Transform your traditional recipe with this chocolate shortbread with lavender and thyme. It's laced with cocoa and glazed with lavender and thyme icing.

Merry Christmas! Fruit mince adds a lovely twist to a traditional brownie.

Food writer Kate Gibbs shares a classic mince pie recipe taught to her by her grandmother, Margaret Fulton.

Katie Quinn Davies uses store-bought mud cake as a short-cut to create these impressive Christmas cake pops.

Celebrate Christmas with this amazing Italian panforte.

This cheat’s version of the classic Italian sweet uses ready-made fruit mince instead of soaked dried fruit.

It doesn't get cuter than these fuss-free decorated bickies.

Once you've made Katie Quinn Davies' crunchy meringue kisses, all you need are homemade labels and Christmas gifts are sorted.

"We always make sure we have a few squares of panpepato, a spicy and dairy-free Italian Christmas cake that’s similar to panforte, to gift Babbo Natale (Santa) – a true lover of Italian baked goods." – Silvia Colloca

These Irish cream mince pies are a decadent Christmas favourite.

Every home cook should know how to make preserved lemons and limes – they’re the most straightforward and cheapest of all the preserves. All you need is lemons or limes and salt.

Maggie Beer’s Christmas pudding is a must for the silly season. Packed with aromatic dried fruits and nuts, it’s a real crowd-pleaser. Maggie Beer Christmas Pudding

Crushed candy canes add festive flair to creamy homemade ice cream.

Preserve the taste of summer with fruit worth bottling. You will need 2 x 720ml Mason jars.

Katie Quinn Davies says that her mum makes the best mince pies ever, complete with her own crumbly shortcrust pastry and flavour-packed filling. Try them for yourself this Christmas.