Homemade Holiday

Allrecipes Homemade Holiday features the Top 20 food gift for 2013. Allrecipes’ Homemade Holiday is designed to be the home cook’s one-stop destination to successfully shop for, prepare, package, and share top-rated food gifts. The Allrecipes Team has compiled how-to videos, Pinterest boards, helpful articles, recipes hubs, and more to make you a Holiday Hero!

Here is our Top 20!

1. Cranberry Hootycreeks
2. The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies
3. Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti
4. Saltine Toffee Cookies  
5. Original Irish Cream       
   "I love giving friends some homemade potent potables during the holidays. This Original Irish Cream recipe is perfectly decadent, and makes terrific treat this hectic time of year."— Sonja, Production Manager
6. Homemade Herb Salt    
7. Dry Rub for Ribs               
8. Raspberry Vinegar I
9. Mom's Best Peanut Brittle
   "One of my cousins brings peanut brittle to Thanksgiving every year and I always eat way too much of it.  I actually look forward to it more than any of the other desserts.  We're doing a "Friendsgiving" dinner this weekend and I plan on bringing Mom's Best Peanut Brittle as a dessert. Can't wait to give it a try!” — Michael, SEO Analyst, BI   
10. Aunt Teen's Creamy Chocolate Fudge
11. Salted Caramel Sauce 
    “I can’t wait to make this and share with family and friends, so many yummy possibilities to enjoy it with this holiday!” — Cory, Sr. Manager, Brands Marketing & Communication 
12. Caramel Popcorn: One of our most popular recipes in 2013! 
13. Rockin' Salsa      
14. Megan's Granola
    "I'm super excited to make this granola to give away as a gift this year (hopefully I won't eat it all myself...it looks pretty yummy). I've ordered some really cool tins to package it up to give this away.” — Esmee, Vice President, Brand Marketing  
15. Sweet and Spicy Roasted Almonds         
16. Banana Banana Bread: Banana Banana Bread is the #1 searched recipe on Allrecipes.com.
17. All Day Apple Butter      
18. Cranberry, Apple, and Fresh Ginger Chutney     
19. Homemade Vanilla Extract          
20. Doggie Biscuits I
    "With all the amazing cookies and treats that show up at parties and as hostess gifts, I like to make Doggie biscuits to share with the all of my friends' furbabies." — Elizabeth, Sr. Manager, Retention Marketing 

Looking for more inspiration? View more favorite food gifts here. 

Food Gift Videos | Learn how easy it is to make each of our Top 20 food gifts. Watch the Food Gift videos to see for yourself.

In this video, you’ll see easy ideas for making a tasteful holiday. Nothing is more welcome than a homemade food or beverage gift, and you never have to worry about it being the wrong size.

Homemade Holiday on Pinterest | Give the gift of homemade goodness—it’s easier than you think! Make your gift pretty and festive with just the right cookie tin, glass jar, or gift bag. Share photos of your holiday handiwork: #HomemadeHoliday