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Donna Hay's Caramel pecan wreath.

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50+ delicious DIY Christmas gift ideas

It's been a tough year for everyone and the personal touch is even more important than ever. Show someone you care with handmade, homemade edible Christmas gifts.

55 recipes
Sichuan chilli oil.
EASY

Adam Liaw's Sichuan chilli oil

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Smoky tomato sauce.
EASY

Adam Liaw's smoky chilli tomato sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Adriano Zumbo's macaron rocky road.
EASY

Adriano Zumbo's Macaroni Road macaron rocky road recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adriano Zumbo
Adam Liaw's Christmas red and green hot sauces.
EASY

Adam Liaw's fermented red chilli-cherry hot sauce

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw's Christmas red and green hot sauces.
EASY

Adam Liaw's quick green jalapeno, peach and coriander hot sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Donna Hay's caramel pecan wreath.

Donna Hay's caramel pecan wreath with gingerbread glaze

  • 2 hrs +
  • Donna Hay
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Decorate the cookies with a sprig of rosemary (pictured) or lavender.

Helen Goh's spiced German cookies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Christmas gingerbread cookies.

Karen Martini's gingerbread Christmas cookies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Puffed rice, pecan and maple granola with optional coriander seeds.
EASY

Helen Goh's puffed rice, pecan and maple granola

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Peach mango barbecue sauce.
EASY

Peach mango barbecue sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Dan Lepard's date and ginger chocolate chip biscuits.
EASY

Date and ginger chocolate chip biscuits

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
Hazelnut praline and Frangelico truffles.

Hazelnut Frangelico chocolate truffles

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Dan Lepard's pistachio almond butter biscuits.
EASY

Dan Lepard's pistachio almond butter biscuit recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Clockwise from top left: Five-spice powder; everything spice; garam masala; Italian seasoning; Cajun/Creole seasoning and ras el hanout.

Six spice blends to make at home

  • Becky Krystal
Dan Lepard's chocolate-chip macadamia shortbread.
EASY

Chocolate-chip macadamia shortbread recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
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Anna Polyviou's gingerbread house complete with Iced VoVo front door.

How to make Anna Polyviou's Christmas gingerbread house

  • Anna Polyviou
Rose, white chocolate and pink peppercorn rocky road.
EASY

Rose, white chocolate, Turkish delight and pink peppercorn rocky road recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's cherry chinotto cordial.
EASY

Cherry chinotto cordial

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Christmas chai shortbread cookies

Karen Martini's chai Christmas cookies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Gold almond praline.
EASY

Gold almond praline

  • < 30 mins
Sun-blushed Christmas crackers.
EASY

Sun-blushed Christmas crackers

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Dan Lepard
Decorate the Turkish delight rounds with nuts and dried fruit.
EASY

Very berry Turkish delight recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Christmas chocolate bars.

Chocolate bars

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Bake a batch of Christmas cookies.
EASY

Salt and brown sugar cookies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Christmas cake by Odette Martini.

How to make a Christmas cake

  • Justine Costigan
Dan Lepard's shortbread.

How to make Christmas shortbread

  • Dan Lepard
Paneforte bianco natale with white chocolate, pistachios, almonds and cherries.

Panforte bianco with pistachios, almonds and cherries

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Dan Lepard's grapefruit and cardamom marmalade.

Grapefruit and cardamom whole fruit marmalade

  • Dan Lepard
White Christmas with Turkish delight, macadamias and amaranth.
EASY

Cherry, macadamia, Turkish delight and amaranth white Christmas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
These seed crackers are great with cheese.

Seven seed crackers

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Campari and blood orange jubes.

Campari and blood orange jubes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Garam masala.
EASY

Garam masala

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
A great little pickle to give as a gift or pack for a picnic.
EASY

Easy piccalilli recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
Simple baking from the heart: Cranberry shortbread calls for only five ingredients.

Three sweet and simple bake-at-home Christmas gift ideas

  • Julia Stix and Eva Fischer
The cakey German biscuit is pronounced leyb-koo-ken.
EASY

Vegan banana ginger lebkuchen gingerbread recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
A lot of shops will sell a great range of glacé fruits that you might not be able to find at any other time of the year.
EASY

Brown sugar shortbread with glace fruits

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw

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