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A Christmas cookbook by Margaret

Christmas dinner on time, and you get to sit down with everyone else.

My family's Christmas recipes, from the cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning to the pecan pie at night, with a five-day plan that does most of the cooking before the 25th. On Christmas Day you warm, carve and set the table.

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40 recipes8 chapters
5-day planDec 20 to 25
Make-ahead noteson every recipe
One paymentyours every year
Kitchen with Margaret
Margaret'sChristmas Table

40 family recipes and the
make-ahead plan I use every year

40holiday
recipes

Sound familiar?

Every December, the kitchen wins.

You love cooking Christmas dinner. What wears you out is trying to cook all of it on the same afternoon.

The oven

Everything needs it at four o'clock.

The ham, the rolls, the casserole and the pie all want the oven at once, and there is only one.

The timing

Something is always cold.

The ham is ready, the potatoes are not, and the gravy goes lumpy while you wait on the rolls.

The empty chair

You eat last, and alone.

The family is laughing at the table while you're still at the stove. Then you're the one washing up.

None of that is about your cooking. It's about the order you cook in.

Margaret in her kitchen, wearing a red apron
Margaret, in her kitchen

A note from my kitchen

I stopped cooking Christmas in one day.

For years I did it the hard way. I'd be up at five, still in my apron when everyone sat down, and too tired to enjoy a single bite.

Then I started cooking the way my mother did: a little every day the week before. The pie crusts on the 21st, the casseroles on the 22nd, the cinnamon rolls rising in the fridge on Christmas Eve. By Christmas morning the hard part was done.

This book is that week, written down. The recipes my family asks for every year, in the order I make them, with every little note I usually only tell you in the videos.

With love, Margaret

The heart of the book

The five-day Christmas countdown

A day-by-day plan with a shopping list, so nothing lands on Christmas Day that could have been done on the 22nd.

  1. DEC20

    Shop and freeze the dough

    One shopping list for the whole week. Cookie dough rolled, wrapped and into the freezer.

  2. DEC21

    Pie crusts and cranberry sauce

    Crusts made and chilled. Cranberry sauce cooked; it only gets better in the fridge.

  3. DEC22

    Casseroles assembled

    Sweet potato, green bean and dressing put together, covered and waiting. No baking yet.

  4. DEC23

    Pies, cookies and candy

    The baking day. Pies cooled on the counter, cookie tins filled, fudge cut for gifts.

  5. DEC24

    Christmas Eve, the easy way

    A simple supper, the table set, and the cinnamon rolls put in the fridge to rise overnight.

  6. DEC25

    Christmas Day: one oven, one schedule

    An hour-by-hour oven timetable so the ham, the casseroles and the rolls come out hot at the same time. You warm, carve, and sit down.

What's inside

From Christmas morning to the last slice of pie.

Eight chapters, five recipes each. Classic American Christmas food, the way it's made at home.

1

Christmas Morning

Overnight cinnamon rolls, sausage breakfast casserole, cranberry orange scones, baked French toast, hot cocoa mix.

5 recipes

2

The Main Event

Brown sugar glazed ham, herb roast turkey breast, garlic crusted prime rib, a pot roast for a small table, and gravy that never lumps.

5 recipes

3

On the Side

Sweet potato casserole with pecans, green bean casserole from scratch, cornbread dressing, make-ahead mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce.

5 recipes

4

The Bread Basket

Parker House rolls, buttermilk biscuits, sweet cornbread, cheddar drop biscuits, monkey bread.

5 recipes

5

Pies and Desserts

Old-fashioned pecan pie, pumpkin pie, chocolate cream pie, red velvet cake, bread pudding with warm sauce.

5 recipes

6

The Cookie Tin

Iced sugar cookies, gingerbread men, snickerdoodles, peanut butter blossoms, jam thumbprints.

5 recipes

7

Candy and Kitchen Gifts

Five-minute fudge, peanut brittle, peppermint bark, cinnamon sugar pecans, Christmas snack mix.

5 recipes

8

Christmas Eve and Leftovers

Ham and bean soup, turkey pot pie, the day-after sandwich, homemade eggnog, hot spiced cider.

5 recipes

40recipes
8chapters
5day countdown
1oven schedule

Look inside

This is what a recipe looks like.

The cinnamon rolls my grandchildren wake up for, written out in full.

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls

Made on Christmas Eve, baked while the presents are opened

Makes 12Hands-on 40 minBake 25 minMake ahead: Dec 24

You need

  • 1 cup (240 ml) warm milk
  • 2¼ tsp (1 packet) instant yeast
  • ¼ cup (50 g) sugar
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • ⅓ cup (75 g) soft butter
  • 4 cups (500 g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Filling: ¾ cup brown sugar, 2 tbsp cinnamon, ⅓ cup soft butter

Do this

  1. Mix milk, yeast and sugar. Add eggs, butter, flour and salt, and knead until soft and smooth.
  2. Let it rise, covered, until doubled, about an hour.
  3. Roll into a rectangle, spread the filling, roll up tight and cut into 12.
  4. Set them in a buttered 9x13 pan, cover, and put the pan in the fridge overnight.
  5. Christmas morning: out of the fridge for 45 minutes, then bake at 350°F (175°C) for 25 minutes.
Margaret's secretCut the log with a piece of plain thread instead of a knife. Slide it under, cross the ends and pull. The rolls stay round instead of squashed.
If it goes wrongRolls didn't puff up overnight? Your fridge is very cold. Give them a full hour on the counter, next to the warm oven, before baking.

A sample page from the book, shortened to fit the screen.

Made for a busy kitchen

Every recipe comes with the same six things.

1

A photo first

So you know what it should look like before you start.

2

Cups and grams

American cups and spoons, with grams, °F and °C beside them.

3

The make-ahead day

Which day of the countdown it belongs to, and how to store it until then.

4

Margaret's secret

The one small detail that makes the recipe come out right.

5

If it goes wrong

Dry ham, runny pie, flat rolls: what happened and how to save it.

6

For a smaller table

How to halve it when it's just the two of you this year.

Is this for you?

Who this book is for

This is for you if…

  • You host Christmas, or you're about to for the first time.
  • You want the old family recipes, not restaurant food.
  • You'd rather cook a little each day than everything at once.
  • You want to sit at the table with your family on Christmas Day.
  • You like a cookbook you can print and keep in the kitchen.

It's probably not for you if…

  • You're looking for vegan or gluten-free holiday menus.
  • You want fancy, chef-style plating.
  • You'd rather order Christmas dinner than cook it.

Margaret's Christmas Table

Everything you need for this Christmas, and every one after.

  • The full cookbook, instant PDF download
  • 40 family Christmas recipes in 8 chapters
  • The five-day countdown, Dec 20 to 25
  • One shopping list for the whole week
  • The Christmas Day oven schedule, hour by hour
  • Margaret's secret and a "what went wrong" fix in every recipe
  • Printable pages for the fridge door
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Questions

Before you start cooking

Is this a printed book?

No, it's a digital cookbook (PDF). It opens on your phone, tablet or computer right after you pay, and you can print any page, or the whole book, at home.

Are the recipes from the videos in here?

Yes, the Christmas recipes from the channel are in the book, written out in full, plus the ones I haven't filmed yet.

Is it too late to start? Christmas is close.

Not at all. The countdown starts on December 20th. If you're reading this later, start on whatever day it is and skip ahead; every recipe also works the day it's made.

I'm cooking for just two this year.

Every recipe has a note on halving it, and the Main Event chapter has a pot roast made for a small table.

Do I need special equipment?

One oven, a 9x13 pan, a pie dish and a mixing bowl. If your kitchen has those, you're ready.

I'm not good with computers.

You press one button and the book opens. The same link arrives in your email, so you can find it again any time. If anything gives you trouble, write to us and we'll sort it out.

What if it's not for me?

Cook from it for seven days. If it doesn't make your Christmas easier, you get your money back, and you keep the book.

Ask Margaret

Questions first?

Ask anything about the book. Every message goes straight to Margaret.

This year, sit down for Christmas dinner.

40 family recipes, the five-day countdown and the oven schedule, on your phone in about a minute.

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