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New Year’s Eve

Whether you’re cooking for a small group or hosting a big dinner party, these fun, festive New Years Eve recipes have you covered. Here you will find a variety of appetizers, including this favorite Greek yogurt-based homemade ranch dip as well as this crowd-pleasing holiday punch recipe, an all-time favorite.

The best and easiest recipe for rack of lamb. It takes five minutes to prepare. It's foolproof. And if you enjoy gnawing on bones as if they were lollipops, this recipe is for you. Make it. // alexandracooks.com

Easiest Rack of Lamb

Two glasses of a Tangerine spritz.

Tangerine Spritz

Homemade ranch dip in a bowl.

Homemade Ranch Dip with Greek Yogurt

A cast iron skillet filled with baked fontina with rosemary and thyme.

Baked Fontina

40+ New Year’s Eve Recipes: Drinks, Crostini, Dips, Finger Food & More

Glogg ingredients

“Aunt Betsy’s Favorite” Glogg

A gift box filled with rum balls.

Easy, Festive (and Boozy!) Rum Balls Recipe

This chocolate-espresso icebox cake takes all of 20 minutes to throw together, will receive rave reviews from your guests, and you will find too irresistible, impossible, in fact, not to sneak a little spoonful of every time you open the fridge. // alexandracooks.com

Chocolate-Espresso Icebox Cake

Just-baked Torta Caprese.

Flourless Chocolate-Almond Cake (Torta Caprese)

Philadelphia Fish House Punch

Philadelphia Fish House Punch

A slice of almond torte on a plate.

Chez Panisse Almond Torte

A sliced loaf of lemon semolina cake.

Lemon-Semolina Almond Cake

A plate of pan-seared Duck breasts with port wine sauce and roasted grapes.

Perfect Pan-Seared Duck Breasts with Port Wine Sauce

Cinnamon pull-apart bread on a board.

Cinnamon and Sugar Pull-Apart Bread

Iced or not, these cinnamon rolls go down fast. Best of all, they can be prepared in advance and baked in the morning. If you don't have a go-to cinnamon roll recipe, look no further. These are amazing! // alexandracooks.com

The BEST Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing

Swedish Snack Bread

19 Festive Appetizers to Ring in the New Year

19 Festive Appetizers to Ring in the New Year

A cheese board filled with homemade three-seed crackers, cheese, candied pepitas, fruit, and quince paste.

Three-Seed Crackers (Raincoast Crisps Copycat Recipe)

This hot crab dip is rich and creamy, spiced with Old Bay and Worcestershire, but it also couldn't be more festive or delicious: piping hot, loaded with crab, spiced with just enough cayenne to keep you reaching for more. // alexandracooks.com

Martha Stewart’s Hot Crab Dip

Aperol-grapefruit cocktail.

Aperol and Grapefruit Cocktail

Stamped spiced brown butter muscovado cookies with maple glaze on a cooling rack.

Stamped Christmas Cookies: Brown Butter Muscovado

Mandel Bread with Marzipan and Sea Salt, Two Ways

Mandel Bread with Marzipan & Sea Salt

A duck leg confit standing up on a plate supported by a mound of salad greens.

Duck Leg Confit: 3 Hours, 3 Ingredients

A bowl of kale salad with shallot vinaigrette.

Favorite Kale Salad + Large Batch Shallot Vinaigrette