December Baking Challenge

How to Join Sallyโ€™s Baking Challenge

  1. Recipe: Find the challenge recipe linked above.
  2. Bake: Bake the recipe (or alternate recipe).
  3. Send: Share your recipe photo via email: sally@sallysbakingaddiction.com before 5pm Eastern on the last day of the month. By emailing your recipe photo, you are automatically entered to win the prize for the baking challenge. For a bonus entry, leave a review on the challenge recipe.

Alternate Recipe

If you arenโ€™t into this recipe, here is the alternate baking challenge recipe:

  1. any previous challenge recipe you havenโ€™t made yet OR
  2. Pecan Sugar Cookies with Brown Butter Icing

End Date & Prize

By emailing your recipe photo to us, you are automatically entered in the baking challenge. 1 winner receives a $250 Amazon Gift Card. The challenge is open to the whole world. Challenge ends on December 31st at 5pm Eastern. The winner will be selected at random, emailed the prize, and posted on the website at the end of the month.


Sallyโ€™s Baking Challenge Details

Visit the Sallyโ€™s Baking Challenge page for FAQs and all the previous challenge recipes. Please note that we will take a break from Sallyโ€™s Baking Challenge in 2023 so that I can work on my next cookbook! (There will still be new recipes on my website, just no big organized challenges next year!)


November Baking Challenge Results

November 2022 Sallyโ€™s Baking Challenge Recipe: Caramel Apple Cheesecake Pie. It was such a special joy to see so many bakers all over the world try this mega-layered cheesecake pie. Many readers in the U.S. made this as their Thanksgiving dessert, and others even turned the recipe into individual caramel apple cheesecake cups and caramel apple cheesecake bars! Many agreed that the biggest challenge wasโ€ฆ waiting for the cheesecake to cool before digging in. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Thank you so much for participating! We gathered as many emailed photo entries as we could and included them below.

November Baking Challenge Winner

Challenge winner for November is Michelle who has already been notified.

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      Sally McKenney

      Sally McKenney is a professional baker, food photographer, and cookbook author. Since 2011, she has been sharing meticulously tested recipes and step-by-step tutorials, helping home bakers gain confidence in the kitchen. Over the years, her dedication to approachable baking has built a loyal community of millions. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, in People Magazine, and on popular sites like BuzzFeed, HuffPost, The Kitchn, and Country Living.

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      Reader Comments and Reviews

      1. Melanie K says:
        December 25, 2022

        This recipe was fun, cutting the cookies was tricky though. Would love some tips on how to make them more even. The cookies taste fantastic and were a hit at my Christmas party.

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      2. Paulette Pugh says:
        December 8, 2022

        Fun cookies to make for the Christmas Parties they were a hit

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      3. Mary Loe says:
        December 2, 2022

        I enjoyed making this recipe, my first time at this kind of cookie!
        I should have made it again and fixed some of my mistakes! It is best to take your pizza cutter and trim the edges to make them straight and line up!
        My recommendation is to read Sallyโ€™s hints and helps!! My husband loves the cookies! Will try again!

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      4. EIleen Shlesinger says:
        December 1, 2022

        I have a question. I have to make several dozen Christmas cookies for an event. My one solution to organizing my time is to freeze the dough and then start making the cookies closer to the time I need them. What are you thoughts about freezing cookie dough? Eileen

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        1. Lexi @ Sally's Baking says:
          December 1, 2022

          Hi Eileen, we love freezing cookie dough! We have a whole post about it here. We also include freezing directions in the recipe Notes of all our cookie recipes. Happy baking!

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