Transform your traditional recipe with this chocolate shortbread with lavender and thyme. It's laced with cocoa and glazed with lavender and thyme icing.
17 Christmas recipes to make ahead this November
Forgo the last minute Christmas stress this year with a bunch of make ahead recipes guaranteed to get you into the Christmas spirit.
Fruit mince brownies
Merry Christmas! Fruit mince adds a lovely twist to a traditional brownie.
Margaret Fulton's Christmas mince pie recipe
Food writer Kate Gibbs shares a classic mince pie recipe taught to her by her grandmother, Margaret Fulton.
Plum pudding cake pops
Katie Quinn Davies uses store-bought mud cake as a short-cut to create these impressive Christmas cake pops.
Panforte
Celebrate Christmas with this amazing Italian panforte.
Quick chocolate panforte
This cheat’s version of the classic Italian sweet uses ready-made fruit mince instead of soaked dried fruit.
Pudding biscuits
It doesn't get cuter than these fuss-free decorated bickies.
Chocolate hazelnut meringue kisses
Once you've made Katie Quinn Davies' crunchy meringue kisses, all you need are homemade labels and Christmas gifts are sorted.
Silvia Colloca’s panpepato recipe
"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
Irish cream mince pies
These Irish cream mince pies are a decadent Christmas favourite.
How to preserve lemon and limes
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 Christmas Pudding
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
If you're not adding candy canes to your ice cream, you're not doing Christmas right
Crushed candy canes add festive flair to creamy homemade ice cream.
Silvia Colloca's preserved peaches in vanilla syrup
Preserve the taste of summer with fruit worth bottling. You will need 2 x 720ml Mason jars.
Mum's mini mince pies
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.