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Make your cookie dough in advance and freeze it in a log for last-minute baking.

While Christmas is only one day, there's no doubt that the celebration will continue all weekend long. Be prepared with our favorite holiday cocktail recipes and classic drinks, along with these show-stopping cake recipes.

If you're too tired to make Christmas cookies but have to bring something to a party, check out these tips for dressing up store-bought cookie dough with candy bars, spices and even bacon.

Need something to get the conversation started? Our Hated Holiday Foods gallery always stirs up the crowd. See whether you agree with our picks or suggest some new ones in the comment section.

For more holiday recipes, visit Christmas Central on AOL Food.

Holiday baking season leaving you with an abundance of cookie dough? Discover creative uses for leftover dough in today's tip.

• With one simple cookie dough recipe, Lucy Waverman morphs it into fruitcake squares, plus chocolate, thumbprint, pinwheels, and toffee cookies.
• If you're looking for a good melting cheese, try Raclette -- melted over baby potatoes, sliced meat, and gherkins, in fondue, on pizzas, or gourmet nachos.
• The economy might be suffering, but Vancouver's restaurant industry continues to expand -- this time with Twisted Fork Bistro...
• ... and also Miku, brought to North America by the Toro Corp.

Cookie dough ice cream is a favorite of ice cream lovers young and old, but Baskin Robbins is taking the popular flavor to the next level with some new fall flavors. Makin' Cookies ice cream has a base ice cream that blends of brown sugar and butter flavors ice with chunks of baked chocolate chip cookies, mini chocolate chips and swirled with a cookie dough ribbon. Oatmeal Cookie Crunch ice cream is vanilla ice cream packed with oatmeal spiced cookies and swirled with a crunchy cinnamon graham cracker ribbon.

On top of the straight ice cream offerings, they have the Cookie Overload Sundae, which pairs the two cookie ice creams with caramel, whipped cream, and crushed chocolate sandwich cookies.

Head over to a store to try the new flavors when you get a chance because they'll only be available to a limited time. Besides, how could you resist brown sugar and butter flavored ice creams? These cookie flavors may not be around for too long, but I don't think anyone would complain about those being added to the permanent menu.

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