I absolutely love the holiday season, largely because of the seasonal food and my family's cooking and baking traditions. These are the cookbooks my family and I use during the holiday season featuring beginner and advanced recipes!
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Thanksgiving
Christmas
Thanksgiving
pThe cutest cookbook filled with classic Thanksgiving recipes! I love the seasonal illustrations in it as well as the advice on table decorating and planning.
The Friendsgiving Handbook
This is a year-round seasonal cookbook that features some of the best Thanksgiving recipes!
Baking for Every Season
This isn't a Thanksgiving themed cookbook but it's my go-to for pie recipes!
The Book On Pie: Everything You Need to Know to Bake Perfect Pies|
The BEST Thanksgiving cookbook for beginners!
Thanksgiving 101
I love using this cookbook when I cook for friendsgiving as some of my friends are vegan!
Vegan Holiday Cookbook: Festive Plant-Based Meals and Desserts for the Thanksgiving and Christmas Table
Another great vegan cookbook for the holidays! I primarily use this for Thanksgiving.
The Vegan Holiday Cookbook
Christmas
So many recipes! This is my family's go-to cookbook during the holiday season!
Taste of Home Christmas
Cookie decorating during Christmas has always been a family tradition in my household. To this day we still bake Christmas cookies for Santa even though my sister and I are adults. We love to use this cookbook since it has such a large variety of coo...
Taste of Home All New Christmas Cookies
My go-to Christmas cookbook when I want to bake simple recipes in a short amount of time!
The Easy Christmas Cookie Cookbook
I'm from the South and we have some delicious twists on traditional Christmas dishes that this cookbook emulates! Plus, it has some super cute ideas for decorating and homemade gifts!
Christmas with Southern Living 2025: Inspired Ideas for Holiday Cooking and Decorating
This is such a whimsical cookbook and features such unique recipes. I love creating these dishes and eating them while I watch Elf!
The Unofficial Elf Cookbook
The CUTEST cookbook for the holidays! At this point, its a family tradition to make these dishes and watch the Charlie Brown movies!
The Peanuts Holiday Cookbook
I love using this cookbook when watching classic Christmas movies like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Elf!
The Christmas Movie Cookbook: Recipes from Your Favorite Holiday Films
Another great holiday cookbook full of recipes from various books!
A Literary Holiday Cookbook
I remember having a similar cookbook as a kid and I absolutely adored helping my mom make the recipes. This is the cutest set of cookbooks and so much fun for kids!