Budget Christmas food gift recipes
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Christmas baking
Spiced lebkuchen
Lebkuchen is a traditional German Christmas recipe. These spice-laden star biscuits are full of festive flavours and undeniably moreish.
Christmas biscuits
Christmas tree biscuits
Making edible Christmas decorations or food gifts? These gingerbread biscuits look great and taste even better.
Blackcurrants
Seedless blackcurrant jam
Here's how to make your own seedless blackcurrant jam – spread it thickly on white bread or between layers of cake for a twist on Victoria sponge.
Chutneys
Christmas chutney
This cranberry, orange and ginger Christmas chutney is wonderful addition to any festive cheeseboard and makes an easy edible gift too.
Fudge
Peanut butter fudge
Give this gorgeous peanut butter fudge away as an edible gift, if you can bring yourself to part with it. Great for getting kids involved in the kitchen, too.
Biscuits
Florentines
Florentine biscuits are famous for their fabulously chewy-yet-crunchy texture due to their richly-packed fruit and nut content.
Mince pies
Date and apple mince pies
These star-topped mince pies with homemade date-and-pecan mincemeat will make your mince pies stand out from the competition.
Christmas baking
Ricciarelli biscuits
Ricciarelli, which originate from Siena, are given as Christmas gifts in Italy. These melt-in-the-mouth biscuits make a great edible gift.
Christmas gifts
Individual cranberry and candied orange panettone
Debbie Major's recipe for fragrantly festive Italian panettone makes eight individual bakes, rich with cranberries and candied orange.
Marshmallows
Marshmallow snowballs
Who doesn't love marshmallows? These festive marshmallow snowballs from Debbie Major make a great edible gift or dinner party treat.
Christmas baking
Chocolate snowballs
Our recipe for chocolate snowballs makes a fabulous Christmas gift, make it even better by wrapping them up with our Jam drops.
Christmas chocolate
Christmas rocky road
This easy Christmas rocky road recipe uses leftovers. A no-bake Christmas fridge cake perfect for making with kids in the school holidays.
Fudge
Easy Christmas fudge
This easy Christmas fudge recipe is fun for kids to make during the holidays. Wrap some up and give as an edible Christmas gift for friends and family.
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