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30+ Easy Holiday Breads & Snacks

Here are recipes for 30+ easy holiday breads & snacks. They focus on sweet “quick bread” recipes (i.e. cranberry bread & pumpkin bread) and cookies.

The recipes listed below can be used for fall & winter holidays such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. Given their fall & winter focus, many of the holiday breads & snacks on this page contain “harvest festival” related ingredients such as applesauce, cranberry & pumpkin.

Bread Machine Gingerbread

Holiday Breads - Bread machine gingerbread on wire cooling rack

Pumpkin Cranberry Bread (Oven Baked)

Holiday Breads - Sliced pumpkin cranberry bread

Recipe for Holiday Breads & Snacks

  1. Almond Banana Bread
  2. Applesauce Bread (with or without walnuts)
  3. Applesauce Cranberry Bread
  4. Banana Nut Bread
  5. Blueberry Banana Bread
  6. Blueberry Banana Muffins
  7. Blueberry Quick Bread (“flag” bread) – This easy recipe for blueberry quick bread can be made with (or without) an American flag. Great for July 4th, etc.
  8. Bread Machine Applesauce Bread
  9. Bread Machine Banana Bread
  10. Bread Machine Cinnamon Bread (with chocolate chips)
  11. Bread Machine Gingerbread – Gingerbread is a delicious holiday bread for Christmas and other winter holidays.
  12. Bread Machine Pumpkin Bread
  13. Butterscotch Banana Bread
  14. Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies – One of my kids’ favorite holiday treats. They complain if these cookies are not made for the holidays!
  15. Chocolate Banana Bread
  16. Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
  17. Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies
  18. Cinnamon Banana Bread
  19. Cranberry Banana Bread
  20. Cranberry Banana Muffins
  21. Cranberry Bread with Dried Cranberries
  22. Cranberry Bread with Fresh Cranberries
  23. M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
  24. No Butter Banana Bread – This no butter banana bread recipe can be made with fresh cranberries, chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, etc. It is very moist and doesn’t need any expensive butter.
  25. No Butter Banana Muffins
  26. No Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – This cookie recipe is very popular with Bread Dad visitors. The cookies are made with vegetable oil and not butter.
  27. Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
  28. Pecan Banana Bread
  29. Pumpkin Banana Bread (with chocolate chips)
  30. Pumpkin Cranberry Bread – Pumpkin cranberry bread is an easy “quick bread” and is perfect for Thanksgiving, etc.
  31. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
  32. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
  33. Pumpkin Pie Bread – This sweet “quick bread” tastes like a pumpkin pie. It is perfect for Thanksgiving. You can make a “plain” pumpkin pie version. Or you can add chocolate chips, chopped nuts, cranberries, etc.
  34. Raisin Banana Bread
  35. Trail Mix Cookies (with M&Ms, cranberries, nuts, etc.)
  36. Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
  37. Walnut Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
  38. White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
  39. Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

For more easy dessert & snack recipes, please visit Bread Dad’s main sections on banana bread recipes, quick bread recipes and cookie recipes.

Bread Machine Pumpkin Bread

Bread Machine Pumpkin Bread on White Platter

M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies

M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies

Reference Sources

  • Wikipedia, Cranberry
  • Wikipedia, Dessert
  • Wikipedia, Harvest Festival
  • Wikipedia, Pumpkin

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  • Caroline had the wonderful idea to convert our Greek Yogurt Bread into sausage rolls – “Instead of making a loaf of sliceable bread, I took out a package of smoked pork sausages from the freezer, halved them, cut sticks of full-flavoured cheddar cheese sticks, and bundled them into a batch of mini sausage rolls. My husband and I both love them, I will definitely make it this way again!“
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  • Deidre posted some wonderful ingredient additions for my 2 Banana Bread Recipe – “Oh my! After successfully keeping the last two bananas on the hook long enough to make this with my son, it was worth every moment. This recipe is a keeper. We added chocolate chips and a few dashes of cloves and cinnamon. It looks, smells and tastes delightful.“
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