Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates! If you followed AmyBites at this time last year, you’ll remember that I made a cookbook of the best AmyBites recipes from 2011. I had so much fun that I had to do it again this year! This year’s book features 20 recipes that were most commented, tweeted, pinned, liked, and loved this year—and my favorites, too.
And, also like last year, there’s a giveaway! There will be 2 grand prize winners who will receive a printed copy of the cookbook and a $50 Williams-Sonoma gift card each. The giveaway is open through January 1st, so you have a week to enter via the Rafflecopter widget below. You must leave a comment on this entry sharing your favorite holiday food to enter, but there are also optional ways to earn more entries: like the brand new AmyBites Facebook page, follow me on Twitter, or tweet about the giveaway to multiply your entries. Good luck!
When the giveaway ends, I’ll be offering the cookbook as a downloadable e-book, and for the first time this year, I’ll also offer printed books for purchase! Stay tuned for more information next week. Happy Holidays!
61 Comments
Lauren says: December 24, 2012 at 2:00 pm //
My favorite AmyBites recipes has to be the turkey chili. It is fantastic, super easy to make, and it tastes better and better with each reheating. We double the recipe all the time!
Bekah says: December 24, 2012 at 2:01 pm //
Every year we make Ris A La Mande on Christmas Eve. We aren’t danish, but some dear friends introduced it to us twenty years ago and its everyone’s favorite tradition.
Hannah says: December 24, 2012 at 2:35 pm //
My family always makes this dessert called “Cranberry Ice” – its not quite a slushie and it’s not quite a sorbet. But its this delicious frozen cranberry dessert that we think came from one of my grandma’s Weight Watchers books from the 70′s. Either way, it’s one of those family things I know I won’t be getting elsewhere!
Elia says: December 24, 2012 at 5:06 pm //
My mom makes homemade eggnog every year that is just incredible!
tcarolinep says: December 24, 2012 at 6:25 pm //
I like sweet potato casserole
Katie says: December 24, 2012 at 6:31 pm //
We have huge homemade cinnamon rolls every Christmas morning. I look forward to those every year!
Anna L says: December 24, 2012 at 6:33 pm //
Yay! My favorite is absolutely the ham we cook for Christmas dinner – leftovers for days that go in so many things!
Jaslyn says: December 24, 2012 at 6:34 pm //
I guess Tamales are always good around Christmas time. Though I prefer capirotada, though I don’t think it’s strictly for the holidays.
Vicky says: December 24, 2012 at 6:42 pm //
My favorite holiday meal
Family tradition: rosemary roasted lamb
meredith says: December 24, 2012 at 9:04 pm //
My favorite holiday foods are peppermint cookies and citrus meltaways!
Elena says: December 24, 2012 at 9:05 pm //
My favorite holiday food is roasted turkey
Rachael H. says: December 24, 2012 at 9:30 pm //
Mmm, I LOVE pumpkin cheesecake! And any kind of mashed potatoes.
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emily says: December 24, 2012 at 9:37 pm //
My English mum makes yorkshire pudding…not healthy, but it’s Christmas!
Lisa says: December 24, 2012 at 10:37 pm //
My favorite holiday food to make is a baked ham! I can’t glaze it cause my father is diabetic, but I use cloves and it always comes out delicious!
sarah says: December 25, 2012 at 8:53 am //
It’s the cinnamon rolls, because I’m too lazy to make them the rest of the year!
Kelsey says: December 25, 2012 at 12:45 pm //
Our family Christmas breakfast always includes sausage strata that deliciously cooks while we open our stockings!
Alaine says: December 25, 2012 at 3:50 pm //
I love the ham the most
Max says: December 25, 2012 at 11:32 pm //
Turkey!
Jenna says: December 26, 2012 at 10:12 am //
For Christmas, ham. And cookies, obviously!
Samantha Remington says: December 26, 2012 at 12:02 pm //
Vegan lasagna is a tradition in our house
valerie says: December 26, 2012 at 9:19 pm //
love making and eating fudge for the holidays
Victoria S. says: December 27, 2012 at 12:07 pm //
My favorite holiday food is cranberry sauce!
Sara McHenry says: December 27, 2012 at 1:27 pm //
My mom makes a delicious cornbread dressing that we eat once a year on Thanksgiving–it’s an old family recipe. You have to make the cornbread a day or two ahead of time so it’s dried out. So good!
Jeanette says: December 27, 2012 at 2:10 pm //
I love creamed turkey!
Isabelle Slifer says: December 27, 2012 at 3:12 pm //
I love Amy’s turkey stuffing, pumpkin pie, Mac & Cheese . . . The pictures of her food are delicious! Being married to a Lithuanian, we celebrate the Christmas Eve dinner. It is a meatless dinner of 12 dishes. One of my favorites is the Misraine; a mixture of beans, eggs, and beets.
Ashley says: December 27, 2012 at 3:20 pm //
One of our Christmas traditions is to make sausage balls to munch on while we open presents in the morning~ I think a new tradition though is potato soup!
Amanda Sakovitz says: December 27, 2012 at 4:21 pm //
I love ham and chocolate trifles!
Thomas Murphy says: December 27, 2012 at 4:48 pm //
My favorite holiday food is ham.
rondah says: December 27, 2012 at 6:47 pm //
my favorite is dressing
Meryl says: December 27, 2012 at 7:18 pm //
My favorite is homemade chocolate truffles!
Louis says: December 27, 2012 at 7:19 pm //
Apple pie and vanilla ice cream.
ikkinlala says: December 27, 2012 at 9:07 pm //
My favourite holiday food is shortbread – both because I like it in general and because my grandma taught me how to make it.
Karen Medlin says: December 27, 2012 at 10:16 pm //
A fresh batch of Hot Cinnamon Rolls makes a perfect holiday food.
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says: December 28, 2012 at 1:53 am //
Awesome giveaway! I could also make a trip out to Williams-Sonoma! My favorite holiday food has to be pineapple ham. I love devouring the entire ham and then using the bone to make a sweet, ham bone soup!
Lauren says: December 28, 2012 at 11:12 am //
I always make some type of cupcake for New Years! They are usually well-received…who doesn’t like cupcakes? Lol
Juliana Walters says: December 28, 2012 at 2:13 pm //
Leftover rolls topped with leftover ham or turkey, and a little mayo.
Elijah Jones says: December 28, 2012 at 2:41 pm //
It’s not really a holiday dish, but for my birthday my dad makes a dish that is sort of like Braciola and we usually have it between christmas and new years.
Madison says: December 28, 2012 at 7:43 pm //
my favourite holiday food is pumpkin pie! I look forward to it every time and should really make it more often
StephA says: December 28, 2012 at 8:30 pm //
My favorite holiday food is vegetable lasagna.
Jessica S. says: December 28, 2012 at 10:42 pm //
My favorite holiday meal is the lasagna I make on XMas Eve. It is a family recipe that has been passed down for awhile now.
Laura Jacobson says: December 29, 2012 at 12:55 pm //
My favorite holiday food is lefse and spritz cookies!
Tammy Shelton says: December 29, 2012 at 2:59 pm //
My favorite is… PIE!
Maureen says: December 29, 2012 at 5:25 pm //
My favorite is anything that has to deal with gingerbread like the iced gingerbread cookies or cupcakes.
Julie says: December 29, 2012 at 9:14 pm //
Eggnog is my favorite
Tabathia B says: December 29, 2012 at 9:49 pm //
Fried turkey breast
Michelle H. says: December 30, 2012 at 12:05 am //
Baked Ham…I almost never eat ham because I wait to have it on holidays
Shannon says: December 30, 2012 at 12:55 am //
Oh my, I love all holiday food but probably hands down our family recipe for cornbread stuffing and mashed potatoes are my top two, always look forward to recipes! I also love peppermint bark or actually anything involving peppermint this time of the year!
Jill says: December 30, 2012 at 1:59 am //
My favorite holiday food is sweet potato casserole
Julie says: December 30, 2012 at 7:15 am //
my favorite is my sis’s homemade macaroni and cheese thanks
Zoopa Mom says: December 30, 2012 at 8:30 am //
I love roasted shrimp cocktail during the holidays
Kristin says: December 30, 2012 at 11:56 am //
My favorite holiday food is my grandma’s peanut butter fudge. Making and then eating it reminds me of Christmases at her house as a kid.
Liz says: December 30, 2012 at 2:19 pm //
My favorite holiday food has to be turkey. My MIL just makes the absolute best turkey and it is the one thimg that I look forward to for dinner. My favorite holiday dessert however is bourban pecan pie. Mmmmmm!
Tara says: December 30, 2012 at 3:14 pm //
My mom & grandma make the best noodles!
rachel says: December 30, 2012 at 11:21 pm //
Christmas cut-out cookies! Although truffles would definitely top those
Cheryl W. says: December 31, 2012 at 12:18 am //
My favorite holiday food is Pumpkin Cream Cheese roll.
Deanna G. says: December 31, 2012 at 5:29 pm //
Gingerbread cookies!
Prasert says: December 31, 2012 at 6:08 pm //
zucchini gingerbread.
Donna says: December 31, 2012 at 6:20 pm //
I love sweet cinnamon sugar cookies
mary says: December 31, 2012 at 6:43 pm //
my mother makes awesome blueberry cherry mango cups. It’s like a delicious fruit pastry
Linda says: December 31, 2012 at 8:43 pm //
eggnog cream puffs
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