a lot of plans for future enhancements too! So a useful life hack imo !

I have a recipe book that my friend got me a few years ago that is blank, and I write my own recipes in. It's very satisfying watching it fill up!

@Fivemoreminutes1

I had seen those online! Good shout! Thank you

Thank you for this thread. I need some inspiration.

My beloved DM died in July. I could not face making the pudding and cake that I always have (for the last 20 years anyway - it’s my Grandmother’s recipe) so didn’t do it. I kind of regret not having done it. But could not face actually doing it if that makes sense.

But I would like still to make some Christmassy food. And would welcome more suggestions. Thank you.