18 Low-Key Brilliant Holiday Recipes That Only Need Three Ingredients To Make (2024)

Take your biscuit game to the next level with this super easy upgrade. The result is pretty much like a pecan pie-flavored monkey bread, which you can serve for breakfast or dessert.

Get the recipe: Gooey Pecan Pie Biscuits

One cup peanut butter + one egg + half a cup sugar = the best damned peanut butter cookies.

Get the recipe: Peanut Butter Cookies

A great Christmas brunch option, and you can even use something simple like deli ham to fill the rollups.

Get the recipe: Baked Ham and Cheese Rollups

You can't really get more low-effort-high-reward than this recipe: A pork loin roast slow-cooked in BBQ sauce and wrapped in bacon. After four hours of doing absolutely nothing while the roast is cooking in a Crock Pot, you just need to broil the meat in the oven for a few minutes, until the sauce caramelizes. After that, you've got yourself a feast.

Get the recipe: Crock Pot Pork Roast

This recipe is magic! It looks like a fancy layer cake, it tastes like a fancy layer cake, but it's actually made with three store-bought ingredients, and requires zero baking and very little effort.

Get the recipe: Lemon and Gingersnap Icebox Cake

This vegan chocolate mousse is made with coconut cream, dark chocolate, and peppermint extract. You can add coconut whipped cream and crushed peppermint candies to serve, if you want to make it look extra festive.

Get the recipe: Dark Chocolate Peppermint Mousse

Holiday season means cookie season, but if you're not in the mood for a three-hour baking project, these Oreo cookies dipped in peppermint-flavored melted chocolate will do the trick.

Get the recipe: Oreo Thin Mints

You can't go wrong with steak for a fancy dinner, but if you want to take it to the next level, this mustard, soy sauce, and white wine vinegar sauce is the way to go.

Get the recipe: Roy Yamaguchi's Soy-Mustard Steak Sauce

A quick and easy appetizer for your holiday meals. All you need is sour cream, frozen spinach, and green onion dip mix.

Get the recipe: Spinach Green Onion Dip

Whether as a side for dinner or a main for brunch, this rösti will be a hit on the holiday table.

Get the recipe: Salt-and-Vinegar Rösti

A yummy Hanukkah treat made with fried store-bought biscuit dough topped with powdered sugar.

Get the recipe: Beignet Bites

This works as a festive and flavorful side — or even as a main dish. It's pretty much impossible to mess up: just toss all the ingredients onto a sheet pan, then roast until crispy.

Get the recipe: Easiest Sheet Pan Mushroom Gnocchi

Self-rising flour, milk, and shredded cheese are all you need to make these babies.

Get the recipe: Easy Cheese Drop Biscuits

You can use store-bought or homemade gingerbread for this. Either way, the final result will look extra fancy and taste like Christmas in a cup.

Get the recipe: Orange Gingerbread Trifles