Holiday Treats from Around the World

Holiday Treats from Around the World

Are you looking to make the holidays a bit more traditional this year? Why not start by whipping up a batch of holiday treats from around the world. While the type of dessert often differs from place to place, one thing always remains the same when it comes to worldly treats, they're delicious. Keep scrolling to discover some of the most traditional holiday treats around. Perfect for bringing to this year's small gathering, these desserts are a fun way to incorporate tradition into the holiday season.

Christmas Pudding

Holiday Treats from Around the World | Bob's Red Mill Blog A classic British dessert, Christmas pudding is not only enjoyed during the month of December, it's enjoyed throughout the entire holiday season. Created as a medieval porridge, ingredients like dried fruits, bread and spices are mixed to create a tasty and festive porridge. After all of the ingredients are added, the pudding is then boiled and baked into a cloth and later shaped into the Christmas pudding we know and love today. Now, if you're not a fan of Christmas pudding but still want to keep the tradition alive, try making a pudding that you do enjoy! One of the things we love most about homemade holiday desserts is that you have complete control over the recipe! This means that anything you want to add, you can. For a delicious chocolate pudding base, we recommend starting with this Chocolate Chia Pudding. Creamy, silky, decadent and delicious, this dessert is everything you'd want from pudding and more. Its base is made from chia seeds and dairy free milk, making it vegan, dairy free, gluten free and sugar free. Simple enough to make for a night alone and decadent enough to serve to a small group, it's the perfect holiday dessert to try this season.

Rice Pudding

Holiday Treats from Around the World | Bob's Red Mill Blog While the British may have claimed Christmas pudding, the Danish have called dibs on rice pudding. A holiday dessert made with whipped cream and warm cinnamon, it's the perfect cozy comfort food to dive into on a winter night. Served cold and accompanied by a cherry sauce, this dessert is usually eaten after the main holiday dinner. When making this dessert, there's a particular tradition to be aware of. In danish culture, each batch of rice pudding contains a whole blanched almond placed perfectly in the bowl's center. The individual who ends up finding and eating the almond gets what is called the "almond gift," a pre-purchased present that goes to the almond finder. Keep this Danish tradition alive in your home this holiday season and make this Coconut Rice Pudding. A healthier spin on traditional rice pudding, this recipe uses coconut milk, which adds a tasty and tropical flavor. Easy to make, this dessert becomes even more festive if you play around with the different rice varieties.

Holiday Pie

Holiday Treats from Around the World | Bob's Red Mill Blog Who doesn't love pie? A sweet tradition in Quebec, holiday pie is made with a delicious maple-based filling and eaten throughout the season. A French-Canadian dessert, holiday pie, originated in France or Belgium, later reaching modern day Quebec. Once imported, brown sugar and molasses became staple ingredients in this sweet dessert. For a sweet, Covid-friendly pie dish this season, try making single-serving bars instead. This Sweet Potato Pie Bar Recipe is a tasty treat that embodies the same maple syrup flavor of traditional holiday pie, without the added calories. In this dessert, sweet potatoes are roasted to perfection and blended with warm spices, coconut milk and vanilla to create the ideal creamy filling. Topped with whipped cream, they're the ultimate vegan and gluten free dessert!

Biscochito

Holiday Treats from Around the World | Bob's Red Mill Blog The next traditional holiday treat on our list is more than just a treat; it's New Mexico's official state cookie! Made official in 1989, biscochitos first evolved from a Spanish pastry called bizcocho. Brought to New Mexico by early Spanish settlers, it quickly became a favorite in this southwestern region. Today, this state cookie is made with butter or lard and gets rich flavor from spices like cinnamon and star anise. Biscochitos are a staple during the holidays and can be found at nearly every bakery in New Mexico. Make this traditional New Mexico treat with our Biscochito Recipe. A crunchy shortbread-like cross between a sugar cookie and a snickerdoodle, these cookies are the perfect holiday dessert to bake this season. If you're looking to start a new holiday tradition this year, we hope you use this list of desserts as inspiration. From holiday pies to state cookies, the treats on this list are full of flavor and stories that date back centuries! Have a worldly dessert that you'd like to share with us? We love hearing about your traditions at home. Let us know what desserts you use to celebrate the holidays in the comments below. From everyone at Bob's Red Mill, happy holidays!
Bob's Red Mill
December 15 2020

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