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Latkes
Ingredients: Potatoes, onions, eggs, flour, oil. Tradition: Fried potato pancakes traditionally eaten during Hanukkah.
Kwanzaa Cake
Ingredients: Cornmeal, sweet potatoes, eggs, butter, frosting. Tradition: A cake decorated to celebrate Kwanzaa, the holiday honoring African heritage.
Hanukkah Sufganiyot
Ingredients: Flour, sugar, yeast, eggs, jelly or custard filling. Tradition: A deep-fried jelly doughnut eaten during Hanukkah, symbolizing the miracle of the oil.
Hot Cross Buns
Ingredients: Flour, milk, sugar, yeast, currants or raisins, spices. Tradition: Marked with a cross on the top, these are traditionally eaten on Good Friday.
Lebkuchen
Ingredients: Honey, flour, sugar, spices, nuts. Tradition: A traditional German Christmas cookie similar to gingerbread, often shaped in hearts or rectangles.
Panettone
Ingredients: Flour, eggs, sugar, butter, candied fruits, yeast. Tradition: Typically eaten during Christmas and New Year's celebrations in Italy.
Rum Balls
Ingredients: Crushed cookies, cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, rum. Tradition: No-bake treats commonly made around Christmas time, often coated in chocolate sprinkles or coconut.
Mooncakes
Ingredients: Lotus seed paste, salted egg yolk, flour, golden syrup. Tradition: A Chinese pastry traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Gingerbread House
Ingredients: Gingerbread dough, royal icing, candy for decoration. Tradition: Often associated with Christmas, created to represent the house from the fairytale 'Hansel and Gretel'.
Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients: Pumpkin puree, eggs, cream, sugar, spices, pie crust. Tradition: A staple dessert commonly associated with Thanksgiving in the United States and Canada.
Figgy Pudding
Ingredients: Dried figs, breadcrumbs, butter, sugar, and brandy. Tradition: A pudding resembling a cake that is traditionally made for Christmas.
Stollen
Ingredients: Flour, yeast, candied fruit, nuts, powdered sugar, marzipan. Tradition: A traditional German bread, often enjoyed during the Christmas season.
Ma'amoul
Ingredients: Semolina flour, butter, powdered sugar, dates or nuts. Tradition: Middle Eastern cookies filled with dates or nuts, typically served during religious holidays like Easter for Christians and Eid for Muslims.
Yule Log (Bûche de Noël)
Ingredients: Sponge cake, chocolate buttercream, edible decorations. Tradition: A French Christmas tradition, this dessert mimics a log as part of the Yule log tradition.
Rosca de Reyes
Ingredients: Flour, sugar, butter, eggs, orange blossom water, candied fruits. Tradition: A Spanish and Latin American king's cake traditionally eaten on Epiphany.
Christmas Pudding
Ingredients: Dried fruits, nuts, flour, suet, spices, brandy. Tradition: Traditional British dessert served at Christmas, often flamed with brandy.
Simnel Cake
Ingredients: Flour, dried fruit, marzipan, eggs, sugar. Tradition: A light fruitcake covered with a layer of marzipan, traditionally served on the middle Sunday of Lent and on Mother's Day in the UK.
Kolach
Ingredients: Flour, milk, sugar, butter, yeast, fruit fillings. Tradition: An Eastern European pastry that is often round and served during weddings, funerals, and holidays.
Babka
Ingredients: Flour, eggs, butter, sugar, yeast, chocolate or cinnamon. Tradition: A sweet braided bread or cake which originated in the Jewish communities of Poland and Ukraine, popular during major holidays like Easter.
Melomakarona
Ingredients: Olive oil, flour, honey, walnuts, orange zest. Tradition: Greek honey spice cookies that are traditionally made during the Christmas holiday season.
Pepparkakor
Ingredients: Flour, butter, sugar, spices, baking soda. Tradition: Crispy Swedish ginger snaps that are popular during Christmas, often cut into heart, star, or animal shapes.
Easter Tsoureki
Ingredients: Flour, milk, sugar, eggs, mahlab, mastic. Tradition: A traditional Greek Easter bread that is sweet, fluffy, and often decorated with red-dyed eggs.
Beigli
Ingredients: Flour, yeast, eggs, poppy seeds or walnuts, sugar. Tradition: A traditional Hungarian pastry roll that is frequently made during the holiday season, especially Christmas and Easter.
King Cake
Ingredients: Flour, sugar, eggs, yeast, purple, green, and gold colored sugars. Tradition: Associated with Mardi Gras in New Orleans, a small figurine is often hidden inside the cake.
Cozonac
Ingredients: Flour, eggs, milk, sugar, yeast, walnuts or Turkish delight. Tradition: A traditional Romanian and Bulgarian sweet bread made for Easter and Christmas.
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