Do you keep to traditional recipes for Christmas or do you like to try out new ones?

New recipes every year, with the exception of our chocolate xmas tree which we do the same every year. Oh look, here's the recipe :P

http://recipeyum.com.au/foot-high-chocolate-christmas-tree/

by meggf

That looks awesome. ;)

I don't do any fancy cooking for Christmas, my daughter-in-law now does it all. :)

by jonaja

That's lucky. I've got my mother-in-law doing lunch. I'm making some cakes and biscuits. Organising and preparing lunch can be hard work.

your telling me!

I keep it the same every year. Last year I tried a different gingerbread recipe and it turned out so soft, my gingerbread house collapsed! Never again! Same trifle, biscuits, ham glaze etc

by thriftyfrugalfun

Oh no, lol. That's always a tricky thing too. I mean, you want it to turn out. I always make the same cakes.

Yes! It was awful, though my fast thinking son, put a wooden sleigh in the top so it looked like Santa had crashed into the roof lol. Problem solved!

LOL! What a clever idea!

We do whatever we fancy that particular year! No hard and fast rules, just think what would be a treat and have that. I do have to have mince pies though, those are a given every year and my husband always bakes a Christmas cake.

by VerityG

I always like to try out new recipes however I am making the same for the same friend this year for Christmas.....

As it is so traditional, it is the only time I do not experiment though I am trying a new beetroot salad and doing a potato salad that a friend who I have known over 60 years, told me her father used to make.

So I will try one new one this year. Plus also making my best ever, chocolate mousse with sponge fingers...

by Finy

For Christmas, we really tend to stick to traditional recipes.

by dwatk

I make the brandy/rum hard every year, & most times a truffle recipe I make up my self. Also the beetroot salad with sour cream & chopped mint, & now I also make a marshmallow salad 1 can eat with the 1st course or as a dessert. This is a recipe from the 70’s! when I used to make a Christmas cake, it was always the same recipe, as well as the Christmas pudding 1.

by miro_

A marshmallow salad? Sounds interesting.