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Sweeten the season: five dessert recipes for the Christmas holidays
The holiday season is here! It’s the time of year for sharing gifts, catching up with family and indulging in all your favourite food and drink!
To help you get into the festive spirit, we’re sharing five of the best desserts from our range of Christmas recipes.
Each recipe is enriched with pure maple syrup, adding a splash of sweetness to your holiday celebrations!
Apple, mincemeat and maple strudel
A flaky and delicious dessert packed with festive flavour, this apple and mincemeat strudel is a great option for closing out your Christmas dinner.
The recipe draws on the complementary flavours of orange, lemon, cinnamon and pure maple syrup for a warm and citrusy filling.
After being mixed with the other ingredients, the filling is spooned onto four separate layers of filo pastry and wrapped neatly into a parcel, ready for baking.
And that’s it – the strudel is surprisingly simple to make and consists mostly of everyday ingredients. It’s an excellent dish for using up any leftover mincemeat from the holiday period.
Maple and whiskey liqueur Christmas profiteroles
A truly indulgent dessert that’s perfect for entertaining, these boozy Christmas profiteroles are sure to become a staple of your festive baking.
Choux buns, naturally sweetened with Canadian maple syrup, are piped full of a rich and creamy whiskey liqueur filling.
And it doesn’t stop there – the recipe also includes its own chocolate and caramel sauces, both enriched by the delicate sweetness of maple.
If you to make these Christmas profiteroles family-friendly, you can always leave out the whiskey from the filling. Serve in a tower shape with a generous drizzle of the two sauces!
Maple mince pie truffles
Looking for a recipe that’s guaranteed to impress your guests this Christmas? These mince pie truffles from master chocolatier William Curley are the perfect grown-up treat!
The main ingredient for the filling is raisins, which are soaked in rum for up to 24 hours and then mixed with an array of festively flavoured ingredients, including nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger.
Cream, maple syrup and dark chocolate are also used in the filling, adding richness and depth of flavour, with the finished product rolled decoratively in icing sugar.
Unlike some mince pie recipes, these truffles are also free from suet, meaning they’re perfectly suitable for vegetarians.
Christmas tree biscuits
Quick, easy and requiring only a handful of simple ingredients, these Christmas tree biscuits serve as a great introduction to baking for making with the kids.
Not only that, but they also taste delicious, with the combination of ginger, maple and cinnamon proving simple but incredibly effective.
Once the batter is rolled out and cut into your favourite festive shapes, the biscuits will only need up to fifteen minutes in the oven.
If you’re able to resist, hold off eating your baked creations and use them to decorate your Christmas tree by making a small hole in each biscuit and then tying around a ribbon.
Maple eggnog crème brûlée
Luscious and creamy, this Christmas crème brûlée elevates the original with a supporting cast of suitably festive ingredients.
Whisked egg yolks are topped with a decadent layer of double cream, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla and maple syrup.
A heady blend of brandy and dark rum is also added to the equation, with the mixture then stirred, ready for baking in the oven.
Caramelised maple sugar provides the finishing touches, adding a layer of crispiness that pairs perfectly with the rich and creamy filling beneath.
Happy holidays!
Christmas is the one time of year when you can indulge in all your favourite desserts guilt-free – so go, grab yourself a bottle of maple syrup and sweeten the festive season!
Looking for more delicious recipes that you can enjoy year-round? Be sure to explore the rest of our maple syrup recipes, covering all bases from sides and mains to drinks and desserts.