Now that the weather’s getting cooler and we’re headed into the holiday season, it’s time to dig out those favorite winter recipes! {Looking for winter crafts? Click HERE!} These are just a few of our top cold-weather picks…
Favorite Winter Recipes
Breakfast
One of our all-time favorites in this house are these Everyday Cinnamon Rolls by Our Best Bites. Fluffy, gooey, YUMMY.
Prep Overnight Baked French Toast (Our Best Bites) or Make-Ahead Christmas Sausage (Meaningful Mama) the night before for a roll-out-of-bed easy breakfast.
I’ve always wanted to learn how to make scones, and this post on Basic Baked Scones by Our Best Bites is the perfect tutorial!
Mmm. So many good things in one dish… Caramel Apple Bread Pudding via Our Best Bites
What better way to wow your little ones on a winter morning than with Christmas Tree Pancakes (Meaningful Mama)!
Slow-Cooking
Hot soup in the crockpot? Yes please! These Crockpot Soup Recipes will keep you warm and toasty all day long.
The motherload of all crockpot recipe collections… Slow-Cooker Recipes, Fall Slow-Cooker Recipes, and Simple Slow-Cooker Recipes.
For some delicious chicken variations, try Slow-Cooker Chicken With Salsa (Your Modern Family), Easy Whole Chicken in the Crock Pot or Chicken Stock in the Crock Pot (The Realistic Mama).
Easy Pasta
These One-Pot Pasta Recipes and Easy Lasagna are always a hit.
If you want to kick it up a notch but keep it easy, try Linguine with White Bean and Olive Sauce.
Both Spicy Pasta with Chicken, Spinach, and Goat Cheese and Stovetop Ravioli with Peas and Pancetta (Foodlets) are tantalizing alternatives to traditional winter meals.
Comfort Food
This Quick Red Chili (Jornie) cooks up in less than an hour, and will thrill the taste buds of young and old. If you’re looking for a non-typical chili (though every bit as delicious), try Black Bean and Sweet Potato Turkey Chili (Our Best Bites).
Heat up your kitchen with Moroccan Chicken (Beauty Through Imperfection), or let it simmer with Roasted Lemon Chicken with Vegetables (Foodlets).
Curl up with a bowl of Chicken Chipotle Chowder and send the cold packing. (Our Best Bites)
These DIY Oven Potatoes and Sweet Potato Fries (The Realistic Mama) are great for munching any time of the day or night.
Breads
Tired of store-bought, or just really want your house to smell like ahhhmazing bread (without endless hours in the kitchen)? Try this brilliant step-by-step Easy White Sandwich Bread via Jornie, or mouth-watering Multigrain Bread via Our Best Bites.
If hot French loaves are your kryptonite, you will die for Turkish Bread {Gunluk Ekmek} via Jornie. It’s easy, gorgeous, and sooo incredibly delicious.
You’ve just got to try this Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread, these Homemade Soft Pretzels, and (of COURSE), these World’s Best Dinner Rolls by Our Best Bites. They’re the perfect bread-based sides for any meal.
Sweets
You haven’t tried Apple Crisp until you’ve tried THIS Apple Crisp from Beauty Through Imperfection.
Giant Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (Jornie). Two kinds of chocolate, and as big as a saucer. ‘Nuff said.
Can’t get enough of eggnog during the holiday season? You have to make these Eggnog Sandwich Cookies via Meaningful Mama.
BRING ON THE CANDY CANES! Chocolate Peppermint Chex Mix and Peppermint Candy Cane Brownies (Our Best Bites), Easy Homemade Peppermint Bark and Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream (Meaningful Mama) will quench all your candy cane cravings.
If you just prefer plain ol’ chocolatey goodness, these recipes for Creamy Chocolate Fudge (Our Best Bites) and Champurrado: Thick Mexican Hot Chocolate (Amanda’s Cookin’) will give you just the fix you’re looking for.
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