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Favorite Holiday Party Side Dishes By Jayci Holsing
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re you wanting to throw “da bomb” holiday party for family and friends but coming up short on ideas on what to serve? Creating perfect, fun, delicious, relatively easy, and attractive, dishes for holiday parties can be stressful and time-consuming. Resources like Pinterest and Facebook are helpful, but sometimes those recipes can be more difficult and time-consuming to create than they seem to be in writing. Look no further, we have some great tasting and easy recipes for you!
Baked Cranberries
Candied Sweet Potatoes
• 1 package of fresh cranberries • powdered sugar • cinnamon • nutmeg
• 1 large can of yams • 1 stick butter • brown sugar • marshmallows
These baked cranberries lend a great twist to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday classic side. Not only do they taste like Christmas, they make your home smell like Christmas while baking them! Preheat your oven to 300 degrees and rinse your cranberries. Add some powdered sugar with a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg to a large bag or container with a lid and then add your cranberries. Shake the closed bag or container to coat the cranberries, then lay them out on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake in the oven for 3-5 minutes. Once the cranberries are done, they’ll become crisp enough to pop in your mouth but still retain their fresh fruit consistency. The light coating of powdered sugar and spices on these cranberries makes them just sweet enough to offset the tartness of the berries themselves. This versatile recipe can also be served as a snack or a dessert!
Sweet potatoes are another staple of the holiday season. Try this candied sweet potato recipe! All you will need is a large can of yams, a stick of butter, brown sugar, and marshmallows. Preheat the oven to 350. Drain the yams, cut them into smaller pieces, and add them to an oven-safe bowl. Cover the yams with plenty of brown sugar. Add 8-10 pats of butter on top of the brown sugar and bake until the butter and brown sugar have melted together and become a glaze. Add marshmallows to the top of your dish and put back in the oven until the tops of the marshmallows are golden brown.
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Holiday 2023