Here's my top 12 Christmas Recipe Roundup for Southern shortcut recipes! From side dishes to desserts to food gifts-just click on the images below to go straight to each blog post and recipe. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Why Top 12? Because I couldn't narrow it down to 10!

Updated December 23, 2021

My Southern shortcut recipes will have you in and out of the kitchen this Christmas sooner than later!

Do you love the traditional Southern recipes you grew up with but don’t have the time to make them because it seems like your Mom or Grandma made everything from scratch starting with growing their own green beans and decorating cut-out sugar cookies?

I’ve got you covered with this Christmas shortcut recipe round up. I'll give you step by step photos and tips along the way.

Just click on the images below to go straight to each recipe post.

1. Candied Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Spoonful of candied sweet potatoes lifted from white casserole dish topped with roasted marshmallows

2. Instant Pot Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirl Cheesecake

3. Sugardoodles

A plate full of Sugardoodles-A cross between a sugar cookie and a Snickerdoodle.

4. Best Easy Candied Bacon

Candied bacon stacked upright in a green vase with a Christmas tree branch in background

5. Maple Pecan Tassies

6. Cookies 'n Cream White Chocolate Fudge

7. Bacon-Sausage Strata Breakfast Casserole

bacon sausage strata baked in stoneware dish on blue placemat

8. Bacon-Wrapped Cheesy Tater Tots

9. Honey Roasted Peanut Pie

peanut pie slice on white plate with whole pie in background and stack of plates

10. 3 Ingredient Cinnamon Sugar Pecans

3 Ingredient Cinnamon Sugar Pecans in a Santa belt motif rectangle dish on red napkin wtih green trim

11. 2 Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge

Stack of peanut butter candy on white plate with white background. Gift tag tucked under plate.

12. Microwave Cranberry Pistachio Brittle

Cranberry Pistachio Brittle in a red bowl. one broken piece on brown parchment

Bonus: I've added two extra Christmas recipes!

Microwave Peanut Brittle

Peanut Brittle in a wooden cake stand on red poinsettia cloth.

Coffee and Chocolate Chip Cookies

I’m as Southern as they come and love homemade, from-scratch recipes and avoid processed, packaged food, if I can.

But! I also have a busy schedule just like you, so I’m constantly finding shortcuts to my homemade recipes and I share them with you here on GritsAndGouda.com.

For more holiday recipes, check out my Top 10 Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup.

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