Play Along: Holiday Sweets! This illustrated recipe celebrates my love for Italy, the magic of owls and delicious star cookies. I discovered this recipe (created by Mary Ann Esposito) many years ago in a Tomie dePaola book, Jingle The Christmas Clown. I try to make these every year for Christmas.

This recipe was posted by Bobby Parish from flavcity. They are my absolutely favourite keto-recipe bloggers and have an adorable 1 year old daughter Rose who fully participates in all their cooking ventures.

Table full of traditional Christmas desserts! Sugar cookies, Christmas pudding, marshmallow lollipops and more!

This is a collage made from hand-painted deli sheets and then torn, not cut with scissors.

My favorite part of dessert during holiday parties are the Italian cookies! Here is an assortment of the many cookies, all equally delicious in their own way!

Our family's longest-running Christmas tradition is to bake these prize-winning white chocolate cranberry bars. One year, my husband started calling it "Cramble" and the name stuck! Making paper chains, sawing down our chosen Christmas tree from the local tree farm, and keeping a countdown to Christmas written on our big family chalkboard are just a few other traditions we treasure that made their way into this illustrated recipe.

Yummy cozy mugs full of liquid love to warm your hands and heart. Tasty treats go alongside to sweeten your day. I’m ready to pull up a comfy sofa and sink right in!

This is my families traditional Christmas cookie recipe that we’ve used ever year for as long as I can remember! We make yummy cookies and then decorate them with lots of frosting and sprinkles. These cookies are definitely one of the best things about the holiday season.

This illustration shows a selection of traditional Christmas delights around Europe.

‘Tis the time of year when kitchen counters and every available flat surface are covered in sweets and all sorts of sugary decorations. Here are some dressed up festive cupcakes adorned with loads of colorful treats.

My most favorite cake of all Russian pastries is the honey cake we call is Medovik. It's a moist soft delight packed with sweet aromatic flavor. There are tons of variations of this beauty, some use condensed milk others like to go a healthier route by substituting with sour cream. Overall you can't go wrong with a good holiday honey cake!

So fun to knock on neighbor's doors with cookie or candy filled tins during the holidays. Happy faces all the way around!

Amaretti, torrone and biscotti? Here we come

A fat-free, no gluten, no sugar best of Swiss traditional Christmas Cookies.