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Christmas and Thanksgiving

Pieces of gingerbread coffee cake, drizzled with maple icing.

High Altitude Gingerbread Maple Coffee Cake

Light blue and white snowflake cake with a white birthday candle.

Snowflake First Birthday Cake

Chocolate peppermint ice cream, sprinkled with crushed candy canes.

Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream (no churn recipe)

Eggnog cake with a buttercream Christmas tree piped up the side.

High Altitude Eggnog Cake with a Buttercream Christmas Tree

A Christmas cookie box filled with 12 different cookies.

Christmas Cookie Box: 12 Recipes and a Styling Guide

Chocolate sandwich cookies filled with coconut cream frosting.

Chocolate and Coconut Cream Sandwich Cookies

Stamped snickerdoodle shortbread cookies on a cooling rack.

Stamped Snickerdoodle Shortbread Cookies

Chocolate sugar cookies, dipped in white chocolate and peppermint, stamped with Christmas messages.

White Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Cookies with Peppermint

Vanilla salted caramels on wax paper.

Soft and Chewy Salted Vanilla Caramels

A half eaten maple cookie next to a cup of coffee.

High Altitude Soft Maple Cookies

A cranberry almond oatmeal cookie, resting against a coffee cup.

High Altitude Cranberry Almond Oatmeal Cookies

Butter pecan biscotti next to a Christmas mug.

High Altitude Brown Butter Pecan Biscotti

Gingerbread village Christmas house, decorated with chocolate sugar cookie houses and buttercream trees.

Gingerbread Village Cake with Iced Chocolate Shortbread

Starry nights stamped chocolate cookies glazed with icing, arranged in a silver dish.

Stamped Chocolate Shortbread Cookies

Eggnog bourbon ice cream in a mini trifle dish.

Bourbon Eggnog No Churn Ice Cream

Homemade hot chocolate mix in a vintage measuring cup.

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix with Malted Milk Powder

A Santa's Workshop Cake, with a candy door, buttercream trees, and a candy cane sign.

Santa’s Workshop Christmas Cake

Chocolate hazelnut linzer cookies, with the center cutout in the shape of a mini house.

Chocolate Hazelnut Linzer Cookies

Milk and cookies cake for Santa, with chocolate chip polkadots, chocolate chip cookies, and a glass of milk.

High Altitude Chocolate Chip Cake

Cranberry almond shortbread crumb bars, next to a jar of cranberry sauce.

Cranberry Almond Shortbread Crumb Bars

Apple cider cake with maple vanilla bean buttercream, with dried apples garnish and black candles.

High Altitude Apple Cider Layer Cake

Pumpkin sugar cookies with maple frosting, dusted with nutmeg.

High Altitude Pumpkin Sugar Cookies with Maple Icing

Homemade cranberry sauce in a white bowl, with a jar of cranberries in the background.

Cranberry Raspberry Sauce

A white pumpkin cake with chocolate leaves and chocolate covered pretzel stem.

High Altitude Pumpkin-Shaped Pumpkin Cake with Chocolate Leaves

Lemon curd poured over pieces of cardamom ginger cake.

High Altitude Cardamom Ginger Cake with Homemade Lemon Curd

Butter pecan cookies with a bite taken out of one.

High Altitude Brown Butter Pecan Cookies

A slice of pumpkin bourbon crumble pie on a white plate, topped with whipped cream, with a yellow linen napkin tucked under the plate.

Pumpkin Crumb Pie with Bourbon and Brown Sugar Streusel

A Christmas cake decorated with a car and presents painted in buttercream.

Going Home for Christmas Cake

A box full of Christmas cookies.

Shortbread Christmas Cookies and a Gingerbread House Cake

A piece of eggnog cheesecake with a vintage fork stick in the top.

Eggnog Cheesecake with Vanilla Bean and Nutmeg

A Christmas cake with a candy tree topper with sprinkles, peppermints and buttercream wreaths piped around the sides.

Christmas Tree Cake Topper

Coffee ginger cake with molasses buttercream, topped with chocolate leaves and stroop wafels.

High Altitude Coffee Ginger Cake with Molasses Buttercream

Christmas cupcakes arranged on a cake pedestal.

Christmas, Cupcakes and Cookies

Peppermint bark pops on red and white striped sticks.

Peppermint Bark Pops

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